ArticlePlant physiology2015
Drought Induces Distinct Growth Response, Protection, and Recovery Mechanisms in the Maize Leaf Growth Zone.
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Viktoriya AvramovaDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).
Hamada AbdElgawadDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).
Zhengfeng ZhangDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).
Bartosz FotschkiDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).
Romina CasadevallDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1060-1857
Lucia VergauwenDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).
Dries KnapenDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0472-8114
Edith TaleisnikDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2980-8252
Yves GuisezDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).
Han AsardDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-4074
Gerrit T S BeemsterDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium (V.A., H.Ab., L.V., Y.G., H.As., G.T.S.B.);Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt (H.Ab.);Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China (Z.Z.);Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland (B.F.);Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2002 LRK Rosario, Argentina (R.C.);Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium (D.K.); andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), X5020ICA Cordoba, Argentina (E.T.) gerrit.beemster@uantwerpen.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6014-053X
Beni-Suef University · EGUniversity of Antwerp · BE
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Abstract
Drought is the most important crop yield-limiting factor, and detailed knowledge of its impact on plant growth regulation is crucial. The maize (Zea mays) leaf growth zone offers unique possibilities for studying the spatiotemporal regulation of developmental processes by transcriptional analyses and methods that require more material, such as metabolite and enzyme activity measurements. By means of a kinematic analysis, we show that drought inhibits maize leaf growth by inhibiting cell division in the meristem and cell expansion in the elongation zone. Through a microarray study, we observed the down-regulation of 32 of the 54 cell cycle genes, providing a basis for the inhibited cell division. We also found evidence for an up-regulation of the photosynthetic machinery and the antioxidant and redox systems. This was confirmed by increased chlorophyll content in mature cells and increased activity of antioxidant enzymes and metabolite levels across the growth zone, respectively. We demonstrate the functional significance of the identified transcriptional reprogramming by showing that increasing the antioxidant capacity in the proliferation zone, by overexpression of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) iron-superoxide dismutase gene, increases leaf growth rate by stimulating cell division. We also show that the increased photosynthetic capacity leads to enhanced photosynthesis upon rewatering, facilitating the often-observed growth compensation.
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DroughtsArabidopsisCell CycleGene Expression Regulation, PlantOxidative StressPhotosynthesisPlant LeavesPlants, Genetically ModifiedReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide DismutaseZea maysReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide Dismutase
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