Project description:HSFA1s are a gene family of HSFA1 with four members, HSFA1a, HSFA1b, HSFA1d, and HSFA1e. HSFA1s are the master regulators of heat shock response. As a part of the heat shock response, HSFA2 can prolong the heat shock response and amplify the heat shock response in response to repeat heat shock. To identify the heat-shock-responsive genes differentially regulated by HSFA1s and HSFA2, we compared the transcriptomic differences of plants containing only constitutively expressed HSFA1s or HSFA2 after heat stress. hsfa2 (the KO mutant of HSFA2, Col-0 background) and A2QK-10 (CaMV 35S:HSFA2 in QK mutant; QK is HSFA1a/b/d/e quadruple KO mutant) were used to compare the difference of heat shock response when plants lack HSFA1s or HSFA2. The aim is to find the HSFA1s- and HSFA2-preferred regulating genes after heat stress. As the control samples, wild type is the plant with normal heat shock response, and QK (HSFA1s KO mutant, Col-0 and Ws mixed background) is the plant that lost the heat shock response controlled by HSFA1s.
Project description:HSFA1s are a gene family of HSFA1 with four members, HSFA1a, HSFA1b, HSFA1d, and HSFA1e. HSFA1s are the master regulators of heat shock response. As a part of the heat shock response, HSFA2 can prolong the heat shock response and amplify the heat shock response in response to repeat heat shock. To identify the heat-shock-responsive genes differentially regulated by HSFA1s and HSFA2, we compared the transcriptomic differences of plants containing only constitutively expressed HSFA1s or HSFA2 after heat stress.
Project description:HSC70 is the cytosolic isoform of plant HSP70. We have found that HSC70 family proteins bind to the heat shock transcription factor A1s (HsfA1s), which are the master regulators of the heat shock response in plants, and supress their activity. To investigate the role of HSC70s in the regulation of HsfA1s and heat shock responses, we evaluated the effect of triple knock out of HSC70s on the transcriptome under the normal growth condition.
Project description:HSC70 is the cytosolic isoform of plant HSP70. We have found that HSC70 family proteins bind to the heat shock transcription factor A1s (HsfA1s), which are the master regulators of the heat shock response in plants, and suppress their activity. We additionally found that the triple knock out of HSC70s alters responses of Arabidopsis plants to salt stress. To investigate the role of the HSC70s in salt stress responses, we evaluated the effects of the triple knock out on the transcriptome under salt stress.
Project description:Plants and animals share similar mechanisms in the heat-shock (HS) response, such as synthesis of the conserved HS proteins (Hsps). However, because plants are confined to a growing environment, in general they require unique features to cope with heat stress. We have analyzed the function of a novel Hsp, heat-stress-associated 32-kD protein (Hsa32), which is highly conserved in land plants but absent in most other organisms. The gene responds to HS at the transcriptional level in moss, Arabidopsis, and rice. Like other Hsps, Hsa32 protein accumulates greatly in Arabidopsis seedlings after HS treatment. Disruption of Hsa32 by T-DNA insertion does not affect growth and development under normal conditions. However, the acquired thermotolerance in the knockout line was compromised following a long recovery period (> 24 h) after an acclimation HS treatment, when a severe HS challenge killed the mutant but not the wild-type plants, but no significant difference was observed if they were challenged within a short recovery period. Microarray analysis of the knockout mutant indicates that only the expression of Hsa32 was significantly altered in HS response. Taken together, our results suggest that Hsa32 is not required for the induction but maintenance of acquired thermotolerance. This report provides direct evidence that a plant-specific Hsp plays an important role in thermotolerance. Keywords: heat shock response
Project description:We investigated the root growth of several knockout mutants of heat shock protein family genes and found that heat stress response was compromised in these mutants compared to wild type plants. It suggested that heat shock protein genes including heat shock protein genes including HSP17s, HSP23s, HSP101, and HSFA2 proteins are deployed upon exposure to Cs for plant stress tolerance. Our study provided novel insights into the molecular events occurring in Cs-stressed plants.