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Liu R, Hu B, Dannenmann M, Giesemann A, Geilfus CM, Li C, Gao L, Flemetakis E, Haensch R, Wang D, Rennenberg H. Significance of phosphorus deficiency for the mitigation of mercury toxicity in the Robinia pseudoacacia L.- rhizobia symbiotic association. J Hazard Mater 2024; 467:133717. [PMID: 38325100 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Nitrogen (N2)-fixing legumes can be used for phytoremediation of toxic heavy metal Mercury (Hg) contaminated soil, but N2-fixation highly relies on phosphorus (P) availability for nodule formation and functioning. Here, we characterized the significance of P deficiency for Hg accumulation and toxicity in woody legume plants. Consequences for foliar and root traits of rhizobia inoculation, Hg exposure (+Hg) and low P (-P) supply, individually and in combination were characterized at both the metabolite and transcriptome levels in seedlings of two Robinia pseudoacacia L. provenances originating from contrasting climate and soil backgrounds, i.e., GS in northwest and the DB in northeast China. Our results reveal that depleted P mitigates the toxicity of Hg at the transcriptional level. In leaves of Robinia depleted P reduced oxidative stress and improved the utilization strategy of C, N and P nutrition; in roots depleted P regulated the expression of genes scavenging oxidative stress and promoting cell membrane synthesis. Rhizobia inoculation significantly improved the performance of both Robinia provenances under individual and combined +Hg and -P by promoting photosynthesis, increasing foliar N and P content and reducing H2O2 and MDA accumulation despite enhanced Hg uptake. DB plants developed more nodules, had higher biomass and accumulated higher Hg amounts than GS plants and thus are suggested as the high potential Robinia provenance for future phytoremediation of Hg contaminated soils with P deficiency.
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- Rui Liu
- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715 Chongqing, China; College of Resources and Environment, Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715 Chongqing, China.
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- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
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- Shanghai OE Biotech. Co., Ltd., No. 1188, Lianhang Rd., Minhang district, Shanghai 201212, China
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715 Chongqing, China; College of Resources and Environment, Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715 Chongqing, China; Institute for Plant Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Humboldtstraße 1, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- College of Resources and Environment, Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715 Chongqing, China
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Mueller HM, Franzisky BL, Messerer M, Du B, Lux T, White PJ, Carpentier SC, Winkler JB, Schnitzler JP, El-Serehy HA, Al-Rasheid KAS, Al-Harbi N, Alfarraj S, Kudla J, Kangasjärvi J, Reichelt M, Mithöfer A, Mayer KFX, Rennenberg H, Ache P, Hedrich R, Geilfus CM. Integrative multi-omics analyses of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) roots and leaves reveal how the halophyte land plant copes with sea water. Plant Genome 2024; 17:e20372. [PMID: 37518859 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
Abstract
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is able to grow and complete its life cycle while being rooted in highly saline soils. Which of the many well-known salt-tolerance strategies are combined to fine-tune this remarkable resilience is unknown. The precise location, whether in the shoot or the root, where these strategies are employed remains uncertain, leaving us unaware of how the various known salt-tolerance mechanisms are integrated to fine-tune this remarkable resilience. To address this shortcoming, we exposed date palm to a salt stress dose equivalent to seawater for up to 4 weeks and applied integrative multi-omics analyses followed by targeted metabolomics, hormone, and ion analyses. Integration of proteomic into transcriptomic data allowed a view beyond simple correlation, revealing a remarkably high degree of convergence between gene expression and protein abundance. This sheds a clear light on the acclimatization mechanisms employed, which depend on reprogramming of protein biosynthesis. For growth in highly saline habitats, date palm effectively combines various salt-tolerance mechanisms found in both halophytes and glycophytes: "avoidance" by efficient sodium and chloride exclusion at the roots, and "acclimation" by osmotic adjustment, reactive oxygen species scavenging in leaves, and remodeling of the ribosome-associated proteome in salt-exposed root cells. Combined efficiently as in P. dactylifera L., these sets of mechanisms seem to explain the palm's excellent salt stress tolerance.
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- Heike M Mueller
- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
- Chair of Tree Physiology, Institute of Forest Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Facility for SYstems BIOlogy based MAss Spectrometry, SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation (EUS), Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation (EUS), Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Research Group Plant Defense Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Chair of Tree Physiology, Institute of Forest Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany
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Liu R, Hu B, Flemetakis E, Dannenmann M, Geilfus CM, Haensch R, Wang D, Rennenberg H. Antagonistic effect of mercury and excess nitrogen exposure reveals provenance-specific phytoremediation potential of black locust-rhizobia symbiosis. Environ Pollut 2024; 342:123050. [PMID: 38042473 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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Interaction of different environmental constrains pose severe threats to plants that cannot be predicted from individual stress exposure. In this context, mercury (Hg), as a typical toxic and hazardous heavy metal, has recently attracted particular attention. Nitrogen (N2)-fixing legumes can be used for phytoremediation of Hg accumulation, whereas N availability could greatly affect its N2-fixation efficiency. However, information on the physiological responses to combined Hg exposure and excess N supply of woody legume species is still lacking. Here, we investigated the interactive effects of rhizobia inoculation, Hg exposure (+Hg), and high N (+N) supply, individually and in combination (+N*Hg), on photosynthesis and biochemical traits in Robinia pseudoacacia L. seedlings of two provenances, one from Northeast (DB) and one from Northwest (GS) China. Our results showed antagonistic effects of combined + N*Hg exposure compared to the individual treatments that were provenance-specific. Compared to individual Hg exposure, combined + N*Hg stress significantly increased foliar photosynthesis (+50.6%) of inoculated DB seedlings and resulted in more negative (-137.4%) δ15N abundance in the roots. Furthermore, combined + N*Hg stress showed 47.7% increase in amino acid N content, 39.4% increase in NR activity, and 14.8% decrease in MDA content in roots of inoculated GS seedlings. Inoculation with rhizobia significantly promoted Hg uptake in both provenances, reduced MDA contents of leaves and roots, enhanced photosynthesis and maintained the nutrient balance of Robinia. Among the two Robinia provenances investigated, DB seedlings formed more nodules, had higher biomass and Hg accumulation than GS seedlings. For example, total Hg concentrations in leaves and roots and total biomass of inoculated DB seedlings were 1.3,1.9 and 3.4 times higher than in inoculated GS seedlings under combined + N*Hg stress, respectively. Therefore, the DB provenance is considered to possess a higher potential for phytoremediation of Hg contamination compared to the GS provenance in environments subjected to N deposition.
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- Rui Liu
- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, PR China; College of Resources and Environment, Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, PR China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19, 82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, 65366, Geisenheim, Germany
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, PR China; Institute for Plant Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Humboldtstraße 1, D-38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- College of Resources and Environment, Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, PR China
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Wang L, Geilfus CM, Sun T, Zhao Z, Li W, Zhang X, Wu X, Tan D, Liu Z. Double gains: Boosting crop productivity and reducing carbon footprints through maize-legume intercropping in the Yellow River Delta, China. Chemosphere 2023; 344:140328. [PMID: 37783359 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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The increasing demand for environmentally friendly agricultural practices has driven the need for diversified crop cultivation to optimize crop productivity while minimizing carbon footprints (CFs). However, the impacts of crop diversification on crop production and environmental benefits are still poorly understood. In this study, conducted at two sites in the Yellow River Delta, China, we investigated the effects of legume intercropping, specifically maize/soybean (M/S) and maize/peanut (M/P) systems, on crop productivity, economic return, ecosystem economic budget (NEEB), CF, and carbon sustainability index (CSI) in comparison to conventional monocrops. Crops were grown in replicated field plots and fertilized in their strips according to common practice for monocrops. Compared to the expected averages of monocrops, maize/legume intercropping demonstrated higher crop yields, with M/S achieving a 37% and 43% increase at the two sites, respectively, and M/P achieving an 11% and 20% increase. The higher overyielding in M/S was attributed to stronger selection effects, i.e., interspecific facilitation. However, the complementarity effects induced by the competitive dominance of maize were similar in both intercropping systems. Additionally, M/S exhibited greater potential for improving net revenues compared to M/P. Life cycle assessments revealed lower CFs in the intercropping systems compared to monocultures. M/S reduced CFs per unit of area by 26.8% at both sites, CFs per unit of maize equivalent energy yield by 25% and 33%, and CFs per unit of revenue by 20% and 25% at the two sites, respectively. M/P also resulted in reduced CFs, albeit to a lesser extent. Intercropping enhanced the CSI, with the highest values observed in the M/S system. However, both intercropping systems showed limited effects on soil C sequestration. Overall, our results highlight that maize/legume intercropping is a feasible approach to enhance crop productivity while reducing CFs. The M/S system outperformed the M/P system in terms of crop yields, economic benefits, and CF reduction. However, the intercropping systems showed limited effects on SOC storage. This study provides important implications for sustainable agriculture by appropriate crop diversification.
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- Li Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China; National Center of Technology Innovation for Comprehensive Utilization of Saline-Alkali Land, Dongying, 257345, China; Institute of Modern Agriculture on Yellow River Delta, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, 65366, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Shandong Academy of Agricultural Machinery Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- National Center of Technology Innovation for Comprehensive Utilization of Saline-Alkali Land, Dongying, 257345, China; Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China; National Center of Technology Innovation for Comprehensive Utilization of Saline-Alkali Land, Dongying, 257345, China.
