Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2015, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (2): 314-325.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60777-2

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G-protein β subunit AGB1 positively regulates salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

 MA Ya-nan, CHEN Ming, XU Dong-bei, FANG Guang-ning, WANG Er-hui, GAO Shi-qing, XU Zhao-shi, LI Lian-cheng, ZHANG Xiao-hong, MIN Dong-hong, MA You-zhi   

  1. 1、College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University/State Key Laboratory of Arid Region Crop Adversity Biology, Yangling 712100,
    P.R.China
    2、Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and
    Genetic Improvement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Triticeae Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing
    100081, P.R.China
    3、Beijing Hybrid Wheat Engineering and Technology Research Center, Beijing 100097, P.R.China
  • 收稿日期:2014-01-27 出版日期:2015-02-01 发布日期:2015-02-11
  • 通讯作者: MIN Dong-hong, E-mail: mdh2493@126.com;MA You-zhi, E-mail: mayouzhi@caas.cn
  • 作者简介:These authors contributed equally to this study.
  • 基金资助:

    The work was funded in part by the National Key Project for Research on Transgenic Biology (2013ZX08002-002) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31201200).

G-protein β subunit AGB1 positively regulates salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

 MA Ya-nan, CHEN Ming, XU Dong-bei, FANG Guang-ning, WANG Er-hui, GAO Shi-qing, XU Zhao-shi, LI Lian-cheng, ZHANG Xiao-hong, MIN Dong-hong, MA You-zhi   

  1. 1、College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University/State Key Laboratory of Arid Region Crop Adversity Biology, Yangling 712100,
    P.R.China
    2、Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and
    Genetic Improvement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Triticeae Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing
    100081, P.R.China
    3、Beijing Hybrid Wheat Engineering and Technology Research Center, Beijing 100097, P.R.China
  • Received:2014-01-27 Online:2015-02-01 Published:2015-02-11
  • Contact: MIN Dong-hong, E-mail: mdh2493@126.com;MA You-zhi, E-mail: mayouzhi@caas.cn
  • About author:These authors contributed equally to this study.
  • Supported by:

    The work was funded in part by the National Key Project for Research on Transgenic Biology (2013ZX08002-002) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31201200).

摘要: The heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins (G-proteins) in eukaryotes consisted of α, β and γ subunits and are important in molecular signaling by interacting with G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), on which to transduce signaling into the cytoplast through appropriate downstream effectors. However, downstream effectors regulated by the G-proteins in plants are currently not well defined. In this study, the transcripts of AGB1, a G protein β subunit gene in Arabidopsis were found to be down-regulated by cold and heat, but up-regulated by high salt stress treatment. AGB1 mutant (agb1-2) was more sensitive to high salt stress than wild-type (WT). Compared with WT, the cotyledon greening rates, fresh weight, root length, seedling germination rates and survival rates decreased more rapidly in agb1-2 along with increasing concentrations of NaCl in normal (MS) medium. Physiological characteristic analysis showed that compared to WT, the contents of chlorophyll, relative proline accumulation and peroxidase (POD) were reduced, whereas the malonaldehyde (MDA) content and concentration ratio of Na+/K+ were increased in agb1-2 under salt stress condition. Further studies on the expression of several stress inducible genes associated with above physiological processes were investigated, and the results revealed that the expressions of genes related to proline biosynthesis, oxidative stress response, Na+ homeostasis, stress- and ABAresponses were lower in agb1-2 than in WT, suggesting that those genes are possible downstream genes of AGB1 and that their changed expression plays an important role in determining phenotypic and physiologic traits in agb1-2. Taken together, these findings indicate that AGB1 positively regulates salt tolerance in Arabidopsis through its modulation of genes transcription related to proline biosynthesis, oxidative stress, ion homeostasis, stress- and ABA-responses.

关键词: Arabidopsis , heterotrimeric G-protein &beta, subunit , physiological processes , salt stress tolerance

Abstract: The heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins (G-proteins) in eukaryotes consisted of α, β and γ subunits and are important in molecular signaling by interacting with G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), on which to transduce signaling into the cytoplast through appropriate downstream effectors. However, downstream effectors regulated by the G-proteins in plants are currently not well defined. In this study, the transcripts of AGB1, a G protein β subunit gene in Arabidopsis were found to be down-regulated by cold and heat, but up-regulated by high salt stress treatment. AGB1 mutant (agb1-2) was more sensitive to high salt stress than wild-type (WT). Compared with WT, the cotyledon greening rates, fresh weight, root length, seedling germination rates and survival rates decreased more rapidly in agb1-2 along with increasing concentrations of NaCl in normal (MS) medium. Physiological characteristic analysis showed that compared to WT, the contents of chlorophyll, relative proline accumulation and peroxidase (POD) were reduced, whereas the malonaldehyde (MDA) content and concentration ratio of Na+/K+ were increased in agb1-2 under salt stress condition. Further studies on the expression of several stress inducible genes associated with above physiological processes were investigated, and the results revealed that the expressions of genes related to proline biosynthesis, oxidative stress response, Na+ homeostasis, stress- and ABAresponses were lower in agb1-2 than in WT, suggesting that those genes are possible downstream genes of AGB1 and that their changed expression plays an important role in determining phenotypic and physiologic traits in agb1-2. Taken together, these findings indicate that AGB1 positively regulates salt tolerance in Arabidopsis through its modulation of genes transcription related to proline biosynthesis, oxidative stress, ion homeostasis, stress- and ABA-responses.

Key words: Arabidopsis , heterotrimeric G-protein &beta, subunit , physiological processes , salt stress tolerance