Journal
PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 323, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111415
Keywords
Salinity stress; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); TLDc-containing protein (TLD); IbTLD; ROS scavenging genes; Nudix hydrolase
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- Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan [107-2311-B-005-008, 108-2313-B-005-016, 109-2313-B-005-025]
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This study demonstrates that the Ipomoea batatas TLDc gene enhances salt tolerance in plants by up-regulating the expression of ROS scavenging genes to alleviate oxidative damage.
Plants accumulate reactive oxygen species (ROS) that may damage the cells under prolonged stress conditions. Reduction of the excessive ROS production can alleviate oxidative damage and enhance the survival rates under stress. TLDc-containing protein (TLD) was reported to confer tolerance to oxidative stress, but the regulatory mechanism of TLD remains unclear. In this study, we ectopically overexpressed the Ipomoea batatas TLDc gene (IbTLD) in tobacco and characterized its functions. RNA-sequencing analysis and Gene Ontology term enrichment analysis revealed that IbTLD up-regulates auxin-responsive genes in response to oxidative stress. Under salinity stress, the IbTLD transgenic lines showed higher germination rates, chlorophyll contents, and root lengths than wild type (W38). In addition, the IbTLD transgenic lines showed higher expression of ROS scavenging genes, nudix hydrolases, ROS scavenging enzyme activity, and lesser DNA damage compared to W38 under salinity stress. Therefore, our results suggest that IbTLD activates the expression of ROS scavenging genes and confers tolerance to salinity stress in planta.
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