树木气孔浸润级与SO2伤害及ABA的防护作用

以常见绿化树种为材料,通过实地测定和熏烟实验,探讨了气孔浸润级与树木SO₂伤害的关系及ABA的防护效应.结果表明,在特定环境下,相同树种的气孔浸润级较为稳定,不同树种的气孔浸润级差异较大;浸润级与叶绿素结合度呈负相关变化,但不明显;与K⁺渗出量呈正相关(r=0.92,α＜0.01),并按95%的置信度绘制了伤害预测图.不同SO₂浓度条件下,对同一树种的气孔浸润级的影响甚小,不超过一个等级,K⁺渗出量则依大气SO₂浓度和树木吸S量的增加而增多.气孔浸润级依ABA溶液处理浓度增大而降低,K⁺渗出量也相应减少,经2.5mol·L^-1×4h剂量的SO₂熏烟,预涂30mol·L^-1ABA者,降低了1.5～3个浸润级,K⁺渗出量减少36.5%～54.8%,其测定值与自然对照值相近,防护作用显著.     

NADPH氧化酶可能参与了ABA诱导蚕豆气孔保卫细胞运动

研究了NADPH氧化酶在ABA（abscisic acid)诱导蚕豆气孔关闭信号转导网络中的作用,荧光光谱实验表明,在嗜中性白血球NADPH氧化酶抑制剂DPI(diphenyleneio-donium)存在的条件下,与对照相比,大大逆转了由ABA引起HPTS（8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid,trisodium salt)的荧光强度下降。表皮生物分析法显示,10^-6mol/L的DPI和10^3unit/mL的过氧化氢酶（catalase,CAT)在一定程度上也逆转了ABA诱导张开气孔的关闭。因此推测：在ABA诱导蚕豆气孔保卫细胞过程中,质膜上的NADPH气体酶可能催化形成超氧自由基O^-2,再经歧化反应形成H2O2,而形成的H2O2参与了气孔运动调节。     

脱落酸（ABA）诱导基因表达的调控元件

本文详细介绍了脱落酸（ABA）诱导诱导基因表达的各种调控元件及各调控元件间的相经作用和关系,综述了近年来对ABA诱导基因表达的调控元件的研究进展。     

Abscisic acid alleviates iron deficiency by promoting root iron reutilization and transport from root to shoot in Arabidopsis

Abscisic acid (ABA) has been demonstrated to be involved in iron (Fe) homeostasis, but the underlying mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we found that Fe deficiency induced ABA accumulation rapidly (within 6 h) in the roots of Arabidopsis. Exogenous ABA at 0.5 μM decreased the amount of root apoplastic Fe bound to pectin and hemicellulose, and increased the shoot Fe content significantly, thus alleviating Fe deficiency‐induced chlorosis. Exogenous ABA promoted the secretion of phenolics to release apoplastic Fe and up‐regulated the expression of AtNRAMP3 to enhance reutilization of Fe stored in the vacuoles, leading to a higher level of soluble Fe and lower ferric–chelate reductase (FCR) activity in roots. Treatment with ABA also led to increased Fe concentrations in the xylem sap, partially because of the up‐regulation of AtFRD3, AtYSL2 and AtNAS1, genes related to long‐distance transport of Fe. Exogenous ABA could not alleviate the chlorosis of abi5 mutant resulting from the significantly low expression of AtYSL2 and low transport of Fe from root to shoot. Taken together, our data support the conclusion that ABA is involved in the reutilization and transport of Fe from root to shoot under Fe deficiency conditions in Arabidopsis.     

Glucose inhibits root meristem growth via ABA INSENSITIVE 5, which represses PIN1 accumulation and auxin activity in Arabidopsis

Glucose functions as a hormone‐like signalling molecule that modulates plant growth and development in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, the role of glucose in root elongation remains elusive. Our study demonstrates that high concentrations of glucose reduce the size of the root meristem zone by repressing PIN1 accumulation and thereby reducing auxin levels. In addition, we verified the involvement of ABA INSENSITIVE 5 (ABI5) in this process by showing that abi5‐1 is less sensitive to glucose than the wild type, whereas glucose induces ABI5 expression and the inducible overexpression of ABI5 reduces the size of the root meristem zone. Furthermore, the inducible overexpression of ABI5 in PIN1::PIN1‐GFP plants reduces the level of PIN1‐GFP, but glucose reduces the level of PIN1‐GFP to a lesser extent in abi5‐1 PIN1::PIN1‐GFP plants than in the PIN1::PIN1‐GFP control, suggesting that ABI5 is involved in glucose‐regulated PIN1 accumulation. Taken together, our data suggest that ABI5 functions in the glucose‐mediated inhibition of the root meristem zone by repressing PIN1 accumulation, thus leading to reduced auxin levels in roots.     

Molecular dissection of the response of a rice leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR-RLK) gene to abiotic stresses

Leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like kinase (RLK) proteins play key roles in a variety of biological pathways. In a previous study, we analyzed the members of the rice LRR-RLK gene family using in silico analysis. A total of 23 LRR-RLK genes were selected based on the expression patterns of a genome-wide dataset of microarrays. The Oryza sativa gamma-ray induced LRR-RLK1 (OsGIRL1) gene was highly induced by gamma irradiation. Therefore, we studied its expression pattern in response to various different abiotic and phytohormone treatments. OsGIRL1 was induced on exposure to abiotic stresses such as salt, osmotic, and heat, salicylic acid (SA), and abscisic acid (ABA), but exhibited downregulation in response to jasmonic acid (JA) treatment. The OsGIRL1 protein was clearly localized at the plasma membrane. The truncated proteins harboring juxtamembrane and kinase domains (or only harboring a kinase domain) exhibited strong autophosphorylation. The biological function of OsGIRL1 was investigated via heterologous overexpression of this gene in Arabidopsis plants subjected to gamma-ray irradiation, salt stress, osmotic stress, and heat stress. A hypersensitive response was observed in response to salt stress and heat stress, whereas a hyposensitive response was observed in response to gamma-ray treatment and osmotic stress. These results provide critical insights into the molecular functions of the rice LRR-RLK genes as receptors of external signals.