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Yang D, Chen Y, Wang R, He Y, Ma X, Shen J, He Z, Lai H. Effects of Exogenous Abscisic Acid on the Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Camellia oleifera Seedlings under Drought Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:225. [PMID: 38256779 PMCID: PMC11154478 DOI: 10.3390/plants13020225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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This study comprehensively investigates the physiological and molecular regulatory mechanisms of Camellia oleifera seedlings under drought stress with a soil moisture content of about 30%, where exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) was applied via foliar spraying at concentrations of 50 µg/L, 100 µg/L, and 200 µg/L. The results demonstrated that appropriate concentrations of ABA treatment can regulate the physiological state of the seedlings through multiple pathways, including photosynthesis, oxidative stress response, and osmotic balance, thereby aiding in the restructuring of their drought response strategy. ABA treatment effectively activated the antioxidant system by reducing stomatal conductance and moderately inhibiting the photosynthetic rate, thus alleviating oxidative damage caused by drought stress. Additionally, ABA treatment promoted the synthesis of osmotic regulators such as proline, maintaining cellular turgor stability and enhancing the plant's drought adaptability. The real-time quantitative PCR results of related genes indicated that ABA treatment enhanced the plant's response to the ABA signaling pathway and improved disease resistance by regulating the expression of related genes, while also enhancing membrane lipid stability. A comprehensive evaluation using a membership function approach suggested that 50 µg/L ABA treatment may be the most-effective in mitigating drought effects in practical applications, followed by 100 µg/L ABA. The application of 50 µg/L ABA for 7 h induced significant changes in various biochemical parameters, compared to a foliar water spray. Notably, superoxide dismutase activity increased by 17.94%, peroxidase activity by 30.27%, glutathione content by 12.41%, and proline levels by 25.76%. The content of soluble sugars and soluble proteins rose by 14.79% and 87.95%, respectively. Additionally, there was a significant decrease of 31.15% in the malondialdehyde levels.
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- Dayu Yang
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (D.Y.); (Y.H.); (X.M.); (J.S.)
- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
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- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Oil-Tea Camellia, State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410116, China
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- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Oil-Tea Camellia, State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410116, China
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (D.Y.); (Y.H.); (X.M.); (J.S.)
- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (D.Y.); (Y.H.); (X.M.); (J.S.)
- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (D.Y.); (Y.H.); (X.M.); (J.S.)
- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
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- Research Institute of Oil Tea Camellia, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; (Y.C.); (R.W.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Oil-Tea Camellia, State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410116, China
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (D.Y.); (Y.H.); (X.M.); (J.S.)
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Yin L, Xu J, Zhang L, Liu D, Zhang C, Liu T, Wang S, Deng X. Altered fatty acid composition confers improved drought acclimation in maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 206:108274. [PMID: 38100891 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108274] [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: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Drought induces alteration in membrane lipid composition in plants; however, still little is known about whether membrane lipid remodeling plays a role in plant drought acclimation, including both drought tolerance and recovery, especially in crops. Here, we imposed natural progressive drought and re-watering in 18 maize genotypes at the seedling stage, and analyzed the physiological responses, drought tolerance and drought acclimation capabilities, contents of lipids, and fatty acid compositions. The results showed that drought caused significant reductions in shoot dry weight, relative water content, Fv/Fm, total lipid content, and double bond index (DBI) in most genotypes, while re-watering partially recovered these reductions. Meanwhile, the total lipid content, fatty acid composition, and DBI were also changed obviously in response to drought and re-watering. In order to explore the relationship between membrane lipid change and plant drought response, we did a principal component analysis. The results showed that C18:3 fatty acid contributed greatly to drought tolerance, and C16:2 and C16:3 fatty acids were more responsible for drought recovery. Meanwhile, DBI showed significant positive correlations with shoot dry weight and relative water content, but a negative association with lipid peroxidation, and more importantly, DBI was important for both drought tolerance and recovery. These alterations in membrane lipid composition may facilitate increasing membrane fluidity and decreasing membrane damage, thus maintaining the high photosynthetic capability under drought. Our results suggest that lipid remodeling is important for drought tolerance and recovery in crops, and different fatty acid species have different roles in crop drought acclimation.
