期刊
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.702875
关键词
Medicago sativa; salinity; melatonin; physiological mechanism; transcriptional responses; MsPMTR1; seed germination; plant growth
资金
- innovation guidance project of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [KCBJ2018001]
- Science and Technology Program of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [201802061]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31860055, 31460036, 31860671]
- Science and Technology, the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [2017JQ05]
- Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [2017MS0330]
- Natural Science Foundation Key Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [2021ZD03]
The study demonstrated that melatonin (MT) and its precursor 5-HT play a positive role in alleviating salt stress in alfalfa, improving seed germination and seedling growth. The regulatory mechanism of MT in salt tolerance in alfalfa was analyzed, highlighting the importance of MsPMTR1 in mediating the effects of MT on plant growth under salt stress.
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is an important forage crop, and salt stress is a major limiting factor in its yield. Melatonin (MT) is a multi-regulatory molecule in plants. We showed that basal MT content was positively correlated with the salt tolerance degree of different alfalfa varieties. MT and its precursor 5-HT fully recovered seed germination while partially ameliorated seedling growth of salt-stressed alfalfa. The 5-HT showed some divergent effects from MT with regards to growth amelioration under salinity. Salt stress caused stunted plant growth in soil culture, while MT ameliorated it by elevating plant height, fresh weight, branching number, and chlorophyll content. Silencing of a putative MT receptor, MsPMTR1, which was shown to be membrane-localized, abolished the ameliorative effects of MT on salt-stressed alfalfa seedling growth, while overexpression of MsPMTR1 improved plant growth under salt stress. The RNA sequencing analysis showed that nine pathway genes were specifically induced by MT treatment compared with salt stress. These MT-responsive differentially expressed genes include basal metabolic pathway genes, such as ribosome, elongation factor, sugar and lipid metabolism, and photosynthesis and stress-related genes encoding membrane integrity related proteins, heat shock protein, peroxidase/oxidoreductase, and protease. Several abiotic stress response-related genes, such as DRE, ARF, HD-ZF, MYB, and REM were repressed by NaCl treatment while induced by MT treatment. In summary, we demonstrated the importance of MsPMTR1 in MT-mediated salt tolerance in alfalfa, and we also analyzed the regulatory mechanism of MT during alfalfa seed germination under salt stress.
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