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Upadhyaya G, Das A, Basu C, Agarwal T, Basak C, Chakraborty C, Halder T, Basu G, Ray S. Multiple copies of a novel amphipathic α-helix forming segment in Physcomitrella patens dehydrin play a key role in abiotic stress mitigation. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100596. [PMID: 33781743 PMCID: PMC8100072 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Plants use a diverse set of proteins to mitigate various abiotic stresses. The intrinsically disordered protein dehydrin is an important member of this repertoire of proteins, characterized by a canonical amphipathic K-segment. It can also contain other stress-mitigating noncanonical segments—a likely reflection of the extremely diverse nature of abiotic stress encountered by plants. Among plants, the poikilohydric mosses have no inbuilt mechanism to prevent desiccation and therefore are likely to contain unique noncanonical stress-responsive motifs in their dehydrins. Here we report the recurring occurrence of a novel amphipathic helix-forming segment (D-segment: EGφφD(R/K)AKDAφ, where φ represents a hydrophobic residue) in Physcomitrella patens dehydrin (PpDHNA), a poikilohydric moss. NMR and CD spectroscopic experiments demonstrated the helix-forming tendency of the D-segment, with the shuffled D-segment as control. PpDHNA activity was shown to be size as well as D-segment dependent from in vitro, in vivo, and in planta studies using PpDHNA and various deletion mutants. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation studies showed that D-segment-mediated PpDHNA self-association is a requirement for stress abatement. The D-segment was also found to occur in two rehydrin proteins from Syntrichia ruralis, another poikilohydric plant like P. patens. Multiple occurrences of the D-segment in poikilohydric plant dehydrins/rehydrins, along with the experimental demonstration of the role of D-segment in stress abatement, implies that the D-segment mediates unique resurrection strategies, which may be employed by plant dehydrins that are capable of mitigating extreme stress.
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- Gouranga Upadhyaya
- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
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Advances in Wheat Physiology in Response to Drought and the Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria to Trigger Drought Tolerance. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9040687. [PMID: 33810405 PMCID: PMC8066330 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the coming century, climate change and the increasing human population are likely leading agriculture to face multiple challenges. Agricultural production has to increase while preserving natural resources and protecting the environment. Drought is one of the major abiotic problems, which limits the growth and productivity of crops and impacts 1–3% of all land.To cope with unfavorable water-deficit conditions, plants use through sophisticated and complex mechanisms that help to perceive the stress signal and enable optimal crop yield are required. Among crop production, wheat is estimated to feed about one-fifth of humanity, but faces more and more drought stress periods, partially due to climate change. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are a promising and interesting way to develop productive and sustainable agriculture despite environmental stress. The current review focuses on drought stress effects on wheat and how plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria trigger drought stress tolerance of wheat by highlighting several mechanisms. These bacteria can lead to better growth and higher yield through the production of phytohormones, osmolytes, antioxidants, volatile compounds, exopolysaccharides and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase. Based on the available literature, we provide a comprehensive review of mechanisms involved in drought resilience and how bacteria may alleviate this constraint
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Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of basic leucine zipper transcription factors following abiotic stresses in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247864. [PMID: 33711039 PMCID: PMC7954325 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important food crop that is grown and consumed worldwide. The growth and productivity of this crop are severely affected by various abiotic stresses. Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) in plants are well known for their function during growth and development. However, systematic and in-depth identification and functional characterization of the bZIP gene family of potato is lacking. In the current study, we identified a total of 90 bZIPs (StbZIP) distributed on 12 linkage groups of potato. Based on the previous functional annotation and classification of bZIPs in Arabidopsis, wheat, and rice, a phylogenetic tree of potato bZIPs was constructed and genes were categorized into various functional groups (A to I, S, and U) as previously annotated in Arabidopsis thaliana. Analyses of the transcript sequence (RNA-seq) data led to identifying a total of 18 candidate StbZIPs [four in roots, eight in the tuber, six in mesocarp and endocarp] that were expressed in a tissue-specific manner. Differential expression analysis under the various abiotic conditions (salt, mannitol, water, and heat stress) and treatment with phytohormones (ABA, GA, IAA, and BAP) led to the identification of forty-two [thirteen under salt stress, two under mannitol stress, ten under water stress, and eighteen under heat stress], and eleven [eight and three StbZIPs upon treatment with ABA, and IAA, respectively] candidate StbZIPs, respectively. Using sequence information of candidate StbZIPs, a total of 22 SSR markers were also identified in this study. In conclusion, the genome-wide identification analysis coupled with RNA-Seq expression data led to identifying candidate StbZIPs, which are dysregulated, and may play a pivotal role under various abiotic stress conditions. This study will pave the way for future functional studies using forward and reverse genetics to improve abiotic stress tolerance in potato.
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Samarina LS, Matskiv AO, Koninskaya NG, Simonyan TA, Malyarovskaya VI, Malyukova LS. [Comparative analysis of gene expression in tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) under low-temperature stress]. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2021; 24:598-604. [PMID: 33659845 PMCID: PMC7716566 DOI: 10.18699/vj20.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Низкотемпературный стресс – один из главных факторов, ограничивающих распространение
и снижающих урожайность многих субтропических культур, в том числе и чая. Для эффективной селекции
чая на устойчивость к морозу необходимо выявить генетические особенности ответа на холод у устойчивых
генотипов и найти маркеры для определения доноров устойчивости в коллекциях. В настоящей работе про-
веден сравнительный анализ экспрессии 18 генов (ICE1, CBF1, DHN1, DHN2, DHN3, NAC17, NAC26, NAC30, bHLH7,
bHLH43, P5CS, WRKY2, LOX1, LOX6, LOX7, SnRK1.1, SnRK1.2, SnRK1.3), вовлеченных в абиотический стрессовый
ответ у двух контрастных по устойчивости генотипов чая в условиях холода и мороза. Низкотемператур-
ный стресс индуцировали путем помещения растений в холодильные камеры и снижением температуры
до 0…+2 °С на семь дней (холодовой стресс) с последующим снижением температуры до –4…–6 °С на пять
дней (промораживание). Кондуктометрическим методом измеряли электропроводность тканей листа, в ре-
зультате чего были подтверждены различия по признаку устойчивости у двух исследуемых генотипов чая:
холодовое воздействие не приводило к изменению электропроводности тканей листа, но после промора-
живания этот показатель возрастал в большей степени у неустойчивого генотипа. Методом qRT-PCR анализи-
ровали относительный уровень экспрессии генов на фоне референсного гена актина. При индукции стресса
показана повышенная экспрессия всех исследуемых генов. У устойчивого генотипа чая выявлен ряд генов,
более активно экспрессирующихся по сравнению с неустойчивым генотипом: ICE1, CBF1, DHN2, NAC17, NAC26,
bHLH43, WRKY2, P5CS, LOX6, SnRK1.1, SnRK1.3. Эти гены могут быть маркерами устойчивости для поиска доно-
ров в коллекциях геноресурсов. Показано, что у устойчивого генотипа чая экспрессия генов холодового от-
вета начинается уже на стадии акклиматизации. Для дальнейших исследований комплексной устойчивости
растений к низкотемпературному стрессу актуальным является изучение экспрессии этих генов в других
органах чайного растения (побегах, корнях) при разной силе низкотемпературного воздействия.
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- L S Samarina
- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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Li Z, Tang M, Cheng B, Han L. Transcriptional regulation and stress-defensive key genes induced by γ-aminobutyric acid in association with tolerance to water stress in creeping bentgrass. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1858247. [PMID: 33470151 PMCID: PMC7889126 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1858247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) acts as an important regulator involved in the mediation of cell signal transduction and stress tolerance in plants. However, the function of GABA in transcriptional regulation is not fully understood in plants under water stress. The creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) was pretreated with or without GABA (0.5 mM) for 24 hours before being exposed to 5 days of water stress. Physiological analysis showed that GABA-treated plants maintained significantly higher endogenous GABA content, leaf relative water content, net photosynthetic rate, and lower osmotic potential than untreated plants under water stress. The GABA application also significantly alleviated stress-induced increases in superoxide anion (O2.-) content, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content, and electrolyte leakage through enhancing total antioxidant capacity, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and peroxidase (POD) activity in response to water stress. The transcriptomic analysis demonstrated that the GABA-induced changes in differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in carbohydrates, amino acids, and secondary metabolism helped to maintain better osmotic adjustment, energy supply, and metabolic homeostasis when creeping bentgrass suffers from water stress. The GABA triggered Ca2+-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) signaling and improved transcript levels of DREB1/2 and WRKY1/24/41 that could be associated with the upregulation of stress-related functional genes such as POD, DHNs, and HSP70 largely contributing to improved tolerance to water stress in relation to the antioxidant, prevention of cell dehydration, and protein protection in leaves.
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- Zhou Li
- Institute of Turfgrass Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Turfgrass Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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Song X, Hu J, Wu T, Yang Q, Feng X, Lin H, Feng S, Cui C, Yu Y, Zhou R, Gong K, Yu T, Pei Q, Li N. Comparative analysis of long noncoding RNAs in angiosperms and characterization of long noncoding RNAs in response to heat stress in Chinese cabbage. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:48. [PMID: 33642591 PMCID: PMC7917108 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00484-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are widely present in different species and play critical roles in response to abiotic stresses. However, the functions of lncRNAs in Chinese cabbage under heat stress remain unknown. Here, we first conducted a global comparative analysis of 247,242 lncRNAs among 37 species. The results indicated that lncRNAs were poorly conserved among different species, and only 960 lncRNAs were homologous to 524 miRNA precursors. We then carried out lncRNA sequencing for a genome-wide analysis of lncRNAs and their target genes in Chinese cabbage at different stages of heat treatment. In total, 18,253 lncRNAs were identified, of which 1229 differentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs were characterized as being heat-responsive. The ceRNA network revealed that 38 lncRNAs, 16 miRNAs, and 167 mRNAs were involved in the heat response in Chinese cabbage. Combined analysis of the cis- and trans-regulated genes indicated that the targets of DE lncRNAs were significantly enriched in the "protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum" and "plant hormone signal transduction" pathways. Furthermore, the majority of HSP and PYL genes involved in these two pathways exhibited similar expression patterns and responded to heat stress rapidly. Based on the networks of DE lncRNA-mRNAs, 29 and 22 lncRNAs were found to interact with HSP and PYL genes, respectively. Finally, the expression of several critical lncRNAs and their targets was verified by qRT-PCR. Overall, we conducted a comparative analysis of lncRNAs among 37 species and performed a comprehensive analysis of lncRNAs in Chinese cabbage. Our findings expand the knowledge of lncRNAs involved in the heat stress response in Chinese cabbage, and the identified lncRNAs provide an abundance of resources for future comparative and functional studies.
