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Zhou SM, Kong XZ, Kang HH, Sun XD, Wang W. The involvement of wheat F-box protein gene TaFBA1 in the oxidative stress tolerance of plants. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122117. [PMID: 25906259 PMCID: PMC4408080 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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As one of the largest gene families, F-box domain proteins have been found to play important roles in abiotic stress responses via the ubiquitin pathway. TaFBA1 encodes a homologous F-box protein contained in E3 ubiquitin ligases. In our previous study, we found that the overexpression of TaFBA1 enhanced drought tolerance in transgenic plants. To investigate the mechanisms involved, in this study, we investigated the tolerance of the transgenic plants to oxidative stress. Methyl viologen was used to induce oxidative stress conditions. Real-time PCR and western blot analysis revealed that TaFBA1 expression was up-regulated by oxidative stress treatments. Under oxidative stress conditions, the transgenic tobacco plants showed a higher germination rate, higher root length and less growth inhibition than wild type (WT). The enhanced oxidative stress tolerance of the transgenic plants was also indicated by lower reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, malondialdehyde (MDA) content and cell membrane damage under oxidative stress compared with WT. Higher activities of antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and peroxidase (POD), were observed in the transgenic plants than those in WT, which may be related to the upregulated expression of some antioxidant genes via the overexpression of TaFBA1. In others, some stress responsive elements were found in the promoter region of TaFBA1, and TaFBA1 was located in the nucleus, cytoplasm and plasma membrane. These results suggest that TaFBA1 plays an important role in the oxidative stress tolerance of plants. This is important for understanding the functions of F-box proteins in plants' tolerance to multiple stress conditions.
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- Shu-Mei Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Jia H, Wang C, Wang F, Liu S, Li G, Guo X. GhWRKY68 reduces resistance to salt and drought in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120646. [PMID: 25793865 PMCID: PMC4368093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The WRKY transcription factors modulate numerous physiological processes, including plant growth, development and responses to various environmental stresses. Currently, our understanding of the functions of the majority of the WRKY family members and their possible roles in signalling crosstalk is limited. In particular, very few WRKYs have been identified and characterised from an economically important crop, cotton. In this study, we characterised a novel group IIc WRKY gene, GhWRKY68, which is induced by different abiotic stresses and multiple defence-related signalling molecules. The β-glucuronidase activity driven by the GhWRKY68 promoter was enhanced after exposure to drought, salt, abscisic acid (ABA) and H2O2. The overexpression of GhWRKY68 in Nicotiana benthamiana reduced resistance to drought and salt and affected several physiological indices. GhWRKY68 may mediate salt and drought responses by modulating ABA content and enhancing the transcript levels of ABA-responsive genes. GhWRKY68-overexpressing plants exhibited reduced tolerance to oxidative stress after drought and salt stress treatments, which correlated with the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), reduced enzyme activities, elevated malondialdehyde (MDA) content and altered ROS-related gene expression. These results indicate that GhWRKY68 is a transcription factor that responds to drought and salt stresses by regulating ABA signalling and modulating cellular ROS.
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- Haihong Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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Tamoi M, Shigeoka S. Diversity of regulatory mechanisms of photosynthetic carbon metabolism in plants and algae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2015; 79:870-6. [PMID: 25776275 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1020754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To clarify the regulatory mechanisms of the Calvin cycle in algae, we analyzed the molecular properties of the enzymes involved in this cycle. We demonstrated that these enzymes were not regulated by redox modulation through the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system under light/dark conditions and were not sensitive to treatments with hydrogen peroxide in vitro, unlike the chloroplastic thiol-modulated enzymes of plants. On the other hand, we found that cyanobacteria possessed a unique enzyme involved in the Calvin cycle. The CP12 protein played an important role in regulating carbon metabolism in the Calvin cycle in cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae. This review described the regulatory mechanisms of the Calvin cycle in algae and also the effects of alterations to photosynthetic carbon metabolism on plant productivity, carbon partitioning, and the carbon/nitrogen balance using transgenic plants expressing algal genes.
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- Masahiro Tamoi
- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Advanced Bioscience , Kinki University , Nara , Japan
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Fang H, Meng Q, Xu J, Tang H, Tang S, Zhang H, Huang J. Knock-down of stress inducible OsSRFP1 encoding an E3 ubiquitin ligase with transcriptional activation activity confers abiotic stress tolerance through enhancing antioxidant protection in rice. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 87:441-58. [PMID: 25667045 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0294-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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E3 ubiquitin ligases are involved in a variety of physiological processes. This study demonstrated the function of a previously unknown rice RING finger E3 ligase, Oryza sativa Stress-related RING Finger Protein 1 (OsSRFP1) in stress responses in rice. OsSRFP1 was ubiquitously expressed in various rice organs, with the higher expression levels in roots, panicles and culm nodes. The transcript of OsSRFP1 was induced by cold, dehydration, salt, H2O2 and abscisic acid treatments. Interestingly, the OsSRFP1-overexpressing plants were less tolerant to salt, cold and oxidative stresses than wild type plants; while the RNA interference silencing of OsSRFP1 plants were more tolerant than wild type without yield penalty. Compared with the wild type, amounts of free proline and activities of antioxidant enzymes were increased in the RNAi plants but decreased in the overexpression plants under cold stress, which were inversely correlated with the malondialdehyde and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels in the tested lines. Microarray analysis showed that expression of numerous genes involving in ROS homeostasis was altered in the OsSRFP1-overexpressing plants under normal and cold conditions. In vitro ubiquitination assays showed that OsSRFP1 possessed E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and the intact RING domain was essential for the activity. Moreover, OsSRFP1 might function in transcriptional regulation with nuclear localization. Taken together, our results demonstrate that OsSRFP1 may have dual functions in post-translational and transcriptional regulations in modulating abiotic stress responses in rice, at least in part, by negatively regulating antioxidant enzymes-mediated reactive oxygen species removal.
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- Huimin Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Salt acclimation of cyanobacteria and their application in biotechnology. Life (Basel) 2014; 5:25-49. [PMID: 25551682 PMCID: PMC4390839 DOI: 10.3390/life5010025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The long evolutionary history and photo-autotrophic lifestyle of cyanobacteria has allowed them to colonize almost all photic habitats on Earth, including environments with high or fluctuating salinity. Their basal salt acclimation strategy includes two principal reactions, the active export of ions and the accumulation of compatible solutes. Cyanobacterial salt acclimation has been characterized in much detail using selected model cyanobacteria, but their salt sensing and regulatory mechanisms are less well understood. Here, we briefly review recent advances in the identification of salt acclimation processes and the essential genes/proteins involved in acclimation to high salt. This knowledge is of increasing importance because the necessary mass cultivation of cyanobacteria for future use in biotechnology will be performed in sea water. In addition, cyanobacterial salt resistance genes also can be applied to improve the salt tolerance of salt sensitive organisms, such as crop plants.
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Venkatesh J, Park SW. Role of L-ascorbate in alleviating abiotic stresses in crop plants. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2014; 55:38. [PMID: 28510969 PMCID: PMC5432849 DOI: 10.1186/1999-3110-55-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a major antioxidant in plants and plays a significant role in mitigation of excessive cellular reactive oxygen species activities caused by number of abiotic stresses. Plant ascorbate levels change differentially in response to varying environmental stress conditions, depending on the degree of stress and species sensitivity. Successful modulation of ascorbate biosynthesis through genetic manipulation of genes involved in biosynthesis, catabolism and recycling of ascorbate has been achieved. Recently, role of ascorbate in alleviating number of abiotic stresses has been highlighted in crop plants. In this article, we discuss the current understanding of ascorbate biosynthesis and its antioxidant role in order to increase our comprehension of how ascorbate helps plants to counteract or cope with various abiotic stresses.
