Regulation of cuticular wax biosynthesis in plants under abiotic stress

Md Shaheenuzzamn,Shandang Shi,Kamran Sohail,Hongqi Wu,Tianxiang Liu,Peipei An,Zhonghua Wang,Mirza Hasanuzzaman 한국식물생명공학회 2021 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.15 No.1

Cuticular waxes are the covering of the outer layer of the plant, consist of hydrocarbon appears like whitish flm or bloom in plant organs. They play a vital role like a safeguard from diferent stress condition in the plant. Since environmental factors are active regulators of cuticular wax biosynthesis, composition, quantity, and deposition, it is evident that cuticular wax is associated with plant stress responses. The diversity of cuticular wax compositions is a proof of the wealth of genes associated in plant wax production. Moreover, a number of wax genes were distinguished in plant/crops at abiotic stress conditions but, regulation of control of those wax genes has not been studied very well in major crop plants at abiotic conditions. A very few transcriptions factors were identifed to regulate the expression level of wax genes of cuticular wax biosynthesis at abiotic stress condition. However, further study is needed to identify more candidate transcriptional regulation factors to cuticular wax production in diferent crop plants in diverse abiotic environments. Therefore, regulation of cuticular wax production under diverse abiotic stresses and the role of transcription factors into the plant cuticular wax accumulation will be helpful to engineer crop plants and improve transgenic crops for stress tolerance. In this review, we focused on a new perspective on transcriptional factors to regulate functional genes of cuticular wax biosynthesis in plants at abiotic stresses.

A Trifloxystrobin Fungicide Induces Systemic Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses

Han, Song-Hee,Kang, Beom-Ryong,Lee, Jang-Hoon,Lee, Seung-Hwan,Kim, In-Seon,Kim, Chul-Hong,Kim, Young-Cheol The Korean Society of Plant Pathology 2012 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.28 No.1

Trifloxystrobin is a strobilurin fungicide, which possesses broad spectrum control against fungal plant diseases. We demonstrated that pre-treating red pepper plants with trifloxystrobin resulted in increased plant growth and leaf chlorophyll content compared with those in control plants. Relative water content of the leaves and the survival rate of intact plants indicated that plants acquired systemic tolerance to drought stress following trifloxystrobin pre-treatment. The recovery rate by rehydration in the drought treated plant was better in those pre-treated with trifloxystrobin than that in water treated plants. Induced drought tolerance activity by trifloxystrobin was sustained for 25 days after initial application. The trifloxystrobin treated red pepper plants also had induced systemic tolerance to other abiotic stresses, such as frost, cold, and high temperature stresses. These findings suggest that applying the chemical fungicide trifloxystrobin induced systemic tolerance to certain abiotic stresses in red pepper plants.

다양한 환경스트레스에 대한 감자 2품종의 감수성 분석

탕리,권석윤,성창근,곽상수,이행순,Tang, Li,Kwon, Suk-Yoon,Sung, Chang-K,Kwak, Sang-Soo,Lee, Haeng-Soon 한국식물생명공학회 2003 식물생명공학회지 Vol.30 No.4

