Article
Plant Sciences
Rui Yang, Murong Li, Matthew Tom Harrison, Shah Fahad, Mingmei Wei, Xiu Li, Lijun Yin, Aihua Sha, Meixue Zhou, Ke Liu, Xiaoyan Wang
Summary: In this study, a novel iTRAQ-based proteomic strategy was used to investigate protein synthesis and regulation responses to waterlogging in tolerant and sensitive genotypes. Several differentially expressed proteins were identified, suggesting that waterlogging stress may redirect protein synthesis and reduce chlorophyll synthesis and enzyme abundance involved in photorespiration, thereby influencing synthesis of other metabolic enzymes. These differentially expressed proteins could be used as biological markers for enhancing waterlogging tolerance in future crop breeding programs.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Rehana Kausar, Xin Wang, Setsuko Komatsu
Summary: Food security is a major challenge in the world due to environmental stress and technological advancements impacting crop yield and quality. Proteomic analysis plays a key role in precise crop breeding and stress response mechanisms. Understanding cellular responses helps in predicting signaling pathways and protein interactions in crops.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fatemeh Habibpourmehraban, Yunqi Wu, Jemma X. Wu, Sara Hamzelou, Farhad Masoomi-Aladizgeh, Karthik Shantharam Kamath, Ardeshir Amirkhani, Brian J. Atwell, Paul A. Haynes
Summary: Rice crops are affected by multiple abiotic stresses, with different genotypes exhibiting varied physiological and proteomic responses. Under combined drought, salt, and extreme temperature stress, rice stomata close, ABA levels increase, and proteins like heat shock proteins show consistent responsiveness in two rice genotypes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Rahat Sharif, Ali Raza, Peng Chen, Yuhong Li, Enas M. El-Ballat, Abdur Rauf, Christophe Hano, Mohamed A. El-Esawi
Summary: The molecular exploration of gene-regulatory systems in crop improvement is essential, especially in understanding agronomic parameters and plant responses to stresses. Transcription factors, particularly the HD-ZIP gene family, play vital roles in genetic engineering for enhancing crop production and tolerance to environmental challenges. HD-ZIP genes are classified into four subfamilies and have diverse functions in plant growth, development, and defense responses. Their practical application in bioengineered plants can mitigate environmental stresses and increase crop yield.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Roshira Colombage, Mohan B. Singh, Prem L. Bhalla
Summary: Increasing food demand and declining crop productivity due to climate change pose a threat to global food security. Developing improved crops that can withstand abiotic stresses is crucial. Melatonin, or phytomelatonin, in plants plays a vital role in alleviating oxidative damage and supporting plant survival under abiotic stress. Exogenous melatonin strengthens defense mechanisms by enhancing detoxification, promoting physiological activities, and upregulating stress-responsive genes. It also regulates plant hormones, activates stress-responsive genes, and improves protein homeostasis, resulting in increased plant survival under abiotic stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Rong Zhou, Fangling Jiang, Lifei Niu, Xiaoming Song, Lu Yu, Yuwen Yang, Zhen Wu
Summary: The urgent need for crop varieties with high resilience to feed the growing population in climate change conditions suggests the importance of understanding crops' responses to abiotic stresses at various levels using multi-omics methods. This approach can provide valuable insights into plant biology and open possibilities for improving crop resilience and tolerance. However, challenges remain in interpreting and translating multidimensional data from multi-omics studies into meaningful biological context.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Irshad Ahmad, Guanglong Zhu, Guisheng Zhou, Xudong Song, Muhi Eldeen Hussein Ibrahim, Ebtehal Gabralla Ibrahim Salih, Shahid Hussain, Muhammad Usama Younas
Summary: Phyto-hormones in plants are crucial for regulating crop growth and yield, especially under salt stress. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role of exogenous hormones, such as gibberellin (GA) and salicylic acid (SA), in regulating cotton's response to salt stress. However, a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms by which these hormones regulate growth and yield under salt stress is still lacking.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Anja Mavric Cermelj, Aleksandra Golob, Katarina Vogel-Mikus, Mateja Germ
Summary: Plants are adversely affected by climate change-induced phenomena such as heatwaves, floods, and droughts. This review focuses on the effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and drought on plants and the mitigation of these effects through silicon addition.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ee Yang Teoh, Chee How Teo, Nadiya Akmal Baharum, Teen-Lee Pua, Boon Chin Tan
Summary: Flooding caused by climate change poses a threat to plant growth and food production worldwide. However, the lack of knowledge on how crops respond to flooding stress hinders efforts to enhance productivity. In this study, we investigated the responses of banana plants to soil waterlogging and found that waterlogging induced the formation of adventitious roots and aerenchyma. Additionally, the antioxidant activities and levels of hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde in waterlogged bananas increased. Transcriptome analysis revealed differential expression of a total of 3508 unigenes in banana roots under 1-day waterlogging conditions, which are involved in abiotic stress response, signal transduction, and carbohydrate metabolism. These findings provide valuable insights into the molecular events of bananas in response to waterlogging stress and can aid in the development of waterlogging-tolerant crops in the future.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Shafeeq Ur Rahman, Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz, Sadaf Gul, Ghulam Yasin, Babar Hussain, Yanliang Li, Hefa Cheng
