The Chitin-Induced Chimeric LYK4-ER Gene Improves the Heat Tolerance of Arabidopsis at the Seedling Stage
2020
Chen, L.X. | Xia, W. | Song, J.X. | Wu, M.Q. | Xu, Z.Z. | Hu, X.Y. | Zhang, W.Q.
Due to global warming, high temperature has become the main abiotic stress affecting plant growth worldwide. LysMcontaining receptor-like kinase 4 (LYK4) is the receptor for chitin, and ERECTA(ER) is a key factor in plant tolerance to high temperature. In this study, we constructed a chitin-induced chimeric LYK4-ER gene, in which the extracellular region and transmembrane domain of the LYK4 gene are fused with the intracellular region of the ER gene. Colony PCR, RT-PCR and western blot analyses of LYK4-ER transcription in plants, confirmed that the LYK4-ER gene was successfully constructed and transferred into Arabidopsis. The LYK4-ER gene localized to the cytomembrane and cytoplasm in vivo because of the binding properties of the transmembrane domain of the LYK4-ER gene to the cell membrane. The transgenic plants showed a higher germination rate and germination index as well as a shorter mean germination time than the wild-type plants, indicating that the LYK4-ER gene increases the heat tolerance of Arabidopsis. The lower H 2O2 content and relative electrolytic leakage of the transgenic plants showed that the status of these plants under heat stress was improved. UPLC-MS/MS was used to analyze the phytohormones content, which suggested that the transgenic plants exhibited improved heat tolerance through jasmonic acid signal transduction pathways.
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