환경스트레스는 식물의 생산성에 영향을 미치는 주된 제한요인이다. 여러 종류의 환경스트레스에 대해 내성을 지닌 형질전환 감자식물체 개발에 활용하기 위하여 두 품종의 감자(대서, 수미)의 leaf disc를 사용하여 고온을 포함하여 여러 가지 환경 스트레스에 대한 감수성을 조사하였다. 37$^{\circ}C$에서 84시간 고온처리에 대해서는 고온에 감수성 품종인 대서가 수미에 비해 약 20%피해를 더 많이 받아 감수성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 감자 식물체의 leaf disc는 2$\mu$M methyl viologen(MV)을 처리하였을 때 대서가 수미에 비해 약 38%더 많은 피해를 받았으며 10$\mu$M MV에서는 감수성은 더 높았다. 0.75M NaCl에 대해서는 대서 품종이 수미에 비해 약 45%의 낮은 엽록소 함량을 나타내어 감수성이 높은 것으로 나타났으나, 고농도에서는 큰 차이가 없었다. $H_2O$$_2$에 대한 두 품종의 감수성은 복합적이었으며, 25mM $H_2O$$_2$에서는 수미가 대서에 비해 높은 감수성을 나타내었으나 100mM $H_2O$$_2$에서는 대서가 릎은 감수성을 나타내었다. 본 연구에 사용한 leaf disc는 식물체의 활성을 잘 반영할 뿐 아니라 간편하기 때문에 복합스트레스 내성 형질전환 감자식물체의 선발 및 특성규명에 유용하게 이용될 것으로 기대된다. Environmental stress is the major limiting factor in plant productivity. In order to evaluate the stress tolerance of potato plants, leaf discs of two potato cultivars, Atlantic and Superior, were subjected to various stress conditions of high temperature, methyl viologen, H2O2, or $H_2O$$_2$. When potato leaf discs were exposed to high temperature at 37$^{\circ}C$ for 84 hr, Atlantic plants, a cultivar with high sensitivity to heat stress, showed about 20% higher membrane damage than Superior plants. When exposed to 2$\mu$M methyl violgen (MV), a superoxide generating non-selective herbicide, for 36 hr, Atlantic plants also showed about 38% higher membrane damage than Superior plants, and were more susceptible up to 10$\mu$M MV concentration tested. On treatment with 0.75M NaCl, Atlantic plants also had about 45% less chlorophyll contents in leaf discs than Superior plants. There was, however, no difference in chlorophyll content of two cultivars at higher NaCl concentrations. The effect of $H_2O$$_2$ on the two cultivars was mixed. At low $H_2O$$_2$ concentration (25 mM) , Superior plants were more susceptible to $H_2O$$_2$stress after 36 hr. However, at high $H_2O$$_2$ concentration (100 mM), Atlantic plants exhibited higher susceptibility after 36 hr. The results indicate that in vitro leaf discs reflecting the whole plants in this study will be useful for selection and characterization of elite transgenic potato plants with enhanced tolerance to environmental stress.

근권미생물에 의한 식물의 생물·환경적 복합 스트레스 내성 유도

유성제,상미경,Yoo, Sung-Je,Sang, Mee Kyung 한국식물병리학회 2017 식물병연구 Vol.23 No.2

식물은 재배기간 동안 세균, 진균, 바이러스 등의 생물 스트레스뿐만 아니라 고온, 염, 건조 등 다양한 환경 스트레스에도 노출되어 왔다. 최근에는 기후 이상현상으로 인하여 환경 스트레스의 빈도 및 강도가 불규칙적으로 증가하고 있으며 이로 인해 병원균의 생장과 영향도 변화하여 생물과 환경의 복합 스트레스가 식물 재배에 큰 영향을 주고 있다. 유용미생물을 이용한 식물의 저항성 유도는 다양한 생물과 환경 스트레스로부터 식물을 보호하는 데 도움을 주며, 이러한 스트레스에 대한 피해를 감소시킬 수 있는 가능성을 열어 주었다. 본 리뷰에서는 식물의 생물과 환경 스트레스에 대한 피해를 감소시키는 데 영향을 주는 미생물의 결정인자에 대해 기술하였으며 미생물 결정인자에 의해 유도되는 식물 신호전달 체계 변화에 대해 기술하였다. 또한 복합 스트레스 경감을 위한 미생물의 역할과 연구 방향에 대해 기술하였다. 이 리뷰를 통해 변화하는 환경에 대비하기 위해서 다양한 방안을 마련하고 있는 농민들에게 도움이 되기를 바라며, 실제 유용미생물 연구가 식물 재배 중 발생할 수 있는 다양한 스트레스에 따른 농가 피해를 감소시킬 효과적 대응 방안으로 이어지길 바란다. Recently, global warming and drastic climate change are the greatest threat to the world. The climate change can affect plant productivity by reducing plant adaptation to diverse environments including frequent high temperature; worsen drought condition and increased pathogen transmission and infection. Plants have to survive in this condition with a variety of biotic (pathogen/pest attack) and abiotic stress (salt, high/low temperature, drought). Plants can interact with beneficial microbes including plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, which help plant mitigate biotic and abiotic stress. This overview presents that rhizobacteria plays an important role in induced systemic resistance (ISR) to biotic stress or induced systemic tolerance (IST) to abiotic stress condition; bacterial determinants related to ISR and/or IST. In addition, we describe effects of rhizobacteria on defense/tolerance related signal pathway in plants. We also review recent information including plant resistance or tolerance against multiple stresses ($biotic{\times}abiotic$). We desire that this review contribute to expand understanding and knowledge on the microbial application in a constantly varying agroecosystem, and suggest beneficial microbes as one of alternative environment-friendly application to alleviate multiple stresses.

