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Agarwal P, Chittora A, Baraiya BM, Fatnani D, Patel K, Akhyani DD, Parida AK, Agarwal PK. Rab7 GTPase-Mediated stress signaling enhances salinity tolerance in AlRabring7 tobacco transgenics by modulating physio-biochemical parameters. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 214:108928. [PMID: 39033652 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108928] [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: 04/11/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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The RING-type E3 ligases play a significant role in stress signaling, primarily through post-translational regulation. Ubiquitination is a crucial post-translational modification that regulates the turnover and activity of proteins. The overexpression of AlRabring7, RING-HC E3 Ub ligase in tobacco provides insights into the regulation of salinity and ABA signaling in transgenic tobacco. The seed germination potential of AlRabring7 transgenics was higher than WT, with NaCl and ABA treatments. The transgenics showed improved morpho-physio-biochemical parameters in response to salinity and ABA treatments. The photosynthetic pigments, soluble sugars, reducing sugars and proline increased in transgenics in response to NaCl and ABA treatments. The decreased ROS accumulation in transgenics on NaCl and ABA treatments can be co-related to improved activity of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. The potential of transgenics to maintain ABA levels with ABA treatment, highlights the active participation of ABA feedback loop mechanism. Interestingly, the ability of AlRabring7 transgenics to upregulate Rab7 protein, suggests its role in facilitating vacuolar transport. Furthermore, the improved potassium accumulation and reduced sodium content indicate an efficient ion regulation mechanism in transgenic plants facilitating higher stomatal opening. The expression of downstream ion transporter (NbNHX1 and NbVHA1), ABA signaling (NbABI2 and NbABI5) and vesicle trafficking (NbMON1) responsive genes were upregulated with stress. The present study, reports that AlRabring7 participates in maintaining vacuolar transport, ion balance, ROS homeostasis, stomatal regulation through activation of Rab7 protein and regulation of downstream stress-responsive during stress. This emphasizes the potential of AlRabring7 gene for improved performance and resilience in challenging environments.
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- Parinita Agarwal
- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India.
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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Lu Y, Cheng K, Tang H, Li J, Zhang C, Zhu H. The role of Rab GTPase in Plant development and stress. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 296:154239. [PMID: 38574493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154239] [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: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Small GTPase is a type of crucial regulator in eukaryotes. It acts as a molecular switch by binding with GTP and GDP in cytoplasm, affecting various cellular processes. Small GTPase were divided into five subfamilies based on sequence, structure and function: Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf/Sar and Ran, with Rab being the largest subfamily. Members of the Rab subfamily play an important role in regulating complex vesicle transport and microtubule system activity. Plant cells are composed of various membrane-bound organelles, and vesicle trafficking is fundamental to the existence of plants. At present, the function of some Rab members, such as RabA1a, RabD2b/c and RabF2, has been well characterized in plants. This review summarizes the role of Rab GTPase in regulating plant tip growth, morphogenesis, fruit ripening and stress response, and briefly describes the regulatory mechanisms involved. It provides a reference for further alleviating environmental stress, improving plant resistance and even improving fruit quality.
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- Yao Lu
- The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- Supervision, Inspection & Testing Center of Agricultural Products Quality, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Soto F, San Martín-Davison A, Salinas-Cornejo J, Madrid-Espinoza J, Ruiz-Lara S. Identification, Classification, and Transcriptional Analysis of Rab GTPase Genes from Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum) Reveals Salt Stress Response Genes. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:453. [PMID: 38674387 PMCID: PMC11049601 DOI: 10.3390/genes15040453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Salinity in plants generates an osmotic and ionic imbalance inside cells that compromises the viability of the plant. Rab GTPases, the largest family within the small GTPase superfamily, play pivotal roles as regulators of vesicular trafficking in plants, including the economically important and globally cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Despite their significance, the specific involvement of these small GTPases in tomato vesicular trafficking and their role under saline stress remains poorly understood. In this work, we identified and classified 54 genes encoding Rab GTPases in cultivated tomato, elucidating their genomic distribution and structural characteristics. We conducted an analysis of duplication events within the S. lycopersicum genome, as well as an examination of gene structure and conserved motifs. In addition, we investigated the transcriptional profiles for these Rab GTPases in various tissues of cultivated and wild tomato species using microarray-based analysis. The results showed predominantly low expression in most of the genes in both leaves and vegetative meristem, contrasting with notably high expression levels observed in seedling roots. Also, a greater increase in gene expression in shoots from salt-tolerant wild tomato species was observed under normal conditions when comparing Solanum habrochaites, Solanum pennellii, and Solanum pimpinellifolium with S. lycopersicum. Furthermore, an expression analysis of Rab GTPases from Solanum chilense in leaves and roots under salt stress treatment were also carried out for their characterization. These findings revealed that specific Rab GTPases from the endocytic pathway and the trans-Golgi network (TGN) showed higher induction in plants exposed to saline stress conditions. Likewise, disparities in gene expression were observed both among members of the same Rab GTPase subfamily and between different subfamilies. Overall, this work emphasizes the high degree of conservation of Rab GTPases, their high functional diversification in higher plants, and the essential role in mediating salt stress tolerance and suggests their potential for further exploration of vesicular trafficking mechanisms in response to abiotic stress conditions.
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- Laboratorio de Genómica Funcional, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (F.S.); (A.S.M.-D.); (J.S.-C.); (J.M.-E.)
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Lin W, Wang Y, Li X, Huang X, Wang Y, Shang JX, Zhao L. S-nitrosylation of RABG3E positively regulates vesicle trafficking to promote salt tolerance. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:3858-3870. [PMID: 37667854 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a key signaling molecule affecting the response of plants to salt stress; however, the underlying molecular mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, we conducted a phenotype analysis and found that the small GTPase RABG3E (RAB7) promotes salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. NO promotes the S-nitrosylation of RAB7 at Cys-171, which in turn helps maintain the ion balance in salt-stressed plants. Furthermore, the S-nitrosylation of RAB7 at Cys-171 enhances the enzyme's GTPase activity, thereby promoting vesicle trafficking and increasing its interaction with phosphatidylinositol phosphates-especially phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P). Exogenously applied PI4P increases vesicle trafficking and promotes salt tolerance depending on the S-nitrosylation of RAB7 at Cys-171. These findings illustrate a unique mechanism in salt tolerance, by which NO regulates vesicle trafficking and ion homeostasis through the S-nitrosylation of RAB7 and its interaction with PI4P.
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- Wei Lin
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell Biology, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell Biology, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell Biology, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell Biology, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell Biology, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Nihranz CT, Guzchenko IA, Casteel CL. Silencing ZmPP2C-A10 with a foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) derived vector benefits maize growth and development following water limitation. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2023; 25:956-964. [PMID: 37658795 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Global climate change is causing more frequent and severe droughts, which can have negative impacts on plant growth and crop productivity. Under drought conditions, plants produce the hormone ABA (abscisic acid), which regulates adaptive responses, such as stomatal closure and root elongation. Plant viruses have been used in the lab to convey new traits to plants and could also be used to increase production of ABA or to enhance downstream plant drought resistance responses. In this study, foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) was used to silence ZmPP2C-A10, a negative regulator of ABA signalling, in maize (Zea mays L.). Both silenced and control plants were exposed to an 8-day drought treatment, followed by a 30-day period of rewatering, after which indicators of drought resistance were measured. After drought treatment, we observed a nearly twofold increase in expression of a stress-mitigation gene, ZmRAB17, reduced chlorophyll fluorescence changes (indicator of stress), and increased plant biomass and development in the ZmPP2C-A10-silenced maize compared to controls. These results demonstrate that the FoMV system can be used to silence endogenous expression of ZmPP2C-A10 and increase maize tolerance to drought. This could offer a useful tool to improve crop traits and reduce yield loss during the growing season.