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- Jelli Venkatesh
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 1, Hwayang-dong, Seoul, Gwangjin-gu South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 1, Hwayang-dong, Seoul, Gwangjin-gu South Korea
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Hawkes TR. Mechanisms of resistance to paraquat in plants. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2014; 70:1316-23. [PMID: 24307186 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The aim of this brief review is to draw information from studies of the mechanism of evolved resistance in weeds, together with information from laboratory studies of paraquat tolerance in model plants. Plants having mutations that limit paraquat uptake into cytoplasm, that confer various stress tolerances or that have transgenes that co-express two or more of the chloroplast Halliwell-Asada cycle enzymes can all exhibit enhanced tolerance to paraquat. However, none of these mechanisms correspond to the high-level resistances that have evolved naturally in weeds. Most, but not all, of the evidence from studies of paraquat-resistant biotypes of weeds can reasonably be reconciled with the proposal of a single major gene mechanism that sequesters paraquat away from chloroplasts and into the vacuole. However, the molecular details of this putative mechanism remain ill-defined.
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- Timothy R Hawkes
- Bioscience Dept., Syngenta (UK) Ltd, Jealott's Hill Research Centre, Bracknell, RG42 6EY, U.K
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Tan L, Chen S, Wang T, Dai S. Proteomic insights into seed germination in response to environmental factors. Proteomics 2014; 13:1850-70. [PMID: 23986916 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Seed germination is a critical process in the life cycle of higher plants. During germination, the imbibed mature seed is highly sensitive to different environmental factors.However, knowledge about the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying the environmental effects on germination has been lacking. Recent proteomic work has provided invaluable insight into the molecular processes in germinating seeds of Arabidopsis, rice (Oryza sativa), soybean (Glycine max), barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zeamays), tea (Camellia sinensis), European beech (Fagus sylvatica), and Norway maple (Acer platanoides) under different treatments including metal ions (e.g. copper and cadmium), drought, low temperature, hormones, and chemicals (gibberellic acid, abscisic acid, salicylic acid, and α-amanitin), as well as Fusarium graminearum infection. A total of 561 environmental factor-responsive proteins have been identified with various expression patterns in germinating seeds. The data highlight diverse regulatory and metabolic mechanisms upon seed germination, including induction of environmental factor-responsive signaling pathways, seed storage reserve mobilization and utilization, enhancement of DNA repair and modification, regulation of gene expression and protein synthesis, modulation of cell structure, and cell defense. In this review, we summarize the interesting findings and discuss the relevance and significance for our understanding of environmental regulation of seed germination.
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- Longyan Tan
- Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Wei H, Song S, Tian H, Liu T. Effects of phenanthrene on seed germination and some physiological activities of wheat seedling. C R Biol 2014; 337:95-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ferreira Neto JRC, Pandolfi V, Guimaraes FCM, Benko-Iseppon AM, Romero C, Silva RLDO, Rodrigues FA, Abdelnoor RV, Nepomuceno AL, Kido EA. Early transcriptional response of soybean contrasting accessions to root dehydration. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83466. [PMID: 24349513 PMCID: PMC3861472 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Drought is a significant constraint to yield increase in soybean. The early perception of water deprivation is critical for recruitment of genes that promote plant tolerance. DeepSuperSAGE libraries, including one control and a bulk of six stress times imposed (from 25 to 150 min of root dehydration) for drought-tolerant and sensitive soybean accessions, allowed to identify new molecular targets for drought tolerance. The survey uncovered 120,770 unique transcripts expressed by the contrasting accessions. Of these, 57,610 aligned with known cDNA sequences, allowing the annotation of 32,373 unitags. A total of 1,127 unitags were up-regulated only in the tolerant accession, whereas 1,557 were up-regulated in both as compared to their controls. An expression profile concerning the most representative Gene Ontology (GO) categories for the tolerant accession revealed the expression "protein binding" as the most represented for "Molecular Function", whereas CDPK and CBL were the most up-regulated protein families in this category. Furthermore, particular genes expressed different isoforms according to the accession, showing the potential to operate in the distinction of physiological behaviors. Besides, heat maps comprising GO categories related to abiotic stress response and the unitags regulation observed in the expression contrasts covering tolerant and sensitive accessions, revealed the unitags potential for plant breeding. Candidate genes related to "hormone response" (LOX, ERF1b, XET), "water response" (PUB, BMY), "salt stress response" (WRKY, MYB) and "oxidative stress response" (PER) figured among the most promising molecular targets. Additionally, nine transcripts (HMGR, XET, WRKY20, RAP2-4, EREBP, NAC3, PER, GPX5 and BMY) validated by RT-qPCR (four different time points) confirmed their differential expression and pointed that already after 25 minutes a transcriptional reorganization started in response to the new condition, with important differences between both accessions.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Vegetal Biotechnology, Genetics Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Vegetal Biotechnology, Genetics Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research – Embrapa Soybean, Londrina, Brazil
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- LABEX Plant Biotechnology, Agricultural Research Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, California, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Genetics Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Chawade A, Lindlöf A, Olsson B, Olsson O. Global expression profiling of low temperature induced genes in the chilling tolerant japonica rice Jumli Marshi. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81729. [PMID: 24349120 PMCID: PMC3861252 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Low temperature is a key factor that limits growth and productivity of many important agronomical crops worldwide. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is negatively affected already at temperatures below +10°C and is therefore denoted as chilling sensitive. However, chilling tolerant rice cultivars exist and can be commercially cultivated at altitudes up to 3,050 meters with temperatures reaching as low as +4°C. In this work, the global transcriptional response to cold stress (+4°C) was studied in the Nepalese highland variety Jumli Marshi (spp. japonica) and 4,636 genes were identified as significantly differentially expressed within 24 hours of cold stress. Comparison with previously published microarray data from one chilling tolerant and two sensitive rice cultivars identified 182 genes differentially expressed (DE) upon cold stress in all four rice cultivars and 511 genes DE only in the chilling tolerant rice. Promoter analysis of the 182 genes suggests a complex cross-talk between ABRE and CBF regulons. Promoter analysis of the 511 genes identified over-represented ABRE motifs but not DRE motifs, suggesting a role for ABA signaling in cold tolerance. Moreover, 2,101 genes were DE in Jumli Marshi alone. By chromosomal localization analysis, 473 of these cold responsive genes were located within 13 different QTLs previously identified as cold associated.
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- CropTailor AB, Lund, Sweden
- Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
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- Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
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- CropTailor AB, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Ramegowda V, Senthil-kumar M, Udayakumar M, Mysore KS. A high-throughput virus-induced gene silencing protocol identifies genes involved in multi-stress tolerance. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 13:193. [PMID: 24289810 PMCID: PMC3879149 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Understanding the function of a particular gene under various stresses is important for engineering plants for broad-spectrum stress tolerance. Although virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has been used to characterize genes involved in abiotic stress tolerance, currently available gene silencing and stress imposition methodology at the whole plant level is not suitable for high-throughput functional analyses of genes. This demands a robust and reliable methodology for characterizing genes involved in abiotic and multi-stress tolerance. RESULTS Our methodology employs VIGS-based gene silencing in leaf disks combined with simple stress imposition and effect quantification methodologies for easy and faster characterization of genes involved in abiotic and multi-stress tolerance. By subjecting leaf disks from gene-silenced plants to various abiotic stresses and inoculating silenced plants with various pathogens, we show the involvement of several genes for multi-stress tolerance. In addition, we demonstrate that VIGS can be used to characterize genes involved in thermotolerance. Our results also showed the functional relevance of NtEDS1 in abiotic stress, NbRBX1 and NbCTR1 in oxidative stress; NtRAR1 and NtNPR1 in salinity stress; NbSOS1 and NbHSP101 in biotic stress; and NtEDS1, NbETR1, NbWRKY2 and NbMYC2 in thermotolerance. CONCLUSIONS In addition to widening the application of VIGS, we developed a robust, easy and high-throughput methodology for functional characterization of genes involved in multi-stress tolerance.
