Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies

In plants, the bZIP family plays vital roles in various biological processes, including seed maturation, flower development, light signal transduction, pathogen defense, and various stress responses. Tea, as a popular beverage, is widely cultivated and has withstood a degree of environmental adversi...

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Autores principales: Jing Lu, Jinke Du, Liying Tian, Mengshuang Li, Xianchen Zhang, Shihua Zhang, Xiaochun Wan, Qi Chen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6debffcc355b417282d1b6e0f518aa472021-11-17T07:02:04ZDivergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies1664-462X10.3389/fpls.2021.763843https://doaj.org/article/6debffcc355b417282d1b6e0f518aa472021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.763843/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-462XIn plants, the bZIP family plays vital roles in various biological processes, including seed maturation, flower development, light signal transduction, pathogen defense, and various stress responses. Tea, as a popular beverage, is widely cultivated and has withstood a degree of environmental adversity. Currently, knowledge of the bZIP gene family in tea plants remains very limited. In this study, a total of 76 CsbZIP genes in tea plant were identified for the whole genome. Phylogenetic analysis with Arabidopsis counterparts revealed that CsbZIP proteins clustered into 13 subgroups, among which 13 ABFs related to the ABA signaling transduction pathway were further identified by conserved motif alignment and named CsABF1-13, these belonged to the A and S subgroups of CsbZIP and had close evolutionary relationships, possessing uniform or similar motif compositions. Transcriptome analysis revealed the expression profiles of CsABF genes in different tissues (bud, young leaf, mature leaf, old leaf, stem, root, flower, and fruit) and under diverse environmental stresses (drought, salt, chilling, and MeJA). Several CsABF genes with relatively low tissue expression, including CsABF1, CsABF5, CsABF9, and CsABF10, showed strong expression induction in stress response. Thirteen CsABF genes, were examined by qRT-PCR in two tea plant cultivars, drought-tolerant “Taicha 12” and drought-sensitive “Fuyun 6”, under exogenous ABA and drought stress. Furthermore, CsABF2, CsABF8, and CsABF11, were screened out as key transcription factors regulating drought tolerance of tea cultivars. Subsequently, some potential target genes regulated by CsABFs were screened by co-expression network and enrichment analysis. This study update CsbZIP gene family and provides a global survey of the ABF gene family in tea plant. The resolution of the molecular mechanism of drought resistance in different varieties could be helpful for improving stress resistance in tea plant via genetic engineering.Jing LuJinke DuLiying TianMengshuang LiXianchen ZhangShihua ZhangXiaochun WanQi ChenFrontiers Media S.A.articleCamellia sinensis (L.)transcriptional regulationcultivar variationCsABFsstressPlant cultureSB1-1110ENFrontiers in Plant Science, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic Camellia sinensis (L.)
transcriptional regulation
cultivar variation
CsABFs
stress
Plant culture
SB1-1110
spellingShingle Camellia sinensis (L.)
transcriptional regulation
cultivar variation
CsABFs
stress
Plant culture
SB1-1110
Jing Lu
Jinke Du
Liying Tian
Mengshuang Li
Xianchen Zhang
Shihua Zhang
Xiaochun Wan
Qi Chen
Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies
description In plants, the bZIP family plays vital roles in various biological processes, including seed maturation, flower development, light signal transduction, pathogen defense, and various stress responses. Tea, as a popular beverage, is widely cultivated and has withstood a degree of environmental adversity. Currently, knowledge of the bZIP gene family in tea plants remains very limited. In this study, a total of 76 CsbZIP genes in tea plant were identified for the whole genome. Phylogenetic analysis with Arabidopsis counterparts revealed that CsbZIP proteins clustered into 13 subgroups, among which 13 ABFs related to the ABA signaling transduction pathway were further identified by conserved motif alignment and named CsABF1-13, these belonged to the A and S subgroups of CsbZIP and had close evolutionary relationships, possessing uniform or similar motif compositions. Transcriptome analysis revealed the expression profiles of CsABF genes in different tissues (bud, young leaf, mature leaf, old leaf, stem, root, flower, and fruit) and under diverse environmental stresses (drought, salt, chilling, and MeJA). Several CsABF genes with relatively low tissue expression, including CsABF1, CsABF5, CsABF9, and CsABF10, showed strong expression induction in stress response. Thirteen CsABF genes, were examined by qRT-PCR in two tea plant cultivars, drought-tolerant “Taicha 12” and drought-sensitive “Fuyun 6”, under exogenous ABA and drought stress. Furthermore, CsABF2, CsABF8, and CsABF11, were screened out as key transcription factors regulating drought tolerance of tea cultivars. Subsequently, some potential target genes regulated by CsABFs were screened by co-expression network and enrichment analysis. This study update CsbZIP gene family and provides a global survey of the ABF gene family in tea plant. The resolution of the molecular mechanism of drought resistance in different varieties could be helpful for improving stress resistance in tea plant via genetic engineering.
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author Jing Lu
Jinke Du
Liying Tian
Mengshuang Li
Xianchen Zhang
Shihua Zhang
Xiaochun Wan
Qi Chen
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Jinke Du
Liying Tian
Mengshuang Li
Xianchen Zhang
Shihua Zhang
Xiaochun Wan
Qi Chen
author_sort Jing Lu
title Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies
title_short Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies
title_full Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies
title_fullStr Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies
title_full_unstemmed Divergent Response Strategies of CsABF Facing Abiotic Stress in Tea Plant: Perspectives From Drought-Tolerance Studies
title_sort divergent response strategies of csabf facing abiotic stress in tea plant: perspectives from drought-tolerance studies
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