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- C T Nihranz
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Rodriguez-Furlan C, Borna R, Betz O. RAB7 GTPases as coordinators of plant endomembrane traffic. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1240973. [PMID: 37662169 PMCID: PMC10470000 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1240973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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The ras gene from rat brain (RAB) family of small GTPases is highly conserved among eukaryotes and regulates endomembrane trafficking pathways. RAB7, in particular, has been linked to various processes involved in regulating endocytic and autophagic pathways. Plants have several copies of RAB7 proteins that reflect the intricacy of their endomembrane transport systems. RAB7 activity regulates different pathways of endomembrane trafficking in plants: (1) endocytic traffic to the vacuole; (2) biosynthetic traffic to the vacuole; and (3) recycling from the late endosome to the secretory pathway. During certain developmental and stress related processes another pathway becomes activated (4) autophagic trafficking towards the vacuole that is also regulated by RAB7. RAB7s carry out these functions by interacting with various effector proteins. Current research reveals many unexplored RAB7 functions in connection with stress responses. Thus, this review describes a comprehensive summary of current knowledge of plant RAB7's functions, discusses unresolved challenges, and recommends prospective future research directions.
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Ganotra J, Sharma B, Biswal B, Bhardwaj D, Tuteja N. Emerging role of small GTPases and their interactome in plants to combat abiotic and biotic stress. PROTOPLASMA 2023; 260:1007-1029. [PMID: 36525153 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-022-01830-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Plants are frequently subjected to abiotic and biotic stress which causes major impediments in their growth and development. It is emerging that small guanosine triphosphatases (small GTPases), also known as monomeric GTP-binding proteins, assist plants in managing environmental stress. Small GTPases function as tightly regulated molecular switches that get activated with the aid of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and deactivated by the subsequent hydrolysis of GTP to guanosine diphosphate (GDP). All small GTPases except Rat sarcoma (Ras) are found in plants, including Ras-like in brain (Rab), Rho of plant (Rop), ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) and Ras-like nuclear (Ran). The members of small GTPases in plants interact with several downstream effectors to counteract the negative effects of environmental stress and disease-causing pathogens. In this review, we describe processes of stress alleviation by developing pathways involving several small GTPases and their associated proteins which are important for neutralizing fungal infections, stomatal regulation, and activation of abiotic stress-tolerant genes in plants. Previous reviews on small GTPases in plants were primarily focused on Rab GTPases, abiotic stress, and membrane trafficking, whereas this review seeks to improve our understanding of the role of all small GTPases in plants as well as their interactome in regulating mechanisms to combat abiotic and biotic stress. This review brings to the attention of scientists recent research on small GTPases so that they can employ genome editing tools to precisely engineer economically important plants through the overexpression/knock-out/knock-in of stress-related small GTPase genes.
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- Jahanvi Ganotra
- Department of Botany, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, 181143, India
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- Department of Botany, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, 181143, India
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- Department of Botany, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, 181143, India
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- Department of Botany, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, 181143, India.
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- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Agarwal P, Baraiya BM, Joshi PS, Patel M, Parida AK, Agarwal PK. AlRab7 from Aeluropus lagopoides ameliorates ion toxicity in transgenic tobacco by regulating hormone signaling and reactive oxygen species homeostasis. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 173:1448-1462. [PMID: 33934375 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The plants endomembrane system of the cellular compartments with its complex membrane trafficking network facilitates transport of macromolecules. The endomembrane dynamics are essential for maintaining basic and specific cellular functions including adaptation to the extracellular environment. The plant vacuole serves as a reservoir for nutrients and toxic metabolites and performs detoxification processes to maintain cellular homeostasis. The overexpression of AlRab7, a vesicle trafficking gene from Aeluropus lagopoides, improved germination and growth and reduced ionic and oxidative stress in transgenics. Moreover, the root and shoot of transgenic tobacco showed differential accumulation of phytohormone ABA and IAA with different ionic stresses. The improved growth (root and shoot length) can be co-related with higher IAA accumulation with NaCl stress. The low Na+ /K+ ratio with different NaCl stress treatments indicates better ion homeostasis in transgenics. Furthermore, the increased stomatal density and higher number of open stomata on both leaf surfaces in transgenics during NaCl stress suggest better gaseous exchange/functioning of guard cells. The maintained or increased superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase, and glutathione reductase antioxidative enzyme activities suggest that an extensive reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging system was triggered to detoxify cellular ROS, which remained at low levels in transgenics during the different stress treatments. Our results suggest that the AlRab7 transgenic tobacco ameliorates ionic stress by facilitating differential and selective ion transport at vacuolar membrane regulating hormone signaling, ROS homeostasis, stomatal development, and movement.
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- Parinita Agarwal
- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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Tripathy MK, Deswal R, Sopory SK. Plant RABs: Role in Development and in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses. Curr Genomics 2021; 22:26-40. [PMID: 34045922 PMCID: PMC8142350 DOI: 10.2174/1389202922666210114102743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Endosomal trafficking plays an integral role in various eukaryotic cellular activities and is vital for higher-order functions in multicellular organisms. RAB GTPases are important proteins that influence various aspects of membrane traffic, which consequently influence many cellular functions and responses. Compared to yeast and mammals, plants have evolved a unique set of plant-specific RABs that play a significant role in their development. RABs form the largest family of small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins, and are divided into eight sub-families named RAB1, RAB2, RAB5, RAB6, RAB7, RAB8, RAB11 and RAB18. Recent studies on different species suggest that RAB proteins play crucial roles in intracellular trafficking and cytokinesis, in autophagy, plant microbe interactions and in biotic and abiotic stress responses. This review recaptures and summarizes the roles of RABs in plant cell functions and in enhancing plant survival under stress conditions.
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- Manas K Tripathy
- 1International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India; 2Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- 1International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India; 2Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- 1International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India; 2Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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Yan M, Zheng L, Li B, Shen R, Lan P. Comparative proteomics reveals new insights into the endosperm responses to drought, salinity and submergence in germinating wheat seeds. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:287-302. [PMID: 33104943 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-01087-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Beyond the role of a nutrient reservoir during germination, the endosperm of wheat seeds also responds to different abiotic stresses via modification of the protein profiles. The endosperm is the main component of wheat seeds. During seed germination, it provides nutrients to support the embryo development, and its constituents vary under environmental stresses such as drought, salinity and submergence that are associated with disordered water supply. However, the molecular mechanism of these stress responses remains unclear. In this study, a comparative label-free proteomic analysis was performed on endosperm from the germinating wheat seeds subjected to PEG, NaCl and submergence treatments. In total, 2273 high confidence proteins were detected, and 234, 207 and 209 of them were identified as differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) under the three stresses, respectively. Functional classification revealed that the DEPs were mainly involved in protein, amino acid and organic acid metabolic process in all stress treatments. While some other metabolic processes were highlighted in one or two of the stresses specifically, such as oxidative phosphorylation in PEG and submergence, and β-alanine metabolism in PEG and NaCl treatments. The identification of a series of stress-related proteins and their biased expression in different stresses indicates the active stress-responding role of endosperm beyond a simple nutrient reservoir during germination, while the overall stress responses of the endosperm were found to be moderate and lag behind the embryo. Besides, some fundamental processes and DEPs shared by the three stresses could be selected priorly for future molecular breeding researches. Our results provide new insights into the mechanism of endosperm responses to abiotic stresses during seed germination.
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- Mingke Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Guan C, Li X, Tian DY, Liu HY, Cen HF, Tadege M, Zhang YW. ADP-ribosylation factors improve biomass yield and salinity tolerance in transgenic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:1623-1638. [PMID: 32885306 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02589-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PvArf regulate proline biosynthesis by physically interacting with PvP5CS1 to improve salt tolerance in switchgrass. The genetic factors that contribute to stress resiliency are yet to be determined. Here, we identified three ADP-ribosylation factors, PvArf1, PvArf-B1C, and PvArf-related, which contribute to salinity tolerance in transgenic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Switchgrass overexpressing each of these genes produced approximately twofold more biomass than wild type (WT) under normal growth conditions. Transgenic plants accumulated modestly higher levels of proline under normal conditions, but this level was significantly increased under salt stress providing better protection to transgenic plants compared to WT. We found that PvArf genes induce proline biosynthesis genes under salt stress to positively regulate proline accumulation, and further demonstrated that PvArf physically interact with PvP5CS1. Moreover, the transcript levels of two key ROS-scavenging enzyme genes were significantly increased in the transgenic plants compared to WT, leading to reduced H2O2 accumulation under salt stress conditions. PvArf genes also protect cells against stress-induced changes in Na+ and K+ ion concentrations. Our findings uncover that ADP-ribosylation factors are key determinants of biomass yield in switchgrass, and play pivotal roles in salinity tolerance by regulating genes involved in proline biosynthesis.