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- Lina Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Bolik S, Schlaich A, Mukhina T, Amato A, Bastien O, Schneck E, Demé B, Jouhet J. Lipid bilayer properties potentially contributed to the evolutionary disappearance of betaine lipids in seed plants. BMC Biol 2023; 21:275. [PMID: 38017456 PMCID: PMC10685587 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01775-z] [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: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Many organisms rely on mineral nutrients taken directly from the soil or aquatic environment, and therefore, developed mechanisms to cope with the limitation of a given essential nutrient. For example, photosynthetic cells have well-defined responses to phosphate limitation, including the replacement of cellular membrane phospholipids with non-phosphorous lipids. Under phosphate starvation, phospholipids in extraplastidial membranes are replaced by betaine lipids in microalgae. In higher plants, the synthesis of betaine lipid is lost, driving plants to other strategies to cope with phosphate starvation where they replace their phospholipids by glycolipids. RESULTS The aim of this work was to evaluate to what extent betaine lipids and PC lipids share physicochemical properties and could substitute for each other. By neutron diffraction experiments and dynamic molecular simulation of two synthetic lipids, the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and the dipalmitoyl-diacylglyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine (DP-DGTS), we found that DP-DGTS bilayers are thicker than DPPC bilayers and therefore are more rigid. Furthermore, DP-DGTS bilayers are more repulsive, especially at long range, maybe due to unexpected unscreened electrostatic contribution. Finally, DP-DGTS bilayers could coexist in the gel and fluid phases. CONCLUSION The different properties and hydration responses of PC and DGTS provide an explanation for the diversity of betaine lipids observed in marine organisms and for their disappearance in seed plants.
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- Stéphanie Bolik
- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire Et Végétale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, IRIG, Grenoble, France
- Large Scale Structures Group, Institut Laue-Langevin, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science (SimTech), Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, TU, Germany
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire Et Végétale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, IRIG, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire Et Végétale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, IRIG, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, TU, Germany
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- Large Scale Structures Group, Institut Laue-Langevin, 38000, Grenoble, France.
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire Et Végétale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, IRIG, Grenoble, France.
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Gao J, Zhuang S, Zhang Y, Qian Z. Exogenously applied spermidine alleviates hypoxia stress in Phyllostachys praecox seedlings via changes in endogenous hormones and gene expression. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:200. [PMID: 35439921 PMCID: PMC9016973 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03568-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hypoxia stress is thought to be one of the major abiotic stresses that inhibits the growth and development of higher plants. Phyllostachys pracecox is sensitive to oxygen and suffers soil hypoxia during cultivation; however, the corresponding solutions to mitigate this stress are still limited in practice. In this study, Spermidine (Spd) was tested for regulating the growth of P. praecox seedlings under the hypoxia stress with flooding. RESULTS A batch experiment was carried out in seedlings treated with 1 mM and 2 mM Spd under flooding for eight days. Application of 1 mM and 2 mM Spd could alleviate plant growth inhibition and reduce oxidative damage from hypoxia stress. Exogenous Spd significantly (P < 0.05) increased proline, soluble protein content, catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) activity, enhanced abscisic acid (ABA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) content, and reduced ethylene emission, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide radical (O2·-) production rate, ACC oxidase (ACO) and ACC synthase (ACS) to protect membranes from lipid peroxidation under flooding. Moreover, exogenous Spd up-regulated the expression of auxin-related genes auxin responsive factor1 (ARF1), auxin1 protein (AUX1), auxin2 protein (AUX2), auxin3 protein (AUX3) and auxin4 protein (AUX4), and down-regulated the expression of ethylene-related ACO and ACS genes during flooding. CONCLUSION The results indicated that exogenous Spd altered hormone concentrations and the expression of hormone-related genes, thereby protecting the bamboo growth under flooding. Our data suggest that Spd can be used to reduce hypoxia-induced cell damage and improve the adaptability of P. praecox to flooding stress.