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- Xiaoming Song
- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China.
- Food Science and Technology Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
- School of Life Science and Technology and Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- Food Science and Technology Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- School of Life Science and Technology and Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- College of Life Sciences/Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China.
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A transcriptomic view to wounding response in young Scots pine stems. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3778. [PMID: 33580160 PMCID: PMC7881122 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82848-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We studied the stress response of five-year-old Scots pine xylem to mechanical wounding using RNA sequencing. In general, we observed a bimodal response in pine xylem after wounding. Transcripts associated with water deficit stress, defence, and cell wall modification were induced at the earliest time point of three hours; at the same time, growth-related processes were down-regulated. A second temporal wave was triggered either at the middle and/or at the late time points (one and four days). Secondary metabolism, such as stilbene and lignan biosynthesis started one day after wounding. Scots pine synthesises the stilbenes pinosylvin and its monomethyl ether both as constitutive and induced defence compounds. Stilbene biosynthesis is induced by wounding, pathogens and UV stress, but is also developmentally regulated when heartwood is formed. Comparison of wounding responses to heartwood formation shows that many induced processes (in addition to stilbene biosynthesis) are similar and relate to defence or desiccation stress, but often specific transcripts are up-regulated in the developmental and wounding induced contexts. Pine resin biosynthesis was not induced in response to wounding, at least not during the first four days.
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Liu S, Zenda T, Dong A, Yang Y, Wang N, Duan H. Global Transcriptome and Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analyses of Growth-Stage-Specific Drought Stress Responses in Maize. Front Genet 2021; 12:645443. [PMID: 33574835 PMCID: PMC7870802 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.645443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Drought is the major abiotic stress threatening maize (Zea mays L.) production globally. Despite recent scientific headway in deciphering maize drought stress responses, the overall picture of key genes, pathways, and co-expression networks regulating maize drought tolerance is still fragmented. Therefore, deciphering the molecular basis of maize drought tolerance remains pertinent. Here, through a comprehensive comparative leaf transcriptome analysis of drought-tolerant hybrid ND476 plants subjected to water-sufficient and water-deficit treatment conditions at flared (V12), tasseling (VT), the prophase of grain filling (R2), and the anaphase of grain filling (R4) crop growth stages, we report growth-stage-specific molecular mechanisms regulating maize drought stress responses. Based on the transcriptome analysis, a total of 3,451 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified from the four experimental comparisons, with 2,403, 650, 397, and 313 DEGs observed at the V12, VT, R1, and R4 stages, respectively. Subsequently, 3,451 DEGs were divided into 12 modules by weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), comprising 277 hub genes. Interestingly, the co-expressed genes that clustered into similar modules exhibited diverse expression tendencies and got annotated to different GO terms at different stages. MapMan analysis revealed that DEGs related to stress signal transduction, detoxification, transcription factor regulation, hormone signaling, and secondary metabolites biosynthesis were universal across the four growth stages. However, DEGs associated with photosynthesis and amino acid metabolism; protein degradation; transport; and RNA transcriptional regulation were uniquely enriched at the V12, VT, R2, and R4 stages, respectively. Our results affirmed that maize drought stress adaptation is a growth-stage-specific response process, and aid in clarifying the fundamental growth-stage-specific mechanisms regulating drought stress responses in maize. Moreover, genes and metabolic pathways identified here can serve as valuable genetic resources or selection targets for further functional validation experiments.
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- Songtao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Saiz-Fernández I, Černý M, Skalák J, Brzobohatý B. Split-root systems: detailed methodology, alternative applications, and implications at leaf proteome level. PLANT METHODS 2021; 17:7. [PMID: 33422104 PMCID: PMC7797125 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-020-00706-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Split-root systems (SRS) have many applications in plant sciences, but their implementation, depending on the experimental design, can be difficult and time-consuming. Additionally, the system is not exempt from limitations, since the time required for the establishment of the SRS imposes a limit to how early in plant development experiments can be performed. Here, we optimized and explained in detail a method for establishing a SRS in young Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, both in vitro and in soil. RESULTS We found that the partial de-rooting minimized the recovery time compared to total de-rooting, thus allowing the establishment of the split-root system in younger plants. Analysis of changes in the Arabidopsis leaf proteome following the de-rooting procedure highlighted the distinct metabolic alterations that totally and partially de-rooted plants undergo during the healing process. This system was also validated for its use in drought experiments, as it offers a way to apply water-soluble compounds to plants subjected to drought stress. By growing plants in a split-root system with both halves being water-deprived, it is possible to apply the required compound to one half of the root system, which can be cut from the main plant once the compound has been absorbed, thus minimizing rehydration and maintaining drought conditions. CONCLUSIONS Partial de-rooting is the suggested method for obtaining split-root systems in small plants like Arabidopsis thaliana, as growth parameters, survival rate, and proteomic analysis suggest that is a less stressful procedure than total de-rooting, leading to a final rosette area much closer to that of uncut plants. Additionally, we provide evidence that split root-systems can be used in drought experiments where water-soluble compounds are applied with minimal effects of rehydration.
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- Iñigo Saiz-Fernández
- Phytophthora Research Centre, Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- Functional Genomics & Proteomics of Plants, CEITEC MU, Central European Institute of Technology, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, CZ-61300, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 61265, Brno, Czech Republic
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Kumar T, Tiwari N, Bharadwaj C, Sarker A, Pappula SPR, Singh S, Singh M. Identification of Allelic Variation in Drought Responsive Dehydrin Gene Based on Sequence Similarity in Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). Front Genet 2021; 11:584527. [PMID: 33381148 PMCID: PMC7767992 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.584527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an economically important food legume grown in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Chickpea is cultivated mainly in the rainfed, residual moisture, and restricted irrigation condition. The crop is always prone to drought stress which is resulting in flower drop, unfilled pods, and is a major yield reducer in many parts of the world. The present study elucidates the association between candidate gene and morpho-physiological traits for the screening of drought tolerance in chickpea. Abiotic stress-responsive gene Dehydrin (DHN) was identified in some of the chickpea genotypes based on the sequence similarity approach to play a major role in drought tolerance. Analysis of variance revealed a significant effect of drought on relative water content, membrane stability index, plant height, and yield traits. The genotypes Pusa1103, Pusa362, and ICC4958 were found most promising genotypes for drought tolerance as they maintained the higher value of osmotic regulations and yield characters. The results were further supported by a sequence similarity approach for the dehydrin gene when analyzed for the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels. Homozygous indels and single nucleotide polymorphisms were found after the sequencing in some of the selected genotypes.
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- Tapan Kumar
- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.,International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Bhopal, India
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Bhopal, India
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, ICAR-NBPGR Regional Station, Shimla, India
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Sadder MT, Alshomali I, Ateyyeh A, Musallam A. Physiological and molecular responses for long term salinity stress in common fig ( Ficus carica L.). PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 27:107-117. [PMID: 33627966 PMCID: PMC7873141 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-020-00921-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED Salinity stress in increasingly becoming a major challenge in current and expanding agricultural ecosystems. Unlike temporal abiotic stresses, plants are usually exposed to salinity stress for an entire lifespan. Therefore, a long term effect (10 weeks) of continuous salinity exposure was investigated for three common fig landraces (Zraki, Mwazi, and Khdari). Both relative water content and chlorophyll content decreased with elevated salinity stress, while stem length barely changed. The most prominent decline was observed in root biomass. The data would align common fig to moderately tolerant threshold slop with a C50 range of 100 to 150 mM NaCl. A high and significant correlation was evident between root biomass and chlorophyll content (85%). Concurrently, differential expression of putative salinity responsive genes in common fig were determined; signal peptide peptidase-like 2B (FcSPPL2B), dehydration responsive element binding protein (FcDREB), calcineurin B-like protein (CBL)-CBL-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 11 (FcCIPK11), sorbitol dehydrogenase (FcSORD) and dehydrin (FcDHN). The data were discussed for each gene in respect of its potential role in salinity stress mitigation. The combined physiological and molecular data would conclude Zraki as the most salinity tolerant genotype. The major implication of the data emphasizes the tremendous genotype by environment (salinity stress) interaction in common fig. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at (10.1007/s12298-020-00921-z).
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- Monther T. Sadder
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942 Jordan
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942 Jordan
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942 Jordan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, P.O Box: 639, Baq’a, 19381 Jordan
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Vazquez-Hernandez M, Romero I, Sanchez-Ballesta MT, Merodio C, Escribano MI. Functional characterization of VviDHN2 and VviDHN4 dehydrin isoforms from Vitis vinifera (L.): An in silico and in vitro approach. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 158:146-157. [PMID: 33310482 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Dehydrins, a family of hydrophilic and intrinsically disordered proteins, are a subgroup of late embryogenesis abundant proteins that perform different protective roles in plants. Although the transition from a disordered to an ordered state has been associated with dehydrin function or interactions with specific partner molecules, the question of how the primary and secondary dehydrin protein structure is related to specific functions or target molecule preferences remains unresolved. This work addresses the in silico sequencing analysis and in vitro functional characterization of two dehydrin isoforms, VviDHN2 and VviDHN4, from Vitis vinifera. Conformational changes suggest potential interactions with a broad range of molecules and could point to more than one function. The in silico analysis showed differences in conserved segments, specific amino acid binding sequences, heterogeneity of structural properties and predicted sites accessible for various post-translational modifications between the sequence of both dehydrins. Moreover, in vitro functional analysis revealed that although they both showed slight antifungal activity, only VviDHN4 acts as a molecular shield that protects proteins from freezing and dehydration. VviDHN4 also demonstrated high potential as a chaperone and reactive oxygen species scavenger, in addition to presenting antifreeze activity, all of which confirms its multifunctional nature. Our findings highlight the significant role of Y-segments and the differential and specific amino acid composition of less conserved segments that are rich in polar/charged residues between S- and K-segments, coupled with post-translational modifications, in modulating and switching dehydrin biological function.