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Wang L, Ma L, Li Y, Geilfus CM, Wei J, Zheng F, Liu Z, Tan D. Managing nitrogen for sustainable crop production with reduced hydrological nitrogen losses under a winter wheat-summer maize rotation system: an eight-season field study. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1274943. [PMID: 38034557 PMCID: PMC10682078 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1274943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Excessive nitrogen (N) application in wheat-maize cropping systems was adjusted towards more sustainable practices to reduce hydrological N losses while maintaining crop yield. In comprehensive quantification of N management effects on crop yield, N use efficiency (NUE), hydrological N losses, and soil nitrate residual across eight seasons, we have added to growing evidence of strategies beneficial for sustainable crop production with lower hydrological N losses. The results show that adjusted N practices enhanced crop yield and NUE, as compared to farmer's practices, but benefits varied with N rates and types. Optimized N treatment (OPT, 180 kg N ha-1 in both maize and wheat seasons) with or without straw returning produced the most crop yield. They increased maize yield by 5.5% and 7.3% and wheat yield by 6.2% and 3.2% on average, as compared to farmer's practice with huge N application (FP, 345 kg N ha-1 and 240 kg N ha-1 in maize and wheat). Regulation of N release through amendment with controlled release urea at a rate of 144 kg N ha-1 crop-1 (CRU treatment) obtained 4.4% greater maize yield than FP, and sustained a similar wheat yield with less N input, resulting in the highest crop NUE. Additionally, CRU was most effective in mitigating hydrological N loss, with 39.5% and 45.5% less leachate N and 31.9% and 35.9% less runoff N loss than FP in maize and wheat seasons. Synthetic N input correlated significantly and positively with runoff and leachate N losses, indicating it was one of the dominant factors driving hydrological N losses. Moreover, compared to OPT, additional straw returning (STR) or substituting 20% of the nutrients by duck manure (DMS) further reduced runoff N discharges due to the fact that organic matter incorporation increased resilience to rainfall. N over-application in FP caused considerable nitrate accumulation in the 0-90-cm soil profile, while the adjusted N practices, i.e., OPT, STR, CRU, and DMS treatments effectively controlled it to a range of 79.6-92.9 kg N ha-1. This study suggests that efforts using optimized N treatment integrated with CRU or straw returning should be encouraged for sustainable crop production in this region.
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- Li Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
- Institute of Modern Agriculture on Yellow River Delta, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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Waqas M, Van Der Straeten D, Geilfus CM. Plants 'cry' for help through acoustic signals. Trends Plant Sci 2023; 28:984-986. [PMID: 37344301 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Plants perceive sounds, while responses to these sounds were already known. A breakthrough is the discovery by Khait et al. that stressed plants emit various informative ultrasonic sound signals, which can be categorized according to plant species, stress type, and stress severity. This discovery may change how plants are cultivated.
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- Muhammad Waqas
- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Van-Lade-Strasse 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Van-Lade-Strasse 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany.
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Jezek M, Allan AC, Jones JJ, Geilfus CM. Why do plants blush when they are hungry? New Phytol 2023; 239:494-505. [PMID: 36810736 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Foliar anthocyanins, as well as other secondary metabolites, accumulate transiently under nutritional stress. A misconception that only nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency induces leaf purpling/reddening has led to overuse of fertilizers that burden the environment. Here, we emphasize that several other nutritional imbalances induce anthocyanin accumulation, and nutrient-specific differences in this response have been reported for some deficiencies. A range of ecophysiological functions have been attributed to anthocyanins. We discuss the proposed functions and signalling pathways that elicit anthocyanin synthesis in nutrient-stressed leaves. Knowledge from the fields of genetics, molecular biology, ecophysiology and plant nutrition is combined to deduce how and why anthocyanins accumulate under nutritional stress. Future research to fully understand the mechanisms and nuances of foliar anthocyanin accumulation in nutrient-stressed crops could be utilized to allow these leaf pigments to act as bioindicators for demand-oriented application of fertilizers. This would benefit the environment, being timely due to the increasing impact of the climate crisis on crop performance.
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- Mareike Jezek
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, Bower Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research), Mt Albert, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Straße 1, 65366, Geisenheim, Germany
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Kränzlein M, Schmöckel SM, Geilfus CM, Schulze WX, Altenbuchinger M, Hrenn H, Roessner U, Zörb C. Lipid remodeling of contrasting maize ( Zea mays L.) hybrids under repeated drought. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1050079. [PMID: 37235021 PMCID: PMC10206266 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1050079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The role of recovery after drought has been proposed to play a more prominent role during the whole drought-adaption process than previously thought. Two maize hybrids with comparable growth but contrasting physiological responses were investigated using physiological, metabolic, and lipidomic tools to understand the plants' strategies of lipid remodeling in response to repeated drought stimuli. Profound differences in adaptation between hybrids were discovered during the recovery phase, which likely gave rise to different degrees of lipid adaptability to the subsequent drought event. These differences in adaptability are visible in galactolipid metabolism and fatty acid saturation patterns during recovery and may lead to a membrane dysregulation in the sensitive maize hybrid. Moreover, the more drought-tolerant hybrid displays more changes of metabolite and lipid abundance with a higher number of differences within individual lipids, despite a lower physiological response, while the responses in the sensitive hybrid are higher in magnitude but lower in significance on the level of individual lipids and metabolites. This study suggests that lipid remodeling during recovery plays a key role in the drought response of plants.
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- Markus Kränzlein
- Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Medical Bioinformatics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Core Facility Hohenheim, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Waqas M, Hawkesford MJ, Geilfus CM. Feeding the world sustainably: efficient nitrogen use. Trends Plant Sci 2023; 28:505-508. [PMID: 36894361 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Globally, overuse of nitrogen (N) fertilizers in croplands is causing severe environmental pollution. In this context, Gu et al. suggest environmentally friendly and cost-effective N management practices and Hamani et al. highlight the use of microbial inoculants to improve crop yields, while reducing N-associated environmental pollution and N-fertilizer use.
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- Muhammad Waqas
- Department for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Hochschule Geisenheim University, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
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- Department for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Hochschule Geisenheim University, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany.
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Jones JJ, Huang S, Hedrich R, Geilfus CM, Roelfsema MRG. The green light gap: a window of opportunity for optogenetic control of stomatal movement. New Phytol 2022; 236:1237-1244. [PMID: 36052708 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Green plants are equipped with photoreceptors that are capable of sensing radiation in the ultraviolet-to-blue and the red-to-far-red parts of the light spectrum. However, plant cells are not particularly sensitive to green light (GL), and light which lies within this part of the spectrum does not efficiently trigger the opening of stomatal pores. Here, we discuss the current knowledge of stomatal responses to light, which are either provoked via photosynthetically active radiation or by specific blue light (BL) signaling pathways. The limited impact of GL on stomatal movements provides a unique option to use this light quality to control optogenetic tools. Recently, several of these tools have been optimized for use in plant biological research, either to control gene expression, or to provoke ion fluxes. Initial studies with the BL-activated potassium channel BLINK1 showed that this tool can speed up stomatal movements. Moreover, the GL-sensitive anion channel GtACR1 can induce stomatal closure, even at conditions that provoke stomatal opening in wild-type plants. Given that crop plants in controlled-environment agriculture and horticulture are often cultivated with artificial light sources (i.e. a combination of blue and red light from light-emitting diodes), GL signals can be used as a remote-control signal that controls stomatal transpiration and water consumption.
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- Jeffrey J Jones
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97082, Würzburg, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97082, Würzburg, Germany
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany
- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, 65366, Geisenheim, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97082, Würzburg, Germany
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Sagervanshi A, Geilfus CM, Kaiser H, Mühling KH. Alkali salt stress causes fast leaf apoplastic alkalinization together with shifts in ion and metabolite composition and transcription of key genes during the early adaptive response of Vicia faba L. Plant Sci 2022; 319:111253. [PMID: 35487662 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The mechanisms by which plants respond to alkali salt stress are still obscure, and the relevance of alkaline pH under combined alkali salt stress. Early stress responses can indicate mechanisms leading to damage and plant resistance. The apoplast contains essential determinants for plant growth, specifically early apoplastic pH fluctuations are induced by many stressors and hypothesized to be involved in stress signalling. Hence, this study aims to identify fast responses specific to alkaline pH and alkali salt stress by exposing the root of hydroponically grown Vicia faba L. plants to 150 min of either 50 mM NaHCO3 (pH 9) treatment or alkaline pH 9 alone. Apoplastic pH was monitored in real-time by ratiometric fluorescence microscopy simultaneously with SWIR transmission-based measurements of leaf water content (LWC). Moreover, we examined the effect of these stresses on apoplastic, symplastic and xylem ion and metabolite composition together with transcriptions of certain stress-responsive genes. Physiological and transcriptional changes were observed in response to NaHCO3 but not to alkaline pH alone. NaHCO3 elicited a transient reduction in LWC, followed by a transient alkalinization of the apoplast and stomatal closure. Simultaneously, organic acids and sugars accumulated. Fast upregulation of stress-responsive genes showed the significance of gene regulation for early plant adaptation to alkali salt stress.
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- Amit Sagervanshi
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany; Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.
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Karimi SM, Freund M, Wager BM, Knoblauch M, Fromm J, M Mueller H, Ache P, Krischke M, Mueller MJ, Müller T, Dittrich M, Geilfus CM, Alfarhan AH, Hedrich R, Deeken R. Under salt stress guard cells rewire ion transport and abscisic acid signaling. New Phytol 2021; 231:1040-1055. [PMID: 33774818 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Soil salinity is an increasingly global problem which hampers plant growth and crop yield. Plant productivity depends on optimal water-use efficiency and photosynthetic capacity balanced by stomatal conductance. Whether and how stomatal behavior contributes to salt sensitivity or tolerance is currently unknown. This work identifies guard cell-specific signaling networks exerted by a salt-sensitive and salt-tolerant plant under ionic and osmotic stress conditions accompanied by increasing NaCl loads. We challenged soil-grown Arabidopsis thaliana and Thellungiella salsuginea plants with short- and long-term salinity stress and monitored genome-wide gene expression and signals of guard cells that determine their function. Arabidopsis plants suffered from both salt regimes and showed reduced stomatal conductance while Thellungiella displayed no obvious stress symptoms. The salt-dependent gene expression changes of guard cells supported the ability of the halophyte to maintain high potassium to sodium ratios and to attenuate the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway which the glycophyte kept activated despite fading ABA concentrations. Our study shows that salinity stress and even the different tolerances are manifested on a single cell level. Halophytic guard cells are less sensitive than glycophytic guard cells, providing opportunities to manipulate stomatal behavior and improve plant productivity.