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- Jianshuang Gao
- State Key Lab 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 Lab of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008 China
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- State Key Lab of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008 China
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- State Key Lab of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008 China
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Creydt M, Fischer M. Mass-Spectrometry-Based Food Metabolomics in Routine Applications: A Basic Standardization Approach Using Housekeeping Metabolites for the Authentication of Asparagus. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:14343-14352. [PMID: 32249560 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The low reproducibility of non-targeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approaches represents a major challenge for their implementation in routine analyses, because it is impossible to compare individual measurements directly with each other, if they were not analyzed in the same batch. This study describes a normalization process based on housekeeping metabolites in plant-based raw materials, which are present in comparatively constant concentrations and are subject to no or only minor deviations as a result of exogenous influences. As a model, an authenticity study was selected to determine the origin of white asparagus (Asparagus officinalis). Using three model data sets and one test data set, we were able to show that samples that have been measured independently of one another can be correctly assigned in terms of origin after the normalization with housekeeping metabolites. The procedure does not require internal standards or the measurements of further reference samples and can also be applied to other matrices and scientific issues.
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- Marina Creydt
- Hamburg School of Food Science, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg School of Food Science, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Gai Z, Wang Y, Ding Y, Qian W, Qiu C, Xie H, Sun L, Jiang Z, Ma Q, Wang L, Ding Z. Exogenous abscisic acid induces the lipid and flavonoid metabolism of tea plants under drought stress. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12275. [PMID: 32704005 PMCID: PMC7378251 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69080-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important phytohormone responsible for activating drought resistance, but the regulation mechanism of exogenous ABA on tea plants under drought stress was rarely reported. Here, we analyzed the effects of exogenous ABA on genes and metabolites of tea leaves under drought stress using transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis. The results showed that the exogenous ABA significantly induced the metabolic pathways of tea leaves under drought stress, including energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism, lipid metabolism and flavonoids biosynthesis. In which, the exogenous ABA could clearly affect the expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism and flavonoid biosynthesis. Meanwhile, it also increased the contents of flavone, anthocyanins, flavonol, isoflavone of tea leaves under drought stress, including, kaempferitrin, sakuranetin, kaempferol, and decreased the contents of glycerophospholipids, glycerolipids and fatty acids of tea leaves under drought stress. The results suggested that the exogenous ABA could alleviate the damages of tea leaves under drought stress through inducing the expression of the genes and altering the contents of metabolites in response to drought stress. This study will be helpful to understand the mechanism of resilience to abiotic stress in tea plant and provide novel insights into enhancing drought tolerance in the future.
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- Zhongshuai Gai
- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
- College of Life Science, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- College of Life Science, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China
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- College of Agriculture, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China
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- Fruit Tea Station of Weihai Agricultural and Rural Affairs Service Center, Weihai, 264200, Shandong, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
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Ruibal C, Castro A, Fleitas AL, Quezada J, Quero G, Vidal S. A Chloroplast COR413 Protein From Physcomitrella patens Is Required for Growth Regulation Under High Light and ABA Responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:845. [PMID: 32636864 PMCID: PMC7317016 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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COR413 genes belong to a poorly characterized group of plant-specific cold-regulated genes initially identified as part of the transcriptional activation machinery of plants during cold acclimation. They encode multispanning transmembrane proteins predicted to target the plasma membrane or the chloroplast inner membrane. Despite being ubiquitous throughout the plant kingdom, little is known about their biological function. In this study, we used reverse genetics to investigate the relevance of a predicted chloroplast localized COR413 protein (PpCOR413im) from the moss Physcomitrella patens in developmental and abiotic stress responses. Expression of PpCOR413im was strongly induced by abscisic acid (ABA) and by various environmental stimuli, including low temperature, hyperosmosis, salinity and high light. In vivo subcellular localization of PpCOR413im-GFP fusion protein revealed that this protein is localized in chloroplasts, confirming the in silico predictions. Loss-of-function mutants of PpCOR413im exhibited growth and developmental alterations such as growth retardation, reduced caulonema formation and hypersensitivity to ABA. Mutants also displayed altered photochemistry under various abiotic stresses, including dehydration and low temperature, and exhibited a dramatic growth inhibition upon exposure to high light. Disruption of PpCOR413im also caused altered chloroplast ultrastructure, increased ROS accumulation, and enhanced starch and sucrose levels under high light or after ABA treatment. In addition, loss of PpCOR413im affected both nuclear and chloroplast gene expression in response to ABA and high light, suggesting a role for this gene downstream of ABA in the regulation of growth and environmental stress responses. Developmental alterations exhibited by PpCOR413im knockout mutants had remarkable similarities to those exhibited by hxk1, a mutant lacking a major chloroplastic hexokinase, an enzyme involved in energy homeostasis. Based on these findings, we propose that PpCOR413im is involved in coordinating energy metabolism with ABA-mediated growth and developmental responses.
