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ArticleScientific reports2018

Identifying differentially expressed proteins in sorghum cell cultures exposed to osmotic stress.

Rudo Ngara, Elelwani Ramulifho, Mahsa Movahedi, Nemera G Shargie, Adrian P Brown, Stephen Chivasa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rudo NgaraDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, P. Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa. NgaraR@ufs.ac.za.
Elelwani RamulifhoDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, P. Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa.
Mahsa MovahediDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Nemera G ShargieAgricultural Research Council-Grain Crops Institute, P. Bag X1251, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
Adrian P BrownDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Stephen ChivasaDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom. stephen.chivasa@durham.ac.uk.
Durham University · GBUniversity of the Free State · ZAAgricultural Research Council of South Africa · ZA

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/MO28429/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N012623/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drought stress triggers remarkable physiological changes and growth impediments, which significantly diminish plant biomass and crop yield. However, certain plant species show notable resilience, maintaining nearly normal yields under severe water deficits. For example, sorghum is a naturally drought-tolerant crop, which is ideal for studying plant adaptive responses to drought. Here we used sorbitol treatments to simulate drought-induced osmotic stress in sorghum cell suspension cultures and analysed fractions enriched for extracellular matrix proteins using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification technology. Sorbitol induced an overall increase in protein secretion, with putative redox proteins, proteases, and glycosyl hydrolases featuring prominently among the responsive proteins. Gene expression analysis of selected candidates revealed regulation at the transcriptional level. There was a notable differential gene expression between drought-tolerant and drought-sensitive sorghum varieties for some of the candidates. This study shows that protein secretion is a major component of the sorghum response to osmotic stress. Additionally, our data provide candidate genes, which may have putative functions in sorghum drought tolerance, and offer a pool of genes that could be developed as potential biomarkers for rapid identification of drought tolerant lines in plant breeding programs.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantOsmotic PressureDroughtsGene Expression ProfilingPlant ProteinsProteomicsSorghumStress, PhysiologicalPlant Proteins

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PMID29875393
PMCPMC5989219
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