Constitutive expression of DaCBF7, an Antarctic vascular plant Deschampsia antarctica CBF homolog, resulted in improved cold tolerance in transgenic rice plants

Byun, M.Y.,Lee, J.,Cui, L.H.,Kang, Y.,Oh, T.K.,Park, H.,Lee, H.,Kim, W.T. Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd 2015 Plant science Vol.236 No.-

Deschampsia antarctica is an Antarctic hairgrass that grows on the west coast of the Antarctic peninsula. In this report, we have identified and characterized a transcription factor, D. antarctica C-repeat binding factor 7 (DaCBF7), that is a member of the monocot group V CBF homologs. The protein contains a single AP2 domain, a putative nuclear localization signal, and the typical CBF signature. DaCBF7, like other monocot group V homologs, contains a distinct polypeptide stretch composed of 43 amino acids in front of the AP2 motif. DaCBF7 was predominantly localized to nuclei and interacted with the C-repeat/dehydration responsive element (CRT/DRE) core sequence (ACCGAC) in vitro. DaCBF7 was induced by abiotic stresses, including drought, cold, and salinity. To investigate its possible cellular role in cold tolerance, a transgenic rice system was employed. DaCBF7-overexpressing transgenic rice plants (Ubi:DaCBF7) exhibited markedly increased tolerance to cold stress compared to wild-type plants without growth defects; however, overexpression of DaCBF7 exerted little effect on tolerance to drought or salt stress. Transcriptome analysis of a Ubi:DaCBF7 transgenic line revealed 13 genes that were up-regulated in DaCBF7-overexpressing plants compared to wild-type plants in the absence of cold stress and in short- or long-term cold stress. Five of these genes, dehydrin, remorin, Os03g63870, Os11g34790, and Os10g22630, contained putative CRT/DRE or low-temperature responsive elements in their promoter regions. These results suggest that overexpression of DaCBF7 directly and indirectly induces diverse genes in transgenic rice plants and confers enhanced tolerance to cold stress.

A Trifloxystrobin Fungicide Induces Systemic Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses

한송희,강범룡,이장훈,이승환,김인선,김철홍,김영철 한국식물병리학회 2012 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.28 No.1

Trifloxystrobin is a strobilurin fungicide, which possesses broad spectrum control against fungal plant diseases. We demonstrated that pre-treating red pepper plants with trifloxystrobin resulted in increased plant growth and leaf chlorophyll content compared with those in control plants. Relative water content of the leaves and the survival rate of intact plants indicated that plants acquired systemic tolerance to drought stress following trifloxystrobin pre-treatment. The recovery rate by rehydration in the drought treated plant was better in those pre-treated with trifloxystrobin than that in water treated plants. Induced drought tolerance activity by trifloxystrobin was sustained for 25 days after initial application. The trifloxystrobin treated red pepper plants also had induced systemic tolerance to other abiotic stresses, such as frost, cold, and high temperature stresses. These findings suggest that applying the chemical fungicide trifloxystrobin induced systemic tolerance to certain abiotic stresses in red pepper plants.