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- Sohail M Karimi
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- School of Biological Science, Washington State University, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA, 99164-4236, USA
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- School of Biological Science, Washington State University, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA, 99164-4236, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Wood Science, University of Hamburg, Leuschnerstraße 91d, Hamburg, 21031, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Controlled Environment Horticulture, Humboldt University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 3, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Wuerzburg, 97082, Germany
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Sagervanshi A, Naeem A, Geilfus CM, Kaiser H, Mühling KH. One-time abscisic acid priming induces long-term salinity resistance in Vicia faba: Changes in key transcripts, metabolites, and ionic relations. Physiol Plant 2021; 172:146-161. [PMID: 33314239 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) priming is known to enhance plant growth and survival under salinity. However, the mechanisms mediating this long-term acclimatization to salt stress are still obscure. Specifically, the long-term transcriptional changes and their effects on ion relations were never investigated. This motivated us to study the long-term (8 days) effect of one-time 24 h root priming treatment with 10 μM ABA on transcription levels of relevant regulated key genes, osmotically relevant metabolites, and ionic concentrations in Vicia faba grown under 50 mM NaCl salinity. The novelty of this study is that we could demonstrate long-term effects of a one-time ABA application. ABA-priming was found to prevent the salt-induced decline in root and shoot dry matter, improved photosynthesis, and inhibited terminal wilting of plants. It substantially increased the mRNA level of AAPK and 14-3-3 ABA inducible kinases and ion transporters (PM H+ -ATPase, VFK1, KUP7, SOS1, and CLC1). These ABA-induced transcriptional changes went along with altered tissue ion patterns. Primed plants accumulated less Na+ and Cl- but more K+ , Ca2+ , Zn2+ , Fe2+ , Mn2+ , NO3 - , and SO4 2- . Priming changed the composition pattern of organic osmolytes under salinity, with glucose and fructose being dominant in unprimed, whereas sucrose was dominant in the primed plants. We conclude that one-time ABA priming mitigates salt stress in Vicia faba by persistently changing transcription patterns of key genes, stabilizing the ionic and osmotic balance, and improving photosynthesis and growth.
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- Amit Sagervanshi
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Zhang X, Mithöfer A, Burgel L, Bárdos G, Zörb C. Leaf apoplastic alkalization promotes transcription of the ABA-synthesizing enzyme Vp14 and stomatal closure in Zea mays. J Exp Bot 2021; 72:2686-2695. [PMID: 33345268 PMCID: PMC8006549 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The chloride component of NaCl salinity causes the leaf apoplast to transiently alkalinize. This transition in pH reduces stomatal aperture. However, whether this apoplastic pH (pHapo) transient initiates stomatal closure by interacting with other chloride stress-induced responses or whether the pH transient alone initiates stomatal closure is unknown. To clarify the problem, the transient alkalinization of the leaf apoplast was mimicked in intact maize (Zea mays L.) by infiltrating near-neutral pH buffers into the leaf apoplast. Effects of the pHapo transient could thus be investigated independently from other chloride stress-derived effects. Microscopy-based ratiometric live pHapo imaging was used to monitor pHapoin planta. LC-MS/MS and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR leaf analyses showed that the artificially induced pHapo transient led to an increase in the concentrations of the stomata-regulating plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) and in transcripts of the key ABA-synthesizing gene ZmVp14 in the leaf. Since stomatal aperture and stomatal conductance decreased according to pHapo, we conclude that the pHapo transient alone initiates stomatal closure. Therefore, the functionality does not depend on interactions with other compounds induced by chloride stress. Overall, our data indicate that the pH of the leaf apoplast links chloride salinity with the control of stomatal aperture via effects exerted on the transcription of ABA.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof-West, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Research Group Plant Defense Physiology, Hans-Knöll-Straße, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof-West, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof-West, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof-West, Stuttgart, Germany
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Franzisky BL, Geilfus CM, Romo-Pérez ML, Fehrle I, Erban A, Kopka J, Zörb C. Acclimatisation of guard cell metabolism to long-term salinity. Plant Cell Environ 2021; 44:870-884. [PMID: 33251628 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Stomatal movements are enabled by changes in guard cell turgor facilitated via transient accumulation of inorganic and organic ions imported from the apoplast or biosynthesized within guard cells. Under salinity, excess salt ions accumulate within plant tissues resulting in osmotic and ionic stress. To elucidate whether (a) Na+ and Cl- concentrations increase in guard cells in response to long-term NaCl exposure and how (b) guard cell metabolism acclimates to the anticipated stress, we profiled the ions and primary metabolites of leaves, the apoplast and isolated guard cells at darkness and during light, that is, closed and fully opened stomata. In contrast to leaves, the primary metabolism of guard cell preparations remained predominantly unaffected by increased salt ion concentrations. Orchestrated reductions of stomatal aperture and guard cell osmolyte synthesis were found, but unlike in leaves, no increases of stress responsive metabolites or compatible solutes occurred. Diverging regulation of guard cell metabolism might be a prerequisite to facilitate the constant adjustment of turgor that affects aperture. Moreover, the photoperiod-dependent sucrose accumulation in the apoplast and guard cells changed to a permanently replete condition under NaCl, indicating that stress-related photosynthate accumulation in leaves contributes to the permanent closing response of stomata under stress.
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Zhang X, Zörb C, Geilfus CM. The root as a sink for chloride under chloride-salinity. Plant Physiol Biochem 2020; 155:161-168. [PMID: 32758997 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Maize has to avoid excess tissue accumulation of Cl- to withstand conditions of Cl--salinity. Restriction of loading of Cl- into the root xylem is one mechanism to keep shoot Cl--concentrations low. The proportion of Cl- that reaches the shoot has to be stored away from the primary site of photosynthesis and growth. We tested whether or not maize is able to re-translocate significant amounts of Cl- from shoot back to root and out into the rooting media. Ion analysis revealed that maize cannot re-translocate Cl-; however, it is stored in sheaths of the old leaves and, surprisingly, in roots. Sequestration of Cl- in the roots might be a strategy to keep concentrations low in young growing shoot tissues and in leaf blades where photosynthesis is running.
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- Xudong Zhang
- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Wang L, Wu J, Xue C. The pH of the leaf apoplast is critical for the formation of Pseudomonas syringae-induced lesions on leaves of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Plant Sci 2020; 290:110328. [PMID: 31779895 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Inoculating a virulent strain of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (Pph) into the leaf of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) causes the leaf apoplast to alkalinize. Whether or not this apoplastic pH event facilitates virulence of Pph in interaction with common bean is unclear. For elucidating this topic, (i) Pph colonization of the common bean leaf apoplast, (ii) the formation of bacterial lesions, and (iii) apoplastic sucrose concentration were investigated in relation to the apoplastic leaf pH. For this, the Pph-induced leaf apoplastic alkalinization was attenuated by spray application of either a synthetic auxin or an acidic pH buffer. Apoplastic pH was quantified in planta via microscopy-based pH imaging. Apoplastic washing fluids were extracted to quantify both colonization of bacteria in leaf apoplast and the concentration of apoplastic sucrose. Results reveal that the apoplastic alkalinization facilitated bacterial colonization of the apoplast. Number of colony forming units and area of bacterial lesions were reduced when Pph-induced apoplastic alkalinization was attenuated by foliar application of a synthetic auxin or acidic pH buffer. Application of both agents attenuated the Pph-induced increase of sucrose in the leaf apoplast, which is nutrient for bacteria. Data demonstrate that the Pph-mediated leaf apoplastic alkalinisation favours bacterial colonization.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi 716000, China
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- China College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University of Hebei, Hebei, China
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Dittrich M, Mueller HM, Bauer H, Peirats-Llobet M, Rodriguez PL, Geilfus CM, Carpentier SC, Al Rasheid KAS, Kollist H, Merilo E, Herrmann J, Müller T, Ache P, Hetherington AM, Hedrich R. The role of Arabidopsis ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family in stomatal acclimation and closure signal integration. Nat Plants 2019; 5:1002-1011. [PMID: 31451795 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0490-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Stomata are microscopic pores found on the surfaces of leaves that act to control CO2 uptake and water loss. By integrating information derived from endogenous signals with cues from the surrounding environment, the guard cells, which surround the pore, 'set' the stomatal aperture to suit the prevailing conditions. Much research has concentrated on understanding the rapid intracellular changes that result in immediate changes to the stomatal aperture. In this study, we look instead at how stomata acclimate to longer timescale variations in their environment. We show that the closure-inducing signals abscisic acid (ABA), increased CO2, decreased relative air humidity and darkness each access a unique gene network made up of clusters (or modules) of common cellular processes. However, within these networks some gene clusters are shared amongst all four stimuli. All stimuli modulate the expression of members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family of ABA receptors. However, they are modulated differentially in a stimulus-specific manner. Of the six members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family expressed in guard cells, PYL2 is sufficient for guard cell ABA-induced responses, whereas in the responses to CO2, PYL4 and PYL5 are essential. Overall, our work shows the importance of ABA as a central regulator and integrator of long-term changes in stomatal behaviour, including sensitivity, elicited by external signals. Understanding this architecture may aid in breeding crops with improved water and nutrient efficiency.