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- María Vazquez-Hernandez
- Grupo Biotecnología y Calidad Posrecolección, Departamento de Caracterización, Calidad y Seguridad, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, José Antonio Novais 10, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo Biotecnología y Calidad Posrecolección, Departamento de Caracterización, Calidad y Seguridad, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, José Antonio Novais 10, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo Biotecnología y Calidad Posrecolección, Departamento de Caracterización, Calidad y Seguridad, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, José Antonio Novais 10, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo Biotecnología y Calidad Posrecolección, Departamento de Caracterización, Calidad y Seguridad, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, José Antonio Novais 10, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo Biotecnología y Calidad Posrecolección, Departamento de Caracterización, Calidad y Seguridad, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, José Antonio Novais 10, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Kumar P, Kumar P, Sharma D, Verma SK, Halterman D, Kumar A. Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of basic leucine zipper transcription factors following abiotic stresses in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). PLoS One 2021. [PMID: 33711039 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247864]] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important food crop that is grown and consumed worldwide. The growth and productivity of this crop are severely affected by various abiotic stresses. Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) in plants are well known for their function during growth and development. However, systematic and in-depth identification and functional characterization of the bZIP gene family of potato is lacking. In the current study, we identified a total of 90 bZIPs (StbZIP) distributed on 12 linkage groups of potato. Based on the previous functional annotation and classification of bZIPs in Arabidopsis, wheat, and rice, a phylogenetic tree of potato bZIPs was constructed and genes were categorized into various functional groups (A to I, S, and U) as previously annotated in Arabidopsis thaliana. Analyses of the transcript sequence (RNA-seq) data led to identifying a total of 18 candidate StbZIPs [four in roots, eight in the tuber, six in mesocarp and endocarp] that were expressed in a tissue-specific manner. Differential expression analysis under the various abiotic conditions (salt, mannitol, water, and heat stress) and treatment with phytohormones (ABA, GA, IAA, and BAP) led to the identification of forty-two [thirteen under salt stress, two under mannitol stress, ten under water stress, and eighteen under heat stress], and eleven [eight and three StbZIPs upon treatment with ABA, and IAA, respectively] candidate StbZIPs, respectively. Using sequence information of candidate StbZIPs, a total of 22 SSR markers were also identified in this study. In conclusion, the genome-wide identification analysis coupled with RNA-Seq expression data led to identifying candidate StbZIPs, which are dysregulated, and may play a pivotal role under various abiotic stress conditions. This study will pave the way for future functional studies using forward and reverse genetics to improve abiotic stress tolerance in potato.
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- Pankaj Kumar
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Tiwari P, Chakrabarty D. Dehydrin in the past four decades: From chaperones to transcription co-regulators in regulating abiotic stress response. CURRENT RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crbiot.2021.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Samarina L, Matskiv A, Simonyan T, Koninskaya N, Malyarovskaya V, Gvasaliya M, Malyukova L, Tsaturyan G, Mytdyeva A, Martinez-Montero ME, Choudhary R, Ryndin A. Biochemical and Genetic Responses of Tea ( Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) Microplants under Mannitol-Induced Osmotic Stress In Vitro. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9121795. [PMID: 33348920 PMCID: PMC7766420 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Osmotic stress is a major factor reducing the growth and yield of many horticultural crops worldwide. To reveal reliable markers of tolerant genotypes, we need a comprehensive understanding of the responsive mechanisms in crops. In vitro stress induction can be an efficient tool to study the mechanisms of responses in plants to help gain a better understanding of the physiological and genetic responses of plant tissues against each stress factor. In the present study, the osmotic stress was induced by addition of mannitol into the culture media to reveal biochemical and genetic responses of tea microplants. The contents of proline, threonine, epigallocatechin, and epigallocatechin gallate were increased in leaves during mannitol treatment. The expression level of several genes, namely DHN2, LOX1, LOX6, BAM, SUS1, TPS11, RS1, RS2, and SnRK1.3, was elevated by 2–10 times under mannitol-induced osmotic stress, while the expression of many other stress-related genes was not changed significantly. Surprisingly, down-regulation of the following genes, viz. bHLH12, bHLH7, bHLH21, bHLH43, CBF1, WRKY2, SWEET1, SWEET2, SWEET3, INV5, and LOX7, was observed. During this study, two major groups of highly correlated genes were observed. The first group included seven genes, namely CBF1, DHN3, HXK2,SnRK1.1, SPS, SWEET3, and SWEET1. The second group comprised eight genes, viz. DHN2, SnRK1.3, HXK3, RS1, RS2,LOX6, SUS4, and BAM5. A high level of correlation indicates the high strength connection of the genes which can be co-expressed or can be linked to the joint regulons. The present study demonstrates that tea plants develop several adaptations to cope under osmotic stress in vitro; however, some important stress-related genes were silent or downregulated in microplants.
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- Lidiia Samarina
- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +79-66-7709038
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Plant Conservation, Bioplantas Center, University of Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila 65200, Cuba;
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- Division of Seed Science and Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India;
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi 354002, Russia; (A.M.); (T.S.); (N.K.); (V.M.); (M.G.); (L.M.); (G.T.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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Zhou X, Chen Y, Zhao Y, Gao F, Liu H. The application of exogenous PopW increases the tolerance of Solanum lycopersicum L. to drought stress through multiple mechanisms. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 26:2521-2535. [PMID: 33424162 PMCID: PMC7772130 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-020-00918-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Tomato is a major cultivated vegetable species of great economic importance throughout the world, but its fruit yield is severely impaired by drought stress. PopW, a harpin protein from Ralstonia solanacearum ZJ3721, plays vital roles in various plant defence responses and growth. In this study, we observed that the foliar application of PopW increased tomato drought tolerance. Our results showed that compared with water-treated plants, PopW-treated plants presented a significantly higher recovery rate and leaf relative water content under drought-stress conditions. PopW decreased the malondialdehyde content and relative electrical conductivity by 40.2% and 21%, respectively. Drought disrupts redox homeostasis through the excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). PopW-treated plants displayed an obvious reduction in ROS accumulation due to enhanced activities of the antioxidant enzyme catalase, superoxide dismutase and peroxidase. Moreover, PopW promoted early stomatal closure, thereby minimizing the water loss rate of plants under drought stress. Further investigation revealed that endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) levels and the transcript levels of drought-responsive genes involved in ABA signal transduction pathways increased in response to PopW. These results confirm that PopW increases drought tolerance through multiple mechanisms involving an enhanced water-retention capacity, balanced redox homeostasis, increased osmotic adjustment, reduced membrane damage and decreased stomatal aperture, suggesting that the application of exogenous PopW may be a potential method to enhance tomato drought tolerance.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Nanjing Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Meng C, Yang M, Wang Y, Chen C, Sui N, Meng Q, Zhuang K, Lv W. SlWHY2 interacts with SlRECA2 to maintain mitochondrial function under drought stress in tomato. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 301:110674. [PMID: 33218640 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Drought stress in plants leads to inhibition of photosynthesis and respiration, accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and reprogramming of gene expression. Here, we established that the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) WHIRLY2 (SlWHY2) gene, which encodes a mitochondrial single-stranded DNA-binding protein, was significantly induced by drought stress. Under drought conditions, SlWHY2 RNAi plants showed more wilting and lower fresh weight, chlorophyll content, quantum yield of photosystem I (PSI; YI), and maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) than the wild type (WT). Drought treatment also caused the SlWHY2 RNAi lines to accumulate more ROS than the WT, and the silenced lines had lower AOX (alternative oxidase) activity. As expected, the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) was less stable in the SlWHY2 RNAi lines. The expression levels of seven genes in the mitochondrial genome (SYCF15, NAD7, NAD4, COS2, COX1, COX2, and COX3) were decreased even more in the SlWHY2 RNAi lines than they were in the WT under drought stress. SlWHY2 interacted directly in vivo and in vitro with SlRECA2, a mitochondrial recombinase A that is important for mitochondrial DNA recombination and repair. These results suggest that SlWHY2 plays an essential role in maintaining mitochondrial function and enhancing drought tolerance in tomato.
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- Chen Meng
- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an, Shandong 271018, China
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- Key Lab of Soil & Water Conservation and Desertification Combating, College of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an, Shandong 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an, Shandong 271018, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an, Shandong 271018, China.
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The dehydrins gene expression differs across ecotypes in Norway spruce and relates to weather fluctuations. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20789. [PMID: 33247164 PMCID: PMC7695824 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76900-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Norway spruce has a broad natural distribution range, which results in a substantial variety of its physiological and genetic variation. There are three distinct altitudinal ecotypes described in this tree species. The physiological optimum of each ecotype may be shifted due to ongoing climate change, especially in traits associated with water demand that might be crucial for adaptation. Dehydrins are proteins that help to mitigate the adverse effects of dehydration. Dehydrin gene expression patterns appeared to be a suitable marker for plant stress assessment. Genetically determined differences in response between individuals and populations were formerly studied, however, mainly in controlled conditions. We evaluated ecotypic variation in dehydrin gene expression in a clonal bank comprised of all three ecotypes. A genetic relationship among targeted trees was uncovered utilizing GBS (Genotyping by Sequencing) platform. We sampled 4-6 trees of each ecotype throughout 15 months period. Subsequently, we assessed the RNA expression of dehydrin genes by qRT-PCR. For this study, we deliberately selected dehydrins from different categories. Our findings detected significant differences among ecotypes in dehydrin expression. The association of recorded climatic variables and individual gene expression across the study period was evaluated and revealed, for certain genes, a correlation between dehydrin gene expression and precipitation, temperature, and day-length.
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Marthandan V, Geetha R, Kumutha K, Renganathan VG, Karthikeyan A, Ramalingam J. Seed Priming: A Feasible Strategy to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21218258. [PMID: 33158156 PMCID: PMC7662356 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Drought is a serious threat to the farming community, biasing the crop productivity in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Drought adversely affects seed germination, plant growth, and development via non-normal physiological processes. Plants generally acclimatize to drought stress through various tolerance mechanisms, but the changes in global climate and modern agricultural systems have further worsened the crop productivity. In order to increase the production and productivity, several strategies such as the breeding of tolerant varieties and exogenous application of growth regulators, osmoprotectants, and plant mineral nutrients are followed to mitigate the effects of drought stress. Nevertheless, the complex nature of drought stress makes these strategies ineffective in benefiting the farming community. Seed priming is an alternative, low-cost, and feasible technique, which can improve drought stress tolerance through enhanced and advanced seed germination. Primed seeds can retain the memory of previous stress and enable protection against oxidative stress through earlier activation of the cellular defense mechanism, reduced imbibition time, upsurge of germination promoters, and osmotic regulation. However, a better understanding of the metabolic events during the priming treatment is needed to use this technology in a more efficient way. Interestingly, the review highlights the morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of seed priming for enhancing the drought tolerance in crop plants. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities associated with various priming methods are also addressed side-by-side to enable the use of this simple and cost-efficient technique in a more efficient manner.
