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Alternative Splicing of TaHsfA2-7 Is Involved in the Improvement of Thermotolerance in Wheat

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作者: Ma, Zhenyu 1 ; Li, Mingyue 1 ; Zhang, Huaning 1 ; Zhao, Baihui 1 ; Liu, Zihui 1 ; Duan, Shuonan 1 ; Meng, Xiangzhao 1 ; Li, Guoliang 1 ; Guo, Xiulin 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Hebei Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Plant Genet Engn Ctr Hebei Prov, Inst Biotechnol & Food Sci, Shijiazhuang 050051, Peoples R China

2.Hebei Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Shijiazhuang 050024, Peoples R China

关键词: alternative splicing; wheat; heat stress; thermotolerance; heat shock transcription factor

期刊名称:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES ( 影响因子:5.6; 五年影响因子:6.2 )

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年卷期: 2023 年 24 卷 2 期

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摘要: High temperature has severely affected plant growth and development, resulting in reduced production of crops worldwide, especially wheat. Alternative splicing (AS), a crucial post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism, is involved in the growth and development of eukaryotes and the adaptation to environmental changes. Previous transcriptome data suggested that heat shock transcription factor (Hsf) TaHsfA2-7 may form different transcripts by AS. However, it remains unclear whether this post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism of TaHsfA2-7 is related to thermotolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Here, we identified a novel splice variant, TaHsfA2-7-AS, which was induced by high temperature and played a positive role in thermotolerance regulation in wheat. Moreover, TaHsfA2-7-AS is predicted to encode a small truncated TaHsfA2-7 isoform, retaining only part of the DNA-binding domain (DBD). TaHsfA2-7-AS is constitutively expressed in various tissues of wheat. Notably, the expression level of TaHsfA2-7-AS is significantly up-regulated by heat shock (HS) during flowering and grain-filling stages in wheat. Further studies showed that TaHsfA2-7-AS was localized in the nucleus but lacked transcriptional activation activity. Ectopic expression of TaHsfA2-7-AS in yeast exhibited improved thermotolerance. Compared to non-transgenic plants, overexpression of TaHsfA2-7-AS in Arabidopsis results in enhanced tolerance to heat stress. Simultaneously, we also found that TaHsfA1 is directly involved in the transcriptional regulation of TaHsfA2-7 and TaHsfA2-7-AS. In summary, our findings demonstrate the function of TaHsfA2-7-AS splicing variant in response to heat stress and establish a link between regulatory mechanisms of AS and the improvement of thermotolerance in wheat.

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