Hiraki H, Uemura M, Kawamura Y. Calcium Signaling-Linked CBF/DREB1 Gene Expression was Induced Depending on the Temperature Fluctuation in the Field: Views from the Natural Condition of Cold Acclimation.
PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019;
60:303-317. [PMID:
30380128 DOI:
10.1093/pcp/pcy210]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Environmental adaptability is essential for plant survival. Though it is well known that a simple cooling or cold shock leads to Ca2+ signals, direct evidence has not been provided that plants use Ca2+ signals as a second messenger in the cold acclimation (CA) process in the field. By developing a technique to analyze Ca2+ signals using confocal cryomicroscopy, we investigated Ca2+ signals under several temperature conditions by combining the start temperature, cooling rate and cooling time duration. In both root and leaf cells, Ca2+ signals rapidly disappeared after cooling stopped, and thereafter under a constant low temperature no Ca2+ signal was observed. Interestingly, under the cooling regime from 2�C to -2�C, non-acclimated plants grown at 23�C hardly showed Ca2+ signals, but cold-acclimated plants at 2�C were able to form Ca2+ signals in root cells. These findings suggest that plants sense temperature decreases with Ca2+ signals while adjusting the temperature sensitivity to their own temperature environment. Furthermore, if the temperature is constant, no Ca2+ signal is induced even during CA. Then, we also focused on the CA under field conditions, rich in temperature fluctuations. In CA under field conditions, the expression patterns of CBF/DREB1 genes were distinctly different from those in artificial CA. Pharmacological studies with Ca2+ channel blockers showed that the Ca2+-induced expression of CBF/DREB1 genes was closely correlated with the amplitude of temperature fluctuation, suggesting that Ca2+ signals regulate CBF/DREB1 gene expression during CA under natural conditions.
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