Summary: Environmental pollution caused by heavy metals from anthropogenic activities has become a topic of increasing concern. Heavy metals, especially non-essential carcinogens, have been identified as major air, water, and soil pollutants that negatively impact the quantity, quality, and safety of plant-based food worldwide. Plants exposed to heavy metals experience reduced growth and yield, but they have developed complex defense mechanisms to avoid or tolerate the toxic effects. OMICS strategies have been widely used to understand the mechanisms of plant response and adaptation to heavy metal stress. Recent advancements in the understanding of the interaction between heavy metals and plants at molecular and cellular levels, as well as plants' defense strategies, are summarized in this review. The use of transcriptomics, genomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and ionomics for studying plant responses to heavy metal toxicity is reviewed, and challenges and future recommendations are discussed.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Luca Pagano, Riccardo Rossi, Laura Paesano, Nelson Marmiroli, Marta Marmiroli
Summary: Plant microRNAs play a crucial role in regulating genes involved in growth, development, and stress responses. Understanding their response pathways to abiotic stress can help develop tools for early monitoring of plant environmental stressors. Further studies are needed to explore their regulatory role at cellular and tissue levels using system biology approaches.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Roberto Marceddu, Alessandra Carrubba, Mauro Sarno
Summary: In recent years, the cultivation of hops has expanded in the Mediterranean, particularly in the semi-arid regions of Spain and Italy. Research has shown that understanding the response of hops to abiotic stresses is crucial for assessing their adaptive capacity to new growing conditions. Lack of knowledge on the effects of abiotic stress could result in economic risks over multiple years.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fatemeh Habibpourmehraban, Brian J. Atwell, Paul A. Haynes
Summary: Proteome changes in rice variety Nipponbare were analyzed in response to five adverse abiotic treatments, with the majority of differentially abundant proteins being specific to individual stresses, while only a small percentage were shared across all abiotic constraints.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Aitezaz A. A. Shahani, Adeel Abbas, Rashida Hameed, Ashna Iqbal, Sibei Chen, Qin Liu, Yingxin Liu, Diane Zhang, Rengui Zhu, Amna Fayyaz, Junaid Iftikhar, Khalid Ali Khan
Summary: This review focuses on the role of melatonin in potato plants, particularly in abiotic stress responses and defense against pathogen infection. Melatonin plays a crucial role in regulating abiotic stress responses in potato plants, acting as an effective antioxidant and mitigating the detrimental impacts of diverse stressors. Melatonin also exhibits significant involvement in protecting potato plants against pathogen infection, acting as an inducer of defense responses and displaying antifungal properties.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2023)
Article
Cell Biology
Yongjie Xu, Qiu Han, Chaofeng Ma, Yaling Wang, Pengpeng Zhang, Cencen Li, Xiaofang Cheng, Haixia Xu
Summary: Comprehensive proteomics analysis of sperm from Yorkshire and Duroc boars revealed differential expression of proteins and phosphorylated proteins related to crucial physiological functions such as sperm development, motility, and energy metabolism. Proteins involved in axonemal dynein complex assembly and sperm-egg recognition were found to be significantly higher in Duroc spermatozoa, indicating potential differences in sperm function between the two boar breeds.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Agronomy
Liangjie Niu, Ruiqi Hao, Xiaolin Wu, Wei Wang
Article
Plant Sciences
Yibo Wang, Xiuyun Wang, Ruixue Yang, Liangjie Niu, Wei Wang
Article
Plant Sciences
Qinbin Zhang, Hui Liu, Xiaolin Wu, Wei Wang
Article
Plant Sciences
Tingting Wang, Zhenfeng Zang, Shuai Wang, Yuke Liu, Hezhong Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Hu, Jinhua Sun, Fuju Tai, Rui He
Summary: The study demonstrated that IFQA can promote plant seedlings' root growth, positively influence root active absorption and protein expression, and enhance plants' tolerance to osmotic stress.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yanhua Li, Liangjie Niu, Xiaolin Wu, Claudia Faleri, Fuju Tai, Man Zhang, Hui Liu, Wei Wang, Giampiero Cai
Summary: The study identified 38 homologous genes of ZmCP03 in maize and analyzed the protein motifs, conserved domains, gene structures, and duplication patterns of 39 CPs, revealing their evolutionary relationship and potential functions. The results suggested that ZmCP03 was relatively conservative and stable during evolution. This study provides valuable insights into the role of ZmCP03 in pollen development and germination in maize.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Liangjie Niu, Cui Du, Wenrui Wang, Man Zhang, Wei Wang, Hui Liu, Jinghua Zhang, Xiaolin Wu
