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ArticleBMC plant biology2019

Proteomic changes in the xylem sap of Brassica napus under cadmium stress and functional validation.

Jin-Song Luo, Zhenhua Zhang

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jin-Song LuoSouthern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China.
Zhenhua ZhangSouthern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China. zhzh1468@163.com.
Hunan Agricultural University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2018M630900National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFD0200100; 2017YFD0200103National Natural Science Foundation of China 31800202Province Key R&D Program of Hunan 2018NK1010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe xylem sap of vascular plants primarily transports water and mineral nutrients from the roots to the shoots and also transports heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd). Proteomic changes in xylem sap is an important mechanism for detoxifying Cd by plants. However, it is unclear how proteins in xylem sap respond to Cd. Here, we investigated the effects of Cd stress on the xylem sap proteome of Brassica napus using a label-free shotgun proteomic approach to elucidate plant response mechanisms to Cd toxicity.

resultsWe identified and quantified 672 proteins; 67% were predicted to be secretory, and 11% (73 proteins) were unique to Cd-treated samples. Cd stress caused statistically significant and biologically relevant abundance changes in 28 xylem sap proteins. Among these proteins, the metabolic pathways that were most affected were related to cell wall modifications, stress/oxidoreductases, and lipid and protein metabolism. We functionally validated a plant defensin-like protein, BnPDFL, which belongs to the stress/oxidoreductase category, that was unique to the Cd-treated samples and played a positive role in Cd tolerance. Subcellular localization analysis revealed that BnPDFL is cell wall-localized. In vitro Cd-binding assays revealed that BnPDFL has Cd-chelating activity. BnPDFL heterologous overexpression significantly enhanced Cd tolerance in E. coli and Arabidopsis. Functional disruption of Arabidopsis plant defensin genes AtPDF2.3 and AtPDF2.2, which are mainly expressed in root vascular bundles, significantly decreased Cd tolerance.

conclusionsSeveral xylem sap proteins in Brassica napus are differentially induced in response to Cd treatment, and plant defensin plays a positive role in Cd tolerance.

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Brassica napusCadmiumProteomeSoil PollutantsXylemCadmiumProteomeSoil PollutantsBrassica napusCd stressLabel freeProteomicsXylem sap. Plant defensin

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