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- Cecilia Ruibal
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Unidad de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Carrera de Biología – Facultad de Ciencias Puras y Naturales, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Pal R, Mahajan G, Sardana V, Asthir B, Chauhan BS. Performance of Dry-Seeded Rice Genotypes under Varied Soil Moisture Regimes and Foliar-Applied Hormones. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E539. [PMID: 32326196 PMCID: PMC7238010 DOI: 10.3390/plants9040539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant hormones influence various physiological processes during the growth and development of plants, but their critical roles in influencing yield and antioxidant activities in dry-seeded rice (DSR) have not been adequately explored. This study aims to analyze the performance and antioxidant activity of contrasting genotypes of DSR in response to soil moisture regimes and foliar-applied hormones. The study comprised sixteen treatments that were evaluated under field conditions as per split-plot design in three replications. Treatments comprised combinations of two soil moisture tension regimes (10 kPa and 20 kPa) and two genotypes (PR-111, non-stay-green type and PR-123, stay-green type) applied to the main plots and foliar application of three hormones (gibberellic acid (GA3) 40 mg kg-1, abscisic acid (ABA) 20 mg kg-1, and cytokinin (CK) 40 mg kg-1)) and a control (unsprayed) to subplots. The non-stay-green genotype (PR-111) resulted in 34.6% more grain yield (6.48 t ha-1) than the stay-green genotype (PR-123) at the lower soil moisture tension regime (SMTR) (10 kPa) due to the increased number of filled grains per panicle and improvement in harvest index (HI). At the higher SMTR (20 kPa), the stay-green genotype (PR-123) produced 26.4% more grain yield (5.21 t ha-1) than non-stay green genotype (4.12 t ha-1) and showed enhanced superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxide dismutase (POD) activity that may have contributed in maintaining sink size through improved chlorophyll content. Grain yield (6.35 t ha-1) with foliar-applied GA3 (40 mg kg-1) at SMTR of 10 kPa was higher by 12.2% and 24.0% than with foliar-applied ABA (20 mg kg-1) and unsprayed treatments, respectively. Irrigation application at SMTR of 20 kPa and foliar application of ABA gave 24.1% higher grain yield (5.15 t ha-1) than the unsprayed treatment, but it was similar to foliar-applied GA3 and CK. This study implied that the stay-green genotype (PR-123) was more suitable under moisture stress conditions (20 kPa) in DSR, as it maintained sink size even under moisture stress conditions by improving dry matter translocation and enhancing SOD and POD activity. The study suggests the need to find out the endogenous level of these plant hormones in rice genotypes under a range of water regimes to develop high yielding and water use efficient genotypes of DSR.
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- Rajinder Pal
- Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India; (R.P.); (V.S.); (B.A.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India; (R.P.); (V.S.); (B.A.)
- The Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland 4343, Australia;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India; (R.P.); (V.S.); (B.A.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India; (R.P.); (V.S.); (B.A.)
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- The Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland 4343, Australia;
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Costa DP, Amado-Filho GM, Pereira RC, Paradas WC, Miyataka H, Okamoto Y, Asakawa Y. Diversity of Secondary Metabolites in the Liverwort Syzygiella rubricaulis (Nees) Stephani (Jamesoniellaceae, Marchantiophyta) from Neotropical High Mountains. Chem Biodivers 2018; 15:e1800239. [PMID: 29963758 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201800239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In order to evaluate the chemical diversity of Syzygiella rubricaulis (Nees) Stephani, a species with a disjunct distribution in the neotropical high mountains, a phytochemical study was carried out with samples from 12 different populations of different altitudes from four South American countries. The chemical profiles of lipophilic extracts were analyzed by GC/MS for each population and 50 different compounds were found with the predominance and richness of sesquiterpenes. The majority of the compounds were found only in one population and the total number of substances ranged from 1 to 15 among the populations, but these numbers were not correlated with altitude, and characterize each population as distinct, based on similarity analysis. The qualitative and quantitative variations of metabolites found are a response to different conditions, under which they live, mostly likely altitudinal conditions. Further studies on the quantification of these chemicals may provide information on their ecological roles and importance for the distribution of S. rubricaulis at different altitudes. Despite the known richness of secondary metabolites produced by bryophytes, they are still poorly explored in the context of the ecological expressions.