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- Marcus Dittrich
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Dittrich M, Mueller HM, Bauer H, Peirats-Llobet M, Rodriguez PL, Geilfus CM, Carpentier SC, Al Rasheid KAS, Kollist H, Merilo E, Herrmann J, Müller T, Ache P, Hetherington AM, Hedrich R. The role of Arabidopsis ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family in stomatal acclimation and closure signal integration. Nat Plants 2019; 5:1002-1011. [PMID: 31451795 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0490-490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Stomata are microscopic pores found on the surfaces of leaves that act to control CO2 uptake and water loss. By integrating information derived from endogenous signals with cues from the surrounding environment, the guard cells, which surround the pore, 'set' the stomatal aperture to suit the prevailing conditions. Much research has concentrated on understanding the rapid intracellular changes that result in immediate changes to the stomatal aperture. In this study, we look instead at how stomata acclimate to longer timescale variations in their environment. We show that the closure-inducing signals abscisic acid (ABA), increased CO2, decreased relative air humidity and darkness each access a unique gene network made up of clusters (or modules) of common cellular processes. However, within these networks some gene clusters are shared amongst all four stimuli. All stimuli modulate the expression of members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family of ABA receptors. However, they are modulated differentially in a stimulus-specific manner. Of the six members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family expressed in guard cells, PYL2 is sufficient for guard cell ABA-induced responses, whereas in the responses to CO2, PYL4 and PYL5 are essential. Overall, our work shows the importance of ABA as a central regulator and integrator of long-term changes in stomatal behaviour, including sensitivity, elicited by external signals. Understanding this architecture may aid in breeding crops with improved water and nutrient efficiency.
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- Marcus Dittrich
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Franzisky BL, Geilfus CM, Kränzlein M, Zhang X, Zörb C. Shoot chloride translocation as a determinant for NaCl tolerance in Vicia faba L. J Plant Physiol 2019; 236:23-33. [PMID: 30851648 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is sensitive to salinity. While toxic effects of sodium (Na+) are well studied, toxicity aspects of chloride (Cl-) and the underlying tolerance mechanisms to Cl- are not well understood. For this reason, shoot Cl- translocation and its effect as potential determinant for tolerance was tested. Diverse V. faba varieties were grown hydroponically and stressed with 100 mM NaCl until necrotic leaf spots appeared. At this point, biomass formation, oxidative damage of membranes as well as Na+, Cl- and potassium concentrations were measured. The V. faba varieties contrasted in the length of the period they could withstand the NaCl stress treatment. More tolerant varieties survived longer without evolving necrosis and were less affected by inhibitory effects on photosynthesis. The concentration of Cl- at the time point of developing leaf necrosis was in the same range irrespective of the variety, while that of Na+ varied. This indicates that Cl- concentrations, and not Na+ concentrations are critical for the formation of salt necrosis in faba bean. Tolerant varieties profited from lower Cl- translocation to leaves. Therefore, photosynthesis was less affected in those varieties with lower Cl-. This mechanism is a new trait of interest for salt tolerance in V. faba.
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- Bastian L Franzisky
- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, 340e, Schloss Westflügel, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Humboldt-University of Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Controlled Environment Horticulture, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, 340e, Schloss Westflügel, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, 340e, Schloss Westflügel, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, 340e, Schloss Westflügel, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Lan J, Carpentier S. Dawn regulates guard cell proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana that function in ATP production from fatty acid beta-oxidation. Plant Mol Biol 2018; 98:525-543. [PMID: 30392160 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-018-0794-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Based on the nature of the proteins that are altered in abundance, we conclude that guard cells switch their energy source from fatty acid metabolism to chloroplast activity, at the onset of dawn. During stomatal opening at dawn, evidence was recently presented for a breakdown and liquidation of stored triacylglycerols in guard cells to supply ATP for use in stomatal opening. However, proteome changes that happen in the guard cells during dawn were until now poorly understood. Bad accessibility to pure and intact guard cell samples can be considered as the primary reason behind this lack of knowledge. To overcome these technical constraints, epidermal guard cell samples with ruptured pavement cells were isolated at 1 h pre-dawn, 15 min post-dawn and 1 h post-dawn from Arabidopsis thaliana. Proteomic changes were analysed by ultra-performance-liquid-chromatography-mass-spectrometry. With 994 confidently identified proteins, we present the first analysis of the A. thaliana guard cell proteome that is not influenced by side effects of guard cell protoplasting. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD009918. By elucidating the identities of enzymes that change in abundance by the transition from dark to light, we corroborate the hypothesis that respiratory ATP production for stomatal opening results from fatty acid beta-oxidation. Moreover, we identified many proteins that were never reported in the context of guard cell biology. Among them are proteins that might play a role in signalling or circadian rhythm.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
- Proteomics Core Facility, SYBIOMA, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49 - bus 901, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Proteomics Core Facility, SYBIOMA, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49 - bus 901, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42 - Box 2455, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Geilfus CM. Review on the significance of chlorine for crop yield and quality. Plant Sci 2018; 270:114-122. [PMID: 29576063 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The chloride concentration in the plant determines yield and quality formation for two reasons. First, chlorine is a mineral nutrient and deficiencies thereof induce metabolic problems that interfere with growth. However, due to low requirement of most crops, deficiency of chloride hardly appears in the field. Second, excess of chloride, an event that occurs under chloride-salinity, results in severe physiological dysfunctions impairing both quality and yield formation. The chloride ion can effect quality of plant-based products by conferring a salty taste that decreases market appeal of e.g. fruit juices and beverages. However, most of the quality impairments are based on physiological dysfunctions that arise under conditions of chloride-toxicity: Shelf life of persimmon is shortened due to an autocatalytic ethylene production in fruit tissues. High concentrations of chloride in the soil can increase phyto-availability of the heavy metal cadmium, accumulating in wheat grains above dietary intake thresholds. When crops are cultivated on soils that are moderately salinized by chloride, nitrate fertilization might be a strategy to suppress uptake of chloride by means of an antagonistic anion-anion uptake competition. Overall, knowledge about proteins that catalyse chloride-efflux out of the roots or that restrict xylem loading is needed to engineer more resistant crops.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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In salinized soils in which chloride (Cl-) is the dominant salt anion, growth of plants that tolerate only low concentrations of salt (glycophytes) is disturbed by Cl- toxicity. Chlorotic discolorations precede necrotic lesions, causing yield reductions. Little is known about the effects of Cl- toxicity on these dysfunctions. A lack of understanding exists regarding (i) the molecular and physiological mechanisms that lead to Cl--induced damage and (ii) the adaptive aspects of induced tolerance to Cl- salinity. Here, mechanistic explanations for the Cl--induced stress responses are proposed and novel ideas and strategies by which glycophytic plants avoid the excessive accumulation of Cl- are reviewed. New experiments are suggested to test the proposed hypotheses. Cl- salinity constrains global food security and thus we urgently need more research into the causes and consequences of Cl- salinity.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Anthocyanins are water-soluble vacuolar plant pigments that are mainly synthesized in epidermal layers and the flesh of fruits such as apples, cherries, grapes, and other berries. Because of their attractive red to purple coloration and their health-promoting potential, anthocyanins are significant determinants for the quality and market value of fruits and fruit-derived products. In crops, anthocyanin accumulation in leaves can be caused by nutrient deficiency which is usually ascribed to insufficient nitrogen or phosphorus fertilization. However, it is a little-known fact that the plant's nutrient status also impacts anthocyanin synthesis in fruits. Hence, strategic nutrient supply can be a powerful tool to modify the anthocyanin content and consequently the quality and market value of important agricultural commodities. Here we summarize the current knowledge of the influence of plant nutrients on anthocyanin synthesis in fruits of major global market value and discuss the underlying cellular processes that integrate nutrient signaling with fruit anthocyanin formation. It is highlighted that fertilization that is finely tuned in amount and timing has the potential to positively influence the fruit quality by regulating anthocyanin levels. We outline new approaches to enrich plant based foods with health-promoting anthocyanins.
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- Mareike Jezek
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow , Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim , Emil-Wolff-Straße 25, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim , Emil-Wolff-Straße 25, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin , Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Ludwig-Müller J, Bárdos G, Zörb C. Early response to salt ions in maize (Zea mays L.). J Plant Physiol 2018; 220:173-180. [PMID: 29195231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates leaf growth and transpiration rate of plants exposed to salt stress. Despite the known fact that cell dehydration is instrumental for the modulation of ABA concentrations when NaCl is high in the external environment, it was never tested as to whether sodium (Na) or chlorine (Cl) also modulate ABA concentrations. To answer this question, a hydroponic study on maize (Zea mays) was established, by exposing plants to 50mM of sodium glucosamide or glucosamine chloride. The effect of both ions on ABA was investigated in an early stage before (i) the salt ions accumulated to toxic tissue concentrations and before (ii) cells dehydrated. This allowed studying early responses to Na and Cl separately, well before plants were stressed by these ions. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis was used to quantify ABA concentrations in roots and in leaves after a period of 2h after ion application. The transcript abundance of the key regulatory enzyme of the biosynthesis of ABA in maize, the 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene viviparous 14, was quantified via real-time quantitative-reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction. The results reveal that Cl and Na induce the increase of leaf tissue ABA concentrations at two hours after plants were exposed to 50mM of the ions. Surprisingly, this effect was more pronounced in response to the Cl component. The increase in the guard-cell regulating ABA concentration correlated with a reduced transpiration. Mainly because of this result we suggest that the early accumulation of ABA is useful in maintaining cell turgor.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Lentzeallee, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Straße 25, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Straße 25, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Soares ALC, Geilfus CM, Carpentier SC. Genotype-Specific Growth and Proteomic Responses of Maize Toward Salt Stress. Front Plant Sci 2018; 9:661. [PMID: 29899749 PMCID: PMC5989331 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Salt stress in plants triggers complex physiological responses that are genotype specific. Many of these responses are either not yet described or not fully understood or both. In this work, we phenotyped three maize genotypes of the CIMMYT gene bank alongside the reference B73 genotype (NCRPIS - United States) under both control and salt-stressed conditions. We have ranked their growth potential and we observed significant differences in Na+ and Cl- ion accumulation. Genotype CML421 showed the slowest growth, while CML451 had the lowest accumulation of ions in its leaves. The phenotyping defined the right timing for the proteomics analysis, allowing us to compare the contrasting genotypes. In general 1,747 proteins were identified, of which 209 were significantly more abundant in response to salt stress. The five most significantly enriched annotations that positively correlated with stress were oxidation reduction, catabolic process, response to chemical stimulus, translational elongation and response to water. We observed a higher abundance of proteins involved in reactions to oxidative stress, dehydration, respiration, and translation. The five most significantly enriched annotations negatively correlated with stress were nucleosome organization, chromatin assembly, protein-DNA complex assembly, DNA packaging and nucleosome assembly. The genotypic analysis revealed 52 proteins that were correlated to the slow-growing genotype CML421. Their annotations point toward cellular dehydration and oxidative stress. Three root proteins correlated to the CML451 genotype were annotated to protein synthesis and ion compartmentalization. In conclusion, our results highlight the importance of the anti-oxidative system for acclimatization to salt stress and identify potential genotypic marker proteins involved in salt-stress responses.
