Ethylene increases accumulation of compatible solutes and decreases oxidative stress to improve plant tolerance to water stress in Arabidopsis
Ethylene increases accumulation of compatible solutes and decreases oxidative stress to improve plant tolerance to water stress in Arabidopsis
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乙烯增加了相容性溶质的积累并减少了氧化应激,从而提高了拟南芥植物对水分胁迫的耐受性
DOI:
10.1007/s12374-014-0302-z
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发表时间:
2015-06-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Tang, Zhonghua
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作者:
Cui, Mengying;Lin, Yingchao;Tang, Zhonghua
Ethylene (ET) plays an important role as signal transducer in plants in response to environmental stimuli. Under water deficient conditions, fine adjustment of osmosis and redox states through phytohormones is vital for plant resistance to drought. Here, physiological and cellular responses of ET insensitive mutants (ein2-5 and ein3-1) were analyzed under water deficiency stimulated by polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG-6000), and compared with wild type plants (Col-0) as controls. The accumulation of compatible solutes was higher in Col-0 than in ein2-5 and ein3-1. In Col-0 plants, water stress also increased transcription of P5CS1, which encoded a key rate-limiting enzyme in proline biosynthesis. These results suggested that ET signaling is involved in increasing the up-regulation of soluble sugar and proline accumulation to adjust to osmotic stress. In addition, oxidative stress was higher in ET defective mutants than in Col-0 wild-type plants. Meanwhile, increased activities of the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) were observed in ET insensitive mutants, indicating aggravated oxidative stress in ET-defective plants under drought. In conclusion, ET signaling is involved in modulating plant oxidative stress under drought conditions.