Project description:High salinity is one of the most serious threats to crop production. To 1 better understand the molecular basis of plant responses to salt stress, we combined suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and microarray approaches to identify the potential important or novel genes involved in salt tolerance. First, SSH libraries were constructed for two cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) genotypes: LA2711, a salt tolerant cultivar, and ZS-5, a salt sensitive cultivar, to compare salt treatment and non-treatment plants. Then a subset of clones from these SSH libraries were used to construct a tomato cDNA array and microarray analysis was carried out to verify the expression changes of this set of clones upon salt treatment at various time points compared to the corresponding non-treatment controls. A totalof 201 non-redundant genes differentially expressed upon 30 min of salt stress treatment either in LA2711 or ZS-5 were identified from microarray analysis, most of which were not previously associated with salt stress. The diversity of the putative functions of these genes indicated that salt stress resulted in a complex response in tomato plants. Keywords: gene expression, genotype, microarray, salt stress, SSH, tomato
Project description:Salt stress causes the quality change and significant yield loss of tomato. However, the resources of salt-resistant tomato were still deficient and the mechanisms of tomato resistance to salt stress were still unclear. In this study, the proteomic profiles of two salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive tomato cultivars were investigated to deciphered the salt-resistance mechanism of tomato and provide novel resources for tomato breeding. We found that there is an over-abundant proteins relevant to Nitrate and amino acids metabolisms in the Salt-tolerant cultivars. The significant increase in expression of proteins involved in Brassinolides and GABA biosynthesis were verified in salt-tolerant cultivars, strengthening the salt resistance of tomato. Meanwhile, salt-tolerant cultivars with higher abundance and activity of antioxidant-related proteins have more advantages in dealing with reactive oxygen species caused by salt stress. And the salt-tolerant cultivars had higher photosynthetic activity based on overexpression of proteins functioned in chloroplast, guaranteeing the sufficient nutrient for plant growth under salt stress. Furthermore, three key proteins were identified as important salt-resistant resources for breeding salt-tolerant cultivars, including Sterol side chain reductase, gamma aminobutyrate transaminase and Starch synthase. Our results provided series valuable strategies for salt-tolerant cultivars which can be used in future
Project description:The Fusarium incarnatum strain K23, originally isolated from a habit-adapted wild plant Thapsia species, colonized the roots and shoots of tomato seedlings and protected them against salt stress. Comparison of expression and metabolite profile changes uncovered that the fungus completely reprogramed the tomato response to salt stress. Barely any overlap was observed among the genes and metabolites which are regulated by salt stress in uncolonized and colonized tomato seedlings. In colonized seedlings exposed to salt stress, less stress- related genes are activated than in un-colonized seedlings. Furthermore, K23 produced gibberellin and gibberellin-responsive genes were detected in all RNA samples. Our analysis demonstrates that K23 colonisation completely alters the salt-responsive gene and metabolite profiles in tomato seedlings.
Project description:To compare the genome-wide transcriptional effect of ABA and iSB09 in tomato plants, we performed RNA-seq analysis of mock-, 10 uM ABA- or 20 uM iSB09-treated plants. Differential gene expression analysis between mock- and ABA-treated or iSB09-treated seedlings was done with DESeq2 and genes with an absolute value of log2 fold change (log2FC) > 1 or (log2FC) < -1 and p-adjusted value (padj) < 0.05 were selected. iSB09 upregulated and downregulated genes represent a subset of the ABA-responsive genes, which reflects the activation of PYL1-like and PYL4-like ABA receptors in tomato seedlings.
Project description:Understanding the genetic basis of plants’ response to environmental stresses such as drought and salinity is vital for improving the future crop productivity and for deciphering the evolutionary mechanisms of adaptation and speciation. Here, we screened for genes and functional groups that are potentially involved in drought tolerance in tomato by comparing genome-wide transcriptome profiles of drought-sensitive S. lycopersicum and drought-tolerant S. pimpinellifolium populations under control and water deficit conditions. We also compared the transcriptome profiles from this study and a previous salt treatment study to investigate expression similarities and differences in gene expression patterns between water and salt stress responses, which are physiologically and biochemically similar. Stress-induced genes such as dehydration responsive element binding (DREB) protein, ABA-response element binding factor (AREB)-like protein, heat shock proteins, and chaperones were commonly up-regulated in S. lycopersicum and S. pimpinellifolium. Genes such as WRKY transcription factors and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase exhibited striking differences in both the baseline expression under the control condition as well as expression changes in response to water deficit, suggesting that the two species have accumulated heritable differences in gene expression patterns. At the genome scale, there was a tendency that down-regulated genes in S. lycopersicum are more neutral or even up-regulated in S. pimpinellifolium, suggesting that S. pimpinellifolium may be able to maintain cellular activities during prolonged droughts. In comparison of water and salt stress responses, known stress-induced genes such as DREB protein, AREB-like protein, and nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) were commonly up-regulated in response to these stresses. However, we also found fundamental differences between these stress responses in terms of genome-wide expression patterns, partly attributable to the difference in how these stresses were applied during the experiments.
Project description:Understanding the genetic basis of plants’ response to environmental stresses such as drought and salinity is vital for improving the future crop productivity and for deciphering the evolutionary mechanisms of adaptation and speciation. Here, we screened for genes and functional groups that are potentially involved in drought tolerance in tomato by comparing genome-wide transcriptome profiles of drought-sensitive S. lycopersicum and drought-tolerant S. pimpinellifolium populations under control and water deficit conditions. We also compared the transcriptome profiles from this study and a previous salt treatment study to investigate expression similarities and differences in gene expression patterns between water and salt stress responses, which are physiologically and biochemically similar. Stress-induced genes such as dehydration responsive element binding (DREB) protein, ABA-response element binding factor (AREB)-like protein, heat shock proteins, and chaperones were commonly up-regulated in S. lycopersicum and S. pimpinellifolium. Genes such as WRKY transcription factors and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase exhibited striking differences in both the baseline expression under the control condition as well as expression changes in response to water deficit, suggesting that the two species have accumulated heritable differences in gene expression patterns. At the genome scale, there was a tendency that down-regulated genes in S. lycopersicum are more neutral or even up-regulated in S. pimpinellifolium, suggesting that S. pimpinellifolium may be able to maintain cellular activities during prolonged droughts. In comparison of water and salt stress responses, known stress-induced genes such as DREB protein, AREB-like protein, and nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) were commonly up-regulated in response to these stresses. However, we also found fundamental differences between these stress responses in terms of genome-wide expression patterns, partly attributable to the difference in how these stresses were applied during the experiments. We compared Affymetrix microarray transcriptome profiles of root tissues from three natural populations each of S. lycopersicum and S. pimpinellifolium (3-4 individuals in each population as biological replicates under control (well-watered) and water deficit treatments.