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- Venkategowda Ramegowda
- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Pkwy., Ardmore, OK 73402, USA
- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560 065Karnataka, India
- Present address: VR: Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA; MS: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Pkwy., Ardmore, OK 73402, USA
- Present address: VR: Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA; MS: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560 065Karnataka, India
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- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Pkwy., Ardmore, OK 73402, USA
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Zhao Y, Zhao C, Lu X, Zhou H, Li Y, Zhou J, Chang Y, Zhang J, Jin L, Lin F, Xu G. Investigation of the relationship between the metabolic profile of tobacco leaves in different planting regions and climate factors using a pseudotargeted method based on gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5072-83. [PMID: 24090132 DOI: 10.1021/pr400799a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An improved pseudotargeted method using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was developed to investigate the metabolic profile of tobacco leaves from three planting regions (Yunnan, Guizhou, and Henan provinces). The analytical characteristics of the method with regard to reproducibility, precision, linearity, and stability were satisfactory for metabolic profiling study. Partial least-squares-discriminant analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis demonstrated that the metabolic profiles of tobacco from the Yunnan and Guizhou regions were different from that from the Henan province. The amino acid (e.g., phenylalanine, leucine, and tyrosine) and carbohydrate (e.g., fructose, trehalose, and sucrose) contents were the highest in Henan tobacco. The highest contents of organic acids (e.g., isocitrate, citrate, and fumarate) of the TCA cycle and antioxidants (e.g., quinate, chlorogenic acid, and ascorbate) were found in Guizhou tobacco. The correlation coefficients between metabolite content and climate factors (rainfall, sunshine, and temperature) demonstrated that drought facilitated the accumulation of sugars and amino acids. The content of TCA cycle intermediates could be influenced by multiple climate factors. This study demonstrates that the pseudotargeted method with GC/MS is suitable for the investigation of the metabolic profiling of tobacco leaves and the assessment of differential metabolite levels related to the growing regions.
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- Yanni Zhao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road, 116023 Dalian, China
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Zelinová V, Mistrík I, Pavlovkin J, Tamás L. Glutathione peroxidase expression and activity in barley root tip after short-term treatment with cadmium, hydrogen peroxide and t-butyl hydroperoxide. PROTOPLASMA 2013; 250:1057-1065. [PMID: 23325536 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0481-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the alterations of glutathione peroxidase (GPX) expression and activity during the recovery period after a short-term treatment of barley root tip with cadmium (Cd) and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). The transcript level of GPX increased as early as 1 h and GPX activity 3 h after short-term treatment independently of Cd concentration. In 15 μM Cd-treated roots, its expression reached a peak within 2 h and sustained until 3 h, after which it gradually declined. After 6 h of short-term Cd treatment, the activity of GPX was the highest in the 15-μM Cd-treated roots. At higher Cd concentrations, the activity of GPX was lower than in 15 μM Cd-treated roots, but still higher than in control roots. A considerable increase in H(2)O(2) production was observed even after only 1 h of short-term exposure of roots to 30 and 60 μM Cd, while after 15 μM Cd exposure, its production increased 3 h after the treatment. Lipid peroxidation increased even 1 h after short-term treatment in a Cd concentration-dependent manner. A considerable decrease of GPX activity was observed after the exposure of roots to H(2)O(2) or t-butyl hydroperoxide in a concentration-dependent manner despite that its expression increased even 1 h after short-term treatment. Presumable, under high acute Cd stress, rapid accumulation of H(2)O(2) leads to the disturbance of basal metabolic processes affecting also GPX activity. In contrast, high GPX activity under moderate Cd stress maintains cell function despite the high rate of H(2)O(2) metabolism in root tip.
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- Veronika Zelinová
- Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84523, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Kumar D, Yusuf MA, Singh P, Sardar M, Sarin NB. Modulation of antioxidant machinery in α-tocopherol-enriched transgenic Brassica juncea plants tolerant to abiotic stress conditions. PROTOPLASMA 2013; 250:1079-89. [PMID: 23361901 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0484-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The antioxidant machinery in plants consists of several components with unique or overlapping functions that combat the deleterious production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by stress conditions. Tocopherols are a group of powerful antioxidants having additional roles in signaling and gene expression, with α-tocopherol being the most potent form. In the present study, we used wild-type (WT) and α-tocopherol-enriched transgenic (TR) Brassica juncea plants grown under salt, heavy metal, and osmotic stress to compare their relative tolerance to these stresses and to assess the effects of increased α-tocopherol content on the other antioxidative enzymes and molecules. The oxidative damage caused by induced stress was lower in TR plants compared to WT plants as assessed by their higher relative water content and lower electrolyte leakage, malondialdehyde content as well as H(2)O(2) accumulation. Lesser superoxide and H(2)O(2) accumulation was also observed by histochemical staining in TR seedlings exposed to stress. Though no significant differences were evident under normal growth conditions, TR plants showed higher activities and transcript levels of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase than WT plants under similar stress conditions. A decrease in ascorbate and glutathione content with marginally higher reductive ratios of these compounds was also observed in TR plants under the stress conditions. Our findings implicate the role of higher α-tocopherol levels in conferring better tolerance against salt, heavy metal, and osmotic stresses and also establish the existence of interplay between this lipid-soluble antioxidant and other water-soluble components of plant antioxidant defense.
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- Deepak Kumar
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Lu W, Chu X, Li Y, Wang C, Guo X. Cotton GhMKK1 induces the tolerance of salt and drought stress, and mediates defence responses to pathogen infection in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68503. [PMID: 23844212 PMCID: PMC3700956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases (MAPKK) mediate a variety of stress responses in plants. So far little is known on the functional role of MAPKKs in cotton. In the present study, Gossypium hirsutum MKK1 (GhMKK1) function was investigated. GhMKK1 protein may activate its specific targets in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. Treatments with salt, drought, and H2O2 induced the expression of GhMKK1 and increased the activity of GhMKK1, while overexpression of GhMKK1 in Nicotiana benthamiana enhanced its tolerance to salt and drought stresses as determined by many physiological data. Additionally, GhMKK1 activity was found to up-regulate pathogen-associated biotic stress, and overexpression of GhMKK1 increased the susceptibility of the transgenic plants to the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum by reducing the expression of PR genes. Moreover, GhMKK1-overexpressing plants also exhibited an enhanced reactive oxygen species scavenging capability and markedly elevated activities of several antioxidant enzymes. These results indicate that GhMKK1 is involved in plants defence responses and provide new data to further analyze the function of plant MAPK pathways.
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- Wenjing Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, PR China
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Sun WH, Wang Y, He HG, Li X, Song W, Du B, Meng QW. Reduction of methylviologen-mediated oxidative stress tolerance in antisense transgenic tobacco seedlings through restricted expression of StAPX. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2013; 14:578-85. [PMID: 23825143 PMCID: PMC3709062 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1200190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ascorbate peroxidases are directly involved in reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging by reducing hydrogen peroxide to water. The tomato thylakoid-bound ascorbate peroxidase gene (StAPX) was introduced into tobacco. RNA gel blot analysis confirmed that StAPX in tomato leaves was induced by methylviologen-mediated oxidative stress. The sense transgenic seedlings exhibited higher tAPX activity than that of the wild type (WT) plants under oxidative stress conditions, while the antisense seedlings exhibited lower tAPX activity. Lower APX activities of antisense transgenic seedlings caused higher malondialdehyde contents and relative electrical conductivity. The sense transgenic seedlings with higher tAPX activity maintained higher chlorophyll content and showed the importance of tAPX in maintaining the optimal chloroplast development under methylviologen stress conditions, whereas the antisense lines maintained lower chlorophyll content than WT seedlings. Results indicated that the over-expression of StAPX enhanced tolerance to methylviologen-mediated oxidative stress in sense transgenic tobacco early seedlings, whereas the suppression of StAPX in antisense transgenic seedlings showed high sensitivity to oxidative stress.
