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Taxodium 703 leaves activate fermentation, amino acids metabolism and ROS detoxification, and reduce TCA cycle and ABA biosynthesis in acclimation to prolonged partial submergence stress.
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Taxodium hybrid ‘Zhongshanshan 703’ (T. mucronatum × T. distichum; Taxodium 703) is a highly flooding-tolerant woody plant. To investigate the physiological and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying its leaves in acclimation to long-term flooding, we exposed cuttings of Taxodium 703 to either non-flooding (control) or partial submergence for 2 months. The leaf tissues above (AL) and below (BL) flooding-water were separately harvested. Partial submergence decreased concentrations of chlorophyll (a + b) and dehydroascorbate (DHA) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity in AL, and reduced biomass, concentrations of succinic acid, fumaric acid and malic acid, and transcript levels of genes involved in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in BL. Under partial submergence, concentrations of starch, malondialdehyde and abscisic acid (ABA) decreased, and also mRNA levels of nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenases that are involved in ABA biosynthesis in AL and BL of Taxodium 703. Partial submergence increased O2− content in AL, and improved concentrations of pyruvate and soluble sugars and activities of LDH and peroxidase in BL. In addition, partial submergence increased concentrations of ethanol, lactate, alanine, γ-aminobutyric acid, total amino acids and ascorbic acid (ASA), and ASA/DHA, activities of alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) and ascorbate peroxidase, as well as transcript levels of ADH1A, ADH1B and genes involved in alanine biosynthesis and starch degradation in AL and BL of Taxodium 703. Overall, these results suggest that Taxodium 703 leaves activate fermentation, amino acids metabolism and reactive oxygen species detoxification, and maintain a steady supply of sugars, and reduce TCA cycle and ABA biosynthesis in acclimation to prolonged partial submergence stress.
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Abbreviations
- ADH:
-
Alcohol dehydrogenase
- APX:
-
Ascorbate peroxidase
- ASA:
-
Ascorbic acid
- CAT:
-
Catalase
- DHA:
-
Dehydroascorbate
- GR:
-
Glutathione reductase
- GSSG:
-
Oxidized glutathione
- GSH:
-
Glutathione
- GABA:
-
γ-Aminobutyric acid
- LDH:
-
Lactate dehydrogenase
- MDA:
-
Malondialdehyde
- NCED :
-
Nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase
- POD:
-
Peroxidase
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- TCA:
-
Tricarboxylic acid
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This study was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32101490), the Jiangsu Province Innovation and extension project of forestry science and technology (LYKJ[2020]08), the Jiangsu Long-Term Scientific Research Base for Taxodium Rich. Breeding and Cultivation (LYKJ[2021]05), and the Jiangsu Institute of Botany Talent Fund (JIBTF202208).
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Lu, Y., Xiang, P., Zhang, S. et al. Physiological and transcriptional regulation in Taxodium hybrid ‘Zhongshanshan’ leaves in acclimation to prolonged partial submergence. Planta 258, 66 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04225-w
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