Overexpression of a novel E3 ubiquitin ligase gene from Coptis chinensis Franch enhances drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 417-424
Author(s):  
Hanting Chen ◽  
Junjun Li ◽  
Yang He
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
E3 Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Coptis Chinensis

AbstractDrought stress has a significant effect on the growth, physiology and biochemistry of medicinal plants. SDIR1 (Salt- and Drought-Induced Ring Finger1), a C3H2C3-type RING-finger E3 ubiquitin ligase gene plays an important role in the stress response of various plants. However, the role of this gene is not clear in Coptis chinensis. In this study, the CcSDIR1 gene was cloned from C. chinensis using RACE and RT-PCR. Sequence analysis revealed that CcSDIR1 had an open reading frame of 840 bp that encodes 279 amino acids with a theoretical molecular weight about 31 kDa and pI value of 5.65 and shared conserved domains with other plants. On comparison with the wild-type plants, overexpression of CcSDIR1 in transgenic tobaccos increased drought tolerance and showed better growth performance. However, lower malondialdehyde contents and high antioxidant enzyme activities were observed in transgenic tobacco plants compared to wild-type plants. In addition, Evans blue staining showed high cell viability of transgenic lines under drought stress. These results suggest that CcSDIR1 regulates various responses to drought stress by increasing antioxidant enzyme activities and reducing oxidative damage. From the study results, the CcSDIR1 gene will be very useful for drought stress research in plants.

Effect of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on the drought response of barley, durum wheat and oat

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bencze ◽  
K. Balla ◽  
T. Janda ◽  
O. Veisz
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Winter Barley ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
The Impact

Phytotron experiments were conducted to examine the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 level (750 μmol mol−1) on the drought tolerance of winter barley (Petra), durum wheat (Mv Makaroni) and spring oat (Mv Pehely) varieties. Under drought stress conditions, the durum wheat variety was found to be unaffected by CO2 enrichment, as neither the biomass or grain yield nor the antioxidant enzyme activities changed compared to those at ambient CO2. Despite the fact that the spring oat variety had similar grain yield loss due to drought at both CO2 levels, it exhibited reduced antioxidant enzyme activities under less severe drought, indicating a slightly increased tolerance to drought. Winter barley, which exhibited an extremely positive reaction to CO2 enrichment at the control water supply level, also showed increased drought tolerance in response to high CO2. It had low glutathione reductase, glutathione-S-transferase and ascorbate peroxidase activities even at the most severe drought stress levels, while it could also fully compensate for the negative effects of drought on biomass and grain yield parameters when grown at elevated CO2.

scholarly journals Antioxidant Responses of Radiation-induced Dwarf Mutants of Bermudagrass to Drought Stress

2008 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoyun Lu ◽  
Zhongcheng Wang ◽  
Yuejing Niu ◽  
Zhenfei Guo ◽  
Bingru Huang
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme ◽  
Drought Resistance ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
Ion Leakage ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Antioxidant Responses ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
Mutant Lines

Improving the drought tolerance of widely used bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon] is important for water conservation and producing quality turf with limited irrigation. Mutants of bermudagrass were generated using gamma-ray irradiation with an aim toward developing dwarf and drought-resistant bermudagrass. The objectives of this study were to compare morphological characteristics between radiation-induced mutants and the wild-type of bermudagrass and to determine antioxidant responses associated with changes in drought resistance in the bermudagrass mutants. Three mutant lines (7-9, 10-5, and 10-12) that exhibit slow growth and good turf quality were chosen for this study. Plants were exposed to drought stress by withholding irrigation in a greenhouse. Mutant lines had lower canopy height, shorter internodes, and shorter leaves than the wild type under well-watered conditions. Under drought stress, all three dwarf mutant lines maintained higher relative water content and lower ion leakage and malondialdehyde content than the wild type. Antioxidant enzyme activities decreased in response to the drought stress in the mutant lines and the wild type, whereas nonenzymatic antioxidants increased under drought stress. Compared with the wild type, higher enzyme activities and antioxidant contents were maintained in mutant lines under drought stress. Our results indicated that bermudagrass mutants induced by gamma radiation exhibited dwarf characteristics and improved drought resistance, which was associated with maintenance of higher levels of antioxidant enzyme activities and nonenzymatic antioxidant contents.

scholarly journals Overexpression of the pitaya phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene (HpPEAMT) enhanced simulated drought stress in tobacco

