Journal
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 569, Issue -, Pages 93-99Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.06.085
Keywords
MYB transcription Factor; Abiotic stress; Antioxidation system; Stress-related genes; Fragaria vesca
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Funding
- Key R&D Program of Anhui Province [201904a06020049]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFD1000200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31701869]
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The research identified FvMYB24 as a potential positive regulator to improve salt tolerance in strawberry plants, enhancing growth and tolerance by regulating gene expression and antioxidant responses under salt stress.
Salinity is one of the major environmental stresses that limit crop growth and productivity. In this study, the FvMYB24 gene that encodes an R2R3-type MYB transcription factor was cloned and characterized. An expression analysis showed that FvMYB24 had a tissue-and stage-specific profile and was induced by salt treatment. Arabidopsis plants that overexpressed transgenic FvMYB24 exhibited a higher germination rate, fresh weight, chlorophyll content, and longer root length than the wild type (WT) under salt stress. The transgenic plants had higher activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) and the accumulation of proline, while these plants accumulated lower amounts of malondialdehyde (MDA) compared with the WT. Furthermore, our results also revealed that the over expression of FvMYB24 up-regulated the expression of several stress-related genes (AtSOS1, AtSOS2, AtSOS3, AtSOD, AtPOD, AtCAT1, AtNHX1, and AtLEA3) in response to salt stress, thus, enhancing the tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis. An analysis of the cis-acting elements in the SOS1, SOS2, and SOS3 promoters revealed MYB-binding sites. However, FvMYB24 could only bind to the SOS1 promoter to mediate salt tolerance but not to the SOS2 and SOS3 promoters. These findings suggest that FvMYB24 could potentially be used as a positive regulator in transgenic plant breeding to improve the tolerance of strawberry plants to salt. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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