Glycine betaine: a versatile compound with great potential for gene pyramiding to improve crop plant performance against environmental stresses

Raza Ahmad,임찬주,권석윤 한국식물생명공학회 2013 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.7 No.1

Plants are frequently exposed to a plethora of environmental stresses. Being sessile creatures, they have to tolerate any stresses by altering their metabolism. To achieve tolerance, plants synthesize compatible compounds such as glycine betaine (GB). Continuous research over the years has increased our understanding about the mechanisms of stress protection by GB, which range from an osmolyte to a chaperone and from maintenance of reactive oxygen species to gene expression inducer. Various crop plants have also been transformed to synthesize GB along with model plants by introducing bacterial or plant genes. The GB-synthesizing crop plants exhibit enhanced tolerance to various abiotic stresses and out-yield wild-type plants in stressful conditions. GB has also been utilized to improve enhanced stress tolerance by utilizing it in gene stacking experiments due to its synergistic and stabilizing effects. It is reviewed here (along with comparative analysis of GB synthesis pathways and its mechanism to improve tolerance) showing that gene stacking by using GB as one component provides substantial protection. This synergistic role of GB leads us to hypothesize that it can be utilized in virtually any kind of gene stacking experiments to develop crop plants to be grown in arable and marginal lands for better tolerance to ever-changing environmental conditions and to ensure food security in underdeveloped regions of the world.

Glycine betaine: a versatile compound with great potential for gene pyramiding to improve crop plant performance against environmental stresses

Ahmad, Raza,Lim, Chan Ju,Kwon, Suk-Yoon 한국식물생명공학회 2013 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.7 No.1

Plants are frequently exposed to a plethora of environmental stresses. Being sessile creatures, they have to tolerate any stresses by altering their metabolism. To achieve tolerance, plants synthesize compatible compounds such as glycine betaine (GB). Continuous research over the years has increased our understanding about the mechanisms of stress protection by GB, which range from an osmolyte to a chaperone and from maintenance of reactive oxygen species to gene expression inducer. Various crop plants have also been transformed to synthesize GB along with model plants by introducing bacterial or plant genes. The GB-synthesizing crop plants exhibit enhanced tolerance to various abiotic stresses and out-yield wild-type plants in stressful conditions. GB has also been utilized to improve enhanced stress tolerance by utilizing it in gene stacking experiments due to its synergistic and stabilizing effects. It is reviewed here (along with comparative analysis of GB synthesis pathways and its mechanism to improve tolerance) showing that gene stacking by using GB as one component provides substantial protection. This synergistic role of GB leads us to hypothesize that it can be utilized in virtually any kind of gene stacking experiments to develop crop plants to be grown in arable and marginal lands for better tolerance to ever-changing environmental conditions and to ensure food security in underdeveloped regions of the world.

Efficient Selection Method for Drought Tolerant Plants Using Osmotic Agents

Dong-Jin Park,Hyeon-Jeong Im,Mi jin Jeong,송현진,김학곤,Gang-Uk Suh,Balkrishna Ghimire,최명석 강원대학교 산림과학연구소 2018 Journal of Forest Science Vol.34 No.3

An efficient method to select drought tolerant Korean native plants using in vitro culture system was established in this study. While the plant growths and root inductions of each plant were proportionately affected by concentrations of mannitol on in vitro culturing seven plant species to test tolerance to osmotic stress, growth index (GI) and number of root induction of Chrysanthemi zawadskii var. latilobum and Dianthus chinensis var. semperflorens plantlets were higher than the others in 125mM mannitol. In test with polyethylene glycol (PEG), plantlets of C. zawadskii var. latilobum and D. chinensis var. semperflorens showed higher GI and number of root induction than the others in 33.3mM. On testing whether the well grown plants under osmotic stress are tolerant to virtual drought stress, there were significant differences in the withering rates of C. zawadskii var. latilobum and D. chinensis and those of were Aster yomena and Centaurea cyanus after 12 days without watering. It was found that significantly lower stomata numbers were shown in both drought tolerant plants than the sensitive plants. Averages of the stomata circumferencesand the stomata area in the plantlets of the tolerant species were larger than those of the sensitive plants D. chinensis var. semperflorens showed the lowest transpiration level per unit area. The highest stomatal area per unit area was found in C. zawadskii, followed by D. chinensis var. semperflorens, Aster yomena and C. cyanus. In conclusion, C. zawadskii var. latilobum and D. chinensis var. semperflorens were more tolerant to drought than other two species. Furthermore in vitro selection was successfully used to screen drought tolerance species of native plant species.