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- Wei-Hong Sun
- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
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Regulation of Leaf Senescence: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species. PLASTID DEVELOPMENT IN LEAVES DURING GROWTH AND SENESCENCE 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5724-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ogawa D, Morita H, Hattori T, Takeda S. Molecular characterization of the rice protein RSS1 required for meristematic activity under stressful conditions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 61:54-60. [PMID: 23041461 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Post embryonic growth of plants depends on cell division activity in the shoot and root meristems, in conjunction with subsequent cell differentiation. Under environmental stress conditions, where plant growth is moderately impaired, the meristematic activity is maintained by mechanisms as yet unknown. We previously showed that the rice protein RSS1, whose stability is regulated depending on the cell cycle phases, is a key factor for the maintenance of meristematic activity under stressful conditions. RSS1 interacts with a catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), but other molecular characteristics are largely unknown. Here we show that RSS1 interacts with all the PP1 expressed in the shoot apex of rice. This interaction requires one of the conserved regions of RSS1, which is important for RSS1 function. Interestingly, the recombinant RSS1 protein is highly resistant to heat with respect to its anti-coagulability and binding activity to PP1. The features of RSS1 are reminiscent of those of inhibitor-2 of animals, although it is likely that the mode of function of RSS1 is different from that of inhibitor-2. Noticeably, RSS1 binds to PP1 under extremely high ionic strength conditions in vitro. Therefore, RSS1 possibly functions by forming a stable complex with PP1.
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- Daisuke Ogawa
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Li M, Ji L, Yang X, Meng Q, Guo S. The protective mechanisms of CaHSP26 in transgenic tobacco to alleviate photoinhibition of PSII during chilling stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2012; 31:1969-79. [PMID: 22790321 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A known sweet pepper cDNA clone, CaHSP26 encoding the chloroplast-localized small heat shock protein (CPsHSP), was isolated and introduced into tobacco plants. It has been reported that CaHSP26 is a member of the CPsHSP gene family related to extreme temperature tolerance in plants. In the present work, the transcripts were detected in the transgenic tobacco lines. The actual quantum yield of photosynthesis (ΦPSII), non-photochemical quenching, and stomatal conductance (gs) in the transgenic lines overexpressing CaHSP26 were higher than those in the wild-type plants under a range of photosynthetic photon flux density during chilling stress. Electron microscopic analysis showed that the transgenic line (L1) had larger size of stomata to lessen stomatal limitation. The activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) were also higher in the transgenic lines than those in wild-type plants. Additionally, a significant increase in cis-unsaturated fatty acid contents was observed in transgenic lines due to lower temperatures. These results suggested that CaHSP26 protein plays an important role in protection of PSII by maintaining the antioxidative enzyme activities to avoid or mitigate photooxidation and increasing the fluidity of the thylakoid membrane during chilling stress under low irradiance. Key message CaHSP26 protein protects PSII by maintaining the antioxidative enzyme activities to avoid or mitigate photooxidation and increases the fluidity of the thylakoid membrane during chilling stress under low irradiance.
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- Meifang Li
- College of Life Science, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China
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Ding S, Lei M, Lu Q, Zhang A, Yin Y, Wen X, Zhang L, Lu C. Enhanced sensitivity and characterization of photosystem II in transgenic tobacco plants with decreased chloroplast glutathione reductase under chilling stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1817:1979-91. [PMID: 22709908 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2012] [Revised: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Chloroplast glutathione reductase (GR) plays an important role in protecting photosynthesis against oxidative stress. We used transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants with severely decreased GR activities by using a gene encoding tobacco chloroplast GR for the RNAi construct to investigate the possible mechanisms of chloroplast GR in protecting photosynthesis against chilling stress. Transgenic plants were highly sensitive to chilling stress and accumulated high levels of H₂O₂ in chloroplasts. Spectroscopic analysis and electron transport measurements show that PSII activity was significantly reduced in transgenic plants. Flash-induced fluorescence relaxation and thermoluminescence measurements demonstrate that there was a slow electron transfer between Q(A) and Q(B) and decreased redox potential of Q(B) in transgenic plants, whereas the donor side function of PSII was not affected. Immunoblot and blue native gel analyses illustrate that PSII protein accumulation was decreased greatly in transgenic plants. Our results suggest that chloroplast GR plays an important role in protecting PSII function by maintaining the electron transport in PSII acceptor side and stabilizing PSII complexes under chilling stress. Our results also suggest that the recycling of ascorbate from dehydroascorbate in the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in the chloroplast plays an essential role in protecting PSII against chilling stress.
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- Shunhua Ding
- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10093, China
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Li L, Yi H. Effect of sulfur dioxide on ROS production, gene expression and antioxidant enzyme activity in Arabidopsis plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 58:46-53. [PMID: 22771435 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) is one of the most common and harmful air pollutants. To analyze antioxidant response of plants to SO(2) stress, we investigated the reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, transcript alterations and antioxidant enzyme activities in Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0) exposed to 0, 2.5, 10 and 30 mg m(-3) of SO(2). The results showed that both superoxide radical (O(2)(-⋅)) generation rate and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) content increased in SO(2)-treated Arabidopsis shoots. GeneChip and RT-PCR analysis revealed that transcript levels of peroxidase (POD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) genes enhanced after exposure to 30 mg m(-3) SO(2) for 72 h. The content of glutathione and activities of SOD, POD and GPX increased significantly during 72 h of SO(2) exposure. However, catalases (CAT) activity changed slightly under SO(2) stress. Furthermore, the results of in-gel enzyme assays indicated that SOD (FeSOD and Cu/ZnSOD) and POD isoforms increased after exposure to SO(2) for 72 h, whereas two CAT isoforms (CAT2 and CAT3) declined. Malondialdehyde content kept at a low level within 72 h of SO(2) exposure, but increased significantly after exposure to 30 mg m(-3) SO(2) for 120 h along with decrease in the level of ROS and activities of SOD and GPX. Our results indicated that increased ROS may act as a signal to induce defense response to SO(2) stress. Antioxidant status plays an important role in plant protection against SO(2)-caused oxidative stress, though the defense capacity cannot sufficiently alleviate oxidative damage occurring under prolonged exposure to higher concentrations of SO(2).
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- Lihong Li
- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Molecular cloning and functional analyses of glutathione peroxidase homologous genes from Chlorella sp. NJ-18. Gene 2012; 501:17-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2012] [Revised: 03/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Wormit A, Butt M, Chairam I, McKenna J, Nunes-Nesi A, Kjaer L, O’Donnelly K, Fernie A, Woscholski R, Barter L, Hamann T. Osmosensitive changes of carbohydrate metabolism in response to cellulose biosynthesis inhibition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:105-17. [PMID: 22422940 PMCID: PMC3375954 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.195198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in the world, the main load-bearing element in plant cell walls, and represents a major sink for carbon fixed during photosynthesis. Previous work has shown that photosynthetic activity is partially regulated by carbohydrate sinks. However, the coordination of cellulose biosynthesis with carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthesis is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that cellulose biosynthesis inhibition (CBI) leads to reductions in transcript levels of genes involved in photosynthesis, the Calvin cycle, and starch degradation in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings. In parallel, we show that CBI induces changes in carbohydrate distribution and influences Rubisco activase levels. We find that the effects of CBI on gene expression and carbohydrate metabolism can be neutralized by osmotic support in a concentration-dependent manner. However, osmotic support does not suppress CBI-induced metabolic changes in seedlings impaired in mechanoperception (mid1 complementing activity1 [mca1]) and osmoperception (cytokinin receptor1 [cre1]) or reactive oxygen species production (respiratory burst oxidase homolog DF [rbohDF]). These results show that carbohydrate metabolism is responsive to changes in cellulose biosynthesis activity and turgor pressure. The data suggest that MCA1, CRE1, and RBOHDF-derived reactive oxygen species are involved in the regulation of osmosensitive metabolic changes. The evidence presented here supports the notion that cellulose and carbohydrate metabolism may be coordinated via an osmosensitive mechanism.
