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Cloning of the Key Gene ZmCYP90B1 in Brassinosteroids Biosynthesis from Zea mays and Its Response to Adversity Stresses

Fang-Meng DUAN1(), Qiu-Lan LUO2, Xue-Li LU3, Na-Wei QI1, Xian-Shun LIU1, Wen-Wen SONG1,*()   

  1. 1 College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, Shandong, China
    2 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science / Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory of Marine Algal Biotechnology / College of Life Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, China
    3 Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy, Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, Shandong, China
  • Received:2017-07-05 Accepted:2017-11-21 Online:2018-03-12 Published:2017-12-18
  • Contact: Wen-Wen SONG E-mail:fmduan@hotmail.com;songwenwen2002@163.com
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by Qingdao Applied Basic Research Project (16-5-1-54-jch), Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (ZR2013CQ028), Shenzhen Grant Plan for Science & Technology (JCYJ20150324141711583), and the Doctor Program of Higher Education (663/1111316).

Abstract:

Brassinosteroids (BRs) as an important phytohormone, play essential roles in plant growth, development and responses to adversity stresses. The key enzyme encoded by CYP90B1 is involved in the BRs biosynthesis. However, the characteristic of CYP90B1 gene response to stress has not been reported in maize. In this study, we cloned ZmCYP90B1 gene from Zea mays, GenBank accession number KY242373, via RT-PCR in combination of RACE technique. The full-length sequence of this gene is 2058 bp and the the complete open reading frame is 1518 bp, encoding 506 amino acid peptides. The predicted protein has the molecular weight of 57.66 kD and isoelectric point of 9.54, containing one transmembrane domain and one conserved domain of p450. Multiple sequences alignment analysis indicated the predicted protein shared high similarities with CYP90B1 from other plant species. The phylogenetic tree revealed a notable difference in the evolution of CYP90B1 between dicotyledons and monocotyledons. The qRT-PCR result showed that the expression of ZmCYP90B1 was induced by drought, high salt, low temperature, ABA, Spodoptera exigua attack, and methyl jasmonate (MeJA), suggesting that ZmCYP90B1 was involved in various abiotic stresses, insect resistance and response to MeJA. Overexpressing ZmCYP90B1 in tobacco seedlings could enhance drought resistance with less water loss rate and higher SPAD value in the transgenic lines. In addition, the activities of SOD, CAT, and POD and the content of proline increased significantly in all transgenic tobacco lines than in the wild type; both MDA and ABA contents were obviously lower in the transgenic lines than in the wild type. Through expression analysis of the down-stream stress-responsive genes, we demonstrated that drought tolerance enhancement by overexpressing ZmCYP90B1 might be involved in ABA-independent pathway and related to transcriptional regulation of antioxidant- related genes.

Key words: brassionsteroids, ZmCYP90B1 gene, real-time quantitative PCR, adversity stresses

Table 1

Primers used in cloning gene"

引物
Primer
序列
Sequence (5°-3°)
DP-F GGCGGCATCCTGGGCAAGT
DP-R CCCGCGAAGAGCAGGCTCA
5°-GSP TGGACCACTTGCCCAGGATGCC
3°-GSP GAAGATGGAGGACAGGCTTGAGA
FP-F CTCTCTCCAACCCATCCGTC
FP-R GGGAGGTAATGTTGGGGTTTG

Table 2

Specific primers used for real-time PCR analysis"

基因名称
Gene name
GenBank登录号
GenBank number
引物序列
Primer sequence (5°-3°)
产物长度
Product size
(bp)
退火温度
Annealing
temperature (°C)
NtAPX NM_001324874.1 F: CAAATGTAAGAGGAAACTCAGAGGA
R: AGCAACAACTCCAGCTAATTGATAG
262 60
NtCAT NM_001326196.1 F: AGGTACCGCTCATTCACACC
R: AAGCAAGCTTTTGACCCAGA
151 60
NtSOD AF443178.1 F: CCGTCGCCAAATTGCATAG
R: CGATAGCCCAACCAAGAGAAC
238 62
NtNCED1 NM_001326185.1 F: CTATTTCCACTTCAAAACCAACCAC
R: GGCACTTTCCACGGCATCT
131 62
NtERD10C AB049337.1 F: ACGTGGAGGCTACAGATCGTGGTTT
R: TCTCCACTGGTACAGCCGTGTCCTCAC
366 70
NtLEA5 AF053076.1 F: GAACCCAACAAGAGCGAGAGA
R: CGACAGGAAGCATTGACGAG
350 62
Tob103 U60495.1 F: CAAGGAAATCACCGCTTTGG
R: AAGGGATGCGAGGATGGA
106 60
ZmCYP90B1 KY242373 F: GGCTGTGGTCTCGTGTTTTATG
R: ACCATCCTCCCCTTTGCTCT
104 62
Actin NM_00115473.1 F: CTGAGGTTCTATTCCAGCCATCC
R: CCACCACTGAGGACAACATTACC
133 62

