Systems and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center and PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea.
Mol Cells. 2012 Feb;33(2):135-40. doi: 10.1007/s10059-012-2188-2.
Dehydration-responsive element-binding proteins (DREBs)regulate plant responses to environmental stresses. In the current study, transcription of DREB2C, a class 2 Arabidopsis DREB, was induced by a superoxide anion propagator, methyl viologen (MV). The oxidative stress tolerance of DREB2C-overexpressing transgenic plants was significantly greater than that of wild-type plants, as measured by ion leakage and chlorophyll fluorescence under light conditions. The transcriptional activity of several ascorbate peroxidase (APX) genes as well as APX protein activity was induced in DREB2C overexpressors. Additionally, the level of H2O2 in the overexpressors was lower than in wt plants under similar oxidative stress conditions. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay and transient activator reporter assay showed that APX2 expression was regulated by heat shock factor A3 (HsfA3) and that HsfA3 is regulated at the transcriptional level by DREB2C. These results suggest that DREB2C plays an important role in promoting oxidative stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
脱水应答元件结合蛋白(DREBs)调控植物对环境胁迫的响应。在本研究中,超氧阴离子引发剂甲紫精(MV)诱导拟南芥 DREB 类 2 型的 DREB2C 转录。通过光条件下的离子渗漏和叶绿素荧光测定,DREB2C 过表达转基因植物的氧化应激耐性显著大于野生型植物。DREB2C 过表达植株中几种抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)基因的转录活性以及 APX 蛋白活性均被诱导。此外,在相似的氧化应激条件下,过表达植株中的 H2O2 水平低于 wt 植物。电泳迁移率变动分析和瞬时激活剂报告分析表明,APX2 的表达受热休克因子 A3(HsfA3)调控,而 HsfA3 则受 DREB2C 在转录水平上的调控。这些结果表明,DREB2C 在促进拟南芥氧化应激耐性方面发挥重要作用。