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Wang YW, Wang WC, Jin SH, Wang J, Wang B, Hou BK. Over-expression of a putative poplar glycosyltransferase gene, PtGT1, in tobacco increases lignin content and causes early flowering. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:2799-808. [PMID: 22268132 PMCID: PMC3346238 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2011] [Revised: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 12/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Family 1 glycosyltransferases catalyse the glycosylation of small molecules and play an important role in maintaining cell homeostasis and regulating plant growth and development. In this study, a putative glycosyltransferase gene of family 1, PtGT1, was cloned from poplar (Populus tomentosa Carr.). Sequence analysis showed that this gene encodes a protein of 481 amino acid residues with a conserved PSPG box at its C-terminal, suggesting that it is active in the glycosylation of plant secondary products. The PtGT1 gene was expressed in poplar stems and leaves, with a particularly high expression level in elongating stems. Transgenic tobacco plants ectopically over-expressing PtGT1 were obtained and phenotypes were analysed. Wiesner and Mäule staining showed that stem xylem of transgenic tobacco plants stained more strongly than controls. Measurement of the Klason lignins showed much higher lignin content in the transgenic lines than in control plants. Furthermore, the ectopic over-expression of PtGT1 in tobacco resulted in an early flowering phenotype. These findings offer a possible starting point towards better understanding of the function of poplar PtGT1, and provide a novel strategy for lignin engineering and flowering control in plants through the genetic manipulation of a poplar glycosyltransferase gene.
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education; School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Zhang J, Liu H, Sun J, Li B, Zhu Q, Chen S, Zhang H. Arabidopsis fatty acid desaturase FAD2 is required for salt tolerance during seed germination and early seedling growth. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30355. [PMID: 22279586 PMCID: PMC3261201 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Fatty acid desaturases play important role in plant responses to abiotic stresses. However, their exact function in plant resistance to salt stress is unknown. In this work, we provide the evidence that FAD2, an endoplasmic reticulum localized ω-6 desaturase, is required for salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. Using vacuolar and plasma membrane vesicles prepared from the leaves of wild-type (Col-0) and the loss-of-function Arabidopsis mutant, fad2, which lacks the functional FAD2, we examined the fatty acid composition and Na+-dependent H+ movements of the isolated vesicles. We observed that, when compared to Col-0, the level of vacuolar and plasma membrane polyunsaturation was lower, and the Na+/H+ exchange activity was reduced in vacuolar and plasma membrane vesicles isolated from fad2 mutant. Consistent with the reduced Na+/H+ exchange activity, fad2 accumulated more Na+ in the cytoplasm of root cells, and was more sensitive to salt stress during seed germination and early seedling growth, as indicated by CoroNa-Green staining, net Na+ efflux and salt tolerance analyses. Our results suggest that FAD2 mediated high-level vacuolar and plasma membrane fatty acid desaturation is essential for the proper function of membrane attached Na+/H+ exchangers, and thereby to maintain a low cytosolic Na+ concentration for salt tolerance during seed germination and early seedling growth in Arabidopsis.
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- Jiantao Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Zhang H, Han B, Wang T, Chen S, Li H, Zhang Y, Dai S. Mechanisms of plant salt response: insights from proteomics. J Proteome Res 2011; 11:49-67. [PMID: 22017755 DOI: 10.1021/pr200861w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress that limits plant growth and agriculture productivity. To cope with salt stress, plants have evolved complex salt-responsive signaling and metabolic processes at the cellular, organ, and whole-plant levels. Investigation of the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying plant salinity tolerance will provide valuable information for effective engineering strategies. Current proteomics provides a high-throughput approach to study sophisticated molecular networks in plants. In this review, we describe a salt-responsive protein database by an integrated analysis of proteomics-based studies. The database contains 2171 salt-responsive protein identities representing 561 unique proteins. These proteins have been identified from leaves, roots, shoots, seedlings, unicells, grains, hypocotyls, radicles, and panicles from 34 plant species. The identified proteins provide invaluable information toward understanding the complex and fine-tuned plant salt-tolerance mechanisms in photosynthesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging, ion homeostasis, osmotic modulation, signaling transduction, transcription, protein synthesis/turnover, cytoskeleton dynamics, and cross-tolerance to different stress conditions.
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- Heng Zhang
- Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Northeast Forestry University, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field, Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China
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Kyseláková H, Prokopová J, Nauš J, Novák O, Navrátil M, Safářová D, Spundová M, Ilík P. Photosynthetic alterations of pea leaves infected systemically by pea enation mosaic virus: A coordinated decrease in efficiencies of CO(2) assimilation and photosystem II photochemistry. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2011; 49:1279-89. [PMID: 22000051 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We have investigated photosynthetic changes of fully expanded pea leaves infected systemically by pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV) that often attacks legumes particularly in northern temperate regions. A typical compatible virus-host interaction was monitored during 40 post-inoculation days (dpi). An initial PEMV-induced decrease in photosynthetic CO(2) assimilation was detected at 15 dpi, when the virus appeared in the measured leaves. This decrease was not induced by stomata closure and corresponded with a decrease in the efficiency of photosystem II photochemistry (Φ(PSII)). Despite of a slight impairment of oxygen evolution at this stage, PSII function was not primarily responsible for the decrease in Φ(PSII). Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging revealed that Φ(PSII) started to decrease from the leaf tip to the base. More pronounced symptoms of PEMV disease appeared at later stages, when a typical mosaic and enations appeared in the infected leaves and oxidative damage of cell membranes was detected. From 30 dpi, a degradation of photosynthetic pigments accelerated, stomata were closing and corresponding pronounced decline in CO(2) assimilation was observed. A concomitant photoprotective responses, i.e. an increase in non-photochemical quenching and accumulation of de-epoxidized xanthophylls, were also detected. Interestingly, alternative electron sinks in chloroplasts were not stimulated by PEMV infection, which is in contradiction to earlier reports dealing with virus-induced plant stresses. The presented results show that the PEMV-induced alterations in mature pea leaves accelerated leaf senescence during which a decrease in Φ(PSII) took place in coordinated manner with an inhibition of CO(2) assimilation.
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- Helena Kyseláková
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc CZ-78371, Czech Republic
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Chaki M, Valderrama R, Fernández-Ocaña AM, Carreras A, Gómez-Rodríguez MV, López-Jaramillo J, Begara-Morales JC, Sánchez-Calvo B, Luque F, Leterrier M, Corpas FJ, Barroso JB. High temperature triggers the metabolism of S-nitrosothiols in sunflower mediating a process of nitrosative stress which provokes the inhibition of ferredoxin-NADP reductase by tyrosine nitration. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2011; 34:1803-18. [PMID: 21676000 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02376.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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High temperature (HT) is considered a major abiotic stress that negatively affects both vegetative and reproductive growth. Whereas the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is well established under HT, less is known about the metabolism of reactive nitrogen species (RNS). In sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seedlings exposed to HT, NO content as well as S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) activity and expression were down-regulated with the simultaneous accumulation of total S-nitrosothiols (SNOs) including S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO). However, the content of tyrosine nitration (NO(2) -Tyr) studied by high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and by confocal laser scanning microscope was induced. Nitroproteome analysis under HT showed that this stress induced the protein expression of 13 tyrosine-nitrated proteins. Among the induced proteins, ferredoxin-NADP reductase (FNR) was selected to evaluate the effect of nitration on its activity after heat stress and in vitro conditions using 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) (peroxynitrite donor) as the nitrating agent, the FNR activity being inhibited. Taken together, these results suggest that HT augments SNOs, which appear to mediate protein tyrosine nitration, inhibiting FNR, which is involved in the photosynthesis process.
