Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes

Abstract Background Salinity is a major abiotic stress that limits the growth, productivity, and geographical distribution of plants. A comparative proteomics and gene expression analysis was performed to better understand salinity tolerance mechanisms in chickpea. Results Ten days of NaCl treatment...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Arefian, Saeedreza Vessal, Saeid Malekzadeh-Shafaroudi, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Abdolreza Bagheri
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Published: BMC 2019-07-01
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1793-z
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author Mohammad Arefian
Saeedreza Vessal
Saeid Malekzadeh-Shafaroudi
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Abdolreza Bagheri
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Saeedreza Vessal
Saeid Malekzadeh-Shafaroudi
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Abdolreza Bagheri
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description Abstract Background Salinity is a major abiotic stress that limits the growth, productivity, and geographical distribution of plants. A comparative proteomics and gene expression analysis was performed to better understand salinity tolerance mechanisms in chickpea. Results Ten days of NaCl treatments resulted in the differential expression of 364 reproducible spots in seedlings of two contrasting chickpea genotypes, Flip 97-43c (salt tolerant, T1) and Flip 97-196c (salt susceptible, S1). Notably, after 3 days of salinity, 80% of the identified proteins in T1 were upregulated, while only 41% in S2 had higher expression than the controls. The proteins were classified into eight functional categories, and three groups of co-expression profile. The second co-expressed group of proteins had higher and/or stable expression in T1, relative to S2, suggesting coordinated regulation and the importance of some processes involved in salinity acclimation. This group was mainly enriched in proteins associated with photosynthesis (39%; viz. chlorophyll a-b binding protein, oxygen-evolving enhancer protein, ATP synthase, RuBisCO subunits, carbonic anhydrase, and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase), stress responsiveness (21%; viz. heat shock 70 kDa protein, 20 kDa chaperonin, LEA-2 and ascorbate peroxidase), and protein synthesis and degradation (14%; viz. zinc metalloprotease FTSH 2 and elongation factor Tu). Thus, the levels and/or early and late responses in the activation of targeted proteins explained the variation in salinity tolerance between genotypes. Furthermore, T1 recorded more correlations between the targeted transcripts and their corresponding protein expression profiles than S2. Conclusions This study provides insight into the proteomic basis of a salt-tolerance mechanism in chickpea, and offers unexpected and poorly understood molecular resources as reliable starting points for further dissection.
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spelling doaj.art-a8d297d224034a9d94292f65921e02e02022-12-21T18:37:59ZengBMCBMC Plant Biology1471-22292019-07-0119112610.1186/s12870-019-1793-zComparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypesMohammad Arefian0Saeedreza Vessal1Saeid Malekzadeh-Shafaroudi2Kadambot H. M. Siddique3Abdolreza Bagheri4Plant Biotechnology and Breeding Department, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of MashhadResearch Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of MashhadPlant Biotechnology and Breeding Department, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of MashhadThe UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western AustraliaPlant Biotechnology and Breeding Department, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of MashhadAbstract Background Salinity is a major abiotic stress that limits the growth, productivity, and geographical distribution of plants. A comparative proteomics and gene expression analysis was performed to better understand salinity tolerance mechanisms in chickpea. Results Ten days of NaCl treatments resulted in the differential expression of 364 reproducible spots in seedlings of two contrasting chickpea genotypes, Flip 97-43c (salt tolerant, T1) and Flip 97-196c (salt susceptible, S1). Notably, after 3 days of salinity, 80% of the identified proteins in T1 were upregulated, while only 41% in S2 had higher expression than the controls. The proteins were classified into eight functional categories, and three groups of co-expression profile. The second co-expressed group of proteins had higher and/or stable expression in T1, relative to S2, suggesting coordinated regulation and the importance of some processes involved in salinity acclimation. This group was mainly enriched in proteins associated with photosynthesis (39%; viz. chlorophyll a-b binding protein, oxygen-evolving enhancer protein, ATP synthase, RuBisCO subunits, carbonic anhydrase, and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase), stress responsiveness (21%; viz. heat shock 70 kDa protein, 20 kDa chaperonin, LEA-2 and ascorbate peroxidase), and protein synthesis and degradation (14%; viz. zinc metalloprotease FTSH 2 and elongation factor Tu). Thus, the levels and/or early and late responses in the activation of targeted proteins explained the variation in salinity tolerance between genotypes. Furthermore, T1 recorded more correlations between the targeted transcripts and their corresponding protein expression profiles than S2. Conclusions This study provides insight into the proteomic basis of a salt-tolerance mechanism in chickpea, and offers unexpected and poorly understood molecular resources as reliable starting points for further dissection.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1793-zChickpeaDifferentially expressed proteinsMetabolic pathwaySalt-tolerance mechanism
spellingShingle Mohammad Arefian
Saeedreza Vessal
Saeid Malekzadeh-Shafaroudi
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Abdolreza Bagheri
Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
BMC Plant Biology
Chickpea
Differentially expressed proteins
Metabolic pathway
Salt-tolerance mechanism
title Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
title_full Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
title_fullStr Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
title_full_unstemmed Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
title_short Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
title_sort comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes
topic Chickpea
Differentially expressed proteins
Metabolic pathway
Salt-tolerance mechanism
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1793-z
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