文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Lu, Linghong ¹ ; Dong, Changhe ¹ ; Liu, Ruifang ¹ ; Zhou, Bin ³ ; Wang, Chuang ¹ ; Shou, Huixia ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Zhejiang Univ, Coll Life Sci, State Key Lab Plant Physiol & Biochem, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

2.Zhejiang Acad Agr Sci, Inst Hort, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

3.Anhui Acad Agr Sci, Inst Crop Sci, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China

4.Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Resources & Environm, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China

关键词： aquaporin; drought tolerance; transgenic; soybean; overexpression

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：5.753； 五年影响因子：6.612 ）

ISSN： 1664-462X

年卷期： 2018 年 9 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Aquaporins play an essential role in water uptake and transport in vascular plants. The soybean genome contains a total of 22 plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP) genes. To identify candidate PIPs important for soybean yield and stress tolerance, we studied the transcript levels of all 22 soybean PIPs. We found that a GmPIP2 subfamily member, GmPIP2;9, was predominately expressed in roots and developing seeds. Here, we show that GmPIP2;9 localized to the plasma membrane and had high water channel activity when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Using transgenic soybean plants expressing a native GmPIP2;9 promoter driving a GUS-reporter gene, it was found high GUS expression in the roots, in particular, in the endoderm, pericycle, and vascular tissues of the roots of transgenic plants. In addition, GmPIP2;9 was also highly expressed in developing pods. GmPIP2;9 expression significantly increased in short term of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated drought stress treatment. GmPIP2;9 overexpression increased tolerance to drought stress in both solution cultures and soil plots. Drought stress in combination with GmPIP2;9 overexpression increased net CO2 assimilation of photosynthesis, stomata conductance, and transpiration rate, suggesting that GmPIP2;9-overexpressing transgenic plants were less stressed than wild-type (WT) plants. Furthermore, field experiments showed that GmPIP2;9-overexpressing plants had significantly more pod numbers and larger seed sizes than WT plants. In summary, the study demonstrated that GmPIP2;9 has water transport activity. Its relative high expression levels in roots and developing pods are in agreement with the phenotypes of GmPIP2;9-overexpressing plants in drought stress tolerance and seed development.