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- Denise P Costa
- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-030, Brasil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-030, Brasil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-030, Brasil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-030, Brasil
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, 770-8514, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, 770-8514, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, 770-8514, Japan
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Huang X, Shi H, Hu Z, Liu A, Amombo E, Chen L, Fu J. ABA Is Involved in Regulation of Cold Stress Response in Bermudagrass. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1613. [PMID: 29081782 PMCID: PMC5645512 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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As a representative warm-season grass, Bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L). Pers.] is widely used in turf systems. However, low temperature remarkably limits its growth and distribution. ABA is a crucial phytohormone that has been reported to regulate much important physiological and biochemical processes in plants under abiotic stress. Therefore, the objective of this study was to figure out the effects of ABA on the cold-sensitive (S) and cold-resistant (R) Bermudagrass genotypes response to cold stress. In this study, the plants were treated with 100 μM ABA solution and exposed to 4°C temperature. After 7 days of cold treatment, the electrolyte leakage (EL), malonaldehyde (MDA) and H2O2 content were significantly increased in both genotypes compared with control condition, and these values were higher in R genotype than those of S genotype, respectively. By contrast, exogenous ABA application decreased the electrolyte leakage (EL), MDA and H2O2 content in both genotypes compared with those plants without ABA treatment under cold treatment condition. In addition, exogenous ABA application increased the levels of chlorophyll a fluorescence transient curve for both genotypes, and it was higher in R genotype than that of S genotype. Analysis of photosynthetic fluorescence parameters revealed that ABA treatment improved the performance of photosystem II under cold condition, particularly for the R genotype. Moreover, cold stress significantly increased δ13C values for both genotypes, while it was alleviated by exogenous ABA. Additionally, exogenous ABA application altered the expression of ABA- or cold related genes, including ABF1, CBF1, and LEA. In summary, exogenous ABA application enhanced cold resistance of both genotypes by maintaining cell membrane stability, improving the process of photosystem II, increasing carbon isotopic fractionation under cold stress, and more prominently in R genotype compared with S genotype.
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- Xuebing Huang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Profiling Abscisic Acid-Induced Changes in Fatty Acid Composition in Mosses. Methods Mol Biol 2017. [PMID: 28735405 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7136-7_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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In plants, change in lipid composition is a common response to various abiotic stresses. Lipid constituents of bryophytes are of particular interest as they differ from that of flowering plants. Unlike higher plants, mosses have high content of very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Such lipids are considered to be important for survival of nonvascular plants. Here, using abscisic acid (ABA )-induced changes in lipid composition in Physcomitrella patens as an example, a protocol for total lipid extraction and quantification by gas chromatography (GC) coupled with flame ionization detector (FID) is described.
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Cruz de Carvalho R, Catalá M, Branquinho C, Marques da Silva J, Barreno E. Dehydration rate determines the degree of membrane damage and desiccation tolerance in bryophytes. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2017; 159:277-289. [PMID: 27613446 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Revised: 08/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Desiccation tolerant (DT) organisms are able to withstand an extended loss of body water and rapidly resume metabolism upon rehydration. This ability, however, is strongly dependent on a slow dehydration rate. Fast dehydration affects membrane integrity leading to intracellular solute leakage upon rehydration and thereby impairs metabolism recovery. We test the hypothesis that the increased cell membrane damage and membrane permeability observed under fast dehydration, compared with slow dehydration, is related to an increase in lipid peroxidation. Our results reject this hypothesis because following rehydration lipid peroxidation remains unaltered, a fact that could be due to the high increase of NO upon rehydration. However, in fast-dried samples we found a strong signal of red autofluorescence upon rehydration, which correlates with an increase in ROS production and with membrane leakage, particularly the case of phenolics. This could be used as a bioindicator of oxidative stress and membrane damage.