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- Vishvanathan Marthandan
- Department of Biotechnology, Center of Excellence in Innovations, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625104, Tamil Nadu, India; (V.M.); (V.G.R.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Seed Science and Technology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625104, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625104, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Center of Excellence in Innovations, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625104, Tamil Nadu, India; (V.M.); (V.G.R.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Center of Excellence in Innovations, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625104, Tamil Nadu, India; (V.M.); (V.G.R.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Center of Excellence in Innovations, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625104, Tamil Nadu, India; (V.M.); (V.G.R.); (A.K.)
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Li Y, Mohanty S, Nilsson D, Hansson B, Mao K, Irbäck A. When a foreign gene meets its native counterpart: computational biophysics analysis of two PgiC loci in the grass Festuca ovina. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18752. [PMID: 33127989 PMCID: PMC7599235 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75650-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Duplicative horizontal gene transfer may bring two previously separated homologous genes together, which may raise questions about the interplay between the gene products. One such gene pair is the “native” PgiC1 and “foreign” PgiC2 in the perennial grass Festuca ovina. Both PgiC1 and PgiC2 encode cytosolic phosphoglucose isomerase, a dimeric enzyme whose proper binding is functionally essential. Here, we use biophysical simulations to explore the inter-monomer binding of the two homodimers and the heterodimer that can be produced by PgiC1 and PgiC2 in F. ovina. Using simulated native-state ensembles, we examine the structural properties and binding tightness of the dimers. In addition, we investigate their ability to withstand dissociation when pulled by a force. Our results suggest that the inter-monomer binding is tighter in the PgiC2 than the PgiC1 homodimer, which could explain the more frequent occurrence of the foreign PgiC2 homodimer in dry habitats. We further find that the PgiC1 and PgiC2 monomers are compatible with heterodimer formation; the computed binding tightness is comparable to that of the PgiC1 homodimer. Enhanced homodimer stability and capability of heterodimer formation with PgiC1 are properties of PgiC2 that may contribute to the retaining of the otherwise redundant PgiC2 gene.
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- Yuan Li
- Computational Biology and Biological Physics, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Computational Biology and Biological Physics, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Computational Biology and Biological Physics, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis of contrasting hybrid cultivars reveal key drought-responsive genes and metabolic pathways regulating drought stress tolerance in maize at various stages. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0240468. [PMID: 33057352 PMCID: PMC7561095 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Drought stress is the primary environmental factor that negatively influences plant growth and yield in cereal grain crops such as maize (Zea mays L.). Crop breeding efforts for enhanced drought resistance require improved knowledge of plant drought stress responses. In this study, we applied a 12-day water-deficit stress treatment to maize plants of two contrasting (drought tolerant ND476 and drought sensitive ZX978) hybrid cultivars at four (V12, VT, R1, and R4) crop growth stages and we report key cultivar-specific and growth-stage-specific molecular mechanisms regulating drought stress responses in maize. Based on the transcriptome analysis, a total of 3451 and 4088 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in ND476 and ZX978 from the four experimental comparisons, respectively. These gene expression changes effected corresponding metabolic pathway responses related to drought tolerance in maize. In ND476, the DEGs associated with the ribosome, starch and sucrose metabolism, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and phenylpropanoid metabolism pathways were predominant at the V12, VT, R2, and R4 stages, respectively, whereas those in ZX978 were related to ribosome, pentose and glucuronate interconversions (PGI), MAPK signaling and sulfur metabolism pathways, respectively. MapMan analysis revealed that DEGs related to secondary metabolism, lipid metabolism, and amino acid metabolism were universal across the four growth stages in ND476. Meanwhile, the DEGs involved in cell wall, photosynthesis and amino acid metabolism were universal across the four growth stages in ZX978. However, K-means analysis clustered those DEGs into clear and distinct expression profiles in ND476 and ZX978 at each stage. Several functional and regulatory genes were identified in the special clusters related to drought defense response. Our results affirmed that maize drought stress adaptation is a cultivar-specific response as well as a stage-specific response process. Additionally, our findings enrich the maize genetic resources and enhance our further understanding of the molecular mechanisms regulating drought stress tolerance in maize. Further, the DEGs screened in this study may provide a foundational basis for our future targeted cloning studies.
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Oszlányi R, Mirmazloum I, Pónya Z, Szegő A, Jamal S, Bat-Erdene O, Papp I. Oxidative stress level and dehydrin gene expression pattern differentiate two contrasting cucumber F1 hybrids under high fertigation treatment. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 161:864-874. [PMID: 32535210 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Two cucumber F1 cultivar hybrids were investigated for stress tolerance markers upon application of different strength of Hoagland fertigation solutions (HG). 'Joker' and 'Oitol' cultivar hybrids were studied, representing typically field grown and greenhouse cultivated genotypes, respectively. At standard fertigation level (0.5 × HG) in controlled environment young 'Joker' plants displayed slower growth than 'Oitol' based on total leaf area. At this basal nutrient concentration leaves of 'Joker' plants had significantly lower antioxidant capacity and higher malondialdehyde (MDA, an indicator of lipid peroxidation) level than 'Oitol'. According to RT-qPCR transcript levels of several antioxidant enzymes' genes (ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase) were significantly higher in 'Joker' compared to 'Oitol'. At increased HG concentrations (1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 × HG) growth didn't change significantly in either hybrid. Osmotic potential declined at higher fertigation levels. Antioxidant capacity increased in both hybrids with strong characteristic differences favouring 'Oitol' plants. Higher MDA content of leaves testified more oxidative burden in 'Joker' plants at all and especially at the more concentrated HG treatments. This trend was also approved by results of bio photon emission imaging, which is a powerful method to quantify stress level in living tissues with autoluminescence detection technology. Gene expression for antioxidant enzymes followed HG concentration-dependent increase in both hybrids, at a substantially higher level in 'Joker'. Expression of the dehydrin gene DHN3 was preferentially induced at elevated fertigation levels in 'Oitol' plants, which could contribute to the lower oxidative stress detected in this hybrid. Results presented in this report demonstrate differences in shoot growth, antioxidant capacity, level of oxidative stress and antioxidant gene expression in two contrasting cucumber hybrids at basal fertigation. Furthermore, excessive HG fertigation was found to increase oxidative stress in a genotype-specific way. This effect may be due to different antioxidant capacity and differential expression of stress protective genes, such as the DHN3 dehydrin.
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- Réka Oszlányi
- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary; Food Science Innovation Centre, Kaposvár University. Kaposvár, Hungary.
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- Department of Plant Production and Plant Protection, Kaposvár Univerity, Kaposvár, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
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Hellwig T, Flor A, Saranga Y, Coyne CJ, Main D, Sherman A, Ophir R, Abbo S. Environmental and genetic determinants of amphicarpy in Pisum fulvum, a wild relative of domesticated pea. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 298:110566. [PMID: 32771167 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pisum fulvum is an annual legume native to Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. In certain locations, P. fulvum individuals were documented to display a reproductive dimorphism - amphicarpy, with both above and below ground flowers and pods. Herein we aimed to study the possible role of soil texture on amphicarpy in P. fulvum, to investigate the possible bio-climatic associations of P. fulvum amphicarpy and to identify genetic markers associated with this phenotype. A set of 127 germplasm accessions sampled across the Israeli distribution range of the species was phenotyped in two common garden nurseries. Land use and bioclimatic data were used to delineate the eco-geographic clustering of accession's sampling sites. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were employed in genome-wide association study to identify associated loci. Amphicarpy was subject to strong experimental site x genotype interaction with higher phenotypic expression in fine textured soil relative to sandy loam. Amphicarpy was more prevalent among accessions sampled in eastern Judea and Samaria and was weakly associated with early phenology and relatively modest above ground biomass production. Twelve SNP markers were significantly associated with amphicarpy, each explaining between 8 and 12 % of the phenotypic variation. In P. fulvum amphicarpy seems to be a polygenetic trait controlled by an array of genes that is likely to be affected by environmental stimuli. The probable selective advantage of the association between amphicarpy and early flowering is in line with its relative prevalence in drought prone territories subject to heavy grazing.
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- Timo Hellwig
- The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel; Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center ARO, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel.
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- The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- USDA-ARS Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- Dept. of Horticulture, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center ARO, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center ARO, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
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- The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel; Dept. of Horticulture, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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Murvai N, Kalmar L, Szalaine Agoston B, Szabo B, Tantos A, Csikos G, Micsonai A, Kardos J, Vertommen D, Nguyen PN, Hristozova N, Lang A, Kovacs D, Buday L, Han KH, Perczel A, Tompa P. Interplay of Structural Disorder and Short Binding Elements in the Cellular Chaperone Function of Plant Dehydrin ERD14. Cells 2020; 9:E1856. [PMID: 32784707 PMCID: PMC7465474 DOI: 10.3390/cells9081856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Details of the functional mechanisms of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) in living cells is an area not frequently investigated. Here, we dissect the molecular mechanism of action of an IDP in cells by detailed structural analyses based on an in-cell nuclear magnetic resonance experiment. We show that the ID stress protein (IDSP) A. thaliana Early Response to Dehydration (ERD14) is capable of protecting E. coli cells under heat stress. The overexpression of ERD14 increases the viability of E. coli cells from 38.9% to 73.9% following heat stress (50 °C × 15 min). We also provide evidence that the protection is mainly achieved by protecting the proteome of the cells. In-cell NMR experiments performed in E. coli cells show that the protective activity is associated with a largely disordered structural state with conserved, short sequence motifs (K- and H-segments), which transiently sample helical conformations in vitro and engage in partner binding in vivo. Other regions of the protein, such as its S segment and its regions linking and flanking the binding motifs, remain unbound and disordered in the cell. Our data suggest that the cellular function of ERD14 is compatible with its residual structural disorder in vivo.
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- Nikoletta Murvai
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
- MTA-ELTE Protein Modelling Research Group and Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Biology, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös L. University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.L.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
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- Department of General Zoology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary;
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.M.); (J.K.)
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.M.); (J.K.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium;
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- Structural Biology Brussels (SBB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (P.N.N.); (N.H.); (D.K.)
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (CSB), Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Structural Biology Brussels (SBB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (P.N.N.); (N.H.); (D.K.)
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (CSB), Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- MTA-ELTE Protein Modelling Research Group and Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Biology, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös L. University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.L.); (A.P.)
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- Structural Biology Brussels (SBB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (P.N.N.); (N.H.); (D.K.)