Summary: This study compared the development of ABA synthesis-deficient mutant (vp5) and normal maize (Vp5) embryos through ABA content and transcriptome analysis. The results showed that differential ABA synthesis affected seed maturation, and identified gene modules that were negatively correlated with ABA content and involved in metabolic and cellular processes. These findings are important for understanding the molecular mechanism of ABA signaling and developing high dehydration tolerance maize suitable for mechanical harvesting.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jinghua Zhang, Qiaofeng Pai, Ling Yue, Xiaolin Wu, Hui Liu, Wei Wang
Summary: Cytokinins affect cell division in the female gametophyte by regulating the expression of cell cycle genes, thus impacting the alternating generations in angiosperms.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hanwei Du, Jiajia Chen, Haiying Zhan, Shen Li, Yusheng Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Hu
Summary: The calcium ion (Ca2+) acts as an important second messenger in plants, playing a crucial role in growth, development, and stress adaptation. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs), acting as central Ca2+ sensor proteins, are widely present in plants. In maize, the response processes of ZmCDPKs to abiotic stresses have been well studied, and it has been found that they are regulated by various abiotic stresses and transmit signals to downstream molecules through protein interaction or phosphorylation, leading to cascade reactions and involvement in hormone and reactive oxygen signaling regulation. ZmCDPKs play an indispensable role in regulating maize growth, development, and stress responses. This review summarizes the roles of ZmCDPKs in integrating different signaling pathways to regulate maize's response to abiotic stress, providing insights into the molecular mechanisms of ZmCDPKs in maize's tolerance to abiotic stress and creating new opportunities for agricultural applications.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hui Liu, Songbo Song, Hui Zhang, Yanhua Li, Liangjie Niu, Jinghua Zhang, Wei Wang
Summary: Drought is a global threat that affects agricultural production. Plants have evolved several adaptive strategies to cope with drought, among which stomatal closure is a critical mechanism. Abscisic acid, reactive oxygen species, and calcium ion play pivotal roles in controlling stomatal closure.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Liangjie Niu, Chunyang Li, Wei Wang, Jinghua Zhang, Monica Scali, Weiqiang Li, Hui Liu, Fuju Tai, Xiuli Hu, Xiaolin Wu
Summary: In this review, proteomic studies on Cd-tolerance mechanisms in Cd-tolerant crops and Cdhyperaccumulating plants were summarized, especially focusing on the similarities and differences across plant species. Enhanced differentially abundant proteins identified through proteomic studies can be potential targets for developing Cd-hyperaccumulators and Cd-tolerant crops, which is crucial for ensuring food security for the growing global population. The article also discusses the methodological drawbacks in current proteomic studies and suggests the utilization of better protocols and advanced techniques to enhance the reliability and applicability of future Cd-stress-related studies in plants. This review provides insights into improving phytoremediation efficiency and studying the molecular mechanisms of Cd enrichment in plants.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yanhua Li, Liangjie Niu, Xiaoli Zhou, Hui Liu, Fuju Tai, Wei Wang
Summary: A pollen-specific cysteine protease (PCP) plays an important role in pollen germination and drought response in maize. Overexpression of PCP inhibits pollen germination, while mutation of PCP promotes it to some extent. Additionally, overexpression of PCP enhances drought tolerance in maize plants with increased antioxidant enzyme activities and decreased root cortical cell numbers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Liangjie Niu, Liangwei Liu, Jinghua Zhang, Monica Scali, Wei Wang, Xiuli Hu, Xiaolin Wu
Summary: Maize is a significant source of starch, which is crucial for bioethanol production. However, the current production process involves high temperatures and additional equipment, leading to increased costs. This review discusses the features of starch granules suitable for efficient enzymatic digestion and explores the role of key proteins in starch metabolism. The authors propose modifying key enzymes through genetic engineering to synthesize easily digested starch granules in maize seeds, offering valuable insights for developing specialized maize cultivars for the bioethanol industry.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hui Liu, Songbo Song, Mengyao Liu, Yangwei Mu, Ying Li, Yuxin Xuan, Liangjie Niu, Hui Zhang, Wei Wang
Summary: In this study, an NAC transcription factor ZmNAC20 was identified and found to regulate drought stress response in maize. Overexpression of ZmNAC20 improved drought resistance in maize by promoting stomatal closure and activating the expression of stress-responsible genes. These findings provide valuable insights and new clues for improving crop drought resistance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Benshuai Liang, Jiahui Cao, Ruilin Wang, Chenjie Fan, Wei Wang, Xiuli Hu, Rui He, Fuju Tai
Summary: In this study, the CIPK32 gene from Zea mays was isolated and characterized. It was found that CIPK32 plays a role in promoting seed germination under stress conditions by modulating GA signals and reducing ABA levels.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hao Yang, Yulong Zhao, Ning Chen, Yanpei Liu, Shaoyu Yang, Hanwei Du, Wei Wang, Jianyu Wu, Fuju Tai, Feng Chen, Xiuli Hu
Summary: This study identified a novel AC protein, ZmRPP13-LK3, which catalyzes ATP to produce cAMP and plays a role in ABA-regulated heat resistance. The results demonstrate that ZmRPP13-LK3 interacts with ZmABC2 and is associated with the ABA signaling pathway.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
