2476 Advances in Environmental Biology, 6(9): 2476-2479, 2012 ISSN 1995-0756

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Expression Pattern Analysis Of Pyridoxal Kinase Gene From Lagopoides (ALASOS4 ) Under Salinity, Calcium And Abscisic Acid Treatments

1,2Masoomeh Jannesa, 1Khadije Razavi, 2Azra Saboora

1National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Masoomeh Jannesa, Khadije Razavi, Azra Saboora: National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

ABSTRACT

Plants growing in saline environments use various strategies at the whole , organ, tissue and cellular level which enable them to thrive under the harsh conditions. SOS4 encodes a pyridoxine⁄ pyridoxal⁄ pyridoxamine (PN⁄ PL⁄ PM) Kinase homologe in Arabidopsis that functions in the Pyridoxal- 5- Phosphate (PLP) biosynthesis. PLP is known to be an antagonist of the ATP gated ion channel in animal cells and a well- known cofactor for numerous enzymes. In this study, seeds of A. lagopoides were cultured in hydroponic medium supplemented by ½MS medium. After 21days, seedling treated with NaCl (600 mM), ABA (50 µM), Ca2SO4 (5mM), NaCl+Ca2SO4, NaCl+ABA and Ca2SO4+ABA. Eexpression analysis of Salt Overly Sensitive 4 gene has been done by Semi Quantitative Rt-PCR under different treatments and then alaSOS4 gene isolated and cloned. We found a great homology between alaSOS4 and SOS4 genes from Arabidopsis and Wheat. alaSOS4 expression was up-regulated in response to NaCl, Ca2SO4 , and ABA+ NaCl compared with control in shoots but changes in roots were insignificant. While results showed alaSOS4 salinity responsiveness in the shoots and its encoded probable protein role in ion homeostasis, it explained a constituent expression in the roots. As a result, we concluded that SOS4 protein has a special function in the roots which is not directly responsive to the salinity such as hairy root formation.

Key words: alaSOS4 gene, ABA, , Ca2SO4, Salt stress,

Introduction sodium and chloride ions in dry overgrown tissue [9]. A. lagopoides has salt glands consisting of only two Soil salinity stresses in two ways. High cells that predominantly excreted NaCl [10]. concentration of salts in the soil make it harder for Pyridoxal (PL) kinase encoded in Arabidopsis roots to extract water and High concentration of salts thaliana (SOS4) [11], is key enzymes involved in the within the plant can be toxic [1]. biosynthetic pathway leading to Pyridoxal 5´- P Plants are classified as glycophytes or (PLP). PLP is the active coenzyme product of the halophytes according to their capacity to grow on vitamin B6 pathway and is essential in many high salt medium. Most plants are glycophytes and biochemical reactions, including decarboxylation, cannot tolerate salt-stress. Halophytes are plants transamination, deamination, racemization and trans- growing on or surviving in saline conditions such as sulfuration reactions associated primarily with amino marine estuaries and salt marshes. They respond to acid synthesis [12]. PLP is also involved in enzymes salt stress at three different levels: cellular, tissue and that catalyze some steps in carbohydrate and lipid the whole plant [2]. In some halophytes, salt metabolism and is a cofactor for aminocyclopropane- excretion represents an avoidance strategy that 1-carboxylate synthase. Moreover, vitamine B6 has permits control and regulation of salt content in been linked to resistance to oxidative and phytosynthetic ones [3]. In the family, there environmental stresses and is an efficient singlet are four genera able to excrete salts: Spartina, oxygen quencher and antioxidant [11,13,14]. It is Aeluropus, and Chloris [4]. required for postembryonic root development and Aeluropus lagopoides (poaceae) is a root hair development in plants [13,14,15,16,17]. stoloniferous perennial grass with C4 photosynthesis SOS4 mutant plants are hypersensitive to Na+, that is distributed in the regions with intermediate Li+ and K+ ions upon salt stress. SOS4 mutant plants salinity and semi- desert climate on Iranian plateau accumulate more Na+ and retain less K+ than the wild [5-7]. A. lagopoides be able to survive up to 1500 type plants. These results suggest that SOS4 is mM NaCl [8] with a relatively low accumulation of important for Na+ and K+ homeostasis in plants [11]. Corresponding Author Khadije Razavi, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

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PLP may regulate Na+ efflux by SOS1, because SOS1 Data entry, sequence management, and contains a putative pyridoxal- 5- phosphate binding sequences alignment were performed by DNASTAR domain [18]. software (Madison. WI 53705, USA). Sequence In this study expression pattern analysis of similarity and several structural features were studied alaSOS4 gene was done and then alaSOS4 gene by use of online databases including BLASTN and X cloned. The purpose of the current study was [19], pfam [20] and Blocks [21]. understanding the role of SOS4 gene in salt stress tolerance mechanisms in such a halophytic plant. Result:

Material and Method alaSOS4 gene cloning:

Hydroponic culture: A. lagopoides alaSOS4 EST was cloned in Seeds of A. lagopoides were collected from pTZ57RT vector, its size was 520 bp (Fig. 1). After Ghandi-Abad of Kashan Kavir in the Iran and they sequencing and making alignment, we found great were sterilized by commercial sodium hypochlorid homology (85%) between its encoded protein and 20% and Triton X- 100 1% for 10 minutes and were Arabidopsis and Wheat SOS4 proteins (Fig. 1). cultured in the hydroponic medium supplemented by Clones were sequenced by SeqLab Company, 1⁄2 MS medium. 21 days seedlings in the Germany and submitted in GenBank as alaSOS4 growthchamber (16/8 h light/dark and 23±2 ºC) with GT734410 accession number. treated with NaCl (600 mM), ABA (50 µM), Ca2SO4 (5mM), NaCl (600mM) +Ca2SO4 (5mM), NaCl Expression pattern of alaSOS4 gene: (600mM)+ABA (50 µM) and Ca2SO4 (5mM)+ABA (50 µM ) for 10 days. Then samples were collected The expression of alaSOS4 gene was correlated and stored at -70 ºC. Each treatment was included 3 reciprocally to the organ and treatments but biological repetitions and at least 3 technical interaction effect of the two factors showed no replicates. significant difference at p<0.05 on the alaSOS4 expression levels (Table 1). RNA extraction and gene cloning: The expression of alaSOS4 was increased considerably compared with controls by NaCl, Total RNA was extracted from shoots and roots Ca2SO4 and ABA+ NaCl tratments in shoots (Fig 2). by RNax plus kit (Cinnagene Company, Iran) While its expression was not changed significantly according to the manufacturer procedure. Then by different treatments in roots but it showed high RNAs were treated by DNase 1 RNase free kit levels of expression in all of the treatments in consistent with the company method (Fermentas relation to the shoots. Company, Ukraine) for eliminating of genomic DNA. cDNA was synthesized by cDNA synthesis Discussion: system (Fermentas Company, Ukraine) and alaSOS4 gene were isolated by specific primers designed Shi and Zhu [15] and Wang et al [22] revealed based on conserved region of wheat SOS4 gene by that SOS4 was expressed in hairy roots and other Oligo Primer Analusis Software Version 5. alaSOS4 similar structures in Arabidopsis and wheat. The cDNA segments were isolated from A. lagopoides result was evident for an important role of SOS4 in shoots and roots and ligated to pTZ57R⁄ T hairy root formation. As shown in Fig 2 the transmitting plasmid. expression level of alaSOS4 was higher in A. lagopoides roots relative to the shoots so it is Expression analysis: possible that alaSOS4 is taken part in A. lagopoides hairy roots formation. Also, because of not Expression patterns analysis of alaSOS4 gene significant changes in alaSOS4 expression levels in carried out by semi-quantitative RT-PCR in contrast the roots under different treatments, it can conclude to β- tubuline a house keeping gene in shoots and that alaSOS4 has an anonymous role in roots. roots of A. lagopoides. Relative intensity of bands Pyridoxal (PL) kinase encoded in Arabidopsis was measured by Total lab software. thaliana (SOS4) is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthetic pathway leading to Pyridoxal 5´- P Statistical Analysis: (PLP). PLP is the active coenzyme product of the vitamin B6 pathway. vitamine B6 has been linked to Data were analyzed statistically by SPSS vesion resistance to oxidative and environmental stresses 10 software . Variance analysis was carried out to and is an efficient singlet oxygen quencher and determined for existence of significant difference antioxidant and also is a well- known cofactor for between means and Duncans tests was performed to numerous enzymes [11,13,14] Graham et al [23] compare means at p<0.05. suggested that the major action of pyridoxine (vitamin B6 ) in plants may be through its role as a

2478 Adv. Environ. Biol., 6(9): 2476-2479, 2012 cofactor for numerous enzymes rather than through In summary at the first time, we report alaSOS4 its direct effect on active oxygen species. Thus, SOS4 expression pattern in A. lagopoides shoots and roots gene product plays important and may be various at different conditions, as a halophyte. With regard to roles in plants. the Pyridoxal-5- phosphate (PLP) role in bioshyntetic Although several reports were revealed that SOS pathway of vitamine B6 as a antistress vitamine is pathway is not regulated by ABA in Arabidopsis but known to be an antagonist of the ATP gated ion Shi et al [24] and Wang et al [25] reported its channel in animal cells and a well- known cofactor regulation by ABA in Maize. Despite the later for numerous enzymes [29]. Also, it is concluded reports we found that ABA treatment was not by that alaSOS4 up-regulation in shoots under Ca2SO4 itself effective on alaSOS4 expression in and NaCl treatments may be has important roles in A. lagopoides shoots. But simultaneously, we found Na+ and Ca2+ homeostasis and salt tolerance which that ABA+NaCl increased its expression remain to reveal more physiological and molecular significantly in the shoots. According to the similar documents. levels of gene expression in NaCl, Ca2SO4 and ABA+NaCl treatments, it seems that ABA is not Acknowledgement effective on the gene expression and the increased levels of expression is related to the NaCl effects on This study was supported by the National gene appearance and more over, alaSOS4 induction Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology by salinity. (NIGEB) grant No. 271. 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