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- Ana L. C. Soares
- Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Genetic Resources, Bioversity International, Leuven, Belgium
- SYBIOMA, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Sebastien C. Carpentier,
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Geilfus CM. The pH of the Apoplast: Dynamic Factor with Functional Impact Under Stress. Mol Plant 2017; 10:1371-1386. [PMID: 28987886 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The apoplast is an interconnected compartment with a thin water-film that alkalinizes under stress. This systemic pH increase may be a secondary effect without functional implications, arising from ion movements or proton-pump regulations. On the other hand, there are increasing indications that it is part of a mechanism to withstand stress. Regardless of this controversy, alkalinization of the apoplast has received little attention. The apoplastic pH (pHapo) increases not only during plant-pathogen interactions but also in response to salinity or drought. Not much is known about the mechanisms that cause the leaf apoplast to alkalinize, nor whether, and if so, how functional impact is conveyed. Controversial explanations have been given, and the unusual complexity of pHapo regulation is considered as the primary reason behind this lack of knowledge. A gathering of scattered information revealed that changes in pHapo convey functionality by regulating stomatal aperture via the effects exerted on abscisic acid. Moreover, apoplastic alkalinization may regulate growth under stress, whereas this needs to be verified. In this review, a comprehensive survey about several physiological mechanisms that alkalize the apoplast under stress is given, and the suitability of apoplastic alkalinization as transducing element for the transmission of sensory information is discussed.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Tenhaken R, Carpentier SC. Transient alkalinization of the leaf apoplast stiffens the cell wall during onset of chloride salinity in corn leaves. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:18800-18813. [PMID: 28972176 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.799866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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During chloride salinity, the pH of the leaf apoplast (pHapo) transiently alkalizes. There is an ongoing debate about the physiological relevance of these stress-induced pHapo changes. Using proteomic analyses of expanding leaves of corn (Zea mays L.), we show that this transition in pHapo conveys functionality by (i) adjusting protein abundances and (ii) affecting the rheological properties of the cell wall. pHapo was monitored in planta via microscopy-based ratio imaging, and the leaf-proteomic response to the transient leaf apoplastic alkalinization was analyzed via ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-MS. This analysis identified 1459 proteins, of which 44 exhibited increased abundance specifically through the chloride-induced transient rise in pHapo These elevated protein abundances did not directly arise from high tissue concentrations of Cl- or Na+ but were due to changes in the pHapo Most of these proteins functioned in growth-relevant processes and in the synthesis of cell wall-building components such as arabinose. Measurements with a linear-variable differential transducer revealed that the transient alkalinization rigidified (i.e. stiffened) the cell wall during the onset of chloride salinity. A decrease in t-coumaric and t-ferulic acids indicates that the wall stiffening arises from cross-linkage to cell wall polymers. We conclude that the pH of the apoplast represents a dynamic factor that is mechanistically coupled to cellular responses to chloride stress. By hardening the wall, the increased pH abrogates wall loosening required for cell expansion and growth. We conclude that the transient alkalinization of the leaf apoplast is related to salinity-induced growth reduction.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- From SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49, bus 901, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, .,the Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- the Department of Cell Biology, Division of Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, and
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- From SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49, bus 901, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.,the Department of Biosystems, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, Box 2455, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Geilfus CM, Carpentier SC, Zavišić A, Polle A. Changes in the fine root proteome of Fagus sylvatica L. trees associated with P-deficiency and amelioration of P-deficiency. J Proteomics 2017. [PMID: 28625739 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2017.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Phosphorus is often the least available macronutrient in soil. Lack in phosphorus has detrimental effect on growth and biomass production of European Fagus sylvatica L., a major trees species in temperate forests. In contrast to leaf tissues, few studies have examined changes in the root system and no study has ever investigated the proteomic changes affected in beech roots by a lack in available phosphate (P). Here, we studied roots of young Fagus sylvatica L. trees in their native soils from two forests sites with contrasting availability of P: one P rich and P poor soil. To understand also the response to P fertilization, the trees were fertilized with triple superphosphate and the proteome of fine roots of all conditions was compared. Gel-free mass-spectrometry-based shotgun proteomics revealed that the proteome was differentially affected by diverging P availabilities. The proteomic changes that took place as the result of P fertilization were dependent on the supply level of P before the fertilization. When P was supplied to the P-rich soil proteins related to cell biogenesis exhibited increased abundances. Addition of P to soil that was strongly limited in P resulted in increased abundance of proteins associated with amino acid metabolism and transport. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests have a huge ecological and economic value across Europe. In recent years, however, these forest sites increasingly suffer under phosphorus (P) deficiency. As the consequence, growth and vitality of beech forests is impaired. For this reason, this study was conducted with the aim to identify and understand proteomic impairments and adjustments that evolve in the fine roots under both, a P deficiency and an amelioration thereof. For this, we analyzed (1) the fine root proteome of young beech trees grown (2) at two soil sites that contrast in their degree of availability P (low vs. high) in dependency (3) to a fertilization with P. This experiment revealed fundamental differences with respect to proteomic changes in dependency on the severity of P limitation and helped to identify processes that take place after amelioration of the deficiency. This information is useful to understand which physiological processes are impaired under P deficiency and, thus, impair growth. The fertilization experiment enabled to identify developmental processes that take place in fine roots when concentration of available P was increased. They are "cellular component organization and biogenesis" in the P rich soil and "synthesis of organonitrogen-containing compounds" in the P poor soil.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49 - Bus 901, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Division of Crop Product Quality, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Straße 25, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Lentzeallee, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49 - Bus 901, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, - Box 2455, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Morgan SH, Lindberg S, Maity PJ, Geilfus CM, Plieth C, Mühling KH. Calcium improves apoplastic-cytosolic ion homeostasis in salt-stressed Vicia faba leaves. Funct Plant Biol 2017; 44:515-524. [PMID: 32480584 DOI: 10.1071/fp15381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Salinity disturbs both apoplastic and cytosolic Ca2+ and pH ([Ca2+]apo, [Ca2+]cyt, pHapo and pHcyt) homeostasis, and decreases plant growth. Seedlings of Vicia faba L. cv. Fuego were cultivated in hydroponics for 7 days under control, salinity (S), extra Ca (Ca) or salinity with extra Ca (S+Ca) conditions. The [Ca2+]apo, and pHapo in the leaves were then recorded in parallel by a pseudoratiometric method, described here for the first time. Lower [Ca2+]apo and higher pHapo were obtained under salinity, whereas extra Ca supply increased the [Ca2+]apo and acidified the pHapo. Moreover, the ratiometric imaging recorded that [Ca2+]cyt and pHcyt were highest in S+Ca plants and lowest in control plants. After all pretreatments, direct addition of NaC6H11O7 to leaves induced a decrease in [Ca2+]apo in control and S+Ca plants, but not in S and Ca plants, and only slightly affected pHapo. Addition of NaCl increased [Ca2+]cyt in protoplasts from all plants but only transiently in protoplasts from S+Ca plants. Addition of NaCl decreased pHcyt in protoplasts from Ca-pretreated plants. We conclude that Ca supply improves both apoplastic and cytosolic ion homeostasis. In addition, NaC6H11O7 probably causes transport of Ca from the apoplast into the cytosol, thereby leading to a higher resting [Ca2+]cyt.
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- Sherif H Morgan
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann Rodewald Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann Rodewald Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann Rodewald Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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O'Leary BM, Neale HC, Geilfus CM, Jackson RW, Arnold DL, Preston GM. Early changes in apoplast composition associated with defence and disease in interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and the halo blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Pv. phaseolicola. Plant Cell Environ 2016; 39:2172-84. [PMID: 27239727 PMCID: PMC5026161 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The apoplast is the arena in which endophytic pathogens such as Pseudomonas syringae grow and interact with plant cells. Using metabolomic and ion analysis techniques, this study shows how the composition of Phaseolus vulgaris leaf apoplastic fluid changes during the first six hours of compatible and incompatible interactions with two strains of P. syringae pv. phaseolicola (Pph) that differ in the presence of the genomic island PPHGI-1. Leaf inoculation with the avirulent island-carrying strain Pph 1302A elicited effector-triggered immunity (ETI) and resulted in specific changes in apoplast composition, including increases in conductivity, pH, citrate, γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) and K(+) , that are linked to the onset of plant defence responses. Other apoplastic changes, including increases in Ca(2+) , Fe(2/3+) Mg(2+) , sucrose, β-cyanoalanine and several amino acids, occurred to a relatively similar extent in interactions with both Pph 1302A and the virulent, island-less strain Pph RJ3. Metabolic footprinting experiments established that Pph preferentially metabolizes malate, glucose and glutamate, but excludes certain other abundant apoplastic metabolites, including citrate and GABA, until preferred metabolites are depleted. These results demonstrate that Pph is well-adapted to the leaf apoplast metabolic environment and that loss of PPHGI-1 enables Pph to avoid changes in apoplast composition linked to plant defences.
