Ethylene Signaling Modulates Cortical Microtubule Reassembly in Response to Salt Stress
Ethylene Signaling Modulates Cortical Microtubule Reassembly in Response to Salt Stress
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乙烯信号调节皮质微管重组以响应盐胁迫
DOI:
10.1104/pp.17.01124
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发表时间:
2018-03-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Mao, Tonglin
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作者:
Dou, Liru;He, KaiKai;Mao, Tonglin
Regulation of cortical microtubule reorganization is essential for plant cell survival under high salinity conditions. In response to salt stress, microtubules undergo rapid depolymerization followed by reassembly to form a new microtubule network that promotes cell survival; however, the upstream regulatory mechanisms for this recovery response are largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that ethylene signaling facilitates salt stress-induced reassembly of cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Microtubule depolymerization was not affected under salt stress following the suppression of ethylene signaling with Ag+ or in ethylene-insensitive mutants, whereas microtubule reassembly was significantly inhibited. ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3, a key transcription factor in the ethylene signaling pathway, was shown to play a central role in microtubule reassembly under salt stress. In addition, we performed functional characterization of the microtubule-stabilizing protein WAVE-DAMPENED2-LIKE5 (WDL5), which was found to promote ethylene-associated microtubule reassembly and plant salt stress tolerance. These findings indicate that ethylene signaling regulates microtubule reassembly by up-regulating WDL5 expression in response to salt stress, thereby implicating ethylene signaling in salt-stress tolerance in plants.