title: Identification of an Arabidopsis Nodulin-related protein in heat stress.
abstract: We identified a Nodulin-related protein 1 (NRP1) encoded by At2g03440, which was previously reported to be RPS2 interacting protein in yeast-two-hybrid assay. Northern blotting showed that AtNRP1 expression was suppressed by heat stress (42 degrees C) and induced by low temperature (4 degrees C) treatment. Strong GUS staining was observed in the sites of meristematic tissues of pAtNRP1:: GUS transgenic plants, such as shoot apex and root tips, young leaf veins, stamens and stigmas of flowers, and abscission layers of young siliques. To study AtNRP1 biological functions, we have characterized both loss-of-function T-DNA insertion and transgenic overexpression plants for AtNRP1 in Arabidopsis. The T-DNA insertion mutants displayed no obvious difference as compared to wild-type Arabidopsis under heat stress, but the significant enhanced susceptibility to heat stress was revealed in two independent AtNRP1-overexpressing transgenic lines. Further study found that the decreased thermotolerance in AtNRP1-overexpressing lines accompanied significantly decreased accumulation of ABA after heat treatment, which was probably due to AtNRP1 playing a role in negative-feedback regulation of the ABA synthesis pathway. These results support the viewpoint that the application of ABA inhibits nodulation and nodulin-related gene expression and threaten adverse ambient temperature can impact the nodulin-related gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qiantang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Shujia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Diqiu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D018519:Meristem / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D055170:Plant Root Nodulation / Q000235:genetics; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000166:cytology; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000166:cytology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010940:Plant Proteins; C036483:T-DNA; C551996:nodulin-related protein 1, Arabidopsis; D000040:Abscisic Acid; D005966:Glucuronidase