Drought stress is one of the most severe environmental constraints to plant growth and crop productivity. Plant growth is greatly affected by drought stress, and plants, to survive,adapt to this stress by invoking dif...Drought stress is one of the most severe environmental constraints to plant growth and crop productivity. Plant growth is greatly affected by drought stress, and plants, to survive,adapt to this stress by invoking different pathways. Piriformospora indica, a root-colonizing endophytic fungus of Sebacinales, promotes plant growth and confers resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, including drought stress, by affecting the physiological properties of the host plant. The fungus strongly colonizes the roots of maize(Zea mays L.) and promotes shoot and root growth under both normal growth conditions and drought stress. We used polyethylene glycol(PEG-6000) to mimic drought stress and found that root fresh and dry weight, leaf area, SPAD value, and leaf number were increased in P. indica-colonized plants.The antioxidative activities of catalases and superoxide dismutases were upregulated within 24h in the leaves of P. indica-colonized plants. Drought-related genes DREB2A, CBL1,ANAC072, and RD29A were upregulated in drought-stressed leaves of P. indica-colonized plants. Furthermore, after drought treatment, proline content increased, whereas accumulation of malondialdehyde(MDA), an indicator of membrane damage, decreased in P. indica-colonized maize. We conclude that P. indica-mediated plant protection against the detrimental effects of drought may result from enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity,proline accumulation, and expression of drought-related genes and lower membrane damage in maize plants.展开更多
为了研究旱柳Salix matsudana高耐盐无性系I-32的耐盐机制,分离其耐盐相关基因,实验以筛选出的高耐盐旱柳无性系I-32为材料,盐胁迫后提取总核糖核酸(RNA),纯化mRNA,利用改良SMART(switching mechanism at 5’end of RNA transcript)技...为了研究旱柳Salix matsudana高耐盐无性系I-32的耐盐机制,分离其耐盐相关基因,实验以筛选出的高耐盐旱柳无性系I-32为材料,盐胁迫后提取总核糖核酸(RNA),纯化mRNA,利用改良SMART(switching mechanism at 5’end of RNA transcript)技术合成了全长cDNA,回收500bp以上cDNA大片段克隆到大肠杆菌Escherichia coli和酵母穿梭载体pYES2.1中,建成旱柳全长cDNA文库,对随机挑取的阳性克隆进行聚合酶链式反应(PCR)鉴定,插入片断平均值为1000bp左右,说明所构建的文库达到了用于目的基因分离筛选和表达的建库要求。通过尿嘧啶缺陷型培养基添加80～130g·L-1氯化钠筛选文库,与野生型酵母菌株相比,转化子的耐盐能力提高。研究结果为克隆与旱柳抗旱相关基因奠定了基础。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31471496)
文摘Drought stress is one of the most severe environmental constraints to plant growth and crop productivity. Plant growth is greatly affected by drought stress, and plants, to survive,adapt to this stress by invoking different pathways. Piriformospora indica, a root-colonizing endophytic fungus of Sebacinales, promotes plant growth and confers resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, including drought stress, by affecting the physiological properties of the host plant. The fungus strongly colonizes the roots of maize(Zea mays L.) and promotes shoot and root growth under both normal growth conditions and drought stress. We used polyethylene glycol(PEG-6000) to mimic drought stress and found that root fresh and dry weight, leaf area, SPAD value, and leaf number were increased in P. indica-colonized plants.The antioxidative activities of catalases and superoxide dismutases were upregulated within 24h in the leaves of P. indica-colonized plants. Drought-related genes DREB2A, CBL1,ANAC072, and RD29A were upregulated in drought-stressed leaves of P. indica-colonized plants. Furthermore, after drought treatment, proline content increased, whereas accumulation of malondialdehyde(MDA), an indicator of membrane damage, decreased in P. indica-colonized maize. We conclude that P. indica-mediated plant protection against the detrimental effects of drought may result from enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity,proline accumulation, and expression of drought-related genes and lower membrane damage in maize plants.
文摘为了研究旱柳Salix matsudana高耐盐无性系I-32的耐盐机制,分离其耐盐相关基因,实验以筛选出的高耐盐旱柳无性系I-32为材料,盐胁迫后提取总核糖核酸(RNA),纯化mRNA,利用改良SMART(switching mechanism at 5’end of RNA transcript)技术合成了全长cDNA,回收500bp以上cDNA大片段克隆到大肠杆菌Escherichia coli和酵母穿梭载体pYES2.1中,建成旱柳全长cDNA文库,对随机挑取的阳性克隆进行聚合酶链式反应(PCR)鉴定,插入片断平均值为1000bp左右,说明所构建的文库达到了用于目的基因分离筛选和表达的建库要求。通过尿嘧啶缺陷型培养基添加80～130g·L-1氯化钠筛选文库,与野生型酵母菌株相比,转化子的耐盐能力提高。研究结果为克隆与旱柳抗旱相关基因奠定了基础。
