Ethylene improves Arabidopsis salt tolerance mainly via retaining K+ in shoots and roots rather than decreasing tissue Na+ content
Ethylene improves Arabidopsis salt tolerance mainly via retaining K+ in shoots and roots rather than decreasing tissue Na+ content
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DOI:
10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.08.006
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发表时间:
2013-02
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Lei Yang;Y. Zu;Zhonghua Tang
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作者:
Lei Yang;Y. Zu;Zhonghua Tang
Ethylene has been reported to play an essential role in the response of Arabidopsis to salinity and K+deficiency. It was proposed that plant's ability to maintain potassium (K+) and minimize sodium (Na+) in tissues of salinity plants is critical for salt tolerance (ST). It is still unclear how ethylene modulates plant ion homeostasis under saline occasions. We employed Arabidopsis wild type (Col-0), ethylene insensitive mutants (ein2-5 and ein3-1) and constitutive triple response mutant (ctr1-1) plants to compare their phenotypic and physiological responses to salinity. Ethephon applied to plants could convert quickly to ethylene and here was applied exogenously to Col-0 seedlings to validate ethylene role in salt response. We showed that ethylene insensitivity in ein2-5 or ein3-1 plants increased Arabidopsis salt sensitivity than in Col-0. However, the salinity-induced adverse effects on Chlorophyll a/b, photosystem II function (Fv/Fm) and redox state were largely amended in the ctr1-1 than in Col-0 plants with the severe salinity. The compatible solute sucrose and antioxidant system were also up-regulated to improve ST in ctr1-1 plants. The ethephon obviously alleviated the salinity-induced restriction in root length. The subsequent analysis on the Na+and K+homeostasis found that ethylene could help plant retain higher shoot or root K+nutrition in the short- or long-term salt-stressed plants. However, the ethylene did not significantly alter sodium buildup and water relation in the salt-stressed plants. Our observations confirmed the key role of ethylene in improved plant ST and highlighted the ethylene ability to retain K+, rather than decreasing Na+, in shoots and roots to improve Arabidopsis ST.