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- Mounira Chaki
- Grupo de Señalización Molecular y Sistemas Antioxidantes en Plantas, Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Jaén E-23071 Jaén, Spain
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Tanaka S, Ikeda K, Miyasaka H, Shioi Y, Suzuki Y, Tamoi M, Takeda T, Shigeoka S, Harada K, Hirata K. Comparison of three Chlamydomonas strains which show distinctive oxidative stress tolerance. J Biosci Bioeng 2011; 112:462-8. [PMID: 21839677 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Methyl viologen (MV) causes severe oxidative stress by generating superoxide in the photosystem. The marine Chlamydomonas strain W80 is highly tolerant to MV (inhibitory concentration 50% [IC₅₀]=110 μM), and another marine Chlamydomonas strain HS5 shows also relatively a high tolerance (IC₅₀=12 μM). These two marine strains and a freshwater Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which is highly sensitive to MV (IC₅₀=0.03 μM), were compared with respect to their reactive oxygen species (ROS) eliminating enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and ascorbate peroxidase), intracellular free amino acids, and antioxidant activities of the cell extracts. The marked difference between the marine Chlamydomonas strains and C. reinhardtii is the much higher (more than 5 fold) ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity in the marine strains. The marine strains also kept the high APX activities (more than 100% of non-stressed condition) under the MV stressed condition, while the APX activity in C. reinhardtii was significantly decreased (36% of non-stressed condition) under the stressed condition, indicating that APX activity potentially contributes to the oxidative stress tolerance in Chlamydomonas. In addition, the levels of intracellular free proline, which is supposed to ameliorate oxidative stress, were several tens of times higher in the marine Chlamydomonas strains than in C. reinhardtii.
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- Satoshi Tanaka
- The Kansai Electric Power Co., Environmental Research Center, Keihanna-Plaza, Hikaridai 1-7, Seikacho, Sourakugun, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan
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Le Martret B, Poage M, Shiel K, Nugent GD, Dix PJ. Tobacco chloroplast transformants expressing genes encoding dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione-S-transferase, exhibit altered anti-oxidant metabolism and improved abiotic stress tolerance. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2011; 9:661-73. [PMID: 21450042 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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One approach to understanding the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-scavenging systems in plant stress tolerance is to manipulate the levels of antioxidant enzyme activities. In this study, we expressed in the chloroplast three such enzymes: dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and glutathione reductase (GR). Homoplasmic chloroplast transformants containing either DHAR or GST, or a combination of DHAR:GR and GST:GR were generated and confirmed by molecular analysis. They exhibited the predicted changes in enzyme activities, and levels or redox state of ascorbate and glutathione. Progeny of these plants were then subjected to environmental stresses including methyl viologen (MV)-induced oxidative stress, salt, cold and heavy metal stresses. Overexpression of these different enzymes enhanced salt and cold tolerance. The simultaneous expression of DHAR:GR and GST:GR conferred MV tolerance while expression of either transgene on its own didn't. This study provides evidence that increasing part of the antioxidant pathway within the chloroplast enhances the plant's ability to tolerate abiotic stress.
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- Bénédicte Le Martret
- Biology Department, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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Zhang Y, Ding S, Lu Q, Yang Z, Wen X, Zhang L, Lu C. Characterization of photosystem II in transgenic tobacco plants with decreased iron superoxide dismutase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2011; 1807:391-403. [PMID: 21256108 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Revised: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Iron superoxide dismutases (FeSODs) play an important role in preventing the oxidative damage associated with photosynthesis. To investigate the mechanisms of FeSOD in protection against photooxidative stress, we obtained transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants with severely decreased FeSOD by using a gene encoding tobacco chloroplastic FeSOD for the RNAi construct. Transgenic plants were highly sensitive to photooxidative stress and accumulated increased levels of O₂•⁻ under normal light conditions. Spectroscopic analysis and electron transport measurements showed that PSII activity was significantly reduced in transgenic plants. Flash-induced fluorescence relaxation and thermoluminescence measurements revealed that there was a slow electron transfer between Q(A) and Q(B) and decreased redox potential of Q(B) in transgenic plants, whereas the donor side function of PSII was not affected. Immunoblot and blue native gel analyses showed that PSII protein accumulation was also decreased in transgenic plants. PSII photodamage and D1 protein degradation under high light treatment was increased in transgenic plants, whereas the PSII repair was not affected, indicating that the stability of the PSII complex was decreased in transgenic plants. The results in this study suggest that FeSOD plays an important role in maintaining PSII function by stabilizing PSII complexes in tobacco plants.
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- Yan Zhang
- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China
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Zhang YJ, Yang JS, Guo SJ, Meng JJ, Zhang YL, Wan SB, He QW, Li XG. Over-expression of the Arabidopsis CBF1 gene improves resistance of tomato leaves to low temperature under low irradiance. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2011; 13:362-7. [PMID: 21309983 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A known Arabidopsis cDNA clone, the CRT/DRE binding factor 1 (CBF1), was isolated and introduced into tomato plants. CBF1 is a member of the CBF gene family related to low temperature and enhanced low temperature tolerance in plants. In the present work, transcripts of CBF1 could be detected in transgenic tomato leaves, and the photochemical efficiency of PSII (F(v) /F(m)) and oxidisable P700 in the transgenic tomato over-expressing CBF1 were higher than in non-transformed plants under low temperature stress at low irradiance. Similarly, higher activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), higher non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), and lower malondialdehyde (MDA) content were also detected in transgenic tomato leaves. These results suggest that CBF1 protein plays an important role in protection of PSII and PSI during low temperature stress at low irradiance.
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- Y-J Zhang
- High-Tech Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of Crops, Animals and Poultry of Shandong Province, Ji'nan, China
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Herbette S, de Labrouhe DT, Drevet JR, Roeckel-Drevet P. Transgenic tomatoes showing higher glutathione peroxydase antioxidant activity are more resistant to an abiotic stress but more susceptible to biotic stresses. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 180:548-53. [PMID: 21421403 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The function of selenium independent glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in response to biotic and abiotic stresses was investigated in transgenic tomato plants overexpressing an exogenous GPx and exhibiting a 50% increase in total GPx activity. GPx-overexpressing and control plants were challenged either by a mechanical stress or by infection with the biotrophic parasite Oidium neolycopersici or the necrotrophic parasite Botrytis cinerea. In mechanically stressed plants, internode growth was significantly less modified in GPx-overexpressing plants compared to controls. This stress resistant phenotype was not accompanied with any change in the global antioxidant response of the plants other than their increased GPx activity. Following infection by O. neolycopersici or by B. cinerea, lesion extension was increased in GPx-overexpressing plants compared with controls. These results showed that GPx overexpression provoked opposite effects in situations of biotic and abiotic challenges, suggesting a key role for this scavenger enzyme in controlling biotic and abiotic stress responses.
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- Stéphane Herbette
- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, UMRA 547 PIAF, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France
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Hossain MA, Hasanuzzaman M, Fujita M. Coordinate induction of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase system by exogenous proline and glycinebetaine is correlated with salt tolerance in mung bean. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11703-010-1070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Martínez-Esteso MJ, Casado-Vela J, Sellés-Marchart S, Elortza F, Pedreño MA, Bru-Martínez R. iTRAQ-based profiling of grape berry exocarp proteins during ripening using a parallel mass spectrometric method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 7:749-65. [DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00194e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ahmad P, Jaleel CA, Salem MA, Nabi G, Sharma S. Roles of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants in plants during abiotic stress. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2010; 30:161-75. [PMID: 20214435 DOI: 10.3109/07388550903524243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 491] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced in plants as byproducts during many metabolic reactions, such as photosynthesis and respiration. Oxidative stress occurs when there is a serious imbalance between the production of ROS and antioxidant defense. Generation of ROS causes rapid cell damage by triggering a chain reaction. Cells have evolved an elaborate system of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants which help to scavenge these indigenously generated ROS. Various enzymes involved in ROS-scavenging have been manipulated, over expressed or downregulated to add to the present knowledge and understanding the role of the antioxidant systems. The present article reviews the manipulation of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants in plants to enhance the environmental stress tolerance and also throws light on ROS and redox signaling, calcium signaling, and ABA signaling.