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- Cong Guan
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuan Mingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China
- Shandong institute of agricultural sustainable development, Jinan, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuan Mingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuan Mingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuan Mingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuan Mingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Institute for Agricultural Bioscience, Oklahoma State University, 3210 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuan Mingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Grassland Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
- National Energy R&D Center for Biomass (NECB), Beijing, China.
- Beijing Sure Academy of Biosciences, Beijing, China.
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Girma G, Nida H, Tirfessa A, Lule D, Bejiga T, Seyoum A, Mekonen M, Nega A, Dessalegn K, Birhanu C, Bekele A, Gebreyohannes A, Ayana G, Tesso T, Ejeta G, Mengiste T. A comprehensive phenotypic and genomic characterization of Ethiopian sorghum germplasm defines core collection and reveals rich genetic potential in adaptive traits. THE PLANT GENOME 2020; 13:e20055. [PMID: 33217211 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding population genetic structure and diversity of a crop is essential in designing selection strategies in plant breeding. About 2010 Ethiopian sorghum accessions were phenotyped for different traits at multiple locations. A subset of the collection, 1628 accessions, predominantly landraces, some improved varieties, and inbred lines were genotyped by sequencing. Phenotypic data revealed association of important traits with different sorghum growing agro-climatic regions, high genetic diversity and the presence of rare natural variation in the Ethiopian sorghum germplasm. Subsequent genotypic analysis determined optimum number of sub-populations, distinct cluster groups and ancestries of each sorghum accessions. To improve utilization of germplasm, a core subset of 387 lines were selected following posteriori grouping of genotypes based on cluster groups obtained through GBS analysis followed by stratified random sampling using quantitative traits. In order to evaluate how well this new sorghum and millet innovation lab (SMIL) collection from Ethiopia is represented within the largest world sorghum collection at United States Department of Agriculture - National Plant Germplasm System (USDA-NPGS) and the sorghum association panel (SAP), comparisons were conducted based on SNP data. The SMIL collection displayed high genetic diversity with some redundancy with the USDA-NPGS germplasm but SAP showed clear distinction. Furthermore, genome-environment association analysis identified candidate genes associated with adaptation to abiotic factors, that will be important for exploitation of adaptive potential to different environments. In summary, our results described the diversity and relationship of sorghum collections, representativeness of developed core and provide novel insights into candidate genes associated to abiotic stress tolerance.
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- Gezahegn Girma
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 81265, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 81265, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 81265, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, 3007 Throckmorton PSC 1712 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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Sweetman C, Khassanova G, Miller TK, Booth NJ, Kurishbayev A, Jatayev S, Gupta NK, Langridge P, Jenkins CLD, Soole KL, Day DA, Shavrukov Y. Salt-induced expression of intracellular vesicle trafficking genes, CaRab-GTP, and their association with Na + accumulation in leaves of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:183. [PMID: 33050887 PMCID: PMC7557026 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02331-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chickpea is an important legume and is moderately tolerant to salinity stress during the growing season. However, the level and mechanisms for salinity tolerance can vary among accessions and cultivars. A large family of CaRab-GTP genes, previously identified in chickpea, is homologous to intracellular vesicle trafficking superfamily genes that play essential roles in response to salinity stress in plants. RESULTS To determine which of the gene family members are involved in the chickpea salt response, plants from six selected chickpea accessions (Genesis 836, Hattrick, ICC12726, Rupali, Slasher and Yubileiny) were exposed to salinity stress and expression profiles resolved for the major CaRab-GTP gene clades after 5, 9 and 15 days of salt exposure. Gene clade expression profiles (using degenerate primers targeting all members of each clade) were tested for their relationship to salinity tolerance measures, namely plant biomass and Na+ accumulation. Transcripts representing 11 out of the 13 CaRab clades could be detected by RT-PCR, but only six (CaRabA2, -B, -C, -D, -E and -H) could be quantified using qRT-PCR due to low expression levels or poor amplification efficiency of the degenerate primers for clades containing several gene members. Expression profiles of three gene clades, CaRabB, -D and -E, were very similar across all six chickpea accessions, showing a strongly coordinated network. Salt-induced enhancement of CaRabA2 expression at 15 days showed a very strong positive correlation (R2 = 0.905) with Na+ accumulation in leaves. However, salinity tolerance estimated as relative plant biomass production compared to controls, did not correlate with Na+ accumulation in leaves, nor with expression profiles of any of the investigated CaRab-GTP genes. CONCLUSION A coordinated network of CaRab-GTP genes, which are likely involved in intracellular trafficking, are important for the salinity stress response of chickpea plants.
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- Crystal Sweetman
- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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- College of Agriculture, SKN Agriculture University, Jobner, Rajasthan, India
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- School of Life Science, AgriBio, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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Rajagopal D, Mathew MK. Role of Arabidopsis RAB5 GEF vps9a in maintaining potassium levels under sodium chloride stress. PLANT DIRECT 2020; 4:e00273. [PMID: 33103044 PMCID: PMC7576885 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Salt stress is one of the major factors impacting crop productivity worldwide. Through a variety of effector and signaling pathways, plants achieve survival under salinity stress by maintaining high cytosolic potassium/sodium ion (K+/Na+) ratios, preventing Na+ cytotoxicity, and retaining osmotic balance. Ras-related protein 5 (Rab5) members are involved in the trafficking of endosomes to the vacuole or plasma membrane (PM). The vacuolar protein sorting- associated protein 9 (vps9a) encodes the single guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates all three known Rab5 proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Previous work from our group has reported the critical function of vps9a for the operation of salt-induced endocytic pathway, as well as the expansion of endomembrane compartments under saline stress conditions. Here we show an additional role of vps9a in plant response to salt stress via maintenance of K+ status of the cell rather than Na+ homeostasis. Our results show that roots from vps9a-2 mutant, subjected to 100 mM NaCl, display alterations in transcript levels of genes involved in the K+ homeostasis pathway. Concurrent with the observed sensitivity of vps9a-2 mutant under NaCl stress, exposure to low K+ environments resulted in growth retardation, and reduced rate of endocytosis. Furthermore, vps9a-2 mutant displays reduced expression of auxin reporter, Direct Repeat-5 (DR5), and alterations in polarity and abundance of auxin efflux carrier PIN- FORMED2 (PIN2). Imposition of NaCl stress was found to be restrictive to the elongation capacity of cells in the root elongation zone of vps9a-2 mutant. Together our results indicate that alterations in K+ homeostasis and associated cellular changes causing increased cell wall pH, contribute to diminished root growth and compromised survival of vps9a-2 mutant under salt stress conditions.
