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Linking salinity stress tolerance with tissue-specific Na(+) sequestration in wheat roots.


ABSTRACT: Salinity stress tolerance is a physiologically complex trait that is conferred by the large array of interacting mechanisms. Among these, vacuolar Na(+) sequestration has always been considered as one of the key components differentiating between sensitive and tolerant species and genotypes. However, vacuolar Na(+) sequestration has been rarely considered in the context of the tissue-specific expression and regulation of appropriate transporters contributing to Na(+) removal from the cytosol. In this work, six bread wheat varieties contrasting in their salinity tolerance (three tolerant and three sensitive) were used to understand the essentiality of vacuolar Na(+) sequestration between functionally different root tissues, and link it with the overall salinity stress tolerance in this species. Roots of 4-day old wheat seedlings were treated with 100 mM NaCl for 3 days, and then Na(+) distribution between cytosol and vacuole was quantified by CoroNa Green fluorescent dye imaging. Our major observations were as follows: (1) salinity stress tolerance correlated positively with vacuolar Na(+) sequestration ability in the mature root zone but not in the root apex; (2) contrary to expectations, cytosolic Na(+) levels in root meristem were significantly higher in salt tolerant than sensitive group, while vacuolar Na(+) levels showed an opposite trend. These results are interpreted as meristem cells playing a role of the "salt sensor;" (3) no significant difference in the vacuolar Na(+) sequestration ability was found between sensitive and tolerant groups in either transition or elongation zones; (4) the overall Na(+) accumulation was highest in the elongation zone, suggesting its role in osmotic adjustment and turgor maintenance required to drive root expansion growth. Overall, the reported results suggest high tissue-specificity of Na(+) uptake, signaling, and sequestration in wheat roots. The implications of these findings for plant breeding for salinity stress tolerance are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4335180 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Linking salinity stress tolerance with tissue-specific Na(+) sequestration in wheat roots.

Wu Honghong H   Shabala Lana L   Liu Xiaohui X   Azzarello Elisa E   Zhou Meixue M   Pandolfi Camilla C   Chen Zhong-Hua ZH   Bose Jayakumar J   Mancuso Stefano S   Shabala Sergey S  

Frontiers in plant science 20150220


Salinity stress tolerance is a physiologically complex trait that is conferred by the large array of interacting mechanisms. Among these, vacuolar Na(+) sequestration has always been considered as one of the key components differentiating between sensitive and tolerant species and genotypes. However, vacuolar Na(+) sequestration has been rarely considered in the context of the tissue-specific expression and regulation of appropriate transporters contributing to Na(+) removal from the cytosol. In  ...[more]

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