Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to various exemplary embodiments of the invention, the detailed description should not be construed as limiting the invention but as a more detailed description of certain aspects, features and embodiments of the invention.
It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Further, for numerical ranges in this disclosure, it is understood that each intervening value, between the upper and lower limit of that range, is also specifically disclosed. Every smaller range between any stated value or intervening value in a stated range and any other stated or intervening value in a stated range is encompassed within the invention. The upper and lower limits of these smaller ranges may independently be included or excluded in the range.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although only preferred methods and materials are described herein, any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention. All documents mentioned in this specification are incorporated by reference herein for the purpose of disclosing and describing the methods and/or materials associated with the documents. In case of conflict with any incorporated document, the present specification will control.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the specific embodiments of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. Other embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification. The specification and examples are exemplary only.
To verify the beneficial effects of the present invention, the following experiments were performed:
1 materials and methods
1.1 cultivation of the test Material
Selecting healthy and plump corn (Zea mays L.) seed (Shenke glutinous No. 1), washing with clear water, covering with 4 layers of white gauze soaked with water for pregermination for 2-3 days, placing the corn seed with good germination condition in plastic tray with small holes, and culturing with clear water for 16h under illumination intensity of 800 umol.m-2·s-1The temperature was 25/20 deg.C (day/night). When the corn seedlings grow to 1 leaf and 1 heart, the clear water is replaced by Hoagland nutrient solution for continuous culture.
1.2 high temperature stress treatment
When the third leaf of the maize seedling grows, the maize seedling is placed into a light culture box and subjected to high-temperature stress treatment (38, 40, 42, 45 ℃ C.; humidity is 38%) for 1 day (13 h in the day and 11h in the night) to form a high-temperature treatment group. Then, the maize seedlings after high temperature stress were placed under the condition of 25/20 deg.C (day/night) and cultured for 1 day to obtain a high temperature recovery group. The extent of the high temperature stress treatment can be selected by measuring the fluorescence parameters of the third leaf of maize.
1.3 trehalose treatment
When the third leaf of the corn seedling grows, the seedling is cultured for 3 days by nutrient solution added with trehalose (0.5, 1.5, 10, 20 and 30mM) with different concentrations, and the seedling is a trehalose treatment group. Seedlings cultured with nutrient solution without trehalose addition served as control group. Then, both groups of seedlings were simultaneously placed in a light incubator at a high temperature (42 ℃ C.; humidity 38%) for 1 day (13 hours in the day and 11 hours in the night) to be a high-temperature treatment group. Then, the maize seedlings after high temperature stress were placed under the condition of 25/20 deg.C (day/night) and cultured for 1 day to obtain a high temperature recovery group. The concentration of trehalose treatment can be selected by measuring the fluorescence parameter of the third leaf of maize.
1.4 determination of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters
Dark adaptation of the sample for 20-30min, and determination of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters F of different treatment groups of leaves with pulse amplitude modulation chlorophyll fluorescence apparatus (DUAL-PAM-100, Walz, Germany)0(minimum chlorophyll fluorescence intensity under dark adaptation), Fm (maximum chlorophyll fluorescence intensity under dark adaptation), and the maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II was calculated: Fv/Fm ═ (Fm-Fo)/Fm.
1.5 determination of carbohydrate content
The determination of carbohydrate content was carried out according to the method of Jang et al (2003) with minor modifications. 5g of the leaf were ground into a fine powder with liquid nitrogen, and further ground into a homogenate by adding 15mL of ultrapure water, and placed in a 50mL stoppered tube in a boiling water bath for 15min, followed by centrifugation at 3000g for 15 min. The supernatant was collected and filtered through a 0.45-. mu.m filter. The carbohydrates in the leaves of maize seedlings were quantitatively analyzed by HPLC (Agilent 1260, USA) using a Shodex Asahi pak NH 2P-504E column (4.6X 250mm) using an evaporative light scattering detector, with a sample size of 10. mu.L. Trehalose, fructose, mannitol, glucose and sucrose (Sigma, st. louis, USA) were used as standards for commercial products.
1.6 determination of gas exchange parameters
Using LI-6400 photosynthesizer (LI-COR, USA) at 25 deg.C and 800 μmol m-2s-1And CO2The concentration is about 400. mu. mol-1Measured under the conditions ofAnd the gas exchange parameters of the leaves of the corn seedlings in the same treatment group.
1.7 determination of carbon assimilation Key enzyme Activity
0.5g of differently treated leaves of maize seedlings are placed in a mortar and 3mL of a precooled 25mM HEPES-KOH (pH 7.5) enzyme extract [10mM MgSO 5 ] is added41mM EDTA, 5mM DTT, 1mM PMSF, 5% (w/v) PVP and 0.05% (v/v) Triton X-100]Fully grinding by using liquid nitrogen, filtering homogenate by using 2 layers of gauze, centrifuging the homogenate by 5min at the temperature of 4 ℃ at 14000g, taking supernatant fluid which is enzyme crude extraction liquid, and storing the supernatant fluid at the temperature of 0 ℃ for later use.