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- Divya Rajagopal
- National Centre for Biological SciencesTIFRBangaloreKarnatakaIndia
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- National Centre for Biological SciencesTIFRBangaloreKarnatakaIndia
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Short-Term Salt Stress Response in Watermelon Seedlings. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21176036. [PMID: 32839408 PMCID: PMC7504276 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) is a widely popular vegetable fruit crop for human consumption. Soil salinity is among the most critical problems for agricultural production, food security, and sustainability. The transcriptomic and the primary molecular mechanisms that underlie the salt-induced responses in watermelon plants remain uncertain. In this study, the photosynthetic efficiency of photosystem II, free amino acids, and transcriptome profiles of watermelon seedlings exposed to short-term salt stress (300 mM NaCl) were analyzed to identify the genes and pathways associated with response to salt stress. We observed that the maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II decreased in salt-stressed plants. Most free amino acids in the leaves of salt-stressed plants increased many folds, while the percent distribution of glutamate and glutamine relative to the amino acid pool decreased. Transcriptome analysis revealed 7622 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) under salt stress, of which 4055 were up-regulated. The GO analysis showed that the molecular function term “transcription factor (TF) activity” was enriched. The assembled transcriptome demonstrated up-regulation of 240 and down-regulation of 194 differentially expressed TFs, of which the members of ERF, WRKY, NAC bHLH, and MYB-related families were over-represented. The functional significance of DEGs associated with endocytosis, amino acid metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, photosynthesis, and hormonal pathways in response to salt stress are discussed. The findings from this study provide novel insights into the salt tolerance mechanism in watermelon.
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Shivhare R, Asif MH, Lata C. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals the genes and pathways involved in terminal drought tolerance in pearl millet. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:639-652. [PMID: 32430635 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-01015-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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- Radha Shivhare
- CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
- CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Agarwal P, Patel K, More P, Sapara KK, Singh VK, Agarwal PK. The AlRabring7 E3-Ub-ligase mediates AlRab7 ubiquitination and improves ionic and oxidative stress tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 151:689-704. [PMID: 32353675 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.03.030] [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: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The maintenance of ROS homeostasis, membrane biogenesis and recycling of molecules are common stress responses involving specific and complex regulatory network. Ubiquitination is an important and common mechanism which facilitates environmental adaptation in eukaryotes. In the present study we have cloned the AlRabring7, an E3-Ub-ligase, previously identified as AlRab7 interacting partner. The role of AlRabring7 for ubiquitinating AlRab7 and facilitating stress tolerance is analysed. The AlRabring7, with an open-reading frame of 702 bp encodes a protein of 233 amino acids, with RING-HC domain of 40 amino acids. In silico analysis shows that AlRabring7 is a C3HC4-type RING E3 Ub ligase. The protein - protein docking show interaction dynamics between AlRab7-AlRabring7-Ubiquitin proteins. The AlRab7 and AlRabring7 transcript showed up-regulation in response to different salts i.e: NaCl, KCl, CaCl2, NaCl + KCl, NaCl + CaCl2, imposing ionic as well as hyperosmotic stress, and also with oxidative stress by H2O2 treatment. Interestingly, the AlRabring7 showed early transcript expression with maximum expression in shoots on combinatorial stresses. The AlRab7 showed delayed and maximum expression with NaCl + CaCl2 stress treatment. The AlRab7 complements yeast ypt7Δ mutants and restored the fragmented vacuole. The in vitro ubiquitination assay revealed that AlRabring7 function as E3 ubiquitin ligase and mediates AlRab7 ubiquitination. Overexpression of AlRab7 and AlRabring7 independently and when co-transformed enhanced the growth of yeast cells during stress conditions. Further, the bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay shows the in planta interaction of the two proteins. Our results suggest that AlRab7 and AlRabring7 confers enhanced stress tolerance in yeast.
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- Parinita Agarwal
- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India.
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Nutan KK, Rathore RS, Tripathi AK, Mishra M, Pareek A, Singla-Pareek SL. Integrating the dynamics of yield traits in rice in response to environmental changes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:490-506. [PMID: 31410470 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Reductions in crop yields as a consequence of global climate change threaten worldwide food security. It is therefore imperative to develop high-yielding crop plants that show sustainable production under stress conditions. In order to achieve this aim through breeding or genetic engineering, it is crucial to have a complete and comprehensive understanding of the molecular basis of plant architecture and the regulation of its sub-components that contribute to yield under stress. Rice is one of the most widely consumed crops and is adversely affected by abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity. Using it as a model system, in this review we present a summary of our current knowledge of the physiological and molecular mechanisms that determine yield traits in rice under optimal growth conditions and under conditions of environmental stress. Based on physiological functioning, we also consider the best possible combination of genes that may improve grain yield under optimal as well as environmentally stressed conditions. The principles that we present here for rice will also be useful for similar studies in other grain crops.
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- Kamlesh Kant Nutan
- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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Awasthi JP, Chandra T, Mishra S, Parmar S, Shaw BP, Nilawe PD, Chauhan NK, Sahoo S, Panda SK. Identification and characterization of drought responsive miRNAs in a drought tolerant upland rice cultivar KMJ 1-12-3. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 137:62-74. [PMID: 30738218 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Shortfall of rain that creates drought like situation in non-irrigated agriculture system often limits rice production, necessitating introduction of drought tolerance trait into the cultivar of interest. The mechanism governing drought tolerance is, however, largely unknown, particularly the involvement of miRNAs, the master regulators of biochemical events. In this regard, response study on a drought tolerant rice variety KMJ 1-12-3 to 20% PEG (osmolality- 315 mOsm/kg) as drought stress revealed significant changes in abundance of several conserved miRNAs targeting transcription factors like homeodomain-leucine zipper, MADS box family protein, C2H2 zinc finger protein and Myb, well known for their importance in drought tolerance in plants. The response study also revealed significant PEG-induced decrease in abundance of the miRNAs targeting cyclin A, cyclin-dependent kinase, guanine nucleotide exchange factor, GTPase-activating protein, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase and indole-3-acetic beta-glucosyl transferase indicating miRNA-regulated role of the cell cycle regulators, G-protein signalling and the plant hormones ethylene and IAA in drought tolerance in plants. The study confirmed the existence of four novel miRNAs, including osa-miR12470, osa-miR12471, osa-miR12472 and osa-miR12473, and the targets of three of them could be successfully validated. The PEG-induced decrease in abundance of the novel miRNAs osa-miR12470 and osa-miR12473 targeting RNA dependent RNA polymerase and equilibrative nucleoside transporter, respectively suggested an overall increase in both degradation and synthesis of nucleic acids in plants challenged with drought stress. The drought-responsive miRNAs identified in the study may be proved useful in introducing the trait in the rice cultivars of choice by manipulation of their cellular abundance.
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- Jay Prakash Awasthi
- Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, Assam, India.
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, 751023, Odisha, India.
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, 751023, Odisha, India.
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, 751023, Odisha, India.
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, 751023, Odisha, India.
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt. Ltd, 403/404 B-Wing, Delphi, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt. Ltd, 403/404 B-Wing, Delphi, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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- Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, Assam, India.
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- Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, Assam, India.
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Khassanova G, Kurishbayev A, Jatayev S, Zhubatkanov A, Zhumalin A, Turbekova A, Amantaev B, Lopato S, Schramm C, Jenkins C, Soole K, Langridge P, Shavrukov Y. Intracellular Vesicle Trafficking Genes, RabC-GTP, Are Highly Expressed Under Salinity and Rapid Dehydration but Down-Regulated by Drought in Leaves of Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). Front Genet 2019; 10:40. [PMID: 30792734 PMCID: PMC6374294 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intracellular vesicle trafficking genes, Rab, encoding small GTP binding proteins, have been well studied in medical research, but there is little information concerning these proteins in plants. Some sub-families of the Rab genes have not yet been characterized in plants, such as RabC - otherwise known as Rab18 in yeast and animals. Our study aimed to identify all CaRab gene sequences in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) using bioinformatics approaches, with a particular focus on the CaRabC gene sub-family since it featured in an SNP database. Five isoforms of the CaRabC gene were identified and studied: CaRabC-1a, -1b, -1c, -2a and -2a∗ . Six accessions of both Desi and Kabuli ecotypes, selected from field trials, were tested for tolerance to abiotic stresses, including salinity, drought and rapid dehydration and compared to plant growth under control conditions. Expression analysis of total and individual CaRabC isoforms in leaves of control plants revealed a very high level of expression, with the greatest contribution made by CaRabC-1c. Salinity stress (150 mM NaCl, 12 days in soil) caused a 2-3-fold increased expression of total CaRabC compared to controls, with the highest expression in isoforms CaRabC-1c, -2a∗ and -1a. Significantly decreased expression of all five isoforms of CaRabC was observed under drought (12 days withheld water) compared to controls. In contrast, both total CaRabC and the CaRabC-1a isoform showed very high expression (up-to eight-fold) in detached leaves over 6 h of dehydration. The results suggest that the CaRabC gene is involved in plant growth and response to abiotic stresses. It was highly expressed in leaves of non-stressed plants and was down-regulated after drought, but salinity and rapid dehydration caused up-regulation to high and very high levels, respectively. The isoforms of CaRabC were differentially expressed, with the highest levels recorded for CaRabC-1c in controls and under salinity stress, and for CaRabC-1a - in rapidly dehydrated leaves. Genotypic variation in CaRabC-1a, comprising eleven SNPs, was found through sequencing of the local chickpea cultivar Yubileiny and germplasm ICC7255 in comparison to the two fully sequenced reference accessions, ICC4958 and Frontier. Amplifluor-like markers based on one of the identified SNPs in CaRabC-1a were designed and successfully used for genotyping chickpea germplasm.