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- Parvaiz Ahmad
- Biochemistry laboratory, CRDT, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Gill SS, Tuteja N. Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant machinery in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2010; 48:909-30. [PMID: 20870416 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4398] [Impact Index Per Article: 314.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2010] [Revised: 08/11/2010] [Accepted: 08/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Various abiotic stresses lead to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants which are highly reactive and toxic and cause damage to proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and DNA which ultimately results in oxidative stress. The ROS comprises both free radical (O(2)(-), superoxide radicals; OH, hydroxyl radical; HO(2), perhydroxy radical and RO, alkoxy radicals) and non-radical (molecular) forms (H(2)O(2), hydrogen peroxide and (1)O(2), singlet oxygen). In chloroplasts, photosystem I and II (PSI and PSII) are the major sites for the production of (1)O(2) and O(2)(-). In mitochondria, complex I, ubiquinone and complex III of electron transport chain (ETC) are the major sites for the generation of O(2)(-). The antioxidant defense machinery protects plants against oxidative stress damages. Plants possess very efficient enzymatic (superoxide dismutase, SOD; catalase, CAT; ascorbate peroxidase, APX; glutathione reductase, GR; monodehydroascorbate reductase, MDHAR; dehydroascorbate reductase, DHAR; glutathione peroxidase, GPX; guaicol peroxidase, GOPX and glutathione-S- transferase, GST) and non-enzymatic (ascorbic acid, ASH; glutathione, GSH; phenolic compounds, alkaloids, non-protein amino acids and α-tocopherols) antioxidant defense systems which work in concert to control the cascades of uncontrolled oxidation and protect plant cells from oxidative damage by scavenging of ROS. ROS also influence the expression of a number of genes and therefore control the many processes like growth, cell cycle, programmed cell death (PCD), abiotic stress responses, pathogen defense, systemic signaling and development. In this review, we describe the biochemistry of ROS and their production sites, and ROS scavenging antioxidant defense machinery.
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- Sarvajeet Singh Gill
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Kavitha K, George S, Venkataraman G, Parida A. A salt-inducible chloroplastic monodehydroascorbate reductase from halophyte Avicennia marina confers salt stress tolerance on transgenic plants. Biochimie 2010; 92:1321-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Quantitative trait loci conferring resistance to Fusarium head blight in barley respond differentially to Fusarium graminearum infection. Funct Integr Genomics 2010; 11:95-102. [DOI: 10.1007/s10142-010-0192-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2010] [Revised: 08/28/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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El-Shabrawi H, Kumar B, Kaul T, Reddy MK, Singla-Pareek SL, Sopory SK. Redox homeostasis, antioxidant defense, and methylglyoxal detoxification as markers for salt tolerance in Pokkali rice. PROTOPLASMA 2010; 245:85-96. [PMID: 20419461 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0144-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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To identify biochemical markers for salt tolerance, two contrasting cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.) differing in salt tolerance were analyzed for various parameters. Pokkali, a salt-tolerant cultivar, showed considerably lower level of H(2)O(2) as compared to IR64, a sensitive cultivar, and such a physiology may be ascribed to the higher activity of enzymes in Pokkali, which either directly or indirectly are involved in the detoxification of H(2)O(2). Enzyme activities and the isoenzyme pattern of antioxidant enzymes also showed higher activity of different types and forms in Pokkali as compared to IR64, suggesting that Pokkali possesses a more efficient antioxidant defense system to cope up with salt-induced oxidative stress. Further, Pokkali exhibited a higher GSH/GSSG ratio along with a higher ratio of reduced ascorbate/oxidized ascorbate as compared to IR64 under NaCl stress. In addition, the activity of methylglyoxal detoxification system (glyoxalase I and II) was significantly higher in Pokkali as compared to IR64. As reduced glutathione is involved in the ascorbate-glutathione pathway as well as in the methylglyoxal detoxification pathway, it may be a point of interaction between these two. Our results suggest that both ascorbate and glutathione homeostasis, modulated also via glyoxalase enzymes, can be considered as biomarkers for salt tolerance in Pokkali rice. In addition, status of reactive oxygen species and oxidative DNA damage can serve as a quick and sensitive biomarker for screening against salt and other abiotic stresses in crop plants.
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- Hattem El-Shabrawi
- Plant Molecular Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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Li F, Wu QY, Sun YL, Wang LY, Yang XH, Meng QW. Overexpression of chloroplastic monodehydroascorbate reductase enhanced tolerance to temperature and methyl viologen-mediated oxidative stresses. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2010; 139:421-34. [PMID: 20230481 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2010.01369.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) monodehydroascorbate reductase gene (LeMDAR) was isolated. The LeMDAR-green fluorescence protein (GFP) fusion protein was targeted to chloroplast in Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplast. RNA and protein gel blot analyses confirmed that the sense- and antisense- LeMDAR were integrated into the tomato genome. The MDAR activities and the levels of reduced ascorbate (AsA) were markedly increased in sense transgenic lines and decreased in antisense transgenic lines compared with wild-type (WT) plants. Under low and high temperature stresses, the sense transgenic plants showed lower level of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), lower thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) content, higher net photosynthetic rate (P(n)), higher maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII (F(v)/F(m)) and fresh weight compared with WT plants. The oxidizable P700 decreased more obviously in WT and antisense plants than that in sense plants at chilling temperature under low irradiance. Furthermore, the sense transgenic plants exhibited significantly lower H(2)O(2) level, higher ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity, greater P(n) and F(v)/F(m) under methyl viologen (MV)-mediated oxidative stresses. These results indicated that overexpression of chloroplastic MDAR played an important role in alleviating photoinhibition of PSI and PSII and enhancing the tolerance to various abiotic stresses by elevating AsA level.
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- Feng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P.R. China
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Yang JS, Wang R, Meng JJ, Bi YP, Xu PL, Guo F, Wan SB, He QW, Li XG. Overexpression of Arabidopsis CBF1 gene in transgenic tobacco alleviates photoinhibition of PSII and PSI during chilling stress under low irradiance. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:534-9. [PMID: 20022137 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 11/01/2009] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A known arabidopsis cDNA clone, the CRT/DRE binding factor 1 (CBF1), was isolated and introduced into tobacco plants. It has been reported that CBF1 is one member of CBF gene family related to low temperature and enhancing low temperature tolerance of plants. In the present work, the transcripts could be detected in the transgenic lines. The photochemical efficiency of PSII (F(v)/F(m)) and the photo-oxidizable P700 in the transgenic lines overexpressing CBF1 were higher than that in the wild type plants during the chilling stress under low irradiance. Similarly, the higher NPQ, higher qf, lower Phi(NF), higher activity of SOD, and lower content of MDA were also detected in the transgenic tobacco lines. Additionally, higher expression levels of Nicotiana tabacum copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) were also detected in the transgenic lines. These results suggest that CBF1 protein plays an important role in protection of PSII and PSI during the chilling stress under low irradiance.
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- Jia-Sen Yang
- High-Tech Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan 250100, China
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Radakovits R, Jinkerson RE, Darzins A, Posewitz MC. Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2010; 9:486-501. [PMID: 20139239 PMCID: PMC2863401 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00364-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 517] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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There are currently intensive global research efforts aimed at increasing and modifying the accumulation of lipids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, polysaccharides, and other energy storage compounds in photosynthetic organisms, yeast, and bacteria through genetic engineering. Many improvements have been realized, including increased lipid and carbohydrate production, improved H(2) yields, and the diversion of central metabolic intermediates into fungible biofuels. Photosynthetic microorganisms are attracting considerable interest within these efforts due to their relatively high photosynthetic conversion efficiencies, diverse metabolic capabilities, superior growth rates, and ability to store or secrete energy-rich hydrocarbons. Relative to cyanobacteria, eukaryotic microalgae possess several unique metabolic attributes of relevance to biofuel production, including the accumulation of significant quantities of triacylglycerol; the synthesis of storage starch (amylopectin and amylose), which is similar to that found in higher plants; and the ability to efficiently couple photosynthetic electron transport to H(2) production. Although the application of genetic engineering to improve energy production phenotypes in eukaryotic microalgae is in its infancy, significant advances in the development of genetic manipulation tools have recently been achieved with microalgal model systems and are being used to manipulate central carbon metabolism in these organisms. It is likely that many of these advances can be extended to industrially relevant organisms. This review is focused on potential avenues of genetic engineering that may be undertaken in order to improve microalgae as a biofuel platform for the production of biohydrogen, starch-derived alcohols, diesel fuel surrogates, and/or alkanes.