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- Brendan M O'Leary
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK.
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Meisrimler CN, Wienkoop S, Lyon D, Geilfus CM, Lüthje S. Long-term iron deficiency: Tracing changes in the proteome of different pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivars. J Proteomics 2016; 140:13-23. [PMID: 27012544 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Iron deficiency (-Fe) is one of the major problems in crop production. Dicots, like pea (Pisum sativum L.), are Strategy I plants, which induce a group of specific enzymes such as Fe(III)-chelate reductase (FRO), Fe responsive transporter (IRT) and H(+)-ATPase (HA) at the root plasma membrane under -Fe. Different species and cultivars have been shown to react diversely to -Fe. Furthermore, different kinds of experimental set-ups for -Fe have to be distinguished: i) short-term vs. long-term, ii) constant vs. acute alteration and iii) buffered vs. unbuffered systems. The presented work compares the effects of constant long-term -Fe in an unbuffered system on roots of four different pea cultivars in a timely manner (12, 19 and 25days). To differentiate the effects of -Fe and plant development, control plants (+Fe) were analyzed in comparison to -Fe plants. Besides physiological measurements, an integrative study was conducted using a comprehensive proteome analysis. Proteins, related to stress adaptation (e.g. HSP), reactive oxygen species related proteins and proteins of the mitochondrial electron transport were identified to be changed in their abundance. Regulations and possible functions of identified proteins are discussed. SIGNIFICANCE Pea (Pisum sativum L.) belongs to the legume family (Fabaceae) and is an important crop plant due to high Fe, starch and protein contents. According to FAOSTAT data (September 2015), world production of the garden pea quadrupled from 1970 to 2012. Since the initial studies by Gregor Mendel, the garden pea became the most-characterized legume and has been used in numerous investigations in plant biochemistry and physiology, but is not well represented in the "omics"-related fields. A major limitation in pea production is the Fe availability from soils. Adaption mechanisms to Fe deficiency vary between species, and even cultivars have been shown to react diversely. A label-free proteomic approach, in combination with physiological measurements, was chosen to observe four different pea cultivars for 5 to 25days. Physiological and proteome data showed that cultivar Blauwschokker and Vroege were more susceptible to -Fe than cultivar Kelvedon (highly efficient) and GftR (semi-efficient). Proteomic data hint that the adaptation process to long-term -Fe takes place between days 19 and 25. Results show that adaptation processes of efficient cultivars are able to postpone secondary negative effects of long-term -Fe, possibly by stabilizing the protein metabolic processing and the mitochondrial electron transport components. This maintains the cellular energy proliferation, keeps ROS production low and postpones the mitochondrial cell death signal.
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- Claudia-Nicole Meisrimler
- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Oxidative Stress and Plant Proteomics Group, Ohnhorststraße 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany; CEA, IBEB, Laboratoire de biologie du développement des plantes, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France; CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France; Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille F-13284, France.
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- University of Vienna, Dept. of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- University of Vienna, Dept. of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- University of Kiel, Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Oxidative Stress and Plant Proteomics Group, Ohnhorststraße 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
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McLachlan DH, Lan J, Geilfus CM, Dodd AN, Larson T, Baker A, Hõrak H, Kollist H, He Z, Graham I, Mickelbart MV, Hetherington AM. The Breakdown of Stored Triacylglycerols Is Required during Light-Induced Stomatal Opening. Curr Biol 2016; 26:707-12. [PMID: 26898465 PMCID: PMC4791430 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Stomata regulate the uptake of CO2 and the loss of water vapor [1] and contribute to the control of water-use efficiency [2] in plants. Although the guard-cell-signaling pathway coupling blue light perception to ion channel activity is relatively well understood [3], we know less about the sources of ATP required to drive K+ uptake [3, 4, 5, 6]. Here, we show that triacylglycerols (TAGs), present in Arabidopsis guard cells as lipid droplets (LDs), are involved in light-induced stomatal opening. Illumination induces reductions in LD abundance, and this involves the PHOT1 and PHOT2 blue light receptors [3]. Light also induces decreases in specific TAG molecular species. We hypothesized that TAG-derived fatty acids are metabolized by peroxisomal β-oxidation to produce ATP required for stomatal opening. In silico analysis revealed that guard cells express all the genes required for β-oxidation, and we showed that light-induced stomatal opening is delayed in three TAG catabolism mutants (sdp1, pxa1, and cgi-58) and in stomata treated with a TAG breakdown inhibitor. We reasoned that, if ATP supply was delaying light-induced stomatal opening, then the activity of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase should be reduced at this time. Monitoring changes in apoplastic pH in the mutants showed that this was the case. Together, our results reveal a new role for TAGs in vegetative tissue and show that PHOT1 and PHOT2 are involved in reductions in LD abundance. Reductions in LD abundance in guard cells of the lycophyte Selaginella suggest that TAG breakdown may represent an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in light-induced stomatal opening. Guard cells break down triacylglycerols to supply ATP for use in stomatal opening Light-induced stomatal opening is delayed in triacylglycerol catabolism mutants PHOT blue light receptors are involved in reductions in lipid droplet (LD) abundance Light-induced reductions in LD abundance occur in Selaginella guard cells
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- Deirdre H McLachlan
- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Institut fur Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald- Straße 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
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The total capacity of the GS-mediated ligation of free ammonium and glutamate to form glutamine in the leaves of maize plants is not impaired upon severe magnesium starvation. Magnesium deficiency does not obligatorily lead to the decreased total protein concentrations in the leaves. Magnesium (Mg) is an integral component of the enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS), having both a structural and a catalytic role. Moreover, Mg is relevant for the post-translational regulation of the GS. Glutamine synthetase is one of the key enzymes in nitrogen assimilation, ligating-free ammonium (NH4 (+)) to glutamate to form glutamine and it is therefore crucial for plant growth and productivity. This study was conducted in order to test whether a severe Mg-deficiency impairs the total capacity of the GS-catalyzed synthesis of glutamine in maize leaves. Maize was grown hydroponically and the GS activity was analyzed dependent on different leaf developmental stages. Glutamine synthetase activity in vitro assays in combination with immune-dot blot analysis revealed that both the total activity and the abundance of glutamine synthetase was not impaired in the leaves of maize plants upon 54 days of severe Mg starvation. Additionally, it was shown that Mg deficiency does not obligatorily lead to decreased total protein concentrations in the leaves, as assayed by Bradford protein quantification. Moreover, Mg resupply to the roots or the leaves of Mg-deficient plants reversed the Mg-deficiency-induced accumulation of free amino acids in older leaves, which indicates impaired phloem loading. The results of our study reveal that the total GS-mediated primary or secondary assimilation of free NH4 (+) is not a limiting enzymatic reaction under Mg deficiency and thus cannot be accountable for the observed restriction of plant growth and productivity in Mg-deficient maize.
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- Mareike Jezek
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Straße 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Straße 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Straße 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Mithöfer A, Ludwig-Müller J, Zörb C, Muehling KH. Chloride-inducible transient apoplastic alkalinizations induce stomata closure by controlling abscisic acid distribution between leaf apoplast and guard cells in salt-stressed Vicia faba. New Phytol 2015; 208:803-16. [PMID: 26096890 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Chloride stress causes the leaf apoplast transiently to alkalize, an event that is presumed to contribute to the ability of plants to adapt to saline conditions. However, the initiation of coordinated processes downstream of the alkalinization is unknown. We hypothesize that chloride-inducible pH dynamics are a key chemical feature modulating the compartmental distribution of abscisic acid (ABA) and, as a consequence, affecting stomata aperture. Apoplastic pH and stomata aperture dynamics in intact Vicia faba leaves were monitored by microscopy-based ratio imaging and porometric measurements of stomatal conductance. ABA concentrations in leaf apoplast and guard cells were compared with pH dynamics by gas-chromatography-mass-spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid-chromatography-tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Results demonstrate that, upon chloride addition to roots, an alkalizing factor that initiates the pH dynamic propagates from root to leaf in a way similar to xylem-distributed water. In leaves, it induces a systemic transient apoplastic alkalinization that causes apoplastic ABA concentration to increase, followed by an elevation of endogenous guard cell ABA. We conclude that the transient alkalinization, which is a remote effect of chloride stress, modulates the compartmental distribution of ABA between the leaf apoplast and the guard cells and, in this way, is instrumental in inducing stomata closure during the beginning of salinity.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, D-24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Department Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, D-01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof West, 118, D-70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, D-24118, Kiel, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Niehaus K, Gödde V, Hasler M, Zörb C, Gorzolka K, Jezek M, Senbayram M, Ludwig-Müller J, Mühling KH. Fast responses of metabolites in Vicia faba L. to moderate NaCl stress. Plant Physiol Biochem 2015; 92:19-29. [PMID: 25900421 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Salt stress impairs global agricultural crop production by reducing vegetative growth and yield. Despite this importance, a number of gaps exist in our knowledge about very early metabolic responses that ensue minutes after plants experience salt stress. Surprisingly, this early phase remains almost as a black box. Therefore, systematic studies focussing on very early plant physiological responses to salt stress (in this case NaCl) may enhance our understanding on strategies to develop crop plants with a better performance under saline conditions. In the present study, hydroponically grown Vicia faba L. plants were exposed to 90 min of NaCl stress, whereby every 15 min samples were taken for analyzing short-term physiologic responses. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolite profiles were analysed by calculating a principal component analysis followed by multiple contrast tests. Follow-up experiments were run to analyze downstream effects of the metabolic changes on the physiological level. The novelty of this study is the demonstration of complex stress-induced metabolic changes at the very beginning of a moderate salt stress in V. faba, information that are very scant for this early stage. This study reports for the first that the proline analogue trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, known to inhibit cell elongation, was increasingly synthesized after NaCl-stress initiation. Leaf metabolites associated with the generation or scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were affected in leaves that showed a synchronized increase in ROS formation. A reduced glutamine synthetase activity indicated that disturbances in the nitrogen assimilation occur earlier than it was previously thought under salt stress.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald Str. 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany.
