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A heat stress transcription factor LlHSFA1 in lily and its relationship with LlHSFA2 was investigated, and its function in enhancing thermotolerance was confirmed by analyzing transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana overexpressed LlHSFA1.
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A large family of heat stress transcription factors that are involved in the heat stress response in plants can induce the expression of multiple genes related to thermotolerance including heat-shock proteins. In this study, a novel class A1 HSF named LlHSFA1 was isolated from leaves of lily (Lilium longiflorum cv. ‘White Heaven’) using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends technique. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence and construction of a phylogenetic tree showed that LlHSFA1 contained five critical domains and motifs and belonged to the A1 family of HSFs. Following the heat treatment of lily leaves, transcription of LlHSFA1 was induced to a varying extent, related to the time of measurement. The induced expression peak of LlHSFA1 occurred prior to that of LlHSFA2, during the early phase of heat stress. Following transient expression of LlHSFA1 in Nicotiana benthamiana, LlHSFA1 was found to be localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Analysis using bimolecular fluorescence complementation and a yeast two-hybrid assay demonstrated that LlHSFA1 could interact with LlHSFA2. Use of a yeast one-hybrid assay confirmed that LlHSFA1 had transcriptional activation activity. In transgenic Arabidopsis lines overexpressing LlHSFA1 under unstressed conditions, the expression of some putative target genes was up-regulated, in comparison with expression in wild-type plants, and furthermore, the thermotolerance of the transgenic lines was enhanced. Overall, LlHSFA1 was demonstrated to play an important role in the heat stress response of lily and to be a novel candidate gene for application in lily breeding, using genetic modification approaches.
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Abbreviations
- AARs:
-
Amino acid residues
- BiFC:
-
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation
- DBD:
-
DNA-binding domain
- GFP:
-
Green fluorescent protein
- HS:
-
Heat shock/stress
- HSE:
-
Heat shock element
- HSF:
-
Heat stress transcription factor
- HSP:
-
Heat-shock protein
- HSR:
-
Heat stress response
- NES:
-
Nuclear export signal
- NLS:
-
Nuclear localization signal
- OD:
-
Oligomerization domain
- ORF:
-
Open reading frame
- qRT-PCR:
-
Quantitative real-time PCR
- RACE:
-
Rapid amplification of cDNA ends technique
- UTR:
-
Untranslated region
- WT:
-
Wild type
- YFP:
-
Yellow fluorescent protein
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Our thanks are due to Prof. Junping Gao (China Agricultural University, China) for kindly offering the modified pCAMBIA1300 vector and BiFC vectors to us. We are also grateful to Xingliang Li, PhD (China Agriculture University, China) for his sincere help and good advice. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30972024) and the Science and Technology Specific Project Foundation of Ministry of Agriculture of China (No. 200903020).
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Gong, B., Yi, J., Wu, J. et al. LlHSFA1, a novel heat stress transcription factor in lily (Lilium longiflorum), can interact with LlHSFA2 and enhance the thermotolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana . Plant Cell Rep 33, 1519–1533 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-014-1635-2
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