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- Randor Radakovits
- Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, Colorado 80401, and
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- Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, Colorado 80401, and
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, Colorado 80401, and
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Tamoi M, Tabuchi T, Demuratani M, Otori K, Tanabe N, Maruta T, Shigeoka S. Point mutation of a plastidic invertase inhibits development of the photosynthetic apparatus and enhances nitrate assimilation in sugar-treated Arabidopsis seedlings. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:15399-15407. [PMID: 20304912 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.055111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Because the photosynthetic apparatus contains a massive amount of nitrogen in plants, the regulation of its development by sugar signals is important to the maintenance of the carbon-nitrogen balance. In this study we isolated an Arabidopsis mutant (sicy-192) whose cotyledon greening was inhibited by treatments with sugars such as sucrose, glucose, and fructose. In the mutant, the gene encoding plastidic alkaline/neutral invertase (INV-E) was point-mutated at codon 294, with Tyr substituted for Cys (C294Y). Interestingly, the greening of cotyledons in the knock-out INV-E lines was not inhibited by treatment with the sugars. In addition, the knock-out INV-E lines expressing an INV-E:C294Y or INV-E:C294A gene had the same phenotype as sicy-192 mutants, whereas the lines expressing a wild-type INV-E gene had the same phenotype as wild-type plants. A recombinant INV-E:C294Y protein had the same enzymatic activity as a recombinant INV-E protein, suggesting that the Cys-294 residue of INV-E is important for its functions in the chloroplasts. On treatment with sucrose, the expression of photosynthesis-related genes was weaker in seedlings of mutant plants than wild-type seedlings, whereas the activity of nitrate reductase was stronger in the mutant plants than wild-type plants. These findings suggest that Cys-294 of INV-E is associated with the development of the photosynthetic apparatus and the assimilation of nitrogen in Arabidopsis seedlings to control the ratio of sucrose content to hexose content.
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- Masahiro Tamoi
- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan.
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Hossain MA, Fujita M. Evidence for a role of exogenous glycinebetaine and proline in antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in mung bean seedlings under salt stress. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 16:19-29. [PMID: 23572951 PMCID: PMC3550627 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-010-0003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In mung bean seedlings, salt stress (300 mM NaCl) caused a significant increase in reduced glutathione (GSH) content within 24 h of treatment as compared to control whereas a slight increase was observed after 48 h of treatment. Highest oxidized glutathione (GSSG) content was observed after 48 h to treatment with a concomitant decrease in glutathione redox state. Glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase, and glyoxalase II enzyme activities were significantly elevated up to 48 h, whereas glutathione reductase and glyoxalase I activities were increased only up to 24 h and then gradually decreased. Application of 15 mM proline or 15 mM glycinebetaine resulted in an increase in GSH content, maintenance of a high glutathione redox state and higher activities of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase, glutathione reductase, glyoxalase I and glyoxalase II enzymes involved in the ROS and methylglyoxal (MG) detoxification system for up to 48 h, compared to those of the control and mostly also salt stressed plants, with a simultaneous decrease in GSSG content, H2O2 and lipid peroxidation level. The present study suggests that both proline and glycinebetaine provide a protective action against saltinduced oxidative damage by reducing H2O2 and lipid peroxidation level and by enhancing antioxidant defense and MG detoxification systems.
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- Mohammad Anwar Hossain
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0795 Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0795 Japan
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Chapter 24 Antioxidants and Photo-oxidative Stress Responses in Plants and Algae. THE CHLOROPLAST 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8531-3_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Zhang JT, Zhu JQ, Zhu Q, Liu H, Gao XS, Zhang HX. Fatty acid desaturase-6 (Fad6) is required for salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 390:469-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fischer BB, Dayer R, Schwarzenbach Y, Lemaire SD, Behra R, Liedtke A, Eggen RIL. Function and regulation of the glutathione peroxidase homologous gene GPXH/GPX5 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 71:569-83. [PMID: 19690965 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9540-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2009] [Accepted: 08/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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When exposed to strong sunlight, photosynthetic organisms encounter photooxidative stress by the increased production of reactive oxygen species causing harmful damages to proteins and membranes. Consequently, a fast and specific induction of defense mechanisms is required to protect the organism from cell death. In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the glutathione peroxidase homologous gene GPXH/GPX5 was shown to be specifically upregulated by singlet oxygen formed during high light conditions presumably to prevent the accumulation of lipid hydroperoxides and membrane damage. We now showed that the GPXH protein is a thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase catalyzing the reduction of hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides.Furthermore, the GPXH gene seems to encode a dual-targeted protein, predicted to be localized both in the chloroplast and the cytoplasm, which is active with either plastidic TRXy or cytosolic TRXh1. Putative dual-targeting is achieved by alternative transcription and translation start sites expressed independently from either a TATA-box or an Initiator core promoter. Expression of both transcripts was upregulated by photooxidative stress even though with different strengths. The induction required the presence of the core promoter sequences and multiple upstream regulatory elements including a Sp1-like element and an earlier identified CRE/AP-1 homologous sequence. This element was further characterized by mutation analysis but could not be confirmed to be a consensus CRE or AP1 element. Instead, it rather seems to be another member of the large group of TGAC-transcription factor binding sites found to be involved in the response of different genes to oxidative stress.
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- Beat B Fischer
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland.
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Ishikawa K, Ogawa T, Hirosue E, Nakayama Y, Harada K, Fukusaki E, Yoshimura K, Shigeoka S. Modulation of the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation reaction via the Arabidopsis ADP-ribose/NADH pyrophosphohydrolase, AtNUDX7, is involved in the response to oxidative stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 151:741-54. [PMID: 19656905 PMCID: PMC2754630 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.140442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Here, we assessed modulation of the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PAR) reaction by an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) ADP-ribose (Rib)/NADH pyrophosphohydrolase, AtNUDX7 (for Arabidopsis Nudix hydrolase 7), in AtNUDX7-overexpressed (Pro(35S):AtNUDX7) or AtNUDX7-disrupted (KO-nudx7) plants under normal conditions and oxidative stress caused by paraquat treatment. Levels of NADH and ADP-Rib were decreased in the Pro(35S):AtNUDX7 plants but increased in the KO-nudx7 plants under normal conditions and oxidative stress compared with the control plants, indicating that AtNUDX7 hydrolyzes both ADP-Rib and NADH as physiological substrates. The Pro(35S):AtNUDX7 and KO-nudx7 plants showed increased and decreased tolerance, respectively, to oxidative stress compared with the control plants. Levels of poly(ADP-Rib) in the Pro(35S):AtNUDX7 and KO-nudx7 plants were markedly higher and lower, respectively, than those in the control plants. Depletion of NAD(+) and ATP resulting from the activation of the PAR reaction under oxidative stress was completely suppressed in the Pro(35S):AtNUDX7 plants. Accumulation of NAD(+) and ATP was observed in the KO-nudx7- and 3-aminobenzamide-treated plants, in which the PAR reaction was suppressed. The expression levels of DNA repair factors, AtXRCC1 and AtXRCC2 (for x-ray repair cross-complementing factors 1 and 2), paralleled that of AtNUDX7 under both normal conditions and oxidative stress, although an inverse correlation was observed between the levels of AtXRCC3, AtRAD51 (for Escherichia coli RecA homolog), AtDMC1 (for disrupted meiotic cDNA), and AtMND1 (for meiotic nuclear divisions) and AtNUDX7. These findings suggest that AtNUDX7 controls the balance between NADH and NAD(+) by NADH turnover under normal conditions. Under oxidative stress, AtNUDX7 serves to maintain NAD(+) levels by supplying ATP via nucleotide recycling from free ADP-Rib molecules and thus regulates the defense mechanisms against oxidative DNA damage via modulation of the PAR reaction.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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