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai-Hua Wang ◽  
Lan Yang ◽  
Xin-Zhuan Yao ◽  
Xiao-Peng Wen
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence Similarity ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Tobacco Plants

AbstractPhosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMTase) catalyzes the methylation of phosphoethanolamine to produce phosphocholine and plays an important role in the abiotic stress response. Although the PEAMT genes has been isolated from many species other than pitaya, its role in the drought stress response has not yet been fully elucidated. In the present study, we isolated a 1485 bp cDNA fragment of HpPEAMT from pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus). Phylogenetic analysis showed that, during its evolution, HpPEAMT has shown a high degree of amino acid sequence similarity with the orthologous genes in Chenopodiaceae species. To further investigate the function of HpPEAMT, we generated transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing HpPEAMT, and the transgenic plants accumulated significantly more glycine betaine (GB) than did the wild type (WT). Drought tolerance trials indicated that, compared with those of the wild-type (WT) plants, the roots of the transgenic plants showed higher drought tolerance ability and exhibited improved drought tolerance. Further analysis revealed that overexpression of HpPEAM in Nicotiana tabacum resulted in upregulation of transcript levels of GB biosynthesis-related genes (NiBADH, NiCMO and NiSDC) in the leaves. Furthermore, compared with the wild-type plants, the transgenic tobacco plants displayed a significantly lower malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation and higher activities of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) antioxidant enzymes under drought stress. Taken together, our results suggested that HpPEAMT enhanced the drought tolerance of transgenic tobacco.

scholarly journals Study of silicon effects on antioxidant enzyme activities and osmotic adjustment of wheat under drought stress

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tale Ahmad ◽  
R. Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme ◽  
Osmotic Adjustment ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Soluble Protein ◽  
Membrane Damage ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
Randomized Design

The effect of silicon (Si) was investigated on the major antioxidant enzyme activities including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POD), relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll and soluble protein contents, proline (Pro) and glycine betaine (GB) accumulation in three different growth stages (2<sup>nd</sup>, 4<sup>th</sup> leaf and tillering stages) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants under drought stress. The experiment was performed in a completely randomized design for three treatments including control, drought and Si-drought (2mM silicate sodium/kg) with three replications in a greenhouse. The results indicated that Si partially offset the negative impacts of drought stress increasing the tolerance of wheat by rising Pro and GB accumulation and soluble protein content. Compared with the plants treated with drought, applied Si significantly enhanced the activities of SOD, CAT, APX and POD. In contrast, drought stress caused a considerable decrease in RWC, chlorophyll and soluble protein contents. This Si effect was time-dependent and became stronger in the tillering stage. The results of the present experiment coincided with the conclusion that Si alleviates water deficit of wheat by preventing the oxidative membrane damage and may be associated with plant osmotic adjustment.

scholarly journals Changes in Antioxidant Enzyme Activities and Lipid Peroxidation for Bentgrass Species in Response to Drought Stress

2007 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle DaCosta ◽  
Bingru Huang
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme ◽  
Drought Resistance ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Photochemical Efficiency ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
Species Variation ◽  
General Decline

Previous investigations identified velvet bentgrass (Agrostis canina L.) as having higher drought resistance among bentgrass species. This study was designed to determine whether species variation in drought resistance for colonial bentgrass (A. capillaris L.), creeping bentgrass (A. stolonifera L.), and velvet bentgrass was associated with differences in antioxidant enzyme levels in response to drought. Plants of ‘Tiger II’ colonial bentgrass, ‘L-93’ creeping bentgrass, and ‘Greenwich’ velvet bentgrass were maintained in a growth chamber under two watering treatments: 1) well-watered control and 2) irrigation completely withheld for 28 d (drought stress). Prolonged drought stress caused oxidative damage in all three bentgrass species as exhibited by a general decline in antioxidant enzyme activities and an increase in lipid peroxidation. Compared among the three species, velvet bentgrass maintained antioxidant enzyme activities for a greater duration of drought treatment compared with both colonial bentgrass and creeping bentgrass. Higher antioxidant enzyme capacity for velvet bentgrass was associated with less lipid peroxidation and higher turf quality, leaf relative water content, and photochemical efficiency for a greater duration of stress compared with colonial bentgrass and creeping bentgrass. These results suggest that bentgrass resistance to drought stress could be associated with higher oxidative scavenging ability, especially for velvet bentgrass.

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