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- Gulmira Khassanova
- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Wheat Initiative, Julius-Kühn-Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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Overexpression of Rice Rab7 Gene Improves Drought and Heat Tolerance and Increases Grain Yield in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.). Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10010056. [PMID: 30658457 PMCID: PMC6357162 DOI: 10.3390/genes10010056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Rab family proteins play a crucial role in plant developmental processes and tolerance to environmental stresses. The current study investigated whether rice Rab7 (OsRab7) overexpression could improve rice tolerance to drought and heat stress conditions. The OsRab7 gene was cloned and transformed into rice plants. The survival rate, relative water content, chlorophyll content, gas-exchange characteristics, soluble protein content, soluble sugar content, proline content, and activities of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, SOD, APX, POD) of the transgenic rice lines were significantly higher than that of the wild-type. In contrast, the levels of hydrogen peroxide, electrolyte leakage, and malondialdehyde of the transgenic lines were significantly reduced when compared to wild-type. Furthermore, the expression of four genes encoding reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging enzymes (OsCATA, OsCATB, OsAPX2, OsSOD-Cu/Zn) and eight genes conferring abiotic stress tolerance (OsLEA3, OsRD29A, OsSNAC1, OsSNAC2, OsDREB2A, OsDREB2B, OsRAB16A, OsRAB16C) was significantly up-regulated in the transformed rice lines as compared to their expression in wild-type. OsRab7 overexpression also increased grain yield in rice. Taken together, the current study indicates that the OsRab7 gene improves grain yield and enhances drought and heat tolerance in transgenic rice by modulating osmolytes, antioxidants and abiotic stress-responsive genes expression. Therefore, OsRab7 gene could be exploited as a promising candidate for improving rice grain yield and stress tolerance.
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Zhang J, Li Y, Liu B, Wang L, Zhang L, Hu J, Chen J, Zheng H, Lu M. Characterization of the Populus Rab family genes and the function of PtRabE1b in salt tolerance. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:124. [PMID: 29914373 PMCID: PMC6006591 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1342-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rab proteins form the largest family of the Ras superfamily of small GTP-binding proteins and regulate intracellular trafficking pathways. However, the function of the Rab proteins in woody species is still an open question. RESULTS Here, a total of 67 PtRabs were identified in Populus trichocarpa and categorized into eight subfamilies (RabA-RabH). Based on their chromosomal distribution and duplication blocks in the Populus genome, a total of 27 PtRab paralogous pairs were identified and all of them were generated by whole-genome duplication events. Combined the expression correlation and duplication date, the PtRab paralogous pairs that still keeping highly similar expression patterns were generated around the latest large-scale duplication (~ 13 MYA). The cis-elements and co-expression network of unique expanded PtRabs suggest their potential roles in poplar development and environmental responses. Subcellular localization of PtRabs from each subfamily indicates each subfamily shows a localization pattern similar to what is revealed in Arabidopsis but RabC shows a localization different from their counterparts. Furthermore, we characterized PtRabE1b by overexpressing its constitutively active mutant PtRabE1b(Q74L) in poplar and found that PtRabE1b(Q74L) enhanced the salt tolerance. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide new insights into the functional divergence of PtRabs and resources for genetic engineering resistant breeding in tree species.
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- Jin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Developmental Biology Research Initiatives, Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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Li P, Guo W. Genome-wide characterization of the Rab gene family in Gossypium by comparative analysis. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2017; 58:26. [PMID: 28577194 PMCID: PMC5457372 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-017-0181-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rab protein family is the largest subfamily of small G protein family. As one of the most important families in plant, Rab family plays an important role in the process of plant growth and development. So far, the identification of 57 members of the Rab family in Arabidopsis has been completed. In cotton, the relevant family has not been reported. RESULTS Here, we identified 87, 169, 136, 80 Rabs in the four sequenced cotton species, G. raimondii (D5), G. hirsutum acc. TM-1 (AD1), G. barbadense acc. 3-79 (AD2) and G. arboreum (A2), respectively. Biological information analysis showed that the number of amino acid is 200-300 aa among Rab family members in G. raimondii and the protein molecular weight is between 20 and 30 kDa, which is consistent with the characterization of the Rab protein itself. 87 GrRabs in G. raimondii are divided into eight groups. In each group, intron numbers and subcellular localization of Rab protein are basically the same. We mapped the distribution of GrRab genes on 13 chromosomes of G. raimondii except two genes. Among the 87 GrRabs in G. raimondii, we identified 60 pairs of GrRabs formed in whole genome duplication. Among all the gene pairs, the Ka/Ks values were less than 1. This indicates that it is the results of the purification selection and will help maintain the conservation of gene in structure and function. Further, 4 of the 87 GrRabs showed tandem duplication. They were GrRabA2a vs GrRabD1a and GrRabA2h vs GrRabD1b respectively. Expression patterns analysis of 169 GhRabs in G. hirsutum acc. TM-1 indicates that most Rab family members play a certain role in different tissues/organs and different growth stages of cotton, implying their potential function in the polar growth of pollen tube, root hair and fiber cell, as well as improving stress and disease tolerance. CONCLUSION The systematic investigation of Rab genes in cotton will lay a foundation for understanding the functional roles of different Rab members in the polar growth and stress tolerance.
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- Peng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu Province People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu Province People’s Republic of China
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Kamies R, Farrant JM, Tadele Z, Cannarozzi G, Rafudeen MS. A Proteomic Approach to Investigate the Drought Response in the Orphan Crop Eragrostis tef. Proteomes 2017; 5:E32. [PMID: 29140297 PMCID: PMC5748567 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes5040032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The orphan crop, Eragrostis tef, was subjected to controlled drought conditions to observe the physiological parameters and proteins changing in response to dehydration stress. Physiological measurements involving electrolyte leakage, chlorophyll fluorescence and ultra-structural analysis showed tef plants tolerated water loss to 50% relative water content (RWC) before adverse effects in leaf tissues were observed. Proteomic analysis using isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) mass spectrometry and appropriate database searching enabled the detection of 5727 proteins, of which 211 proteins, including a number of spliced variants, were found to be differentially regulated with the imposed stress conditions. Validation of the iTRAQ dataset was done with selected stress-related proteins, fructose-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) and the protective antioxidant proteins, monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) and peroxidase (POX). Western blot analyses confirmed protein presence and showed increased protein abundance levels during water deficit while enzymatic activity for FBA, MDHAR and POX increased at selected RWC points. Gene ontology (GO)-term enrichment and analysis revealed terms involved in biotic and abiotic stress response, signaling, transport, cellular homeostasis and pentose metabolic processes, to be enriched in tef upregulated proteins, while terms linked to reactive oxygen species (ROS)-producing processes under water-deficit, such as photosynthesis and associated light harvesting reactions, manganese transport and homeostasis, the synthesis of sugars and cell wall catabolism and modification, to be enriched in tef downregulated proteins.
