scholarly journals Overexpression of a novel cold-responsive transcript factorLcFIN1from sheepgrass enhances tolerance to low temperature stress in transgenic plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiong Gao ◽  
Xiaoxia Li ◽  
Junting Jia ◽  
Pincang Zhao ◽  
Panpan Liu ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Dong ◽  
Lei Cao ◽  
Xiaoying Zhang ◽  
Wuhua Zhang ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
...  

A sudden cooling in the early spring or late autumn negatively impacts the plant growth and development. Although a number of studies have characterized the role of the transcription factors (TFs) of plant R2R3-myeloblastosis (R2R3-MYB) in response to biotic and abiotic stress, plant growth, and primary and specific metabolisms, much less is known about their role in Rosa multiflora under chilling stress. In the present study, RmMYB108, which encodes a nuclear-localized R2R3-MYB TF with a self-activation activity, was identified based on the earlier published RNA-seq data of R. multiflora plants exposed to short-term low-temperature stress and also on the results of prediction of the gene function referring Arabidopsis. The RmMYB108 gene was induced by stress due to chilling, salt, and drought and was expressed in higher levels in the roots than in the leaves. The heterologous expression of RmMYB108 in Arabidopsis thaliana significantly enhanced the tolerance of transgenic plants to freezing, water deficit, and high salinity, enabling higher survival and growth rates, earlier flowering and silique formation, and better seed quantity and quality compared with the wild-type (WT) plants. When exposed to a continuous low-temperature stress at 4°C, transgenic Arabidopsis lines–overexpressing RmMYB108 showed higher activities of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase, lower relative conductivity, and lower malondialdehyde content than the WT. Moreover, the initial fluorescence (Fo) and maximum photosynthetic efficiency of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) changed more dramatically in the WT than in transgenic plants. Furthermore, the expression levels of cold-related genes involved in the ICE1 (Inducer of CBF expression 1)-CBFs (C-repeat binding factors)-CORs (Cold regulated genes) cascade were higher in the overexpression lines than in the WT. These results suggest that RmMYB108 was positively involved in the tolerance responses when R. multiflora was exposed to challenges against cold, freeze, salt, or drought and improved the cold tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis by reducing plant damage and promoting plant growth.


2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Rui Mei Li ◽  
Du Juan Xi ◽  
Yi Meng Ji ◽  
Rui Jun Duan ◽  
Jiao Liu ◽  
...  

We have constructed a vector pCAMBIA1300-CP:CBF3-35S:ICE1 and transformed into Arabidopsis. Results of PCR proved that the target genes had integrated into Arabidopsis genome. Transgenic Arabidopsis showed a bit slow growth, earlier flowering, but normal at other phenotype under 22°C with 8 h daily lights. In vitro low temperature stress tests showed that the transgenic lines were survival while the wild type was nearly dead. The transgenic plants also showed an increased proline content, SOD and POD activities under low temperature stress. The phenotype and physical evidence indicated that expression of CP:CBF3-35S:ICE1 under low temperature enhances the cold tolerance in transgenic plants.


2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1105
Author(s):  
Qiping Song ◽  
Lili You ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Jiang Zhang ◽  
Xinghong Yang

Glycine betaine (GB) plays a crucial role in plant response to abiotic stress, and its accumulation in chloroplasts is more effective than in the cytosol in improving the resistance of transgenic plants. Here, we report that the codA gene from Arthrobacter globiformis, which encodes a choline oxidase catalysing the conversion of choline to GB, was successfully introduced into the plastid genome of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Transgenic plants with plastid expression of codA showed increased tolerance to low temperature stress compared with the wild type (WT). Further studies revealed that under low temperature stress condition, transgenic plants presented a significantly higher photosynthetic performance by regulating the electron transport and energy distribution in PSII, and higher antioxidant enzyme activities and lower O2– and H2O2 accumulation than did the WT plants. A higher expression of the COR genes was also observed in transgenic plants. Our results suggest that chloroplast biosynthesis of GB could be an effective strategy for the engineering of plants with increased resistance to low temperature stress.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Penglei JIANG ◽  
Yingdi SHI ◽  
Yanwen HOU ◽  
Bingshe HAN ◽  
Junfang ZHANG

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-zhi QIN ◽  
Jue CHEN ◽  
Zhen XING ◽  
Chang-zheng HE ◽  
Xing-yao XIONG

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran ◽  
Asim Mahmood ◽  
Günter Neumann ◽  
Birte Boelt

Low temperature during germination hinders germination speed and early seedling development. Zn seed priming is a useful and cost-effective tool to improve germination rate and resistance to low temperature stress during germination and early seedling development. Spinach was tested to improve germination and seedling development with Zn seed priming under low temperature stress conditions. Zn priming increased seed Zn concentration up to 48 times. The multispectral imaging technique with VideometerLab was used as a non-destructive method to differentiate unprimed, water- and Zn-primed spinach seeds successfully. Localization of Zn in the seeds was studied using the 1,5-diphenyl thiocarbazone (DTZ) dying technique. Active translocation of primed Zn in the roots of young seedlings was detected with laser confocal microscopy. Zn priming of spinach seeds at 6 mM Zn showed a significant increase in germination rate and total germination under low temperature at 8 °C.


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