Heterologous expression of Hp BHY and Cr BKT increases heat tolerance in Physcomitrella patens  

作　　者：Jianfang He Ping Li Heqiang Huo Lina Liu Ting Tang Mingxia He Junchao Huang Li Liu 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology,Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources,Kunming,650201,China [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100049,China [3]Mid-Florida Research and Education Center,Department of Environmental Horticulture,University of Florida,FL,32703,USA

出　　处：《Plant Diversity》2019年第4期266-274,共9页植物多样性（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31571262);Yunnan Natural Science Foundation (2017FB031)

摘　　要：Heat stress can restrict plant growth,development,and crop yield.As essential plant antioxidants,carotenoids play significant roles in plant stress resistance.b-carotene hydroxylase(BHY)and b-carotene ketolase(BKT),which catalyze the conversions of b-carotene to zeaxanthin and b-carotene to canthaxanthin,respectively,are key enzymes in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway,but little is known about their potential functions in stress resistance.Here,we investigated the roles of b-carotene hydroxylase and b-carotene ketolase during heat stress in Physcomitrella patens through expressing a b-carotene ketolase gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii(Cr BKT)and a b-carotene hydroxylase gene from Haematococcus pluvialis(Hp BHY)in the moss P.patens.In transgenic moss expressing these genes,carotenoids content increased(especially lutein content),and heat stress tolerance increased,with reduced leafy tissue necrosis.To investigate the mechanism of this heat stress resistance,we measured various physiological indicators and found a lower malondialdehyde level,higher peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities,and higher endogenous abscisic acid and salicylate content in the transgenic plants in response to high-temperature stress.These results demonstrate that Cr BKT and Hp BHY increase plant heat stress resistance through the antioxidant and damage repair metabolism,which is related to abscisic acid and salicylate signaling.Heat stress can restrict plant growth, development, and crop yield. As essential plant antioxidants, carotenoids play significant roles in plant stress resistance. b-carotene hydroxylase(BHY) and b-carotene ketolase(BKT), which catalyze the conversions of b-carotene to zeaxanthin and b-carotene to canthaxanthin, respectively, are key enzymes in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway, but little is known about their potential functions in stress resistance. Here, we investigated the roles of b-carotene hydroxylase and b-carotene ketolase during heat stress in Physcomitrella patens through expressing a b-carotene ketolase gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii(Cr BKT) and a b-carotene hydroxylase gene from Haematococcus pluvialis(Hp BHY) in the moss P. patens. In transgenic moss expressing these genes, carotenoids content increased(especially lutein content), and heat stress tolerance increased, with reduced leafy tissue necrosis. To investigate the mechanism of this heat stress resistance, we measured various physiological indicators and found a lower malondialdehyde level, higher peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities, and higher endogenous abscisic acid and salicylate content in the transgenic plants in response to high-temperature stress. These results demonstrate that Cr BKT and Hp BHY increase plant heat stress resistance through the antioxidant and damage repair metabolism, which is related to abscisic acid and salicylate signaling.

关 键 词：Carotenoids HEAT stress ANTIOXIDANT Abscisic ACID PHYSCOMITRELLA patens 

分 类 号：Q[生物学]