Validamycin A improves the response of Medicago truncatula plants to salt stress by inducing trehalose accumulation in the root nodules

In this work, the role of trehalose as an osmoprotectant against salt stress conditions was examined in root nodules of Medicago truncatula. For this purpose, we used validamycin A, a potent trehalase inhibitor, in order to induce trehalose accumulation. Validamycin A induced an increase of trehalos...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of plant physiology. - 1979. - 166(2009), 11 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 1218-22
1. Verfasser: López, Miguel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Tejera, Noel A, Lluch, Carmen
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of plant physiology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't validamycin A 313E9620QS Sodium Chloride 451W47IQ8X Inositol 4L6452S749 Trehalose B8WCK70T7I mehr... Trehalase EC 3.2.1.28
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Zusammenfassung:In this work, the role of trehalose as an osmoprotectant against salt stress conditions was examined in root nodules of Medicago truncatula. For this purpose, we used validamycin A, a potent trehalase inhibitor, in order to induce trehalose accumulation. Validamycin A induced an increase of trehalose concentration in root nodules of M. truncatula by inhibiting trehalase activity; no effect on trehalose concentration was observed in roots and leaves. Trehalose accumulation was accompanied by a decrease in sucrose and starch content, indicating interference with carbohydrate partitioning in the plants. Under salinity conditions, sucrose accumulation appears to be induced in M. truncatula to protect nodule functioning by the inhibition of sucrose catabolism by sucrose synthase and alkaline invertase activities. However, trehalose accumulation induced by val A in nodules improved the response to salinity by increasing plant dry weight (PDW), and no effects of validamycin A on nitrogenase activity and PDW were observed in nonsalinized plants
Beschreibung:Date Completed 02.09.2009
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1618-1328
DOI:10.1016/j.jplph.2008.12.011