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (CSB), Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
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- Gene Editing Research Center, Division of Convergent Biomedical Research, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Korea;
- Biomedical Translational Research Center, Division of Convergent Biomedical Research, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- MTA-ELTE Protein Modelling Research Group and Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Biology, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös L. University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.L.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (N.M.); (L.K.); (B.S.A.); (B.S.); (A.T.); (L.B.)
- Structural Biology Brussels (SBB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (P.N.N.); (N.H.); (D.K.)
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (CSB), Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Yang Y, Liu H, Wang A, Zhang L. An ERF-type transcription factor is involved in the regulation of the dehydrin wzy1-2 gene in wheat. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2020; 15:1778920. [PMID: 32552347 PMCID: PMC8570705 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1778920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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As stress-inducible proteins, dehydrins exert functional protective role by alleviating the cell damage when plants are suffering from the stresses. However, the upstream regulatory mechanism of these proteins is not very clear. To unravel the regulatory mechanism of dehydrin, a screen of wheat cDNA library from cold and PEG-treated wheat seedlings was performed and a transcription factor TaERF4a (GenBank NO. AFP49822.1) interacting with wheat dehydrin wzy1-2 gene (Gene ID: 100037544) promoter was identified by yeast one-hybrid assay. The regulator TaERF4a and the wzy1-2 gene can respond to the abiotic stress, the induced transcripts of these two genes exhibit a similar expression trend under adverse environmental conditions. In planta, the dual luciferase transient assay analysis showed that TaERF4a can positively regulate the expression of WZY1-2 dehydrin. Therefore, the obtained results suggest that ERF transcription factor can regulate the expression level of the dehydrin gene in wheat.
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- Ying Yang
- College of Life science/State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shannxi, China
- College of Nursing, Weinan Vocational&Technical College, Weinan, Shannxi, China
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- College of Life science/State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shannxi, China
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- College of Nursing, Weinan Vocational&Technical College, Weinan, Shannxi, China
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- College of Life science/State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shannxi, China
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Yokoyama T, Ohkubo T, Kamiya K, Hara M. Cryoprotective activity of Arabidopsis KS-type dehydrin depends on the hydrophobic amino acids of two active segments. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 691:108510. [PMID: 32735864 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Dehydrins are intrinsically disordered proteins which are related to cold tolerance in plants. Dehydrins show potent cryoprotective activities for freeze-sensitive enzymes such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Previous studies demonstrated that K-segments conserved in dehydrins had cryoprotective activities and that K-segment activities depended on the hydrophobic amino acids in the segment. However, the cryoprotective roles of hydrophobic amino acids in dehydrin itself have not been reported. Here, we demonstrated that hydrophobic amino acids were required for the cryoprotective activity of Arabidopsis dehydrin AtHIRD11. Cryoprotective activities were compared between AtHIRD11 and the corresponding mutant in which all hydrophobic residues were changed to T (AtHIRD11Φ/T) by using LDH. The change strikingly reduced AtHIRD11 activity. A segmentation analysis indicated that the conserved K-segment (Kseg) and a previously unidentified segment (non-K-segment 1, NK1) showed cryoprotective activities. Circular dichroism indicated that the secondary structures of all peptides showed disorder, but only cryoprotective peptides changed to the ordered forms by sodium dodecyl sulfate. Ultracentrifuge analysis indicated that AtHIRD11 and AtHIRD11Φ/T had similar molecular sizes in solution. These results suggest that not only structural disorder but also hydrophobic amino acids contributed to the cryoprotective activity of AtHIRD11. A possible mechanism based on an extended molecular shield model is proposed.
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- Tomoka Yokoyama
- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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Estravis-Barcala M, Mattera MG, Soliani C, Bellora N, Opgenoorth L, Heer K, Arana MV. Molecular bases of responses to abiotic stress in trees. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:3765-3779. [PMID: 31768543 PMCID: PMC7316969 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Trees are constantly exposed to climate fluctuations, which vary with both time and geographic location. Environmental changes that are outside of the physiological favorable range usually negatively affect plant performance and trigger responses to abiotic stress. Long-living trees in particular have evolved a wide spectrum of molecular mechanisms to coordinate growth and development under stressful conditions, thus minimizing fitness costs. The ongoing development of techniques directed at quantifying abiotic stress has significantly increased our knowledge of physiological responses in woody plants. However, it is only within recent years that advances in next-generation sequencing and biochemical approaches have enabled us to begin to understand the complexity of the molecular systems that underlie these responses. Here, we review recent progress in our understanding of the molecular bases of drought and temperature stresses in trees, with a focus on functional, transcriptomic, epigenetic, and population genomic studies. In addition, we highlight topics that will contribute to progress in our understanding of the plastic and adaptive responses of woody plants to drought and temperature in a context of global climate change.
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- Maximiliano Estravis-Barcala
- Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales, (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas- Universidad Nacional del Comahue), San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales, (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas- Universidad Nacional del Comahue), San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
- Correspondence:
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Selvi A, Devi K, Manimekalai R, Prathima PT. Comparative analysis of drought-responsive transcriptomes of sugarcane genotypes with differential tolerance to drought. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:236. [PMID: 32399386 PMCID: PMC7203378 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Water stress causes considerable yield losses in sugarcane. To investigate differentially expressed genes under water stress, two sugarcane genotypes were subjected to three water-deficit levels (mild, moderate, and severe) and subsequent recovery and leaf transcriptome was generated using Illumina NextSeq sequencing. Among the differentially expressed genes, the tolerant genotype Co 06022 generated 2970 unigenes (p ≤ 0.05, functionally known, non-redundant DEGs) at 2-day stress, and there was a progressive decrease in the expressed genes as the stress period increased with 2109 unigenes at 6-day stress and 2307 unigenes at 10-day stress. There was considerable reduction at recovery with 1334 unigenes expressed at 10 days after recovery. However, in the susceptible genotype Co 8021, the number of unigenes expressed at 2 days was lower (2025) than the tolerant genotype and a further reduction was seen at 6-day stress (1552). During recovery, more differentially expressed genes were observed in the susceptible cultivar indicating that the cultivar has to activate more functions/processes to recover from the damage caused by stress. Comparison of DEGs between all stages of stress and recovery in both genotypes revealed that, the commonly up- and down-regulated genes across different stages were approximately double in the tolerant genotype. The most enriched gene ontology classes were heme binding, peroxidase activity and metal ion binding in the biological process and response to oxidative stress, hydrogen peroxide catabolic process and response to stress in the molecular function category. The cellular component was enriched with DEGs involved in extracellular region followed by integral component of membrane. The KEGG pathway analysis revealed important metabolic activities and functionally important genes involved in mitigating water-deficit stress in both the varieties. In addition, several unannotated genes in important pathways were detected and together may provide novel insights into water-deficit tolerance mechanisms in sugarcane. The reliability of the observed expression patterns was confirmed by qRT-PCR. The results of this study will help to identify useful genes for improving drought tolerance in sugarcane.
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- Biotechnology Section, Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 007 India
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- Biotechnology Section, Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 007 India
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- Biotechnology Section, Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 007 India
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- Biotechnology Section, Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 007 India
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Yu DJ, Jun SH, Park J, Kwon JH, Lee HJ. Transcriptome Analysis of Genes Involved in Cold Hardiness of Peach Tree ( Prunus persica) Shoots during Cold Acclimation and Deacclimation. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11060611. [PMID: 32492847 PMCID: PMC7349757 DOI: 10.3390/genes11060611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We analyzed the transcriptomes in the shoots of five-year-old 'Soomee' peach trees (Prunus persica) during cold acclimation (CA), from early CA (end of October) to late CA (middle of January), and deacclimation (DA), from late CA to late DA (middle of March), to identify the genes involved in cold hardiness. Cold hardiness of the shoots increased from early to late CA, but decreased from late CA to late DA, as indicated by decreased and increased the median lethal temperature (LT50), respectively. Transcriptome analysis identified 17,208 assembled transcripts during all three stages. In total, 1891 and 3008 transcripts were differentially expressed with a |fold change| > 2 (p < 0.05) between early and late CA, and between late CA and late DA, respectively. Among them, 1522 and 2830, respectively, were functionally annotated with gene ontology (GO) terms having a greater proportion of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with molecular function than biological process or cellular component categories. The biochemical pathways best represented both periods from early to late CA and from late CA to late DA were 'metabolic pathway' and 'biosynthesis of secondary metabolites'. We validated these transcriptomic results by performing reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction on the selected DEGs showing significant fold changes. The relative expressions of the selected DEGs were closely related to the LT50 values of the peach tree shoots: 'Soomee' shoots exhibited higher relative expressions of the selected DEGs than shoots of the less cold-hardy 'Odoroki' peach trees. Irrespective of the cultivar, the relative expressions of the DEGs that were up- and then down-regulated during CA, from early to late CA, and DA, from late CA to late DA, were more closely correlated with cold hardiness than those of the DEGs that were down- and then up-regulated. Therefore, our results suggest that the significantly up- and then down-regulated DEGs are associated with cold hardiness in peach tree shoots. These DEGs, including early light-induced protein 1, chloroplastic, 14-kDa proline-rich protein DC2.15, glutamate dehydrogenase 2, and triacylglycerol lipase 2, could be candidate genes to determine cold hardiness.
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- Duk Jun Yu
- Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (D.J.Y.); (S.H.J.); (J.P.); (J.H.K.)
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (D.J.Y.); (S.H.J.); (J.P.); (J.H.K.)
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- Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (D.J.Y.); (S.H.J.); (J.P.); (J.H.K.)
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- Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (D.J.Y.); (S.H.J.); (J.P.); (J.H.K.)
- Fruit Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Wanju 55365, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (D.J.Y.); (S.H.J.); (J.P.); (J.H.K.)
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Ohkubo T, Kameyama A, Kamiya K, Kondo M, Hara M. F-segments of Arabidopsis dehydrins show cryoprotective activities for lactate dehydrogenase depending on the hydrophobic residues. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2020; 173:112300. [PMID: 32087435 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Although dehydrins show cryoprotective activities for freeze-sensitive enzymes, the underlying mechanism is still under investigation. Here, we report that F-segments conserved in some dehydrins cryoprotected lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as well as K-segments, which were previously identified as cryoprotective segments of dehydrins. The cryoprotective activity levels of four F-segments of Arabidopsis dehydrins were similar to that of a typical K-segment. Amino acid substitution experiments indicated that the activity of the F-segment of Arabidopsis COR47 (designated as Fseg) depended on the hydrophobic residues (L, F, and V). Intriguingly, when all the amino acids other than the hydrophobic residues were changed to glycine, the cryoprotective activity did not change, suggesting that the hydrophobic amino acids were sufficient for Fseg activity. Circular dichroism analysis indicated that Fseg was mainly disordered in aqueous solution as well as Fseg_Φ/T, in which the hydrophobic residues of Fseg were changed to T. This suggested that the hydrophobic interaction might be related to the cryoprotective activities of Fseg.
