Identification and characterisation of 'No apical meristem; Arabidopsis transcription activation factor; Cup-shape cotyledon' (NAC) family transcription factors involved in sugar accumulation and abscisic acid signalling in grape (Vitis vinifera).
Shuang Xia, Xinyuan Qi, Jinli Yang, Qiaoyun Deng, Xiuqin Wang
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Abstract
The 'No apical meristem; Arabidopsis transcription activation factor; Cup-shape cotyledon' (NAC) transcription factors are pivotal in plant development and stress response. Sucrose-non-fermenting-related protein kinase 1.2 (SnRK1) is a key enzyme in glucose metabolism and ABA signalling. In this study, we used grape (Vitis vinifera ) calli to explore NAC's roles in sugar and ABA pathways and its relationship with VvSnRK1.2 . We identified 19 VvNACs highly expressed at 90days after blooming, coinciding with grape maturity and high sugar accumulation, and 11 VvNACs randomly selected from 19 were demonstrated in response to sugar and ABA treatments. VvNAC26 showed significant response to sugar and ABA treatments, and its protein, as a nucleus protein, had transcriptional activation in yeast. We obtained the overexpression (OE-VvNAC26 ) and RNA-inhibition (RNAi-VvNAC26 ) of VvNAC26 in transgenic calli by Agrobacterium tumefaciens -mediated transformation. We found that VvNAC26 negatively influenced fructose content. Under sugar and ABA treatments, VvNAC26 negatively influenced the expression of most sugar-related genes, while positively influencing the expression of most ABA pathway-related genes. Dual-luciferase reporter experiments demonstrated that VvNAC26 significantly upregulates VvSnRK1.2 promoter expression in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana ) leaves, although this process in grape calli requires ABA. The levels of sugar content, sugar-related genes, and ABA-related genes fluctuated significantly in OE-VvNAC26 +RNAi-VvSnRK1.2 and OE-VvSnRK1.2 +RNAi-VvNAC26 transgenic calli. These findings indicated that VvNAC26 regulates sugar metabolism and ABA pathway, displaying synergistic interactions with VvSnRK1.2 .
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Functional Plant Biology (formerly known as Australian Journal of Plant Physiology) publishes papers of a broad interest that advance our knowledge on mechanisms by which plants operate and interact with environment. Of specific interest are mechanisms and signal transduction pathways by which plants adapt to extreme environmental conditions such as high and low temperatures, drought, flooding, salinity, pathogens, and other major abiotic and biotic stress factors. FPB also encourages papers on emerging concepts and new tools in plant biology, and studies on the following functional areas encompassing work from the molecular through whole plant to community scale. FPB does not publish merely phenomenological observations or findings of merely applied significance.
Functional Plant Biology is published with the endorsement of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Academy of Science.
Functional Plant Biology is published in affiliation with the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology and in Australia, is associated with the Australian Society of Plant Scientists and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists.