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Over-expression of JrsHSP17.3 gene from Juglans regia confer the tolerance to abnormal temperature and NaCl stresses

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Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are an HSP subgroup and involved in environmental stress response. In the current study, to understand the role of sHSP protein in a widely distribution nut woody tree, a sHSP gene was cloned from Juglans regia (JrsHSP17.3, GeneBank No.: KT277704). Compared with control condition, the expression of JrsHSP17.3 was induced to 58.1-fold (6 h) in the roots, 86.8-fold in the stems (9 h), 50.9-fold in the leaves (6 h) under 10°C; and was up-regulated to 2.9- ∼ 79.9-fold response to 40°C for 3∼9 h; meanwhile, it was transcribed to 5.9 - ∼39.7-fold under 9 h NaCl treatment, suggesting the potential role of JrsHSP17.3 to cold, heat and NaCl stimulus. Further, JrsHSP17.3 transgenic yeasts showed improved tolerance to freezing, heat and salt stresses compared with control yeast. JrsHSP17.3 was transient over-expressed in J. regia leaves. The leaves non-transgenic (NT) and vector prokII transgenic (empty, PT) were used as control. The expression of JrsHSP17.3 was 81.6-, 125.4-, and 54.2-fold of the control lines under normal conditions, indicating the success over-expression of JrsHSP17.3. Cell damage staining and physiological index determination showed that JrsHSP17.3 transformed lines, NT and PT displayed no obvious difference under control conditions, however, after treated with 16°C, 40°C and NaCl, JrsHSP17.3 transformed lines displayed weaker cell damage, lower level of electrolyte leakages (EL) rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and H2O2 content, and higher activities of catalase (CAT), glutathione transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) as well as more accumulation of proline than NT and PT. Meanwhile, NT and PT were similar and showed no significant difference under all conditions. All of these results indicated that JrsHSP17.3 can improve plant tolerance to abnormal temperatures and NaCl stresses, it represents a potential candidate gene for molecular breeding to enhance stress tolerance in plants.

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    Meizhi Zhai, Yudong Sun, Caixia Jia, Shaobing Peng, Zexing Liu & Guiyan Yang

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Zhai, M., Sun, Y., Jia, C. et al. Over-expression of JrsHSP17.3 gene from Juglans regia confer the tolerance to abnormal temperature and NaCl stresses. J. Plant Biol. 59, 549–558 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-015-0507-9

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