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- Tomohiro Ohkubo
- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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Ev LD, Damé-Teixeira N, DO T, Maltz M, Parolo CCF. The role of Candida albicans in root caries biofilms: an RNA-seq analysis. J Appl Oral Sci 2020; 28:e20190578. [PMID: 32348446 PMCID: PMC7185980 DOI: 10.1590/1678-7757-2019-0578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective This study sought to analyze the gene expression of Candida albicans in sound root surface and root caries lesions, exploring its role in root caries pathogenesis. Methodology The differential gene expression of C. albicans and the specific genes related to cariogenic traits were studied in association with samples of biofilm collected from exposed sound root surface (SRS, n=10) and from biofilm and carious dentin of active root carious lesions (RC, n=9). The total microbial RNA was extracted, and the cDNA libraries were prepared and sequenced on the Illumina Hi-Seq2500. Unique reads were mapped to 163 oral microbial reference genomes including two chromosomes of C. albicans SC5314 (14,217 genes). The putative presence of C. albicans was estimated (sum of reads/total number of genes≥1) in each sample. Count data were normalized (using the DESeq method package) to analyze differential gene expression (using the DESeq2R package) applying the Benjamini-Hochberg correction (FDR<0.05). Results Two genes (CaO19.610, FDR=0.009; CaO19.2506, FDR=0.018) were up-regulated on SRS, and their functions are related to biofilm formation. Seven genes ( UTP20 , FDR=0.018; ITR1 , FDR=0.036; DHN6 , FDR=0.046; CaO19.7197 , FDR=0.046; CaO19.7838 , FDR=0.046; STT4 , FDR=0.046; GUT1 , FDR=0.046) were up-regulated on RC and their functions are related to metabolic activity, sugar transport, stress tolerance, invasion and pH regulation. The use of alternative carbon sources, including lactate, and the ability to form hypha may be a unique trait of C. albicans influencing biofilm virulence. Conclusions C. albicans is metabolically active in SRS and RC biofilm, with different roles in health and disease.
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- Laís Daniela Ev
- Departamento de Odontologia Preventiva e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Departamento de Odontologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
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- School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Odontologia Preventiva e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Departamento de Odontologia Preventiva e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Giné-Bordonaba J, Busatto N, Larrigaudière C, Lindo-García V, Echeverria G, Vrhovsek U, Farneti B, Biasioli F, De Quattro C, Rossato M, Delledonne M, Costa F. Investigation of the transcriptomic and metabolic changes associated with superficial scald physiology impaired by lovastatin and 1-methylcyclopropene in pear fruit (cv. "Blanquilla"). HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2020; 7:49. [PMID: 32257235 PMCID: PMC7109095 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-0272-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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To elucidate the physiology underlying the development of superficial scald in pears, susceptible "Blanquilla" fruit was treated with different compounds that either promoted (ethylene) or repressed (1-methylcyclopropene and lovastatin) the incidence of this disorder after 4 months of cold storage. Our data show that scald was negligible for the fruit treated with 1-methylcyclopropene or lovastatin, but highly manifested in untreated (78% incidence) or ethylene-treated fruit (97% incidence). The comparison between the fruit metabolomic profile and transcriptome evidenced a distinct reprogramming associated with each treatment. In all treated samples, cold storage led to an activation of a cold-acclimation-resistance mechanism, including the biosynthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids, which was especially evident in 1-methylcyclopropane-treated fruit. Among the treatments applied, only 1-methylcyclopropene inhibited ethylene production, hence supporting the involvement of this hormone in the development of scald. However, a common repression effect on the PPO gene combined with higher sorbitol content was found for both lovastatin and 1-methylcyclopropene-treated samples, suggesting also a non-ethylene-mediated process preventing the development of this disorder. The results presented in this work represent a step forward to better understand the physiological mechanisms governing the etiology of superficial scald in pears.
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- Jordi Giné-Bordonaba
- XaRTA-Postharvest, Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), Edifici Fruitcentre, Parc Científic i Tecnològic Agroalimentari de Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- XaRTA-Postharvest, Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), Edifici Fruitcentre, Parc Científic i Tecnològic Agroalimentari de Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain
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- XaRTA-Postharvest, Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), Edifici Fruitcentre, Parc Científic i Tecnològic Agroalimentari de Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain
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- XaRTA-Postharvest, Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), Edifici Fruitcentre, Parc Científic i Tecnològic Agroalimentari de Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento Italy
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- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento Italy
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Ouyang L, Leus L, De Keyser E, Van Labeke MC. Cold Acclimation and Deacclimation of Two Garden Rose Cultivars Under Controlled Daylength and Temperature. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:327. [PMID: 32265972 PMCID: PMC7105705 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Low temperature stress is an important abiotic stress for garden roses in northern regions. Two garden rose cultivars ('Dagmar Hastrup' and 'Chandos Beauty') were selected to study the role of dehydrin and of carbohydrate metabolism during cold acclimation and deacclimation under the controlled daylength and temperature. The presence of bud dormancy was also observed as this could prevent budburst during warm spells. Both cultivars showed a similar changing pattern of cold acclimation and deacclimation and did not differ in their lowest LT50 values. Dehydrin (RhDHN5) was up-regulated by low temperatures and not by dehydration stress as the stem water content remained stable during the treatments. Total soluble sugars accumulated with a transient up-regulation of RhBAM3 (a key gene in starch hydrolysis) for 'Dagmar Hastrup' at 2°C and a strong expression under both 2 and -3°C for 'Chandos Beauty'. At 2 and -3°C, raffinose and stachyose strongly accumulated though the up-regulation of RhRS6 and RhGK differed in the cultivars. Although similar cold hardiness levels were reached, carbohydrate metabolism in response to cold stress is different in the two cultivars. Increasing the temperature after a cold period resulted in fast deacclimation as found by the downregulation of RhDHN5 and RhBAM3, the decrease of raffinose and stachyose. Bud endodormancy was hardly present in both cultivars.
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- Lin Ouyang
- Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Department of Plants and Crops, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Melle, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Melle, Belgium
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Singh DP, Singh V, Gupta VK, Shukla R, Prabha R, Sarma BK, Patel JS. Microbial inoculation in rice regulates antioxidative reactions and defense related genes to mitigate drought stress. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4818. [PMID: 32179779 PMCID: PMC7076003 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61140-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Microbial inoculation in drought challenged rice triggered multipronged steps at enzymatic, non-enzymatic and gene expression level. These multifarious modulations in plants were related to stress tolerance mechanisms. Drought suppressed growth of rice plants but inoculation with Trichoderma, Pseudomonas and their combination minimized the impact of watering regime. Induced PAL gene expression and enzyme activity due to microbial inoculation led to increased accumulation of polyphenolics in plants. Enhanced antioxidant concentration of polyphenolics from microbe inoculated and drought challenged plants showed substantially high values of DPPH, ABTS, Fe-ion reducing power and Fe-ion chelation activity, which established the role of polyphenolic extract as free radical scavengers. Activation of superoxide dismutase that catalyzes superoxide (O2-) and leads to the accumulation of H2O2 was linked with the hypersensitive cell death response in leaves. Microbial inoculation in plants enhanced activity of peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase enzymes. This has further contributed in reducing ROS burden in plants. Genes of key metabolic pathways including phenylpropanoid (PAL), superoxide dismutation (SODs), H2O2 peroxidation (APX, PO) and oxidative defense response (CAT) were over-expressed due to microbial inoculation. Enhanced expression of OSPiP linked to less-water permeability, drought-adaptation gene DHN and dehydration related stress inducible DREB gene in rice inoculated with microbial inoculants after drought challenge was also reported. The impact of Pseudomonas on gene expression was consistently remained the most prominent. These findings suggested that microbial inoculation directly caused over-expression of genes linked with defense processes in plants challenged with drought stress. Enhanced enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant reactions that helped in minimizing antioxidative load, were the repercussions of enhanced gene expression in microbe inoculated plants. These mechanisms contributed strongly towards stress mitigation. The study demonstrated that microbial inoculants were successful in improving intrinsic biochemical and molecular capabilities of rice plants under stress. Results encouraged us to advocate that the practice of growing plants with microbial inoculants may find strategic place in raising crops under abiotic stressed environments.
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- Dhananjaya P Singh
- ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, 275101, India.
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, 275101, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 12618, Tallinn, Estonia
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, 275101, India
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, 275101, India
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- Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 21005, India
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- Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 21005, India
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Response of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) to Abrupt Chilling as Reflected by Changes in Freezing Tolerance and Soluble Sugars. AGRONOMY-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10020255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Abrupt-chilling events threaten the survival of alfalfa plants, the ability to cope with such condition should be considered during cultivar selection in the production. To assess biochemical and molecular responses of alfalfa to abrupt chilling, the cultivars “WL440HQ” (WL) and “ZhaoDong” (ZD) were subjected to a five-phase experimental regime that included two abrupt-chilling events. The freezing tolerance of the crown was determined as the semi-lethal temperature (LT50) calculated from electrolyte leakage. Soluble sugar concentrations were quantified by ion chromatography. The mRNA transcript levels of four genes encoding enzymes (β-amylase, sucrose phosphate synthase, galactinol synthase, and stachyose synthase) involved in sugar metabolism and two cold-regulated genes (Cas15A and K3-dehydrin) were quantified using quantitative real-time PCR analysis. During the abrupt-chilling events, the LT50 decreased significantly in ZD but not in WL. The rapid response of ZD to abrupt chilling may have been due to the large increases in raffinose and stachyose concentrations, which were consistent with increased transcript levels of the galactinol synthase and stachyose synthase genes. Transcript levels of the cold-regulated genes Cas15A and K3-dehydrin were correlated with increased freezing tolerance under abrupt chilling. The results provide a reference for selection of appropriate cultivars to reduce the risk of crop damage in production areas where early autumn or late spring frosts are likely.
