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草业学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (7): 188-205.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2022326

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    

荒漠草原优势植物牛枝子对干旱胁迫的生理响应与转录组分析

张浩(), 胡海英(), 李惠霞, 贺海明, 马霜, 马风华, 宋柯辰   

  1. 宁夏大学农学院,宁夏 银川 750021
  • 收稿日期:2022-08-10 修回日期:2022-09-21 出版日期:2023-07-20 发布日期:2023-05-26
  • 通讯作者: 胡海英
  • 作者简介:E-mail: haiying@nxu.edu.cn
    张浩(1997-),男,甘肃天水人,在读硕士。E-mail: 18418180710@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    宁夏自然科学基金项目(2022AAC03080);国家自然科学基金项目(32160406);宁夏高等学校一流学科建设(草学学科)项目(NXY LXK2017A01)

Physiological response and transcriptome analysis of the desert steppe dominant plant Lespedeza potaninii to drought stress

Hao ZHANG(), Hai-ying HU(), Hui-xia LI, Hai-ming HE, Shuang MA, Feng-hua MA, Ke-chen SONG   

  1. College of Agriculture,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China
  • Received:2022-08-10 Revised:2022-09-21 Online:2023-07-20 Published:2023-05-26
  • Contact: Hai-ying HU

摘要:

干旱是草地植物面对的最大威胁,对耐旱草地植物的研究将促进人们更好地理解植物对干旱适应性反应背后的调控机制。牛枝子是优质的多年生强旱生牧草,分布于广袤的荒漠草原地区。目前对牛枝子抗旱研究主要集中在渗透调节物质变化、功能基因序列分析,但其抗旱性的内在机制尚不清楚。本研究采用单因素控水试验,土壤水分含量为田间持水量的70%~80%设为对照组(CK),田间持水量的20%~30%为严重干旱胁迫组(Tr),处理4周后,开展牛枝子生物量分配、水分利用、渗透调节、根系分布等生理生化指标测定,同时采集叶片和幼根进行转录组测序分析。结果表明,干旱胁迫条件下,牛枝子通过增加脯氨酸(Pro)、可溶性蛋白(SP)、可溶性糖(Ss)、K+等含量进行渗透调节来保持体内水分,增加同位素碳13(δ13C)和丙二醛(MDA)含量以提高水分利用效率和抗氧化能力,降低相对含水量(RWC)、胞间二氧化碳浓度(Ci)、气孔导度(Cond),减少生物量,增加根冠比等响应干旱胁迫。通过RNA-Seq差异基因表达分析,在叶中发现4058个差异基因,在根中发现2172个差异基因,叶和根中共有差异基因744个。这些差异基因(DEG)能够对干旱做出积极(上调)或消极(下调)的反应。叶中上调差异基因主要富集在植物-病原体相互作用、植物激素信号转导,而下调差异基因主要富集在光合代谢包括碳固定、光合作用天线蛋白合成、光合过程产物代谢。在根中上调差异基因主要富集在精氨酸与脯氨酸代谢、内质网中的蛋白质加工,下调差异基因主要富集在淀粉和蔗糖代谢、异黄酮生物合成、类黄酮生物合成。在牛枝子叶中差异表达的转录因子主要有AP2/ERF-ERF、NAC、bHLH、WRKY、C2H2,根中主要有 HSF、MYB、AP2/ERF-ERF、WRKY。其中bHLH特异性下调表达,HSF特异性上调表达。根与叶中的吡咯啉-5-羧酸还原酶(P5CR)、脯氨酸亚氨肽酶(PLD)、脯氨酸-4-羟化酶(P4H)均上调表达,脯氨酸脱氢酶(ProDH)下调表达将产生更多的脯氨酸与4-羟基-脯氨酸,叶中天冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)的上调产生更多4-羟基-酮戊二酸,增强了牛枝子渗透调节能力,保证了牛枝子对水分的吸收利用。因此,牛枝子主要通过调控与激素信号转导、渗透调节、气体交换相关的差异基因表达,参与各项生理代谢活动以响应严重干旱胁迫。

关键词: 干旱胁迫, 牛枝子, 生理, 转录组分析

Abstract:

Drought is the greatest threat to grassland plants, and research on drought-tolerant grassland plants will contribute to a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms behind the adaptive responses of plants to drought. Lespedeza potaninii is a high quality, perennial, strongly drought tolerant forage species that is widely distributed in desert grassland areas in some parts of China. Current research on drought resistance in L. potaninii focuses on changes in osmoregulatory substances and functional gene sequence analysis, but the underlying mechanism of its drought resistance is still unclear. In this study, a single-factor water control experiment was conducted with soil moisture content of 70%-80% of the field water holding capacity for the control group (CK) and 20%-30% of the field water holding capacity for the severely drought stressed group (Tr). After 4 weeks of treatment, tests on physiological and biochemical indicators such as biomass distribution, water use, osmoregulation and root distribution were carried out on L. potaninii, while leaves and young roots were collected for transcriptome sequencing analysis. The results showed that under drought stress conditions, L. potaninii exhibited increased content of proline (Pro), a higher soluble protein content (SP), increased soluble sugar, increased K+ ions for osmoregulation to maintain hydration of the plant tissues, increased δ13C indicating improved water use efficiency and increased malondialdehyde indicating oxidant stress, reduced relative water content, reduced leaf internal CO2 concentration and stomatal conductance, reduced biomass and increased root to crown ratio, among other changes, in response to drought stress. By RNA-Seq differential gene expression analysis, 4058 differential genes were found in leaves and 2172 differential genes in roots, making a total of 744 differential genes in leaves and roots. These differential genes (DEGs) include those responding positively (up-regulated) or negatively (down-regulated) to drought. Up-regulated differentially expressed genes in leaves are mainly related to plant-pathogen interactions and phytohormone signaling, while down-regulated differentially expressed genes are mainly related to photosynthetic metabolism including carbon fixation, photosynthetic antenna protein synthesis, and photosynthetic process product metabolism. In roots, up-regulated differential genes were mainly related to arginine and proline metabolism, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum, and down-regulated differential genes were mainly related to starch and sucrose metabolism, isoflavone biosynthesis, and flavonoid biosynthesis. The main transcription factors differentially expressed in L. potaninii leaves were AP2/ERF-ERF, NAC, bHLH, WRKY, C2H2, and in roots were HSF, MYB, AP2/ERF-ERF, WRKY. The transcription factor bHLH was specifically down-regulated and HSF was specifically up-regulated. The expression of P5CR, PLD and P4H was up-regulated in roots and leaves. In leaves, ProDH was down-regulated, which will produce more proline and 4-hydroxy-proline, and AST was up-regulated which produces more 4-hydroxy-ketoglutarate and enhances the osmoregulatory ability and ensures water uptake and use by L. potaninii. Therefore, the main response to drought stress in L. potaninii was to initiate various physiological and metabolic activities through differential expression of genes related to hormone signal transduction, osmoregulation and gas exchange.

Key words: drought stress, Lespedeza potaninii, physiological, transcriptome analysis