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- Rizqah Kamies
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
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Martín-Davison AS, Pérez-Díaz R, Soto F, Madrid-Espinoza J, González-Villanueva E, Pizarro L, Norambuena L, Tapia J, Tajima H, Blumwald E, Ruiz-Lara S. Involvement of SchRabGDI1 from Solanum chilense in endocytic trafficking and tolerance to salt stress. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 263:1-11. [PMID: 28818364 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Physiological responses of plants to salinity stress requires the coordinated activation of many genes. A salt-induced gene was isolated from roots of the wild tomato species Solanum chilense and named SchRabGDI1 because it encodes a protein with high identity to GDP dissociation inhibitors of plants. These proteins are regulators of the RabGTPase cycle that play key roles in intracellular vesicular trafficking. The expression pattern of SchRabGDI1 showed an early up-regulation in roots and leaves under salt stress. Functional activity of SchRabGDI1 was shown by restoring the defective phenotype of the yeast sec19-1 mutant and the capacity of SchRabGDI1 to interact with RabGTPase was demonstrated through BiFC assays. Expression of SchRabGDI1 in Arabidopsis thaliana plants resulted in increased salt tolerance. Also, the root cells of transgenic plants showed higher rate of endocytosis under normal growth conditions and higher accumulation of sodium in vacuoles and small vesicular structures under salt stress than wild type. Our results suggest that in salt tolerant species such as S. chilense, bulk endocytosis is one of the early mechanisms to avoid salt stress, which requires the concerted expression of regulatory genes involved in vesicular trafficking of the endocytic pathway.
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Química de los Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile.
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Differential Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Effect of Calcium on Malus baccata Borkh. Leaves under Temperature Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18081755. [PMID: 28800123 PMCID: PMC5578145 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18081755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In the cool apple-producing areas of northern China, air temperature during early spring changes in a rapid and dramatic manner, which affects the growth and development of apple trees at the early stage of the growing season. Previous studies have shown that the treatment of calcium can increase the cold tolerance of Malus baccata Borkh., a widely-used rootstock apple tree in northern China. To better understand the physiological function of calcium in the response of M. baccata to temperature stress, we analyzed the effect of calcium treatment (2% CaCl₂) on M. baccata leaves under temperature stress. Physiological analysis showed that temperature stress aggravated membrane lipid peroxidation, reduced chlorophyll content and induced photo-inhibition in leaves, whereas these indicators of stress injuries were alleviated by the application of calcium. An isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)-based proteomics approach was used in this study. Among the 2114 proteins that were detected in M. baccata leaves, 41, 25, and 34 proteins were differentially regulated by the increasing, decreasing, and changing temperature treatments, respectively. Calcium treatment induced 9 and 15 proteins after increasing and decreasing temperature, respectively, in comparison with non-treated plants. These calcium-responsive proteins were mainly related to catalytic activity, binding, and structural molecule activity. Hierarchical cluster analysis indicated that the changes in abundance of the proteins under increasing temperature and changing temperature treatments were similar, and the changes in protein abundance under decreasing temperature and increasing temperature with calcium treatment were similar. The findings of this study will allow a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the role of calcium in M. baccata leaves under temperature stress.
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Jiang Z, Wang H, Zhang G, Zhao R, Bie T, Zhang R, Gao D, Xing L, Cao A. Characterization of a small GTP-binding protein gene TaRab18 from wheat involved in the stripe rust resistance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 113:40-50. [PMID: 28182966 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The stripe rust resistance gene, Yr26, is commonly used in wheat production. Identification of Yr26 resistance related genes is important for better understanding of the resistance mechanism. TaRab18, a putative small GTP-binding protein, was screened as a resistance regulated gene as it showed differential expression between the Yr26-containing resistant wheat and the susceptible wheat at different time points after Pst inoculation. TaRab18 contains four typical domains (GI to GIV) of the small GTP-binding proteins superfamily and five domains (RabF1 to RabF5) specific to the Rab subfamily. From the phylogenetic tree that TaRab18 was identified as belonging to the RABC1 subfamily. Chromosome location analysis indicated that TaRab18 and its homeoalles were on the homeologous group 7 chromosomes, and the Pst induced TaRab18 was on the 7 B chromosome. Functional analysis by virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) indicated that TaRab18 was positively involved in the stripe rust resistance through regulating the hypersensitive response, and Pst can develop on the leaves of TaRab18 silenced 92R137. However, over-expression of TaRab18 in susceptible Yangmai158 did not enhance its resistance dramatically, only from 9 grade in Yangmai158 to 8 grade in the transgenic plant. However, histological observation indicated that the transgenic plants with over-expressed TaRab18 showed a strong hypersensitive response at the early infection stage. The research herein, will improve our understanding of the roles of Rab in wheat resistance.
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- Zhengning Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Low and Middle Yangtze River Valley Wheat Region (Ministry of Agriculture), Institute of Agricultural Science of the Lixiahe District in Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225007, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Low and Middle Yangtze River Valley Wheat Region (Ministry of Agriculture), Institute of Agricultural Science of the Lixiahe District in Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225007, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Low and Middle Yangtze River Valley Wheat Region (Ministry of Agriculture), Institute of Agricultural Science of the Lixiahe District in Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225007, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Low and Middle Yangtze River Valley Wheat Region (Ministry of Agriculture), Institute of Agricultural Science of the Lixiahe District in Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225007, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Shivhare R, Lata C. Exploration of Genetic and Genomic Resources for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Pearl Millet. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 7:2069. [PMID: 28167949 PMCID: PMC5253385 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Pearl millet is one of the most important small-grained C4 Panicoid crops with a large genome size (∼2352 Mb), short life cycle and outbreeding nature. It is highly resilient to areas with scanty rain and high temperature. Pearl millet is a nutritionally superior staple crop for people inhabiting hot, drought-prone arid and semi-arid regions of South Asia and Africa where it is widely grown and used for food, hay, silage, bird feed, building material, and fuel. Having excellent nutrient composition and exceptional buffering capacity against variable climatic conditions and pathogen attack makes pearl millet a wonderful model crop for stress tolerance studies. Pearl millet germplasm show a large range of genotypic and phenotypic variations including tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. Conventional breeding for enhancing abiotic and biotic stress resistance in pearl millet have met with considerable success, however, in last few years various novel approaches including functional genomics and molecular breeding have been attempted in this crop for augmenting yield under adverse environmental conditions, and there is still a lot of scope for further improvement using genomic tools. Discovery and use of various DNA-based markers such as EST-SSRs, DArT, CISP, and SSCP-SNP in pearl millet not only help in determining population structure and genetic diversity but also prove to be important for developing strategies for crop improvement at a faster rate and greater precision. Molecular marker-based genetic linkage maps and identification of genomic regions determining yield under abiotic stresses particularly terminal drought have paved way for marker-assisted selection and breeding of pearl millet cultivars. Reference collections and marker-assisted backcrossing have also been used to improve biotic stress resistance in pearl millet specifically to downy mildew. Whole genome sequencing of pearl millet genome will give new insights for processing of functional genes and assist in crop improvement programs through molecular breeding approaches. This review thus summarizes the exploration of pearl millet genetic and genomic resources for improving abiotic and biotic stress resistance and development of cultivars superior in stress tolerance.
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- Radha Shivhare
- National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR)Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchNew Delhi, India
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- National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR)Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchNew Delhi, India
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Tripathy MK, Tiwari BS, Reddy MK, Deswal R, Sopory SK. Ectopic expression of PgRab7 in rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) results in differential tolerance at the vegetative and seed setting stage during salinity and drought stress. PROTOPLASMA 2017; 254:109-124. [PMID: 26666551 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0914-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this work, we have overexpressed a vesicle trafficking protein, Rab7, from a stress-tolerant plant, Pennisetum glaucum, in a high-yielding but stress-sensitive rice variety Pusa Basmati-1 (PB-1). The transgenic rice plants were tested for tolerance against salinity and drought stress. The transgenic plants showed considerable tolerance at the vegetative stage against both salinity (200 mM NaCl) and drought stress (up to 12 days after withdrawing water). The protection against salt and drought stress may be by regulating Na+ ion homeostasis, as the transgenic plants showed altered expression of multiple transporter genes, including OsNHX1, OsNHX2, OsSOS1, OsVHA, and OsGLRs. In addition, decreased generation and maintenance of lesser reactive oxygen species (ROS), with maintenance of chloroplast grana and photosynthetic machinery was observed. When evaluated for reproductive growth, 89-96 % of seed setting was maintained in transgenic plants during drought stress; however, under salt stress, a 33-53 % decrease in seed setting was observed. These results indicate that PgRab7 overexpression in rice confers differential tolerance at the seed setting stage during salinity and drought stress and could be a favored target for raising drought-tolerant crops.