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Cui H, Wang Y, Yu T, Chen S, Chen Y, Lu C. Heterologous Expression of Three Ammopiptanthus mongolicus Dehydrin Genes Confers Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:plants9020193. [PMID: 32033313 PMCID: PMC7076708 DOI: 10.3390/plants9020193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, a xerophyte plant that belongs to the family Leguminosae, adapts to extremely arid, hot, and cold environments, making it an excellent woody plant to study the molecular mechanisms underlying abiotic stress tolerance. Three dehydrin genes, AmDHN132, AmDHN154, and AmDHN200 were cloned from abiotic stress treated A. mongolicus seedlings. Cytomembrane-located AmDHN200, nucleus-located AmDHN154, and cytoplasm and nucleus-located AmDHN132 were characterized by constitutive overexpression of their genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Overexpression of AmDHN132, AmDHN154, and AmDHN200 in transgenic Arabidopsis improved salt, osmotic, and cold tolerances, with AmDHN132 having the largest effect, whereas the growth of transformed plants is not negatively affected. These results indicate that AmDHNs contribute to the abiotic stress tolerance of A. mongolicus and that AmDHN genes function differently in response to abiotic stresses. Furthermore, they have the potential to be used in the genetic engineering of stress tolerance in higher plants.
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- Hongwei Cui
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Life Science, Pecking University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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Li Z, Cheng B, Zeng W, Zhang X, Peng Y. Proteomic and Metabolomic Profilings Reveal Crucial Functions of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Regulating Ionic, Water, and Metabolic Homeostasis in Creeping Bentgrass under Salt Stress. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:769-780. [PMID: 31916766 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The global emergence of soil salinization poses a serious challenge to many countries and regions. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is involved in systemic regulation of plant adaptation to salt stress but the underlying molecular and metabolic mechanism still remains largely unknown. The elevated endogenous GABA level by the application of exogenous GABA improved salt tolerance associated with the enhancement of antioxidant capacity, photosynthetic characteristics, osmotic adjustment (OA), and water use efficiency in creeping bentgrass. GABA strongly upregulated transcript levels of AsPPa2, AsATPaB2, AsNHX2/4/6, and AsSOS1/20 in roots involved in enhanced capacity of Na+ compartmentalization and mitigation of Na+ toxicity in the cytosol. Significant downregulation of AsHKT1/4 expression could be induced by GABA in leaves in relation to maintenance of the significantly lower Na+ content and higher K+/Na+ ratio. GABA-depressed aquaporin expression and accumulation induced declines in stomatal conductance and transpiration, thereby reducing water loss in leaves during salt stress. For metabolic regulation, GABA primarily enhanced sugar and amino acid accumulation and metabolism, largely contributing to improved salt tolerance through maintaining OA and metabolic homeostasis. Other major pathways could be related to GABA-induced salt tolerance including increases in antioxidant defense, heat shock proteins, and myo-inositol accumulation in leaves. Integrative analyses of molecular, protein, metabolic, and physiological changes reveal systemic functions of GABA in regulating ionic, water, and metabolic homeostasis in nonhalophytic creeping bentgrass under salt stress.
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- Zhou Li
- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu 611130 , China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu 611130 , China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu 611130 , China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu 611130 , China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology , Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu 611130 , China
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De La Torre AR, Piot A, Liu B, Wilhite B, Weiss M, Porth I. Functional and morphological evolution in gymnosperms: A portrait of implicated gene families. Evol Appl 2020; 13:210-227. [PMID: 31892953 PMCID: PMC6935586 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Gymnosperms diverged from their sister plant clade of flowering plants 300 Mya. Morphological and functional divergence between the two major seed plant clades involved significant changes in their reproductive biology, water-conducting systems, secondary metabolism, stress defense mechanisms, and small RNA-mediated epigenetic silencing. The relatively recent sequencing of several gymnosperm genomes and the development of new genomic resources have enabled whole-genome comparisons within gymnosperms, and between angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this paper, we aim to understand how genes and gene families have contributed to the major functional and morphological differences in gymnosperms, and how this information can be used for applied breeding and biotechnology. In addition, we have analyzed the angiosperm versus gymnosperm evolution of the pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) gene family with a wide range of functionalities in plants' interaction with their environment including defense mechanisms. Some of the genes reviewed here are newly studied members of gene families that hold potential for biotechnological applications related to commercial and pharmacological value. Some members of conifer gene families can also be exploited for their potential in phytoremediation applications.
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- Department of Wood and Forest SciencesLaval UniversityQuebec CityQuebecCanada
- Institute for System and Integrated Biology (IBIS)Laval UniversityQuebec CityQuebecCanada
- Centre for Forest Research (CEF)Laval UniversityQuebec CityQuebecCanada
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- School of ForestryNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffAZUSA
- College of ForestryFujian Agricultural and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujianChina
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- School of ForestryNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffAZUSA
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- Department of Wood and Forest SciencesLaval UniversityQuebec CityQuebecCanada
- Institute for System and Integrated Biology (IBIS)Laval UniversityQuebec CityQuebecCanada
- Centre for Forest Research (CEF)Laval UniversityQuebec CityQuebecCanada
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Aliche EB, Theeuwen TPJM, Oortwijn M, Visser RGF, van der Linden CG. Carbon partitioning mechanisms in POTATO under drought stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 146:211-219. [PMID: 31756607 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an important food crop consumed all over the world, but it is generally sensitive to drought conditions. One of the major physiological processes affected by drought stress is carbon partitioning: the plant's choice of where to allocate its photoassimilates. Our aim was to investigate the molecular factors and possible bottlenecks affecting carbon partitioning during drought. We studied potato cultivars with contrasting drought responses in the greenhouse in the years 2013-2015, and further investigated the expression of genes involved in carbon partitioning and metabolite levels. Our results indicate that one of the most severe effects of drought stress on potato is the arrest of stolon differentiation and formation of tubers. We also identified some physiological traits like stomatal conductance and chlorophyll content as affecting carbon assimilation, partitioning and eventual tuber yield. The gene expressions and biochemical analyses highlight the various tissues prioritized by the plant for assimilate transport during drought stress, and give indications of what distinguishes drought tolerance and sensitivity of cultivated potato. Some of the key genes studied (like Sucrose synthase and Sucrose transporters) may be inclusive breeding targets for drought tolerance in potato.
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- Ernest B Aliche
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Ambroise V, Legay S, Guerriero G, Hausman JF, Cuypers A, Sergeant K. The Roots of Plant Frost Hardiness and Tolerance. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:3-20. [PMID: 31626277 PMCID: PMC6977023 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Frost stress severely affects agriculture and agroforestry worldwide. Although many studies about frost hardening and resistance have been published, most of them focused on the aboveground organs and only a minority specifically targets the roots. However, roots and aboveground tissues have different physiologies and stress response mechanisms. Climate models predict an increase in the magnitude and frequency of late-frost events, which, together with an observed loss of soil insulation, will greatly decrease plant primary production due to damage at the root level. Molecular and metabolic responses inducing root cold hardiness are complex. They involve a variety of processes related to modifications in cell wall composition, maintenance of the cellular homeostasis and the synthesis of primary and secondary metabolites. After a summary of the current climatic models, this review details the specificity of freezing stress at the root level and explores the strategies roots developed to cope with freezing stress. We then describe the level to which roots can be frost hardy, depending on their age, size category and species. After that, we compare the environmental signals inducing cold acclimation and frost hardening in the roots and aboveground organs. Subsequently, we discuss how roots sense cold at a cellular level and briefly describe the following signal transduction pathway, which leads to molecular and metabolic responses associated with frost hardening. Finally, the current options available to increase root frost tolerance are explored and promising lines of future research are discussed.
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- Valentin Ambroise
- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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Asefpour Vakilian K. Gold nanoparticles-based biosensor can detect drought stress in tomato by ultrasensitive and specific determination of miRNAs. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 145:195-204. [PMID: 31706222 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.10.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Drought stress can significantly affect the yield and quality of tomato production. However, the development of a sensitive and specific method for the determination of drought stress is somehow challenging since plant common morpho-physiological and biochemical characteristic are not generally specific to biotic and abiotic stresses. As a solution, the concentration of miRNAs in plant tissues can be a selective and specific indicator of plant stress. In this study, an optical biosensor based on gold nanoparticles is introduced to determine miRNA-1886 in tomato plant roots. Results showed that irrigation levels from 100% to 60% of field capacity increased the concentration of miRNA-1886 in a range from ca. 100 to 6800 fM (fM) causing a linear change in the biosensor response (R2 = 0.97). Results also revealed that in contrast with plant conventional morpho-physiological and biochemical characteristic, miRNA-1886 concentration was not significantly affected (P < 0.01) by other stresses, i.e., salinity and temperature during the growth period. The biosensor introduced in this study is a reliable method to study stress-related functions of miRNAs in plants and their application in specific plant stress determination.
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- Keyvan Asefpour Vakilian
- Department of Agrotechnology, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; Private Laboratory of Biosensor Applications, Hamadan, Iran.
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Li Z, Huang T, Tang M, Cheng B, Peng Y, Zhang X. iTRAQ-based proteomics reveals key role of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in regulating drought tolerance in perennial creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 145:216-226. [PMID: 31707249 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), a non-proteinaceous amino acid, modulates plant growth and stress tolerance. However, the potential role of GABA in regulating key metabolic pathways and stress-defensive proteins against drought in plants has never been explored. Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) plants were pretreated with or without GABA and then subjected to water stress for 8 days in controlled growth chambers (23/19 °C, day/night). Physiological analysis showed that elevated endogenous GABA level via exogenous GABA application significantly mitigated water stress damage to creeping bentgrass, as manifested by increased leaf relative water content, water use efficiency, osmotic adjustment (OA), photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm), net photosynthetic rate, and reduced oxidative damage. iTRAQ-based proteomics found that enhanced chaperones accumulation, carbohydrates, amino acids, and energy metabolism played important roles in protein protection, OA, energy maintenance, and metabolic balance, which is important adaptive response to drought stress in creeping bentgrass. The GABA further promoted energy production and conversion, antioxidant defense, and DHN3 accumulation that were essential for energy requirement, ROS-scavenging, and the prevention of cell dehydration in leaf during drought stress. In addition, GABA-treated plants maintained significantly higher abundance of dicarboxylate transporter 2.1, ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease, receptor-like protein kinase HERK1, o-acyltransferase WSD1, omega-6 fatty acid desaturase, and two-component response regulator ORR21 than untreated plants under drought stress. The result provides new evidences that GABA-induced drought tolerance is possibly involved in the improvement of nitrogen recycling, protection of photosystem II, mitigation of drought-depressed cell elongation, wax biosynthesis, fatty acid desaturase, and delaying leaf senescence in creeping bentgrass.