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- Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3c), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1749-016, Portugal
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- Biología Celular, Dpto. Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica (ESCET), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3c), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1749-016, Portugal
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- BioISI, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute and Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1749-016, Portugal
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- Botánica & ICBIBE, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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Hu R, Xiao L, Bao F, Li X, He Y. Dehydration-responsive features of Atrichum undulatum. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2016; 129:945-954. [PMID: 27255889 PMCID: PMC4977332 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-016-0836-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Drought is an increasingly important limitation on plant productivity worldwide. Understanding the mechanisms of drought tolerance in plants can lead to new strategies for developing drought-tolerant crops. Many moss species are able to survive desiccation-a more severe state of dehydration than drought. Research into the mechanisms and evolution of desiccation tolerance in basal land plants is of particular significance to both biology and agriculture. In this study, we conducted morphological, cytological, and physiological analyses of gametophytes of the highly desiccation-tolerant bryophyte Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P. Beauv during dehydration and rehydration. Our results suggested that the mechanisms underlying the dehydration-recovery cycle in A. undulatum gametophytes include maintenance of membrane stability, cellular structure protection, prevention of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, elimination of ROS, protection against ROS-induced damage, and repair of ROS-induced damage. Our data also indicate that this dehydration-recovery cycle consists not only of the physical removal and addition of water, but also involves a highly organized series of cytological, physiological, and biochemical changes. These attributes are similar to those reported for other drought- and desiccation-tolerant plant species. Our findings provide major insights into the mechanisms of dehydration-tolerance in the moss A. undulatum.
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- Ruoyang Hu
- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201602, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China.
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Li Y, Wang Z, Xu T, Tu W, Liu C, Zhang Y, Yang C. Reorganization of photosystem II is involved in the rapid photosynthetic recovery of desert moss Syntrichia caninervis upon rehydration. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:1390-7. [PMID: 20719403 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Revised: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The moss Syntrichia caninervis (S. caninervis) is one of the dominant species in biological soil crusts of deserts. It has long been the focus of scientific research because of its ecological value. Moreover, S. caninervis has a special significance in biogenesis research because it is characterized by its fast restoration of photosynthesis upon onset of rehydration of the desiccated organism. In order to study the mechanisms of rapid photosynthetic recovery in mosses upon rewatering, we investigated the kinetics of the recovery process of photosynthetic activity in photosystem (PS) II, with an indirect assessment of the photochemical processes based on chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence measurements. Our results showed that recovery can be divided into two phases. The fast initial phase, completed within 3 min, was characterized by a quick increase in maximal quantum efficiency of PSII (F(v)/F(m)). Over 50% of the PSII activities, including excitation energy transfer, oxygen evolution, charge separation, and electron transport, recovered within 0.5 min after rehydration. The second, slow phase was dominated by the increase of plastoquinone (PQ) reduction and the equilibrium of the energy transport from the inner antenna to the reaction center (RC) of PSII. Analysis of the recovery process in the presence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethyl urea (DCMU) revealed that blocking the electron transport from Q(A) to Q(B) did not hamper Chl synthesis or Chl organization in thylakoid membranes under light conditions. A de novo chloroplast protein synthesis was not necessary for the initial recovery of photochemical activity in PSII. In conclusion, the moss's ability for rapid recovery upon rehydration is related to Chl synthesis, quick structural reorganization of PSII, and fast restoration of PSII activity without de novo chloroplast protein synthesis.
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- Yang Li
- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Bryophytes frequently grow in an unfavorable environment as the earliest land plants, and inevitably biosynthesize secondary metabolites against biotic or abiotic stress. They not only defend against the plant competition, microbial attack, and insect or animal predation, but also function in UV protection, drought tolerance, and freezing survival. This review covers the ecological aspect of secondary metabolites in bryophytes and is taxonomically presented according to the ecological significances.
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- Chun-Feng Xie
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, P. R. China
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Charron AJ, Quatrano RS. Between a rock and a dry place: the water-stressed moss. MOLECULAR PLANT 2009; 2:478-86. [PMID: 19825631 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The earliest land plants faced a suite of abiotic stresses largely unknown to their aquatic algal ancestors. The descendants of these plants evolved two general mechanisms for survival in the relatively arid aerial environment. While the vascular plants or 'tracheophytes' developed tissue specializations to transport and retain water, the other main lineages of land plants, the bryophytes, retained a simple, nonvascular morphology. The bryophytes--mosses, hornworts, and liverworts--continually undergo a co-equilibration of their water content with the surrounding environment and rely to a great extent on intrinsic cellular mechanisms to mitigate damage due to water stress. This short review will focus on the cellular and molecular responses to dehydration and rehydration in mosses, and offer insights into general plant responses to water stress.
