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Functional Characterization of a Sugar Beet BvbHLH93 Transcription Factor in Salt Stress Tolerance

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073669

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sugar beet; salt stress; bHLH; transcription factor; antioxidant enzymes

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [32072122, 31701487]
  2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M670944]
  3. Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province [C2018053]
  4. Initiation Fund for Postdoctoral Research in Heilongjiang Province, Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Heilongjiang University

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The study identified BvbHLH93 as a key bHLH transcription factor in response to salt stress in plants. The up-regulation of BvbHLH93 in roots and leaves by salt stress and its overexpression in Arabidopsis enhanced salt tolerance by regulating antioxidant enzymes and ROS generation.
The basic/helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor (TF) plays an important role for plant growth, development, and stress responses. Previously, proteomics of NaCl treated sugar beet leaves revealed that a bHLH TF, BvbHLH93, was significantly increased under salt stress. The BvbHLH93 protein localized in the nucleus and exhibited activation activity. The expression of BvbHLH93 was significantly up-regulated in roots and leaves by salt stress, and the highest expression level in roots and leaves was 24 and 48 h after salt stress, respectively. Furthermore, constitutive expression of BvbHLH93 conferred enhanced salt tolerance in Arabidopsis, as indicated by longer roots and higher content of chlorophyll than wild type. Additionally, the ectopic expression lines accumulated less Na+ and MDA, but more K+ than the WT. Overexpression of the BvBHLH93 enhanced the activities of antioxidant enzymes by positively regulating the expression of antioxidant genes SOD and POD. Compared to WT, the overexpression plants also had low expression levels of RbohD and RbohF, which are involved in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. These results suggest that BvbHLH93 plays a key role in enhancing salt stress tolerance by enhancing antioxidant enzymes and decreasing ROS generation.

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