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Brassinosteroids regulate pectin methylesterase activity and AtPME41 expression in Arabidopsis under chilling stress
Authors:Qu Tao  Liu Rongfang  Wang Wei  An Lizhe  Chen Tuo  Liu Guangxiu  Zhao Zhiguang
Institution:aSchool of Life Sciences, Key Lab of Arid and Grassland Agroecology of MOE, Lanzhou University, 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou 730000, China;bCold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, China
Abstract:Pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are important cell wall enzymes that may play important roles in plant chilling/freezing tolerance. We investigated the possible roles of brassinosteroids (BRs) in regulation of PMEs under chilling stress. Chilling stress or 24-epibrassinolide (eBL) treatments induced significant increases in PME activity in wild type (Col-0) seedlings of Arabidopsis. The chilling-stress-induced increases in PME activity were also found in bzr1-D mutant, a BZR1 stabilized mutant with a constitutively active BR signaling pathway, but not in bri1-116, a BR insensitive null allele of the BR receptor BRI1. The results suggest that the regulation of PME activity in Arabidopsis under chilling stress depends on the BR signaling pathway. Furthermore, we showed that the effect of chilling stress on PME activity was impaired in pme41, a knockout mutant of AtPME41. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR results showed that expression of AtPME41 was induced by chilling stress in wild type plants but not in the bri1-116 mutant. The expression of AtPME41 increased in bzr1-D and eBL treated wild type seedlings, but decreased in bri1-116 seedlings. Furthermore, ion leakage induced by low temperature were dramatically increased in both bri1-116 and pme41, while lipid peroxidation was increased in bri1-116 only. The results suggest that BRs may modulate total PME activity in Arabidopsis under chilling stress by regulating AtPME41 expression. Regulation of PME activity may serve as one of the mechanisms that BR participates in chilling tolerance of plants.
Keywords:Abbreviations: PMEs  pectin methylesterases  BR  brassinosteroid  eBL  24-epibrassinolide
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