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- Audra J Charron
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Wu Y, Chen Y, Yi Y, Shen Z. Responses to copper by the moss Plagiomnium cuspidatum: hydrogen peroxide accumulation and the antioxidant defense system. CHEMOSPHERE 2009; 74:1260-1265. [PMID: 19070885 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 10/27/2008] [Accepted: 10/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Using both histochemical and cytochemical methods, we investigated the effects of copper (Cu) on the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide anion (O2(.-)) in the leaves of the moss Plagiomnium cuspidatum. Cu treatment significantly increased the contents of total thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and H2O2, as well as the activity of guaiacol peroxidase and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Native PAGE detected all three forms of SOD (Mn-SOD, Fe-SOD and CuZn-SOD) in P. cuspidatum, and the increase in the total SOD activity appeared to be mainly caused by an increase in CuZn-SOD activity. According to cytochemical results, H2O2-dependent CeCl3 precipitates were primarily localized in the plasma membranes and cell walls, and O2(.-) was chiefly localized on the inner side of the plasma membrane and in the cytoplasm surrounding the chloroplasts. Experiments using imidazole as an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase, N-N-diethyldithiocarbamate as an inhibitor of CuZn-SOD, and 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulphonic acid as an O2(.-) scavenger indicated that a partial source of H2O2 in the cell walls may be NADPH oxidase. The results also showed that peroxidase (POD) is involved in the detoxification of H2O2. Increased POD activity induced by Cu may remove excess H2O2 caused by Cu.
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- Yanfang Wu
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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Xu X, Yang F, Xiao X, Zhang S, Korpelainen H, Li C. Sex-specific responses of Populus cathayana to drought and elevated temperatures. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2008; 31:850-60. [PMID: 18284585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01799.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Dioecious plant species represent an important component of terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, little is known about sex-specific responses to drought and elevated temperatures. Populus cathayana Rehd, which is a dioecious, deciduous tree species, widely distributed in the northern, central and southwestern regions of China, was employed as a model species in our study. In closed-top chamber experiments, sex-specific morphological, physiological and biochemical responses of P. cathayana to drought and different elevated temperatures were investigated. Compared with the controls, drought significantly decreased the growth and the net photosynthesis rate (A), and increased the intrinsic water use efficiency (WUE(i)), carbon isotope composition (delta13C), and the malondialdehyde (MDA) and abscisic acid (ABA) contents in droughted plants. In contrast, elevated temperatures significantly promoted the growth and the A, but decreased the WUE(i), delta13C, MDA and ABA contents in well-watered individuals. When compared with males, elevated temperatures induced well-watered females to express a greater increase in the height growth (HG), basal diameter (BD), leaf area (LA), total number of leaves (TNL), dry matter accumulation (DMA) and specific leaf area (SLA), and a lower decrease in the A value, transpiration (E), stomatal conductance (g(s)), MDA and ABA contents, while elevated temperatures induced drought-stressed females to exhibit lower values of HG, BD, LA, TNL, DMA, A, E, g(s) and the intercellular CO2 concentration (C(i)), and higher levels of SLA, WUE(i), delta13C, MDA and ABA contents. Our results indicated that the female individuals of P. cathayana are more responsive and suffer from greater negative effects than do males when grown under environments with increased drought stress and elevated temperature.
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- Xiao Xu
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 416, Chengdu 610041, China
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Cove D, Bezanilla M, Harries P, Quatrano R. Mosses as model systems for the study of metabolism and development. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 57:497-520. [PMID: 16669772 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The haploid gametophyte stage of the moss life cycle is amenable to genetic and biochemical studies. Many species can be cultured on simple defined media, where growth is rapid, making them ideal material for metabolic studies. Developmental responses to hormones and to environmental inputs can be studied both at the level of individual cells and in multicellular tissues. The protonemal stage of gametophyte development comprises cell filaments that extend by the serial division of their apical cells, allowing the investigation of the generation and modification of cell polarity and the role of the cytoskeleton in these processes. Molecular techniques including gene inactivation by targeted gene replacement or by RNA interference, together with the nearly completed sequencing of the Physcomitrella patens genome, open the way for detailed study of the functions of genes involved in both development and metabolism.
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- David Cove
- Center for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
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