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- Manas Kumar Tripathy
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Yang A, Zhang WH. A Small GTPase, OsRab6a, is Involved in the Regulation of Iron Homeostasis in Rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:1271-80. [PMID: 27257291 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Plants have evolved two distinct strategies to acquire iron (Fe) from soils. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying the Fe acquisition remain largely elusive. There is emerging evidence that small GTPases are involved in the responses of plants to environmental cues. Here, we identified a gene encoding a small GTPase, OsRab6a, in rice and characterized its role in Fe acquisition by generating transgenic rice plants with overexpression and knockdown of OsRab6a OsRab6a shared conserved functional domains with other known members of the Rab subfamily and localized ubiquitously in the cytoplasm and nucleus. The expression of OsRab6a was rapidly and transiently up-regulated by Fe deficiency. No differences in growth and development among the OsRab6a-overexpression, OsRab6a-RNAi (RNA interference) and wild-type plants were detected when grown in Fe-sufficient medium. However, overexpression of OsRab6a in rice plants conferred greater tolerance to Fe deficiency than RNAi and wild-type plants, as evidenced by higher seedling height, and greater biomass, Chl contents and Fe concentrations in shoots, roots and grains in the overexpression lines than wild-type and RNAi plants. Moreover, the overexpression lines exhibited larger root systems than wild-type and RNAi plants in Fe-deficient medium. Exposure to Fe-deficient medium led to up-regulation of OsIRO2, OsIRT1, OsNAS1 and OsNAS2 in both wild-type and transgenic rice plants, with the magnitude of up-regulation positively correlated with the expression levels of OsRab6a These results may suggest that OsRab6a plays an important role in the regulation of Fe acquisition in rice plants by modulating physiological processes involved in Fe acquisition and root system architecture in response to Fe-deficient medium.
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- An Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China
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- Research Network of Global Change Biology, Beijing Institutes of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hossain MA, Henríquez-Valencia C, Gómez-Páez M, Medina J, Orellana A, Vicente-Carbajosa J, Zouhar J. Identification of Novel Components of the Unfolded Protein Response in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:650. [PMID: 27242851 PMCID: PMC4864164 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Unfavorable environmental and developmental conditions may cause disturbances in protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that are recognized and counteracted by components of the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) signaling pathways. The early cellular responses include transcriptional changes to increase the folding and processing capacity of the ER. In this study, we systematically screened a collection of inducible transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing a library of transcription factors for resistance toward UPR-inducing chemicals. We identified 23 candidate genes that may function as novel regulators of the UPR and of which only three genes (bZIP10, TBF1, and NF-YB3) were previously associated with the UPR. The putative role of identified candidate genes in the UPR signaling is supported by favorable expression patterns in both developmental and stress transcriptional analyses. We demonstrated that WRKY75 is a genuine regulator of the ER-stress cellular responses as its expression was found to be directly responding to ER stress-inducing chemicals. In addition, transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing WRKY75 showed resistance toward salt stress, connecting abiotic and ER-stress responses.
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- Md. Amir Hossain
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés BelloSantiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés BelloSantiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Jan Zouhar
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Tian M, Lou L, Liu L, Yu F, Zhao Q, Zhang H, Wu Y, Tang S, Xia R, Zhu B, Serino G, Xie Q. The RING finger E3 ligase STRF1 is involved in membrane trafficking and modulates salt-stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 82:81-92. [PMID: 25704231 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Salt stress is a detrimental factor for plant growth and development. The response to salt stress has been shown to involve components in the intracellular trafficking system, as well as components of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). In this article, we have identified in Arabidopsis thaliana a little reported ubiquitin ligase involved in salt-stress response, which we named STRF1 (Salt Tolerance RING Finger 1). STRF1 is a member of RING-H2 finger proteins and we demonstrate that it has ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro. We also show that STRF1 localizes mainly at the plasma membrane and at the intracellular endosomes. strf1-1 loss-of-function mutant seedlings exhibit accelerated endocytosis in roots, and have altered expression of several genes involved in the membrane trafficking system. Moreover, protein trafficking inhibitor, brefeldin A (BFA), treatment has increased BFA bodies in strf1-1 mutant. This mutant also showed increased tolerance to salt, ionic and osmotic stresses, reduced accumulation of reactive oxygen species during salt stress, and increased expression of AtRbohD, which encodes a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase involved in H2 O2 production. We conclude that STRF1 is a membrane trafficking-related ubiquitin ligase, which helps the plant to respond to salt stress by monitoring intracellular membrane trafficking and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production.
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- Miaomiao Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Engineering Research Center for Protein Drugs, National Center for Protein Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
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Synergistic regulatory networks mediated by microRNAs and transcription factors under drought, heat and salt stresses in Oryza Sativa spp. Gene 2015; 555:127-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Rajan N, Agarwal P, Patel K, Sanadhya P, Khedia J, Agarwal PK. Molecular characterization and identification of target protein of an important vesicle trafficking gene AlRab7 from a salt excreting halophyte Aeluropus lagopoides. DNA Cell Biol 2014; 34:83-91. [PMID: 25408252 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2014.2592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The endomembrane system plays an important role during cellular adaptation of the plants with the extracellular environment. The small GTP-binding protein Rab7 located at the vacuolar membrane regulates the vesicle fusion with the vacuole and thereby helps in recycling of the molecules. This is the first report on isolation and characterization of AlRab7 gene from the halophyte plant, Aeluropus that extrudes NaCl through salt glands and grows luxuriantly throughout the year at the Gujarat coast, India. The AlRab7 encodes a protein with 206 amino acids, and a highly conserved effector-binding domain and four nucleotide-binding domains. The in silico analysis predicts the presence of the prenylation site for Rab geranylgeranyltransferase 2 and the Rab escort protein site. The C-terminal two cysteine residues in -XCC sequence are present for membrane attachment. Transcript expression of the AlRab7 gene was differentially regulated by different environmental stimuli such as dehydration, salinity, and hormone abscisic acid (ABA). The recombinant Escherichia coli cells showed improved growth in Luria Bertani medium supplemented with NaCl, KCl, mannitol, ABA, and indole-3-acetic acid. A novel Rab7 interacting partner AlRabring7 was identified by yeast two-hybrid screening.
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- Navya Rajan
- 1 Discipline of Wasteland Research, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India
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Overexpression ofOsRab7B3, a Small GTP-Binding Protein Gene, Enhances Leaf Senescence in Transgenic Rice. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 76:1296-302. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Pandey R, Joshi G, Bhardwaj AR, Agarwal M, Katiyar-Agarwal S. A comprehensive genome-wide study on tissue-specific and abiotic stress-specific miRNAs in Triticum aestivum. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95800. [PMID: 24759739 PMCID: PMC3997425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Productivity of wheat crop is largely dependent on its growth and development that, in turn, is mainly regulated by environmental conditions, including abiotic stress factors. miRNAs are key regulators of gene expression networks involved in diverse aspects of development and stress responses in plants. Using high-throughput sequencing of eight small RNA libraries prepared from diverse abiotic stresses and tissues, we identified 47 known miRNAs belonging to 20 families, 49 true novel and 1030 candidate novel miRNAs. Digital gene expression analysis revealed that 257 miRNAs exhibited tissue-specific expression and 74 were associated with abiotic stresses. Putative target genes were predicted for miRNAs identified in this study and their grouping into functional categories indicated that the putative targets were involved in diverse biological processes. RLM-RACE of predicted targets of three known miRNAs (miR156, miR160 and miR164) confirmed their mRNA cleavage, thus indicating their regulation at post-transcriptional level by the corresponding miRNAs. Mapping of the sequenced data onto the wheat progenitors and closely related monocots revealed a large number of evolutionary conserved miRNAs. Additional expression profiling of some of these miRNAs in other abiotic stresses underline their involvement in multiple stresses. Our findings provide valuable resource for an improved understanding of the role of miRNAs in stress tolerance as well as plant development.