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- Zhou Li
- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Poku SA, Seçgin Z, Kavas M. Overexpression of Ks-type dehydrins gene OeSRC1 from Olea europaea increases salt and drought tolerance in tobacco plants. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:5745-5757. [PMID: 31385239 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-05008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Agricultural production is greatly affected by environmental stresses, such as cold, drought and high-salinity. It is possible to produce tolerant genotypes by transferring genes encoding protective proteins or enzymes from other organisms. In this regard, the current study was aimed to clone a novel OeSRC1 gene identified during the transcriptome profiling of olives (Olea europaea L.) and to investigate the function of this gene in tobacco plants. Functional evaluation of OeSRC1 gene in putative transgenic tobacco plants were carried out under drought, cold and salt stress conditions by using molecular and biochemical tools. It was observed that the transgenic tobacco plants exhibited higher seed germination and survival rates, better root and shoot growth under cold, salt and drought stress treatments compared to wild type plants. Our results also demonstrated that, under stress conditions, transgenic plants accumulated more free proline while no significant changes were observed regarding electrolyte leakage. Ascorbate peroxidase activity of OeSRC1-overexpressing plants was higher than those of the WT plants under different stress conditions. The overall results demonstrate the explicit role of OeSRC1 gene in conferring multiple abiotic stress tolerance at the whole-plant level. The multifunctional role of olive OeSRC1 gene looks good to enhance environmental stress tolerance in diverse plants.
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- Samuel Aduse Poku
- Laboratory of Plant Cell Technology, Graduate School of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo Matsudo-shi, Chiba, 271-8510, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55200, Samsun, Turkey
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55200, Samsun, Turkey.
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Choura M, Rebaï A, Hanin M. Proteome-wide analysis of protein disorder in Triticum aestivum and Hordeum vulgare. Comput Biol Chem 2019; 84:107138. [PMID: 31767506 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.107138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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There has been an increasing interest in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) ever since it was proven that they are ubiquitous and involved in key cellular functions. Interestingly, they have shown a large abundance in complete proteomes. In the current study, we have investigated the first large-scale study of the repertoire of IDPs in Triticum aestivum and Hordeum vulgare proteomes, in order to get insight into the biological roles of IDPs in both species. Results show that proteins in T. aestivum are significantly more disordered than those of H. vulgare. Moreover, the data revealed that DNA/RNA binding domains, co-factors, heme, metal ions binding domains, ATP/GTP binding proteins, ligands, linker domains and repeats, other domains typical to transcription factors such as zinc finger, F-box domain, homeodomain-like, l-domain like and chaperones, are predominantly present and co-occur in disordered proteins in T.aestivum and H.vulgare. The Gene Ontology analysis revealed that IDPs in T. aestivum and H. vulgare are mainly involved in regulation of cellular and biological processes up on response to stress. In future, this study may provide valuable information while considering IDPs in understanding the organism complexity and environmental adaptation.
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- Mouna Choura
- Biotechnology and Plant Improvement Laboratory, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Route Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Screening Processes, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Route Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
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- Biotechnology and Plant Improvement Laboratory, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Route Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia; Plant Physiology and Functional Genomics Research Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Sfax, BP "1175" , 3038 Sfax, Tunisia; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Sfax. BP "1175", 3038, Sfax, Tunisia.
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Guo X, Zhang L, Wang X, Zhang M, Xi Y, Wang A, Zhu J. Overexpression of Saussurea involucrata dehydrin gene SiDHN promotes cold and drought tolerance in transgenic tomato plants. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225090. [PMID: 31738789 PMCID: PMC6860438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Dehydrins are late embryogenesis abundant proteins that help regulate abiotic stress responses in plants. Overexpression of the Saussurea involucrata dehydrin gene SiDHN has previously been shown to improve water-use efficiency and enhance cold and drought tolerance of transgenic tobacco. To understand the mechanism by which SiDHN exerts its protective function, we transformed the SiDHN gene into tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and assessed their response to abiotic stress. We observed that in response to stresses, the SiDHN transgenic tomato plants had increased contents of chlorophyll a and b, carotenoid and relative water content compared with wild-type plants. They also had higher maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II and accumulated more proline and soluble sugar. Compared to those wild-type plants, malondialdehyde content and relative electron leakage in transgenic plants were not significantly increased, and H2O2 and O2- contents in transgenic tomato plants were significantly decreased. We further observed that the production of stress-related antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, peroxidase, and catalase, as well as pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase and lipid transfer protein 1, were up-regulated in the transgenic plants under cold and drought stress. Based on these observations, we conclude that overexpression of SiDHN gene can promote cold and drought tolerance of transgenic tomato plants by inhibiting cell membrane damage, protecting chloroplasts, and enhancing the reactive oxygen species scavenging capacity. The finding can be beneficial for the application of SiDHN gene in improving crop tolerance to abiotic stress and oxidative damage.
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- Xinyong Guo
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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Liu S, Zenda T, Dong A, Yang Y, Liu X, Wang Y, Li J, Tao Y, Duan H. Comparative Proteomic and Morpho-Physiological Analyses of Maize Wild-Type Vp16 and Mutant vp16 Germinating Seed Responses to PEG-Induced Drought Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5586. [PMID: 31717328 PMCID: PMC6888951 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Drought stress is a major abiotic factor compromising plant cell physiological and molecular events, consequently limiting crop growth and productivity. Maize (Zea mays L.) is among the most drought-susceptible food crops. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms underlying drought-stress responses remains critical for crop improvement. To decipher the molecular mechanisms underpinning maize drought tolerance, here, we used a comparative morpho-physiological and proteomics analysis approach to monitor the changes in germinating seeds of two incongruent (drought-sensitive wild-type Vp16 and drought-tolerant mutant vp16) lines exposed to polyethylene-glycol-induced drought stress for seven days. Our physiological analysis showed that the tolerant line mutant vp16 exhibited better osmotic stress endurance owing to its improved reactive oxygen species scavenging competency and robust osmotic adjustment as a result of greater cell water retention and enhanced cell membrane stability. Proteomics analysis identified a total of 1200 proteins to be differentially accumulated under drought stress. These identified proteins were mainly involved in carbohydrate and energy metabolism, histone H2A-mediated epigenetic regulation, protein synthesis, signal transduction, redox homeostasis and stress-response processes; with carbon metabolism, pentose phosphate and glutathione metabolism pathways being prominent under stress conditions. Interestingly, significant congruence (R2 = 81.5%) between protein and transcript levels was observed by qRT-PCR validation experiments. Finally, we propose a hypothetical model for maize germinating-seed drought tolerance based on our key findings identified herein. Overall, our study offers insights into the overall mechanisms underpinning drought-stress tolerance and provides essential leads into further functional validation of the identified drought-responsive proteins in maize.
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- Songtao Liu
- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (S.L.); (T.Z.); (A.D.); (Y.Y.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (J.L.)
- North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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Magwanga RO, Kirungu JN, Lu P, Yang X, Dong Q, Cai X, Xu Y, Wang X, Zhou Z, Hou Y, Nyunja R, Agong SG, Hua J, Zhang B, Wang K, Liu F. Genome wide identification of the trihelix transcription factors and overexpression of Gh_A05G2067 (GT-2), a novel gene contributing to increased drought and salt stresses tolerance in cotton. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 167:447-464. [PMID: 30629305 PMCID: PMC6850275 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We identified 102, 51 and 51 proteins encoded by the trihelix genes in Gossypium hirsutum, Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium raimondii, respectively. RNA sequence data and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that Gh_A05G2067 (GT-2) was highly upregulated under drought and salt stress conditions. Transient expression of GT-2-green fluorescent protein fusion protein in protoplast showed that GT-2 was localized in the nucleus. The overexpression of GT-2 conferred an enhanced drought tolerance to cotton, with lower malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide contents and higher reactive oxygen scavenging enzyme activities. Moreover, chlorophyll content, relative leaf water content (RLWC), excised leaf water loss (ELWL) and cell membrane stability (CMS) were relatively stable in the GT-2-overexpressed lines compared to wild-type (WT). Similarly, stress-responsive genes RD29A, SOS1, ABF4 and CBL1 were highly upregulated in the GT-2-overexpressed lines but were significantly downregulated in WT. In addition, the GT-2-silenced cotton plants exhibited a high level of oxidation injury, due to high levels of oxidant enzymes, in addition to negative effects on CMS, ELWL, RLWC and chlorophyll content. These results mark the foundation for future exploration of the trihelix genes in cotton, with an aim of developing more resilient, versatile and highly tolerant cotton genotypes.
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- Richard O. Magwanga
- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
- Jaramogi Oginga OdingaUniversity of Science and TechnologySchool of Biological and Physical Sciences (SBPS), P.O Box 210‐40601, BondoKenya
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Jaramogi Oginga OdingaUniversity of Science and TechnologySchool of Biological and Physical Sciences (SBPS), P.O Box 210‐40601, BondoKenya
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- Jaramogi Oginga OdingaUniversity of Science and TechnologySchool of Biological and Physical Sciences (SBPS), P.O Box 210‐40601, BondoKenya
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- North Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth Carolina
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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- Institute of Cotton ResearchChinese Academy of Agricultural Science (ICR, CAAS)/State Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologyAnyang 455000China
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Bhattacharya S, Dhar S, Banerjee A, Ray S. Structural, functional, and evolutionary analysis of late embryogenesis abundant proteins (LEA) in Triticum aestivum: A detailed molecular level biochemistry using in silico approach. Comput Biol Chem 2019; 82:9-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Genome-wide identification of and functional insights into the late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) gene family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Sci Rep 2019; 9:13375. [PMID: 31527624 PMCID: PMC6746774 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49759-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are involved in the responses and adaptation of plants to various abiotic stresses, including dehydration, salinity, high temperature, and cold. Here, we report the first comprehensive survey of the LEA gene family in “Chinese Spring” wheat (Triticum aestivum). A total of 179 TaLEA genes were identified in T. aestivum and classified into eight groups. All TaLEA genes harbored the LEA conserved motif and had few introns. TaLEA genes belonging to the same group exhibited similar gene structures and chromosomal locations. Our results revealed that most TaLEA genes contained abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive elements (ABREs) and various cis-acting elements associated with the stress response in the promoter region and were induced under ABA and abiotic stress treatments. In addition, 8 genes representing each group were introduced into E. coli and yeast to investigate the protective function of TaLEAs under heat and salt stress. TaLEAs enhanced the tolerance of E. coli and yeast to salt and heat, indicating that these proteins have protective functions in host cells under stress conditions. These results increase our understanding of LEA genes and provide robust candidate genes for future functional investigations aimed at improving the stress tolerance of wheat.
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Choura M, Ebel C, Hanin M. Genomic analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins in cereals: From mining to meaning. Gene 2019; 714:143984. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.143984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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