Journal
CELL RESEARCH
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 957-969Publisher
INST BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2010.181
Keywords
salt stress; ERAD; UPR; Ca2+; ROS
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [CNSF31030047/90717006]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB915402]
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Eukaryotic organisms have quality-control mechanisms that allow misfolded or unassembled proteins to be retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and subsequently degraded by ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The ERAD pathway is well studied in yeast and mammals; however, the biological functions of plant ERAD have not been reported. Through molecular and cellular biological approaches, we found that ERAD is necessary for plants to overcome salt stress. Upon salt treatment ubiquitinated proteins increased in plant cells, especially unfolded proteins that quickly accumulated in the ER and subsequently induced ER stress responses. Defect in HRD3A of the HRD1/HRD3 complex of the ERAD pathway resulted in alteration of the unfolded protein response (UPR), increased plant sensitivity to salt, and retention of ERAD substrates in plant cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated that Ca2+ release from the ER is involved in the elevation of UPR and reactive oxygen species (ROS) participates the ERAD-related plant salt response pathway.
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