The Brassica napus phytoglobin 1 (BnPgb1) mitigates the decrease in plant fertility resulting from high temperature stress
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Abstract
High temperature stress during flowering adversely affects plant fertility, decreasing plant productivity. Daily cycles of heat stress (HS), imposed on Brassica napus L. plants by slowly ramping the temperature from 23 °C to 35 °C before lowering back to pre-stress conditions, inhibited flower and silique formation, with fewer seeds per silique during the stress period, as well as decreased pollen viability. Heat stress also elevated the transcripts and protein levels of class 1 phytoglobin BnPgb1, with the protein accumulating preferentially within the anther walls. Over-expression of BnPgb1 was sufficient to attenuate the reduction in plant fertility at high temperatures while its down-regulation exacerbated the effects of HS. Relative to WT anthers, the rise in ROS and ROS-induced damage caused by HS was limited when BnPgb1 was over-expressed, and this was linked to changes in antioxidant responses. High temperatures reduced the level of ascorbic acid (AsA) in anthers by favoring its oxidation via ascorbate oxidase (AOA) and limiting its regeneration through suppression of monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR). Anthers of heat-stressed plants over-expressing BnPgb1 retained a higher AsA content with concomitant increased activities of DHAR, MDHAR, ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD). These changes suggest that BnPgb1 potentiates antioxidant responses during HS which mitigate the depression of fertility.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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