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. 2023 May 25;14(6):1153.
doi: 10.3390/genes14061153.

Integration of Phosphoproteomics and Transcriptome Studies Reveals ABA Signaling Pathways Regulate UV-B Tolerance in Rhododendron chrysanthum Leaves

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Integration of Phosphoproteomics and Transcriptome Studies Reveals ABA Signaling Pathways Regulate UV-B Tolerance in Rhododendron chrysanthum Leaves

Qi Sun et al. Genes (Basel). .

Abstract

The influence of UV-B stress on the growth, development, and metabolism of alpine plants, such as the damage to DNA macromolecules, the decline in photosynthetic rate, and changes in growth, development, and morphology cannot be ignored. As an endogenous signal molecule, ABA demonstrates a wide range of responses to UV-B radiation, low temperature, drought, and other stresses. The typical effect of ABA on leaves is to reduce the loss of transpiration by closing the stomata, which helps plants resist abiotic and biological stress. The Changbai Mountains have a harsh environment, with low temperatures and thin air, so Rhododendron chrysanthum (R. chrysanthum) seedlings growing in the Changbai Mountains can be an important research object. In this study, a combination of physiological, phosphorylated proteomic, and transcriptomic approaches was used to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which abiotic stress leads to the phosphorylation of proteins in the ABA signaling pathway, and thereby mitigates UV-B radiation to R. chrysanthum. The experimental results show that a total of 12,289 differentially expressed genes and 109 differentially phosphorylated proteins were detected after UV-B stress in R. chrysanthum, mainly concentrated in plant hormone signaling pathways. Plants were treated with ABA prior to exposure to UV-B stress, and the results showed that ABA mitigated stomatal changes in plants, thus confirming the key role of endogenous ABA in plant adaptation to UV-B. We present a model that suggests a multifaceted R. chrysanthum response to UV-B stress, providing a theoretical basis for further elaboration of the mechanism of ABA signal transduction regulating stomata to resist UV-B radiation.

Keywords: ABA; Rhododendron chrysanthum; UV-B stress; phosphorylated proteomics; stomatal; transcriptome.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Transcriptome analysis of R. chrysanthum under UV-B exposure. (A) The number of DEGS in the transcriptome; (B) PCA of differential genes; (C) KEGG enrichment of differential genes (The number on the edge of each bar represents the number of DEGs).
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Figure 2
Response of the phytohormone signaling pathway to UV-B radiation in R. chrysanthum. (A) Heatmaps depict transcript expression profiles associated with phytohormone signaling pathways under UV-B irradiation. A pink box indicates a gene that is upregulated, while a white box indicates a gene that is downregulated; (B) ABA signaling pathway transcript expression profile. An orange box represents genes that have been upregulated, while a green box represents genes that have been downregulated. (The value is the log2 fold change (log2(FC)) of each gene.).
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Figure 3
Phosphorylation proteome analysis of R. chrysanthum under UV-B irradiation. (A) Classification of differentially phosphorylated sites; (B) Number of differentially phosphorylated proteins and sites; (C) GO classification of differentially phosphorylated protein.
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Figure 4
Three-dimensional homologous model of phosphorus protein in response to UV-B irradiation related to ABA signaling of R. chrysanthum. (A) ABF2; (B) SnRK2. The areas with increased phosphorylation levels are marked with red circles.
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Figure 5
Study on phosphorylated protein and gene levels in ABA signal transduction pathway of R. chrysanthum irradiated by UV-B. DEGs are filtered using log2 FPKM (transcript fragments per kilobase per million mapped reads). Genes that are downregulated or upregulated are indicated by green and red text, respectively. The green and yellow boxes represent phosphorylated downregulated and upregulated proteins, respectively.
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Figure 6
Effects of different treatments on stomata of R. chrysanthum. (A) Stomatal morphology changes under different treatments; (B) Stomatal area; (C) Stomatal length; (D) Stomatal width.

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