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TREE PHYSIOLOGY
卷 41, 期 7, 页码 1230-1246出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa178
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ABA; drought stress; gene expression; Norway spruce; Picea abies; RNA-Seq; transcriptome
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- Berzelii Centre for Forest Biotechnology
- Swedish University of Agricultural Science's Trees and Crops for the Future (TC4F) program
Drought stress has significant impacts on seedling establishment, survival, and productivity of plants, particularly coniferous tree species. Norway spruce seedlings show reversible physiological plasticity in response to drought, with changes in shoot water potential and ABA levels. Root and needle transcriptional responses to drought differ, with roots showing more down-regulation of growth-related genes. Comparison with previously studied drought-response genes in Arabidopsis thaliana shows both conservation and divergence in transcriptional response in P. abies, highlighting the importance of profiling both above- and belowground tissues to understand drought response mechanisms in coniferous species.
Drought stress impacts seedling establishment, survival and whole-plant productivity. Molecular responses to drought stress have been most extensively studied in herbaceous species, mostly considering only aboveground tissues. Coniferous tree species dominate boreal forests, which are predicted to be exposed to more frequent and acute drought as a result of ongoing climate change. The associated impact at all stages of the forest tree life cycle is expected to have large-scale ecological and economic impacts. However, the molecular response to drought has not been comprehensively profiled for coniferous species. We assayed the physiological and transcriptional response of Picea abies (L.) H. Karst seedling needles and roots after exposure to mild and severe drought. Shoots and needles showed an extensive reversible plasticity for physiological measures indicative of drought-response mechanisms, including changes in stomatal conductance (g(s)), shoot water potential and abscisic acid (ABA). In both tissues, the most commonly observed expression profiles in response to drought were highly correlated with the ABA levels. Still, root and needle transcriptional responses contrasted, with extensive root-specific down-regulation of growth. Comparison between previously characterized Arabidopsis thaliana L. drought-response genes and P. abies revealed both conservation and divergence of transcriptional response to drought. In P. abies, transcription factors belonging to the ABA responsive element(ABRE) binding/ABRE binding factors ABA-dependent pathway had a more limited role. These results highlight the importance of profiling both above- and belowground tissues, and provide a comprehensive framework to advance the understanding of the drought response of P. abies. The results demonstrate that a short-term, severe drought induces severe physiological responses coupled to extensive transcriptome modulation and highlight the susceptibility of Norway spruce seedlings to such drought events.
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