植物冷驯化相关信号机制

植物经过非致死温度的处理可以获得更强的抗冷能力叫做冷驯化,主要包括寒驯化和冻驯化 .在冷驯化过程中,质膜首先感受冷信号,调节胞质中IP3的含量,诱导胞质Ca2+浓度的升高,从而激活CBF基因的表达.至今已经克隆了大量的冷调控基因,组成了复杂的信号传导网络,其中ICE1-CBF-COR通路在植物的冷驯化过程中起到重要的作用.ICE1基因编码一个MYB类型的碱性螺旋 环-螺旋（bHLH）转录因子,在上游调节CBF和 其它转录因子的表达,提高抗冷性. HOS1蛋白通过泛素化介导的蛋白降解负调控ICE1,另外,CBF还通过转录的自我调控保持恰当的表达水平.基因的分析研究证明,RNA修饰和核质转运在植物的抗冷过程中也具有重要作用.在不依赖于CBF的途径中,转录因子HOS9和HOS10在调节抗冷有关基因的表达和提高抗冷能力方面具有至关重要的作用.     

Overexpression of a wheat MYB transcription factor gene, TaMYB56-B, enhances tolerances to freezing and salt stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis

The MYB proteins play central roles in the stress response in plants. Our previous works identified a cold stress-related gene, TaMYB56, which encodes a MYB protein in wheat. In this study, we isolated the sequences of TaMYB56 genes, and mapped them to the wheat chromosomes 3B and 3D. The expression levels of TaMYB56-B and TaMYB56-D were strongly induced by cold stress, but slightly induced by salt stress in wheat. The detailed characterization of the Arabidopsis transgenic plants that overexpress TaMYB56-B revealed that TaMYB56-B is possibly involved in the responses of plant to freezing and salt stresses. The expression of some cold stress-responsive genes, such as DREB1A/CBF3 and COR15a, were found to be elevated in the TaMYB56-B-overexpressing Arabidopsis plants compared to wild-type. These results indicate that TaMYB56-B may act as a regulator in plant stress response.     

Overexpression of the rice Osmyb4 gene increases chilling and freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana plants

The expression of the gene Osmyb4, detected at low level in rice (Oryza sativa) coleoptiles grown for 3 days at 29 degrees C, is strongly induced by treatments at 4 degrees C. At sublethal temperatures of 10 and 15 degrees C, its expression in rice seedlings is already evident, but this effect cannot be vicariated by other stresses or ABA treatment. We demonstrate by transient expression that Myb4 transactivates the PAL2, ScD9 SAD and COR15a cold-inducible promoters. The Osmyb4 function in vivo is demonstrated overexpressing its cDNA in Arabidopsis thaliana plants (ecotype Wassilewskija) under the control of the constitutive CaMV 35S promoter. Myb4 overexpressing plants show a significant increased cold and freezing tolerance, measured as membrane or Photosystem II (PSII) stability and as whole plant tolerance. Finally, in Osmyb4 transgenic plants, the expression of genes participating in different cold-induced pathways is affected, suggesting that Myb4 represents a master switch in cold tolerance.