The change in OD value at 340nm per minute was measured as 1 enzyme activity unit using an ultraviolet spectrophotometer (FLUOstar Omega, BMG Labtech, Germany). Enzyme activity reaction solution of PEPC: 25mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 8.0), 1mM EDTA, 5mM MgCl2,10mM NaHCO35mM DTT, 5mM glucose-6-phosphate, 5mM PEP, 0.2mM NADH, 2U MDH. Enzyme activity reaction solution of NADP-MDH: 25mM Tricine-KOH buffer (pH 8.3), 150mM KCl, 2mM OAA, 0.2mM NADPH, 5mM DTT. Enzyme activity reaction solution of NADP-ME: 25mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 8.3), 1mM EDTA, 5mM DTT, 2.5mM L-malic acid, 0.25mM NADP+Adding 5mM MgCl2The reaction was started. Enzyme activity reaction solution of PPDK: 25mM HEPES-KOH buffer (pH 8.0), 1mM EDTA, 10mM NaHCO3,5mM DTT,8mM MgSO42mM pyruvate, 1mM ATP, 5mM (NH)4)2SO41mM glucose 6-phosphate, 2.5mM K2HPO40.2mM NADH, 0.5U PEPC, 2U MDH. Enzyme activity reaction liquid of Rubisco: 25mM HEPES-KOH buffer (pH 7.8), 1mM EDTA, 10mM NaHCO3,5mM DTT,20mM MgCl21mM RuBP, 0.2mM NADH, 5mM ATP, 5mM creatine phosphate, 2U creatine phosphokinase, 2.8U glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 2.0U 3 phosphoglycerate kinase. And (3) calculating enzyme activity: u ═ V)/(Δ t · Vs ·, W), where OD: absorbance at 340 nm; v: the total volume of the sample extract; Δ t: enzymatic reaction time; vs: measuring the volume of the extracted solution of the sample; w: sample mass.
1.8 q-PCR detection of carbon assimilation Key enzyme genes
Extraction of RNA: leaves of maize seedlings from different treatment groups were used for total RNA extraction using RNAioso plus (Takara, Japan) according to the instructions. The method comprises the following specific steps:
1. the corn leaves were placed in a 2mL EP tube and 4 magnetic beads and 1mL of RNAioso Plus (Takara) extract were added, and the homogenizer was shaken for 30s and then allowed to stand for 5 min.
2. The EP tube with the extract was transferred to a pre-cooled refrigerated centrifuge and centrifuged at 12000g for 5min at 4 ℃.
3. The supernatant was taken to a new EP tube and 200. mu.L chloroform was added, shaken well and left to stand for 5 min. Followed by centrifugation at 12000g for 15min at 4 ℃.
4. The supernatant was taken into a new EP tube and 200. mu.L of isopropanol solution was added and shaken gently and left to stand at-20 ℃ for 30 min.
5. At 4 ℃ 12000g for 10min, the supernatant was discarded and the pellet was retained.
6. 1mL of 75% ethanol was added, the pellet was resuspended, and centrifuged at 12000g for 2min at 4 ℃.
7. The supernatant was decanted, allowed to stand at room temperature, the precipitate was air-dried, 10. mu.L of DEPC water was added to dissolve the RNA, and the RNA was stored at-20 ℃ for further use.
Reverse transcription of RNA: after the extraction of sample RNA was completed, cDNAs were synthesized according to the instruction manual of cDNA Synthesis kit (Ye ason, Shanghai). The method comprises the following specific steps:
1. removal of genomic DNA
RNase free ddH2O to 16μL
4×gDNA wiper Mix 4μL
1pg-1000ng of template RNA Total RNA
After heat shock at 42 ℃ for 2min, the cells were placed on ice.
2. Configuration of reverse transcription System
To the above reaction solution was added 4. mu.L of 5 Xsuper Mix II.
3. Setting of reverse transcription program
Keeping the temperature at 25 ℃ for 10 min; heating at 42 deg.C for 30 min; heat shock at 85 deg.C for 5 min. The DNA product of c was obtained and stored in a freezer at-20 ℃ for further use.
q-PCR detection of expression of carbon assimilation key enzyme genes: c to be synthesizedThe DNA was diluted 10-fold and used as a template for q-PCR. The primer sequences of the target genes are shown in Table 1 and 2 by taking maize actin2 as the reference gene
-ΔΔCTThe method calculates the relative expression quantity of the carbon assimilation key enzyme gene. Using a q-PCR instrument (CFX96, Bio-Rad, USA) according to Hieff
TM q-PCR
The q-PCR experiment was performed in the instruction manual of the Green Master Mix (No Rox Plus) kit (Yeason, Shanghai).
