文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Ma, Dongmei ¹ ; Cai, Jinjun ⁴ ; Ma, Qiaoli ⁵ ; Wang, Wenjing ¹ ; Zhao, Lijuan ¹ ; Li, Jiawen ¹ ; Su, Lina ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Ningxia Univ, Breeding Base State Key Lab Land Degradat & Ecol R, Yinchuan, Peoples R China

2.Ningxia Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Restorat & Reconstruct Degraded Ecosyst No, Yinchuan, Peoples R China

3.Ningxia Univ, Key Lab Modern Mol Breeding Dominant & Special Cro, Yinchuan, Peoples R China

4.Ningxia Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Agr Resources & Environm, Yinchuan, Peoples R China

5.Ningxia Univ, Agr Coll, Yinchuan, Peoples R China

关键词： alfalfa; transcriptome; salt tolerance; post-translational modification; signal sensing and transduction

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：6.627； 五年影响因子：7.255 ）

ISSN： 1664-462X

年卷期： 2022 年 13 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Salt stress is a major abiotic stress affecting plant growth and crop yield. For the successful cultivation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a key legume forage, in saline-affected areas, it's essential to explore genetic modifications to improve salt-tolerance.Transcriptome assay of two comparative alfalfa genotypes, Adina and Zhaodong, following a 4 h and 8 h's 300 mM NaCl treatment was conducted in this study in order to investigate the molecular mechanism in alfalfa under salt stress conditions. Results showed that we obtained 875,023,571 transcripts and 662,765,594 unigenes were abtained from the sequenced libraries, and 520,091 assembled unigenes were annotated in at least one database. Among them, we identified 1,636 differentially expression genes (DEGs) in Adina, of which 1,426 were up-regulated and 210 down-regulated, and 1,295 DEGs in Zhaodong, of which 565 were up-regulated and 730 down-regulated. GO annotations and KEGG pathway enrichments of the DEGs based on RNA-seq data indicated that DEGs were involved in (1) ion and membrane homeostasis, including ABC transporter, CLC, NCX, and NHX; (2) Ca2+ sensing and transduction, including BK channel, EF-hand domain, and calmodulin binding protein; (3) phytohormone signaling and regulation, including TPR, FBP, LRR, and PP2C; (4) transcription factors, including zinc finger proteins, YABBY, and SBP-box; (5) antioxidation process, including GST, PYROX, and ALDH; (6) post-translational modification, including UCH, ubiquitin family, GT, MT and SOT. The functional roles of DEGs could explain the variations in salt tolerance performance observed between the two alfalfa genotypes Adina and Zhaodong. Our study widens the understanding of the sophisticated molecular response and tolerance mechanism to salt stress, providing novel insights on candidate genes and pathways for genetic modification involved in salt stress adaptation in alfalfa.