Microarray와 Network 분석을 통한 병원균 및 스트레스 저항성 관련 주요 유전자의 대량 발굴

김형민,문수윤,이진수,배원실,원경호,김윤경,강권규,류호진,Kim, Hyeongmin,Moon, Suyun,Lee, Jinsu,Bae, Wonsil,Won, Kyungho,Kim, Yoon-Kyeong,Kang, Kwon Kyoo,Ryu, Hojin 한국식물생명공학회 2016 식물생명공학회지 Vol.43 No.3

브라시노스테로이드는 식물의 생장과 발육 과정에 있어서 중요한 역할을 담당 할 뿐 아니라 생물학적/ 비 생물학적 스트레스에 대한 복합 저항성을 보인다고 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 브라시노스테로이드와 광범위스트레스 내성을 연결하는 중요한 생물학적 네트워크를 이해하기 위해, Agilent Arabidopsis $4{\times}44K$ oligo chip을 이용하여 브라시노스테로이드 신호가 강화된 bes1-D 계통의 전 전사체 비교분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 bes1-D 계통에서 DEGs (Differentially Expressed Genes)를 1,091 (562 up-regulated, 529 down-regulated) 개 선발하였다. 또한 선발된 유전자들의 GO 와 단백질 상호작용 네트워크 분석을 통해 대사, 발달, 스트레스, 면역, 방어 반응에 관련된 주요 브라시노스테로이드 신호전달과 연결된 스트레스 관련 유전자군을 분리하였다. 선발된 유전자중 NB-ARC와 FLS2는 bes1-D 계통이 야생형 En-2 계통에 비해 약 6배 정도의 발현량이 증가되었으며, TIR1, TSA1, OCP3 유전자등은 bes1-D 계통이 야생형 En-2 계통에 비해 발현이 감소되었다. 또한 브라시노스테로이드 활성형 계통이 야생형 식물체 계통에 비해 가뭄 스트레스 및 병원균에 대해 저항력이 향상되었다. 따라서 microarray 분석을 통한 유전자 간 발현 네트워크와 유전체 정보를 결합하여 대단위 주요 기능 유전자들을 동정할 수 있는 방법을 고안하여 실험에 사용하였다. 이를 통해 기능 획득 돌연변이 bes1-D가 식물들이 다양한 스트레스 환경에 적응할 수 있는 반응을 조절한다는 사실을 보여주고 있다. Brassinosteroid (BR), a plant steroid hormone, plays key roles in numerous growth and developmental processes as well as tolerance to both abiotic and biotic stress. To understand the biological networks involved in BR-mediated signaling pathways and stress tolerance, we performed comparative genome-wide transcriptome analysis of a constitutively activated BR bes1-D mutant with an Agilent Arabidopsis $4{\times}44K$ oligo chip. As a result, we newly identified 1,091 (562 up-regulated and 529 down-regulated) significant differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The combination of GO enrichment and protein network analysis revealed that stress-related processes, such as metabolism, development, abiotic/biotic stress, immunity, and defense, were critically linked to BR signaling pathways. Among the identified gene sets, we confirmed more than a 6-fold up-regulation of NB-ARC and FLS2 in bes1-D plants. However, some genes, including TIR1, TSA1 and OCP3, were down-regulated. Consistently, BR-activated plants showed higher tolerance to drought stress and pathogen infection compared to wild-type controls. In this study, we newly developed a useful, comprehensive method for large-scale identification of critical network and gene sets with global transcriptome analysis using a microarray. This study also showed that gain of function in the bes1-D gene can regulate the adaptive response of plants to various stressful conditions.