The Sprayed Application of Recombinantly Expressed CpRap2.4A Confers Protective Activity Against Heat Stress in Nicotiana tabacum
2025
Diobel González-Stewart | Francisco Guillén-Chable | Miguel Ángel Herrera-Alamillo | Roberth Armando Us Santamaría | José Luis Andrade | Anne C. Gschaedler Mathis | Enrique Castaño | Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez | Luis Carlos Rodríguez-Zapata
Drastic changes in temperature, salinity of soils and drought are some of the most studied abiotic stressors in important crops. Plants have developed various biochemical mechanisms to counteract these conditions. Transcription factors play a significant role in regulating stress responses. Previously, in our lab, it was identified that the CpRap2.4a protein, which belongs to the AP2/ERF superfamily, is related to the response to abiotic stress from extreme temperature, and confers thermal tolerance to Carica papaya CV. This study presents a randomized experimental strategy for the analysis of the physiological and biochemical responses of Nicotiana tabacum plants subjected to heat stress, and how the foliar application of the recombinantly expressed CpRap2.4a can modulate beneficial responses. Plants subjected to heat stress present a healthier physiology, as clearly shown by biochemical parameters. Moreover, physiological parameters also suggest an improvement of heat tolerance compared with the control group. Scanning electron microscopy suggests that stomatal aperture and conductance are the key mechanisms for how recombinantly expressed CpRap2.4a can act as a regulatory player to heat stress.
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