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Williams B, Njaci I, Moghaddam L, Long H, Dickman MB, Zhang X, Mundree S. Trehalose Accumulation Triggers Autophagy during Plant Desiccation. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005705. [PMID: 26633550 PMCID: PMC4669190 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Global climate change, increasingly erratic weather and a burgeoning global population are significant threats to the sustainability of future crop production. There is an urgent need for the development of robust measures that enable crops to withstand the uncertainty of climate change whilst still producing maximum yields. Resurrection plants possess the unique ability to withstand desiccation for prolonged periods, can be restored upon watering and represent great potential for the development of stress tolerant crops. Here, we describe the remarkable stress characteristics of Tripogon loliiformis, an uncharacterised resurrection grass and close relative of the economically important cereals, rice, sorghum, and maize. We show that T. loliiformis survives extreme environmental stress by implementing autophagy to prevent Programmed Cell Death. Notably, we identified a novel role for trehalose in the regulation of autophagy in T.loliiformis. Transcriptome, Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, immunoblotting and confocal microscopy analyses directly linked the accumulation of trehalose with the onset of autophagy in dehydrating and desiccated T. loliiformis shoots. These results were supported in vitro with the observation of autophagosomes in trehalose treated T. loliiformis leaves; autophagosomes were not detected in untreated samples. Presumably, once induced, autophagy promotes desiccation tolerance in T.loliiformis, by removal of cellular toxins to suppress programmed cell death and the recycling of nutrients to delay the onset of senescence. These findings illustrate how resurrection plants manipulate sugar metabolism to promote desiccation tolerance and may provide candidate genes that are potentially useful for the development of stress tolerant crops.
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- Brett Williams
- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Almoguera C, Personat JM, Prieto-Dapena P, Jordano J. Heat shock transcription factors involved in seed desiccation tolerance and longevity retard vegetative senescence in transgenic tobacco. PLANTA 2015; 242:461-75. [PMID: 26021607 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2336-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Transcription factors normally expressed in sunflower seeds delayed vegetative senescence induced by severe stress in transgenic tobacco. This revealed a novel connection between seed heat shock factors, desiccation tolerance and vegetative longevity. HaHSFA9 and HaHSFA4a coactivate a genetic program that, in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), contributes to seed longevity and desiccation tolerance. We have shown that overexpression of HaHSFA9 in transgenic tobacco seedlings resulted in tolerance to drastic dehydration and oxidative stress. Overexpression of HaHSFA9 alone was linked to a remarkable protection of the photosynthetic apparatus. In addition, the combined overexpression of HaHSFA9 and HaHSFA4a enhanced all these stress-resistance phenotypes. Here, we find that HaHSFA9 confers protection against damage induced by different stress conditions that accelerate vegetative senescence during different stages of development. Seedlings and plants that overexpress HaHSFA9 survived lethal treatments of dark-induced senescence. HaHSFA9 overexpression induced resistance to effects of culture under darkness for several weeks. Only some homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plants are able to withstand this experimental severe stress condition. The combined overexpression of HaHSFA9 and HaHSFA4a did not result in further slowing of dark-induced seedling senescence. However, combined expression of the two transcription factors caused improved recovery of the photosynthetic organs of seedlings after lethal dark treatments. At later stages of vegetative development, HaHSFA9 delayed the appearance of senescence symptoms in leaves of plants grown under normal illumination. This delay was observed under either control or stress treatments. Thus, HaHSFA9 delayed both natural and stress-induced leaf senesce. These novel observations connect transcription factors involved in desiccation tolerance with leaf longevity.
