Stimulation ofiptoverexpression as a tool to elucidate the role of cytokinins in high temperature responses ofArabidopsis thaliana

Autor: Jana Dobrá, Eva Ge, Jan Novák, Petre I. Dobrev, Martin Černý, Radomira Vankova, Jan Skalák, Marie Hronková, Břetislav Brzobohatý, Petr Jedelský
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Botany
ISSN: 1460-2431
0022-0957
Popis: Highlight Decisive role for cytokinins in stimulation of transpiration during the early heat stress response was demonstrated. Longer term positive effects of cytokinins were associated with elevation of stress- and photosynthesis-related proteins and transcripts.
Cytokinins (CKs) are phytohormones regulating plant growth and development as well as response to the environment. In order to evaluate their function in heat stress (HS) responses, the effect of CK elevation was determined during three types of HS – targeted to shoots, targeted to roots and applied to the whole plant. The early (30min) and longer term (3h) responses were followed at the hormonal, transcriptomic and proteomic levels in Arabidopsis transformants with dexamethasone-inducible expression of the CK biosynthetic gene isopentenyltransferase (ipt) and the corresponding wild-type (Col-0). Combination of hormonal and phenotypic analyses showed transient up-regulation of the CK/abscisic acid ratio, which controls stomatal aperture, to be more pronounced in the transformant. HS responses of the root proteome and Rubisco-immunodepleted leaf proteome were followed using 2-D gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF/TOF. More than 100 HS-responsive proteins were detected, most of them being modulated by CK increase. Proteome and transcriptome analyses demonstrated that CKs have longer term positive effects on the stress-related proteins and transcripts, as well as on the photosynthesis-related ones. Transient accumulation of CKs and stimulation of their signal transduction in tissue(s) not exposed to HS indicate that they are involved in plant stress responses.
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