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Cytosolic monodehydroascorbate reductase gene affects stress adaptation and grain yield under paddy field conditions in Oryza sativa L. japonica

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MOLECULAR BREEDING
Volume 37, Issue 10, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-017-0720-y

Keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Gene silencing; Monodehydroascorbate reductase; Oryza sativa; RNAi

Funding

  1. Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea [PJ011142012016]
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea [2016R1A6A1A05011910]
  3. National Research Foundation of Korea [2016R1A6A1A05011910] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
  4. Rural Development Administration (RDA), Republic of Korea [PJ011142012016] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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Monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR), which is responsible for growth, development and stress response in plants, is a key enzyme in the maintenance of the ascorbate (AsA) pool through the AsA-glutathione (AsA-GSH) cycle and is induced by abiotic stresses. It has highly conserved regions containing FAD-and NAD(P) H-binding domains. In particular, NAD(P)H is a significant electron donor in the AsA-GSH pathway. In this context, we introduced RNA interference (RNAi) to determine the functional role of Oryza sativa L. japonica MDHAR isoform 3 (OsMDHAR3) and developed transgenic (mdhar3) rice plants in which the NAD(P)H domain was silenced. The mdhar3 rice plants were more sensitive to salt stress than the wild-type (WT) plants. In addition, the mdhar3 rice plants showed decreased ability for environmental adaptation because of an imbalance in the redox homeostasis and reduced AsA pool. These plants showed increased hydroperoxide levels and ion leakage, and decreased chlorophyll content and ascorbate/ dehydroascorbate ratio under the paddy field conditions; they also exhibited a reduction in the total biomass and grain yield. Furthermore, the activity of a purified E196A mutant of the OsMDHAR protein decreased to approximately 70% of the activity of the WT protein. These results suggest that OsMDHAR3 plays a critical role in the intrinsic resistance, as well as in the sensitivity of seed maturation and productivity, of rice plants to environmental stresses, thereby indicating the functional importance of NADH in MDHAR activity, in vivo and in vitro.

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