Accumulation of water-soluble carbohydrates and gene expression in wheat stems correlates with drought resistance

Hou, Jingbo; Huang, Xin; Sun, Wan; Du, Chenyang; Wang, Chenyang; Xie, Yingxin; Ma, Ying; Ma, Dongyun

doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2018.09.017

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“…The contribution of osmoregulation of soluble sugars to drought tolerance of C7-2t Soluble sugars, including glucose, sucrose, maltose, and trehalose, play active roles in osmoregulation under drought stress [47][48][49]. In a drought-resistant wheat, the increased expression of soluble sugar synthesis-related genes explained its drought tolerance [50]. In the present study, the soluble sugar content in C7-2t was higher than that in C7-2 under the control and drought stress conditions (Fig.…”

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Identification of drought tolerant mechanisms in a drought-tolerant maize mutant based on physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses

Zhang

Liu

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BMC Plant Biol

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Background: Frequently occurring drought stress negatively affects the production of maize worldwide. Numerous efforts have been made to develop drought-tolerant maize lines and to explore drought tolerant mechanisms in maize. However, there is a lack of comparative studies on transcriptomic changes between drought-tolerant and control maize lines. Results: In the present study, we have developed a drought-tolerant maize mutant (C7-2t) by irradiating the seeds of maize inbred line ChangC7-2 (C7-2) with 60 Co-γ. Compared to its wild type C7-2, C7-2t exhibited a significantly delayed wilting and higher drought tolerance under both the controlled and field conditions, indicating its high water-holding ability. Transcriptomic profiling was performed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between C7-2 and C7-2t during drought. As a result, a total of 4552 DEGs were implied in drought tolerance of C7-2 and C7-2t. In particular, the expression of photosynthesis-related genes in C7-2 was inhibited, whereas these genes in C7-2t were almost unaffected under drought. Moreover, a specific set of the DEGs were involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and taurine (hypotaurine) metabolism in C7-2t; these DEGs were enriched in cell components associated with membrane systems and cell wall biosynthesis. Conclusions: The drought tolerance of C7-2t was largely due to its high water-holding ability, stable photosynthesis (for supporting osmoregulation) and strengthened biosynthesis of cell walls under drought conditions.

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Section: Fig 6 Qrt-pcr Comparison Of the Expression Of 18 Drought-rementioning

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Identification of drought tolerant mechanisms in a drought-tolerant maize mutant based on physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses

Zhang

Liu

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BMC Plant Biol

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“…In our study, WSC accumulation and translocation positively correlated to GY, which indicate that increasing stem WSC accumulation during the early grain-filling period and promoting its translocation during the late grain-filling period can potentially increase wheat grain yield. It has been previously reported that different stem internodes respond differently to the environment 37 , and stem WSC in the lower internodes have a greater role in grain yield than the upper internodes under drought 38 . Here, we also found that GY was significantly correlated with WSC accumulation in lower internodes and WSC translocation amount.…”

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“…Another reason may be due to the environment conditions wheat cultivar planted. The underlying mechanism of high WSC accumulation and transport may lie in the expression profiles of fructan metabolism related genes; higher expression of genes related to fructan synthesis and degradation at WSC accumulation and translocation stage, respectively 37 . Thus, the close relationship between stem WSC and GY indicate that keeping high WSC content and accumulation could contribute to increasing GY.…”

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“…Twenty stems of each plot were sampled at heading, at anthesis, 10 days after anthesis (DAS), and at the maturity stages. At maturity, the plants were separated into leaves, stems with leaf sheaths (these parts were cut into three segments: peduncle and lower internodes, according to Hou et al 37 ), chaff, and grain. The fresh samples were put into an oven at 105 °C for 30 min and then dried at 80 °C until they reached a constant weight for dry weight determination.…”

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“…Water-soluble carbohydrates (WSc). WSC content was determined according to the method of Hou et al 37 . Briefly, the stem sample (0.10 g) was extracted with 80 °C water for 40 min, centrifuged (4,500 r min −1 , 20 min), and the supernatant was collected.…”

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Accumulation of water-soluble carbohydrates and gene expression in wheat stems correlates with drought resistance

Cited by 54 publications

References 39 publications

Identification of drought tolerant mechanisms in a drought-tolerant maize mutant based on physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses

Identification of drought tolerant mechanisms in a drought-tolerant maize mutant based on physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses

Coordination of carbon and nitrogen accumulation and translocation of winter wheat plant to improve grain yield and processing quality

Photosynthetic organs contributions to grain yield genetic gains in Chilean winter wheat

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