Fig. 1

PCR amplified products of ZmCYP90B1 A: The part fragment amplification of ZmCYP90B1; B: The 5´-RACE amplification of ZmCYP90B1; C: The 3´-RACE amplification of ZmCYP90B1; D: The ORF amplification of ZmCYP90B1; E: The identification of recombinant vector digested by double enzymes; M1: DL2000 marker; M2: 15000 marker."

Fig. 2

Sequence of amino acid encoded by ZmCYP90B1 The underline is the amino acid site of the transmembrane domain: 12-31; The grey shaded part is p450 conserved domain site: 2-491."

Fig. 3

Hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity analysis of predicted amino acid sequence encoded by ZmCYP90B1"

Fig. 4

Multiple sequence-alignments of CYP90B1 proteins from eight plants"

Fig. 5

Phylogenetic analysis between ZmCYP90B1 and CYP90B1 proteins from other plant species"

Table 3

Comparison of physical and chemical characteristics of amino acids of CYP90B1 from different plant species"

类别
Category
物种
Species
氨基酸残基数
Residues
分子量
Molecular weight (kD)
等电点pI 负电荷氨基酸比例
Negatively charged residues (%)
正电荷氨基酸比例
Positively charged residues (%)
不稳定
系数
Instability index
总平均亲水性
Hydropathicity
单子叶植物
Monocotyledons
Zea mays 506 57.66 9.54 10.47 13.44 46.74 -0.171
Dichanthelium oligosanthes 507 57.87 9.25 10.65 12.62 48.82 -0.161
Oryza brachyantha 504 57.12 9.27 10.52 12.70 52.69 -0.138
Aegilops tauschii 501 57.01 8.11 11.58 11.98 52.53 -0.133
Triticum urartu 525 59.75 8.09 11.62 12.00 51.61 -0.162
双子叶植物
Dicotyledons
Arabidopsis thaliana 513 58.87 6.62 12.87 12.28 49.50 -0.301
Nicotiana attenuata 491 55.78 8.89 9.98 11.41 44.36 -0.166
Brassica napus 495 56.71 8.17 11.72 12.12 48.90 -0.213
Glycine soja 492 55.77 8.85 10.16 11.38 43.87 -0.128
Theobroma cacao 496 56.75 8.64 10.89 11.90 46.51 -0.219
Gossypium hirsutum 485 55.42 8.94 10.52 12.16 44.88 -0.163

Fig. 6

Relative expression levels of ZmCYP90B1 in different tissues The different lowercase letters in each column indicate significant difference at the 0.05 probability level."

Fig. 7

Expression profiles of ZmCYP90B1 under abiotic stresses The different lowercase letters in each column indicate significant difference at the 0.05 probability level."

Fig. 8

Expression profiles of ZmCYP90B1 under Spodoptera exigua and MeJA The different lowercase letters in each column indicate significant difference at the 0.05 probability level."

Fig. 9

Molecular identification of transgenic tobacco lines M: marker; P: positive plasmid; N: empty vector; W: double distilled water; WT: wild types; 1-10: transgenic lines."

Fig. 10

Functional analysis of wild types and transgenic tobacco seedlings under drought stress A: The phenotype of WT and transgenic lines (L4 and L9) before drought stress; B: The phenotype of WT and transgenic lines (L4 and L9) after 20% PEG treatment for 10 h; C: The water loss rate of WT and transgenic lines (L4 and L9) after 20% PEG treatment for 10 h; D: The SPAD value of WT and transgenic lines (L4 and L9) before and after 20% PEG treatment. The different lowercase letters in each column indicate significant difference at the 0.05 probability level."

Fig. 11

Physiological indices in both wild types and transgenic tobacco before and after drought stress The different lowercase letters in each column indicate significant difference at the 0.05 probability level."

Fig. 12

Expression profiles of stress-responsive genes before and after drought stress The different lowercase letters in each column indicate significant difference at the 0.05 probability level."

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