A mitochondria-targeted coenzyme Q peptoid induces superoxide dismutase and alleviates salinity stress in plant cells

Autor: Asfaw, Kinfemichael Geressu, Liu, Qiong, Xu, Xiaolu, Manz, Christina, Purper, Sabine, Eghbalian, Rose, Münch, Stephan W., Wehl, Ilona, Bräse, Stefan, Eiche, Elisabeth, Hause, Bettina, Bogeski, Ivan, Schepers, Ute, Riemann, Michael, Nick, Peter
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
Scientific Reports
Scientific reports, 10, Article number:11563
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68491-4
Popis: Salinity is a serious challenge to global agriculture and threatens human food security. Plant cells can respond to salt stress either by activation of adaptive responses, or by programmed cell death. The mechanisms deciding the respective response are far from understood, but seem to depend on the degree, to which mitochondria can maintain oxidative homeostasis. Using plant PeptoQ, a Trojan Peptoid, as vehicle, it is possible to transport a coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) derivative into plant mitochondria. We show that salinity stress in tobacco BY-2 cells (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow-2) can be mitigated by pretreatment with plant PeptoQ with respect to numerous aspects including proliferation, expansion, redox homeostasis, and programmed cell death. We tested the salinity response for transcripts from nine salt-stress related-genes representing different adaptive responses. While most did not show any significant response, the salt response of the transcription factor NtNAC, probably involved in mitochondrial retrograde signaling, was significantly modulated by the plant PeptoQ. Most strikingly, transcripts for the mitochondrial, Mn-dependent Superoxide Dismutase were rapidly and drastically upregulated in presence of the peptoid, and this response was disappearing in presence of salt. The same pattern, albeit at lower amplitude, was seen for the sodium exporter SOS1. The findings are discussed by a model, where plant PeptoQ modulates retrograde signalling to the nucleus leading to a strong expression of mitochondrial SOD, what renders mitochondria more resilient to perturbations of oxidative balance, such that cells escape salt induced cell death and remain viable.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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