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- Department of Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Lehrfach Variationsstatistik, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald Str. 9, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof West, 118, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald Str. 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition, Plant Nutrition, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Carl-Sprengel-Weg 1, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald Str. 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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Zörb C, Mühling KH, Kutschera U, Geilfus CM. Salinity stiffens the epidermal cell walls of salt-stressed maize leaves: is the epidermis growth-restricting? PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118406. [PMID: 25760715 PMCID: PMC4356557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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As a result of salt (NaCl)-stress, sensitive varieties of maize (Zea mays L.) respond with a strong inhibition of organ growth. The reduction of leaf elongation investigated here has several causes, including a modification of the mechanical properties of the cell wall. Among the various tissues that form the leaf, the epidermis plays a special role in controlling organ growth, because it is thought to form a rigid outer leaf coat that can restrict elongation by interacting with the inner cell layers. This study was designed to determine whether growth-related changes in the leaf epidermis and its cell wall correspond to the overall reduction in cell expansion of maize leaves during an osmotic stress-phase induced by salt treatment. Two different maize varieties contrasting in their degree of salt resistance (i.e., the hybrids Lector vs. SR03) were compared in order to identify physiological features contributing to resistance towards salinity. Wall loosening-related parameters, such as the capacity of the epidermal cell wall to expand, β-expansin abundance and apoplastic pH values, were analysed. Our data demonstrate that, in the salt-tolerant maize hybrid which maintained leaf growth under salinity, the epidermal cell wall was more extensible under salt stress. This was associated with a shift of the epidermal apoplastic pH into a range more favourable for acid growth. The more sensitive hybrid that displayed a pronounced leaf growth-reduction was shown to have stiffer epidermal cell walls under stress. This may be attributable to the reduced abundance of cell wall-loosening β-expansin proteins following a high salinity-treatment in the nutrient solution (100 mM NaCl, 8 days). This study clearly documents that salt stress impairs epidermal wall-loosening in growth-reduced maize leaves.
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- Christian Zörb
- Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Ober D, Eichacker LA, Mühling KH, Zörb C. Down-regulation of ZmEXPB6 (Zea mays β-expansin 6) protein is correlated with salt-mediated growth reduction in the leaves of Z. mays L. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:11235-45. [PMID: 25750129 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.619718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The salt-sensitive crop Zea mays L. shows a rapid leaf growth reduction upon NaCl stress. There is increasing evidence that salinity impairs the ability of the cell walls to expand, ultimately inhibiting growth. Wall-loosening is a prerequisite for cell wall expansion, a process that is under the control of cell wall-located expansin proteins. In this study the abundance of those proteins was analyzed against salt stress using gel-based two-dimensional proteomics and two-dimensional Western blotting. Results show that ZmEXPB6 (Z. mays β-expansin 6) protein is lacking in growth-inhibited leaves of salt-stressed maize. Of note, the exogenous application of heterologously expressed and metal-chelate-affinity chromatography-purified ZmEXPB6 on growth-reduced leaves that lack native ZmEXPB6 under NaCl stress partially restored leaf growth. In vitro assays on frozen-thawed leaf sections revealed that recombinant ZmEXPB6 acts on the capacity of the walls to extend. Our results identify expansins as a factor that partially restores leaf growth of maize in saline environments.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- From the Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-University, Hermann-Rodewald-Strasse 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany,
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- Botanical Institute and Botanical Gardens, Biochemical Ecology and Molecular Evolution, Christian-Albrechts-University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Universitetet i Stavanger, Center for Organelle Research (CORE), Richard Johnsensgt. 4, N-4021, Norway, and
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- From the Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-University, Hermann-Rodewald-Strasse 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- From the Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-University, Hermann-Rodewald-Strasse 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany, Institute of Crop Science, Quality of Plant Products, University Hohenheim, Schloss, Westhof West, 118, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH, Kaiser H, Plieth C. Bacterially produced Pt-GFP as ratiometric dual-excitation sensor for in planta mapping of leaf apoplastic pH in intact Avena sativa and Vicia faba. Plant Methods 2014; 10:31. [PMID: 25313311 PMCID: PMC4194361 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-10-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ratiometric analysis with H(+)-sensitive fluorescent sensors is a suitable approach for monitoring apoplastic pH dynamics. For the acidic range, the acidotropic dual-excitation dye Oregon Green 488 is an excellent pH sensor. Long lasting (hours) recordings of apoplastic pH in the near neutral range, however, are more problematic because suitable pH indicators that combine a good pH responsiveness at a near neutral pH with a high photostability are lacking. The fluorescent pH reporter protein from Ptilosarcus gurneyi (Pt-GFP) comprises both properties. But, as a genetically encoded indicator and expressed by the plant itself, it can be used almost exclusively in readily transformed plants. In this study we present a novel approach and use purified recombinant indicators for measuring ion concentrations in the apoplast of crop plants such as Vicia faba L. and Avena sativa L. RESULTS Pt-GFP was purified using a bacterial expression system and subsequently loaded through stomata into the leaf apoplast of intact plants. Imaging verified the apoplastic localization of Pt-GFP and excluded its presence in the symplast. The pH-dependent emission signal stood out clearly from the background. PtGFP is highly photostable, allowing ratiometric measurements over hours. By using this approach, a chloride-induced alkalinizations of the apoplast was demonstrated for the first in oat. CONCLUSIONS Pt-GFP appears to be an excellent sensor for the quantification of leaf apoplastic pH in the neutral range. The presented approach encourages to also use other genetically encoded biosensors for spatiotemporal mapping of apoplastic ion dynamics.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- />Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- />Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- />Botanisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 3-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- />Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 3-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Morgan SH, Maity PJ, Geilfus CM, Lindberg S, Mühling KH. Leaf ion homeostasis and plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase activity in Vicia faba change after extra calcium and potassium supply under salinity. Plant Physiol Biochem 2014; 82:244-53. [PMID: 25010036 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Salt stress in plants impacts apoplastic ion activities and cytosolic ionic homeostasis. The ameliorating effects exerted by calcium or potassium on compartmentation of ions in leaves under salinity are not fully understood. To clarify how calcium or potassium supply could ameliorate ion homeostasis and ATPase activities under salinity, 5 mM CaSO4 or 10 mM K2SO4 were added with, or without, 100 mM NaCl for 7 d and 21 d to Vicia faba grown in hydroponics. The apoplastic pH was detected with Oregon Green dextran dye in intact second-uppermost leaves by microscopy-based ratio imaging. The cytosolic Ca(2+), Na(+), K(+) activities and pH were detected in protoplasts loaded with the acetoxy methyl-esters of Fura-2, SBFI, PBFI and BCECF, respectively, using epi-fluorescence microscopy. Furthermore, total Ca(2+), Na(+), K(+) concentrations and growth parameters were investigated. The ATPase hydrolyzing activity increased with time, but decreased after long salinity treatment. The activity largely increased in calcium-treated plants, but was depressed in potassium-treated plants after 7 d. The calcium supply increased Vmax, and the ATPase activity increased with salinity in a non-competitive way for 7 d and 21 d. The potassium supply instead decreased activity competitively with Na(+), after 21 d of salinity, with different effects on Km and Vmax. The confirmed higher ATPase activity was related with apoplast acidification, cytosol alkalinization and low cytosolic [Na(+)], and thus, might be an explanation why extra calcium improved shoot and leaf growth.
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- Sherif H Morgan
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann Rodewald Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany; Plant Physiology Section, Plant Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt.
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann Rodewald Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany.
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann Rodewald Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH. Microscopic and macroscopic monitoring of adaxial-abaxial pH gradients in the leaf apoplast of Vicia faba L. as primed by NaCl stress at the roots. Plant Sci 2014; 223:109-115. [PMID: 24767120 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The pH is a basic chemical requirement in cellular and apoplastic compartments that influences various physiological processes in plants. Apoplastic pH shifts can modulate the apoplastic and symplastic distribution of plant hormones or influence proton motive force-driven uptake processes over the plasma-membrane. Changing environments are known to effect on the apoplastic H(+)-concentration in leaves and roots. The onset of NaCl-stress at the roots for instance primes a chloride-specific systemic alkalinization of the leaf apoplast. By means of microscopy- and macroscopy-based in planta ratio-imaging we surprisingly found that large adaxial-abaxial pH gradients were established throughout the leaf apoplast during the formation of the NaCl-induced alkalinization. Moreover, the root system is necessary to ensure the transient nature of the leaf apoplastic alkalinization.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Jezek M, Geilfus CM, Bayer A, Mühling KH. Photosynthetic capacity, nutrient status, and growth of maize (Zea mays L.) upon MgSO4 leaf-application. Front Plant Sci 2014; 5:781. [PMID: 25620973 PMCID: PMC4288286 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The major plant nutrient magnesium (Mg) is involved in numerous physiological processes and its deficiency can severely reduce the yield and quality of crops. Since Mg availability in soil and uptake into the plant is often limited by unfavorable soil or climatic conditions, application of Mg onto leaves, the site with highest physiological Mg demand, might be a reasonable alternative fertilization strategy. This study aimed to investigate, if MgSO4 leaf-application in practically relevant amounts can efficiently alleviate the effects of Mg starvation in maize, namely reduced photosynthesis capacity, disturbed ion homeostasis and growth depression. Results clearly demonstrated that Mg deficiency could be mitigated by MgSO4 leaf-application as efficiently as by resupply of MgSO4 via the roots in vegetative maize plants. Significant increases in SPAD values and net rate of CO2-assimilation as well as enhanced shoot biomass have been achieved. Ion analysis furthermore revealed an improvement of the nutrient status of Mg-deficient plants with regard to [Mg], [K], and [Mn] in distinct organs, thereby reducing the risk of Mn-toxicity at the rootside, which often occurs together with Mg deficiency on acid soils. In conclusion, foliar fertilization with Mg proved to be an efficient strategy to adequately supply maize plants with Mg and might hence be of practical relevance to correct nutrient deficiencies during the growing season.