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- Concepción Almoguera
- Departamento de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 41012, Seville, Spain
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Charuvi D, Nevo R, Shimoni E, Naveh L, Zia A, Adam Z, Farrant JM, Kirchhoff H, Reich Z. Photoprotection conferred by changes in photosynthetic protein levels and organization during dehydration of a homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plant. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 167:1554-65. [PMID: 25713340 PMCID: PMC4378169 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.255794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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During desiccation, homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plants retain most of their photosynthetic apparatus, allowing them to resume photosynthetic activity quickly upon water availability. These plants rely on various mechanisms to prevent the formation of reactive oxygen species and/or protect their tissues from the damage they inflict. In this work, we addressed the issue of how homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plants deal with the problem of excessive excitation/electron pressures during dehydration using Craterostigma pumilum as a model plant. To investigate the alterations in the supramolecular organization of photosynthetic protein complexes, we examined cryoimmobilized, freeze-fractured leaf tissues using (cryo)scanning electron microscopy. These examinations revealed rearrangements of photosystem II (PSII) complexes, including a lowered density during moderate dehydration, consistent with a lower level of PSII proteins, as shown by biochemical analyses. The latter also showed a considerable decrease in the level of cytochrome f early during dehydration, suggesting that initial regulation of the inhibition of electron transport is achieved via the cytochrome b6f complex. Upon further dehydration, PSII complexes are observed to arrange into rows and semicrystalline arrays, which correlates with the significant accumulation of sucrose and the appearance of inverted hexagonal lipid phases within the membranes. As opposed to PSII and cytochrome f, the light-harvesting antenna complexes of PSII remain stable throughout the course of dehydration. Altogether, these results, along with photosynthetic activity measurements, suggest that the protection of retained photosynthetic components is achieved, at least in part, via the structural rearrangements of PSII and (likely) light-harvesting antenna complexes into a photochemically quenched state.
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- Dana Charuvi
- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry (D.C., R.N., Z.R.) and Electron Microscopy Unit (E.S.), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (L.N., Z.A.);Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (A.Z., H.K.); andDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa (J.M.F.)
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Mladenov P, Finazzi G, Bligny R, Moyankova D, Zasheva D, Boisson AM, Brugière S, Krasteva V, Alipieva K, Simova S, Tchorbadjieva M, Goltsev V, Ferro M, Rolland N, Djilianov D. In vivo spectroscopy and NMR metabolite fingerprinting approaches to connect the dynamics of photosynthetic and metabolic phenotypes in resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis during desiccation and recovery. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:564. [PMID: 26257765 PMCID: PMC4508511 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis was used to study dynamics of drought response of photosynthetic machinery parallel with changes in primary metabolism. A relation between leaf water content and photosynthetic performance was established, enabling us to perform a non-destructive evaluation of the plant water status during stress. Spectroscopic analysis of photosynthesis indicated that, at variance with linear electron flow (LEF) involving photosystem (PS) I and II, cyclic electron flow around PSI remains active till almost full dry state at the expense of the LEF, due to the changed protein organization of photosynthetic apparatus. We suggest that, this activity could have a photoprotective role and prevent a complete drop in adenosine triphosphate (ATP), in the absence of LEF, to fuel specific energy-dependent processes necessary for the survival of the plant, during the late states of desiccation. The NMR fingerprint shows the significant metabolic changes in several pathways. Due to the declining of LEF accompanied by biosynthetic reactions during desiccation, a reduction of the ATP pool during drought was observed, which was fully and quickly recovered after plants rehydration. We found a decline of valine accompanied by lipid degradation during stress, likely to provide alternative carbon sources for sucrose accumulation at late stages of desiccation. This accumulation, as well as the increased levels of glycerophosphodiesters during drought stress could provide osmoprotection to the cells.
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- Petko Mladenov
- Abiotic Stress Group, Agrobioinstitute, Agricultural AcademySofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble AlpesINRA, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble AlpesINRA, Grenoble, France
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- Abiotic Stress Group, Agrobioinstitute, Agricultural AcademySofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble AlpesINRA, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie à Grande Echelle, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, Université Grenoble AlpesINSERM, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia UniversitySofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratory “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance", Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratory “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance", Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia UniversitySofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Biologie à Grande Echelle, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, Université Grenoble AlpesINSERM, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble AlpesINRA, Grenoble, France
- *Correspondence: Dimitar Djilianov, Abiotic Stress Group, Agrobioinstitute, Agricultural Academy, 8 Dragan Tsankov Boulevard, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, ; Norbert Rolland, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, INRA, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France,
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- Abiotic Stress Group, Agrobioinstitute, Agricultural AcademySofia, Bulgaria
- *Correspondence: Dimitar Djilianov, Abiotic Stress Group, Agrobioinstitute, Agricultural Academy, 8 Dragan Tsankov Boulevard, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, ; Norbert Rolland, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, INRA, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France,
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