Impact of overexpression of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase on growth and gene expression under salinity stress

Martinez-Andujar, Cristina and Martinez Perez, Ascension and Ferrandez-Ayela, Almudena and Albacete, Alfonso and Martinez-Melgarejo, Purificacion A. and Dodd, Ian and Thompson, Andrew J. and Gómez-Pérez, José Manuel and Perez-Alfocea, Francisco (2020) Impact of overexpression of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase on growth and gene expression under salinity stress. Plant Science, 295: 110268. ISSN 0168-9452

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Abstract

To better understand abscisic acid (ABA)’s role in the salinity response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), two independent transgenic lines, sp5 and sp12, constitutively overexpressing the LeNCED1 gene (encoding 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, a key enzyme in ABA biosynthesis) and the wild type (WT) cv. Ailsa Craig, were cultivated hydroponically with or without the addition of 100 mM NaCl. Independent of salinity, LeNCED1 overexpression (OE) increased ABA concentration in leaves and xylem sap, and salinity interacted with the LeNCED1 transgene to enhance ABA accumulation in xylem sap and roots. Under control conditions, LeNCED1 OE limited root and shoot biomass accumulation, which was correlated with decreased leaf gas exchange. In salinized plants, LeNCED1 OE reduced the percentage loss in shoot and root biomass accumulation, leading to a greater total root length than WT. Root qPCR analysis of the sp12 line under control conditions revealed upregulated genes related to ABA, jasmonic acid and ethylene synthesis and signalling, gibberellin and auxin homeostasis and osmoregulation processes. Under salinity, LeNCED1 OE prevented the induction of genes involved in ABA metabolism and GA and auxin deactivation that occurred in WT, but the induction of ABA signalling and stress-adaptive genes was maintained. Thus, complex changes in phytohormone and stress-related gene expression are associated with constitutive upregulation of a single ABA biosynthesis gene, alleviating salinity-dependent growth limitation.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Plant Science

Additional Information:

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Plant Science. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Plant Science, 295, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110268

Uncontrolled Keywords:

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Subjects:

?? abscisic acid9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenaseplant hormonesroot gene expressionsalt stresstomato (solanum lycopersicum)plant sciencegeneticsagronomy and crop science ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre

ID Code:

138729

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

06 Nov 2019 09:15

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

01 Nov 2024 01:15

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/138729