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Functional analysis of the nitrogen metabolism-related gene CsGS1 in cucumber
XIN Ming, QIN Zhi-wei, YANG Jing, ZHOU Xiu-yan, WANG Lei
2021, 20 (6): 1515-1524.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63305-6
Abstract128)      PDF in ScienceDirect      
Glutamine synthetase (GS) plays an important role in nitrogen (N) metabolism in cucumber.  In this study, we cloned and sequenced the CsGS1 gene, and analyzed the expression patterns and subcellular localization of the GS1 protein in response to different N conditions in order to determine its role in low-nitrogen (LN) tolerance.  CsGS1 was abundantly expressed in the leaves of the low N-requiring cultivar D0328, while the high N-requiring cultivar D0422 showed similar expression levels across different tissues including leaves, shoots and roots.  Furthermore, the GS1 protein was primarily localized in the cytoplasm of plant cells.  Both cultivars were then transformed with the CsGS1 coding sequence or antisense sequence via Agrobacterium tumefaciens in order to overexpress and silence GS1 expression, respectively.  Overexpression of CsGS1 significantly improved LN tolerance and photosynthetic parameters, and increased chlorophyll b content, biomass, plant height, root length, N accumulation and GS activity under LN condition compared to the control.   CsGS1 silencing on the other hand significantly reduced the above indices.  Taken together, CsGS1 is crucial for maintaining N metabolism in cucumber plants during N deprivation, and is a promising target for generating novel transgenic breeds with increasing nitrogen utilization efficiency. 
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Proteomic Analysis of Cucumber Defense Rresponses Induced by Propamocarb
WU Peng, QIN Zhi-wei, WU Tao, ZHOU Xiu-yan, XIN Ming , GUO Qian-qian
2013, 12 (11): 2022-2035.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60370-6
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Propamocarb is an agricultural chemical that has been widely used to protect cucumber plants from downy mildew. To understand the mechanisms of cucumber defense responses to propamocarb, we investigated the physiological and proteomic responses of the cucumber line D0351 with propamocarb application. We found that after treatment with propamocarb, the activities of detoxifying enzymes (glutathione reductase, GR; glutathione S-tramsferase, GST) and soluble sugar content of cucumber fruit were significantly increased, but malonaldehyde (MDA) content was significantly reduced. To identify components of propamocarb responsive signaling, we compared the high resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) protein profiles of control and propamocarb-treated fruits, and identified 18 differentially expressed (13 up-regulated and 5 down-regulated) proteins induced by propamocarb which were determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization timeof- flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). The majority of the proteins had functions related to detoxication, energy and transport, protein biosynthesis, regulating reactions and defending against stresses. A real-time quantitative reverse transcriptional-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to compare transcript and protein accumulation patterns for 18 candidate proteins, and the expression of 14 was consistent at both transcript and protein levels. The responses of cucumber proteome to propamocarb seemed complex; the identified proteins may play an important role in regulating adaptation activities following exposure to propamocarb. Data presented herein may shed light on understanding cucumber fruit defense responses under propamocarb treatment.
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