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- Ritu Pandey
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- * E-mail: (SK-A); (MA)
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
- * E-mail: (SK-A); (MA)
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Tan L, Chen S, Wang T, Dai S. Proteomic insights into seed germination in response to environmental factors. Proteomics 2014; 13:1850-70. [PMID: 23986916 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Seed germination is a critical process in the life cycle of higher plants. During germination, the imbibed mature seed is highly sensitive to different environmental factors.However, knowledge about the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying the environmental effects on germination has been lacking. Recent proteomic work has provided invaluable insight into the molecular processes in germinating seeds of Arabidopsis, rice (Oryza sativa), soybean (Glycine max), barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zeamays), tea (Camellia sinensis), European beech (Fagus sylvatica), and Norway maple (Acer platanoides) under different treatments including metal ions (e.g. copper and cadmium), drought, low temperature, hormones, and chemicals (gibberellic acid, abscisic acid, salicylic acid, and α-amanitin), as well as Fusarium graminearum infection. A total of 561 environmental factor-responsive proteins have been identified with various expression patterns in germinating seeds. The data highlight diverse regulatory and metabolic mechanisms upon seed germination, including induction of environmental factor-responsive signaling pathways, seed storage reserve mobilization and utilization, enhancement of DNA repair and modification, regulation of gene expression and protein synthesis, modulation of cell structure, and cell defense. In this review, we summarize the interesting findings and discuss the relevance and significance for our understanding of environmental regulation of seed germination.
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- Longyan Tan
- Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Overexpression of a Vesicle Trafficking Gene, OsRab7, enhances salt tolerance in rice. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:483526. [PMID: 24688390 PMCID: PMC3943248 DOI: 10.1155/2014/483526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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High soils salinity is a main factor affecting agricultural production. Studying the function of salt-tolerance-related genes is essential to enhance crop tolerance to stress. Rab7 is a small GTP-binding protein that is distributed widely among eukaryotes. Endocytic trafficking mediated by Rab7 plays an important role in animal and yeast cells, but the current understanding of Rab7 in plants is still very limited. Herein, we isolated a vesicle trafficking gene, OsRab7, from rice. Transgenic rice over-expressing OsRab7 exhibited enhanced seedling growth and increased proline content under salt-treated conditions. Moreover, an increased number of vesicles was observed in the root tip of OsRab7 transgenic rice. The OsRab7 over-expression plants showed enhanced tolerance to salt stress, suggesting that vacuolar trafficking is important for salt tolerance in plants.
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Abreu IA, Farinha AP, Negrão S, Gonçalves N, Fonseca C, Rodrigues M, Batista R, Saibo NJM, Oliveira MM. Coping with abiotic stress: proteome changes for crop improvement. J Proteomics 2013; 93:145-68. [PMID: 23886779 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Plant breeders need new and more precise tools to accelerate breeding programs that address the increasing needs for food, feed, energy and raw materials, while facing a changing environment in which high salinity and drought have major impacts on crop losses worldwide. This review covers the achievements and bottlenecks in the identification and validation of proteins with relevance in abiotic stress tolerance, also mentioning the unexpected consequences of the stress in allergen expression. While addressing the key pathways regulating abiotic stress plant adaptation, comprehensive data is presented on the proteins confirmed as relevant to confer tolerance. Promising candidates still to be confirmed are also highlighted, as well as the specific protein families and protein modifications for which detection and characterization is still a challenge. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translational Plant Proteomics.
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- Isabel A Abreu
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Genomics of Plant Stress Laboratory (GPlantS Lab), Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal; iBET, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
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Hong MJ, Lee YM, Son YS, Im CH, Yi YB, Rim YG, Bahk JD, Heo JB. Rice Rab11 is required for JA-mediated defense signaling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 434:797-802. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mirzaei M, Pascovici D, Atwell BJ, Haynes PA. Differential regulation of aquaporins, small GTPases and V-ATPases proteins in rice leaves subjected to drought stress and recovery. Proteomics 2012; 12:864-77. [PMID: 22539437 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Mechanisms of drought tolerance are complex, interacting, and polygenic. This paper describes patterns of gene expression at precise physiological stages of drought in 35-day-old seedlings of Oryza sativa cv. Nipponbare. Drought was imposed gradually for up to 15 days, causing abscisic acid levels to rise and growth to cease, and plants were then re-watered. Proteins were identified from leaf samples after moderate drought, extreme drought, and 3 and 6 days of re-watering. Label-free quantitative shotgun proteomics resulted in identification of 1548 non-redundant proteins. More proteins were down-regulated in early stages of drought but more were up-regulated as severe drought developed. After re-watering, there was notable down regulation, suggesting that stress-related proteins were being degraded. Proteins involved in signalling and transport became dominant as severe drought took hold but decreased again on re-watering. Most of the nine aquaporins identified were responsive to drought, with six decreasing rapidly in abundance as plants were re-watered. Nine G-proteins appeared in large amounts during severe drought and dramatically degraded once plants were re-watered. We speculate that water transport and drought signalling are critical elements of the overall response to drought in rice and might be the key to biotechnological approaches to drought tolerance.
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- Mehdi Mirzaei
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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Mirzaei M, Soltani N, Sarhadi E, Pascovici D, Keighley T, Salekdeh GH, Haynes PA, Atwell BJ. Shotgun Proteomic Analysis of Long-distance Drought Signaling in Rice Roots. J Proteome Res 2011; 11:348-58. [DOI: 10.1021/pr2008779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mehdi Mirzaei
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Karaj, Iran
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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Mackiewicz P, Wyroba E. Phylogeny and evolution of Rab7 and Rab9 proteins. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:101. [PMID: 19442299 PMCID: PMC2693434 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background An important role in the evolution of intracellular trafficking machinery in eukaryotes played small GTPases belonging to the Rab family known as pivotal regulators of vesicle docking, fusion and transport. The Rab family is very diversified and divided into several specialized subfamilies. We focused on the VII functional group comprising Rab7 and Rab9, two related subfamilies, and analysed 210 sequences of these proteins. Rab7 regulates traffic from early to late endosomes and from late endosome to vacuole/lysosome, whereas Rab9 participates in transport from late endosomes to the trans-Golgi network. Results Although Rab7 and Rab9 proteins are quite small and show heterogeneous rates of substitution in different lineages, we found a phylogenetic signal and inferred evolutionary relationships between them. Rab7 proteins evolved before radiation of main eukaryotic supergroups while Rab9 GTPases diverged from Rab7 before split of choanoflagellates and metazoans. Additional duplication of Rab9 and Rab7 proteins resulting in several isoforms occurred in the early evolution of vertebrates and next in teleost fishes and tetrapods. Three Rab7 lineages emerged before divergence of monocots and eudicots and subsequent duplications of Rab7 genes occurred in particular angiosperm clades. Interestingly, several Rab7 copies were identified in some representatives of excavates, ciliates and amoebozoans. The presence of many Rab copies is correlated with significant differences in their expression level. The diversification of analysed Rab subfamilies is also manifested by non-conserved sequences and structural features, many of which are involved in the interaction with regulators and effectors. Individual sites discriminating different subgroups of Rab7 and Rab9 GTPases have been identified.
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- Paweł Mackiewicz
- University of Wrocław, Faculty of Biotechnology, Department of Genomics, 63/77 Przybyszewskiego Street, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
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