Combined expression of the Arabidopsis metallothionein MT2b and the heavy metal transporting ATPase HMA4 enhances cadmium tolerance and the root to shoot translocation of cadmium and zinc in tobacco |
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Authors: | Veerle M.J. Grispen Henk W.J. HakvoortTijs Bliek Jos A.C. VerkleijHenk Schat |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | We expressed the AtMt2b and AtHMA4 genes under the 35S cauliflower mosaic virus promoter simultaneously in Nicotiana tabacum (SR1), using leaf disc transformation. A single AtMT2b tobacco T2 line was used for re-transformation with AtHMA4 to obtain the double transformant. Cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) tolerance, uptake and translocation were measured in the double transformant, and compared to untransformed (‘wild type’) tobacco and single gene transformants. The double transformant exhibited enhanced Cd-tolerance, enhanced Cd and Zn root to shoot transport, but unaltered Zn tolerance and Cd and Zn uptake, compared with wild type.The single transformant lines did not show significant phenotypes. Our results suggest that the phenotypes of the double transformant are due to synergistic interaction between the transgenes. Except for Cd tolerance, the phenotypes were moderate for Cd and Zn root to shoot transport, which may be due to use of the 35S promotor, resulting in incorrect tissue-specificity. |
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Keywords: | AtMT2b AtHMA4 Ectopic expression Nicotiana tabacum Cadmium Zinc Tolerance and root to shoot translocation |
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