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- *Correspondence: Karl-Hermann Muhling, Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Straβe 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany e-mail:
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Zörb C, Becker D, Hasler M, Mühling KH, Gödde V, Niehaus K, Geilfus CM. Silencing of the sulfur rich α-gliadin storage protein family in wheat grains (Triticum aestivum L.) causes no unintended side-effects on other metabolites. Front Plant Sci 2013; 4:369. [PMID: 24062763 PMCID: PMC3775129 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Wheat is an important source of proteins and metabolites for human and animal nutrition. To assess the nutritional quality of wheat products, various protein and diverse metabolites have to be evaluated. The grain storage protein family of the α-gliadins are suggested to be the primary initiator of the inflammatory response to gluten in Celiac disease patients. With the technique of RNAi, the α-gliadin storage protein fraction in wheat grains was recently knocked down. From a patient's perspective, this is a desired approach, however, this study aims to evaluate whether such a down-regulation of these problematic α-gliadins also has unintended side-effects on other plant metabolites. Such uncontrolled and unknown arbitrary effects on any metabolite in plants designated for food production would surely represent an avoidable risk for the consumer. In general, α-gliadins are rich in sulfur, making their synthesis and content depended of the sulfur supply. For this reason, the influence of the application of increasing sulfur amounts on the metabolome of α-gliadin-deficient wheat was additionally investigated because it might be possible that e.g., considerable high/low amounts of S might increase or even induce such unintended effects that are not observable under moderate S nutrition. By silencing the α-gliadin genes, a recently developed wheat line that lacks the set of 75 corresponding α-gliadin proteins has become available. The plants were subsequently tested for RNAi-induced effects on metabolites that were not directly attributable to the specific effects of the RNAi-approach on the α-gliadin proteins. For this, GC-MS-based metabolite profiles were recorded. A comparison of wild type with gliadin-deficient plants cultivated in pot experiments revealed no differences in all 109 analyzed metabolites, regardless of the S-nutritional status. No unintended effects attributable to the RNAi-based specific genetic deletion of a storage protein fraction were observed.
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- Christian Zörb
- Institute of Biology, University LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
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- Biocentre Klein Flottbek, EBBT, University of HamburgHamburg, Germany
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- Lehrfach Variationsstatistik, Christian Albrechts University of KielKiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University KielKiel, Germany
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- Department of Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH. Ratiometric monitoring of transient apoplastic alkalinizations in the leaf apoplast of living Vicia faba plants: chloride primes and PM-H+-ATPase shapes NaCl-induced systemic alkalinizations. New Phytol 2013; 197:1117-1129. [PMID: 23176077 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Transient apoplastic alkalinization has been discussed as a general stress factor, and is thought to represent a root-to-shoot signal that transmits information regarding an ongoing NaCl stress event from the site of the trigger to the distant plant tissue. Surprisingly, despite this importance, a number of gaps exist in our knowledge of NaCl-induced apoplastic pH alkalinization. This study was designed in order to shed light onto the mechanisms responsible for the initiation and transiency of leaf apoplastic alkalinization under conditions of NaCl stress as supplied to roots. An H(+)-sensitive fluorescence probe, in combination with ratiometric microscopy imaging, was used for in planta live recording of leaf apoplastic pH. The use of a nonionic solute demonstrated that the alkalinization is induced in response to ionic, and not osmotic, components of NaCl stress. Tests with Cl(-)- or Na(+)-accompanying counter-ions strengthened the idea that the stress factor itself, namely Cl(-), is transferred from root to shoot and elicits the pH alterations. Investigations with a plasma membrane ATPase inhibitor suggest that ATPase activity influences the course of the alkalinization by having a shaping re-acidifying effect on the alkalinization.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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Zörb C, Geilfus CM, Mühling KH, Ludwig-Müller J. The influence of salt stress on ABA and auxin concentrations in two maize cultivars differing in salt resistance. J Plant Physiol 2013; 170:220-224. [PMID: 23181973 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 09/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The plant hormones abscisic acid (ABA) and auxin (IAA, IBA) play important roles in plant responses to environmental stresses such as salinity. Recent breeding improvements in terms of salt resistance of maize have lead to a genotype with improved growth under saline conditions. By comparing this salt-resistant hybrid with a sensitive hybrid, it was possible to show differences in hormone concentrations in expanding leaves and roots. In response to salinity, the salt-resistant maize significantly increased IBA concentrations in growing leaves and maintained IAA concentration in roots. These hormonal adaptations may help to establish favorable conditions for growth-promoting agents such as β-expansins and maintain growth of resistant maize hybrids under salt stress. Moreover, ABA concentrations significantly increased in resistant maize leaves under salt stress, which may contribute to acidifying the apoplast, which in turn is a prerequisite for growth.
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- Christian Zörb
- Institute of Biology, Botany, University Leipzig, Johannisalle 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH. Transient alkalinization in the leaf apoplast of Vicia faba L. depends on NaCl stress intensity: an in situ ratio imaging study. Plant Cell Environ 2012; 35:578-87. [PMID: 21954856 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The apoplast is suggested to be involved not only in the response, but also in the perception and transduction of various environmental signals. In this context, apoplastic alkalinization has previously been discussed as a general stress factor caused by abiotic and biotic stress events. In this study, an ion-sensitive fluorescence probe in combination with inverted fluorescence microscopy has been used for in planta monitoring of apoplastic shoot pH during challenging of Vicia faba L. plants by NaCl stress encountered at the roots. We demonstrate that transient increases in leaf apoplastic pH are dependent on the NaCl stress intensity. Moreover, we have visualized spatial pH gradients within the leaf apoplast. Our results indicate that these pH responses are propagated from root to leaf and that this occurs along the apoplast.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Strasse 2, Kiel, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Neuhaus C, Mühling KH, Zörb C. β-expansins are divergently abundant in maize cultivars that contrast in their degree of salt resistance. Plant Signal Behav 2011; 6:1279-1281. [PMID: 21847022 PMCID: PMC3258051 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.9.16760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Zea mays L. exhibits a strong growth reduction in response to NaCl-induced stress that is attributable to a decline of cell division and elongation. Wall-loosening expansins are of major impact for cell wall extensibility and growth. This study provides an analysis of the impact of an 8-d 100 mM NaCl stress treatment on the mRNA abundance of the α-and β-expansin sub-families using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. Moreover, we provide a comparative study of plants that contrast in their degree of salt resistance in order to reveal contrasting features of physiological functions that may bear a causal relation to the differential response of plants to salt. In result, the transcript abundance of wall-loosening β-expansins was impaired in size-reduced leaves of the salt-sensitive hybrid but not in leaves of the salt-resistant hybrid that maintained growth. This indicates a role for the β-expansins in processes related to salt resistance.
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH. Real-Time Imaging of Leaf Apoplastic pH Dynamics in Response to NaCl Stress. Front Plant Sci 2011; 2:13. [PMID: 22639578 PMCID: PMC3355670 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 04/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Knowledge concerning apoplastic ion concentrations is important for the understanding of many processes in plant physiology. Ion-sensitive fluorescent probes in combination with quantitative imaging techniques offer opportunities to localize, visualize, and quantify apoplastic ion dynamics in situ. The application of this technique to the leaf apoplast is complicated because of problems associated with dye loading. We demonstrate a more sophisticated dye loading procedure that enables the mapping of spatial apoplastic ion gradients over a period of 3 h. The new technique has been used for the real-time monitoring of pH dynamics within the leaf apoplast in response to NaCl stress encountered by the roots.
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts UniversityKiel, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Zörb C, Mühling KH. Salt stress differentially affects growth-mediating β-expansins in resistant and sensitive maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Physiol Biochem 2010; 48:993-8. [PMID: 20970350 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Salinity mainly reduces shoot growth by the inhibition of cell division and elongation. Expansins loosen plant cell walls. Moreover, the expression of some isoforms is clearly correlated with growth. Effects of salinity on β-expansin transcripts protein abundance were recently reported for different crop species. This study provides a broad analysis of the impact of an 8-day 100mM NaCl stress treatment on the mRNA expression of different maize (Zea mays L.) β-Expansin isoforms using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The composite β-expansin protein expression was analyzed by western blotting using an anti-peptide antibody raised against a conserved 15-amino-acid region shared by vegetatively expressed β-expansin isoforms. For the first time, changes in β-expansin transcript and protein abundance have been analyzed together with the salinity-induced inhibition of shoot growth. A salt-resistant and a salt-sensitive cultivar were compared in order to elucidate physiological changes. Genotypic differences in the relative concentration of six β-expansin transcripts together with differences in the abundance β-expansin protein are shown in response NaCl stress. In salt-sensitive Lector, reduced β-expansin protein expression was found to correlate positively with reduced shoot growth under stress. A down-regulation of ZmExpB2, ZmExpB6, and ZmExpB8 transcripts possibly contribute to this decrease in protein abundance. In contrast, the maintenance of shoot growth in salt-resistant SR03 might be related to an unaffected abundance of growth-mediating β-expansin proteins in the shoot. Our data suggest that the up-regulation of ZmExpB2, ZmExpB6, and ZmExpB8 may sustain the stable expression of β-expansin protein under conditions of salt stress.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH, Zörb C. A methodical approach for improving the reliability of quantifiable two-dimensional Western blots. J Immunol Methods 2010; 362:89-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2010.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Revised: 08/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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