Reaction system (20 μ L): (BIO-RAD, USA)
The q-PCR program was set up as follows: firstly, pre-denaturation is carried out for 5min at 95 ℃; ② denaturation at 95 ℃ for 10 s; ③ annealing at 55 ℃ for 20 s; extension for 20s at 72 ℃, and carrying out 40 cycles on the- (III). The dissolution curve analysis was 65 ℃ to 95 ℃ and 5s higher per liter at 5 ℃.
TABLE 1 primers for maize carbon assimilation key enzyme genes
1.9 data analysis
All data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 21.0(SPSS, Chicago, USA) and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on each individual sample according to Tukey's test with significance levels set at P.ltoreq.0.05 (significant) and P.ltoreq.0.01 (very significant). All experiments were performed in at least 3 replicates and all data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
2 results
2.1 Effect of varying degrees of high temperature stress on Fv/Fm
The photochemical efficiency of PSII is reduced due to high temperature stress, resulting in a decrease of Fv/Fm. Therefore, the invention selects a proper high temperature stress temperature by respectively measuring the reduction degree of Fv/Fm under the high temperature stress of 38 ℃, 40 ℃, 42 ℃ and 45 ℃. The results are shown in FIG. 1: the Fv/Fm is not affected by the high-temperature stress at 38 ℃; when the temperature rises to 40 ℃, the Fv/Fm is remarkably reduced and can return to the original level in the recovery period; when the temperature rises to 42 ℃, the Fv/Fm is reduced more obviously, and the Fv/Fm cannot return to the original level in the recovery period; when the temperature was further increased to 45 ℃ almost no Fv/Fm values could be detected. The larger the degree of Fv/Fm reduction, the more severe the high temperature stress. Therefore, the following experiment will select a high temperature stress of 42 ℃ for the following study.
2.2 Effect of different concentrations of exogenous trehalose on Fv/Fm
Trehalose is an effective plant stress protectant, and this experiment will select an optimal exogenous trehalose pretreatment concentration that protects the photochemical efficiency of PSII by determining the increase of Fv/Fm of corn seedlings pretreated with 0mM (control), 0.5mM, 1.5mM, 10mM, 20mM and 30mM exogenous trehalose, respectively, as compared to the control (0mM exogenous trehalose) under high temperature stress at 42 ℃. The experimental result is shown in figure 2, and Fv/Fm can be respectively improved by 24% and 22% by exogenously adding 0.5mM and 1.5mM trehalose under high-temperature stress; exogenously added 10mM and 20mM trehalose were not different from Fv/Fm in the control group; exogenous addition of 30mM trehalose significantly reduced Fv/Fm. In addition, only 0.5mM trehalose pretreatment promoted the Fv/Fm rebound during the normal temperature recovery period following high temperature stress (FIG. 2). Thus, the following experiment will be conducted with trehalose pretreatment at 0.5 mM.
2.3 Effect of exogenous trehalose on carbohydrate content under high temperature stress
Since trehalose can serve as a central coordinator of carbohydrate synthesis and circulation in plants, this experiment explored the effect of 0.5mM trehalose pretreatment on the endogenous trehalose and other carbohydrate content of maize seedlings. The experimental results of table 2 show that the contents of trehalose, fructose, mannitol, glucose and sucrose in the leaves of maize seedlings in the 0.5mM trehalose pretreated group were increased by 32%, 68%, 12%, 94% and 88%, respectively, at the room temperature stage, compared to the control group. High temperature stress significantly reduced the carbohydrate content, but exogenous trehalose pretreatment increased the endogenous trehalose content by up to 91% compared to the control group under high temperature stress, while also significantly increasing the content of the other four carbohydrates (table 2). Likewise, during the normal temperature recovery period after high temperature stress, exogenous trehalose pretreatment also increased the carbohydrate content in the leaves of maize seedlings (table 2).
TABLE 2 Effect of exogenous trehalose on the carbohydrate content of maize seedlings leaves of different treatment groups
Trehalo: trehalose; fructose: fructose; mannitol: mannitol; glucose: glucose; sucross: sucrose; CK: a control group; TRE: a trehalose pretreatment group; h: treating at high temperature for 1 day; HR: after high temperature stress, the product was recovered at room temperature for 1 day. Different letters represent significant differences (P < 0.05).
2.4 Effect of exogenous trehalose on gas exchange parameters under high temperature stress
In order to investigate whether the increased accumulation of carbohydrates by exogenous trehalose pretreatment was associated with an increase in leaf photosynthetic rate, the present invention determined the gas exchange parameters of maize seedling leaves. In the high-temperature stress stage, Pn, Gs, Tr and WUE in the exogenously added trehalose group and the exogenously added trehalose group are all reduced remarkably, but Pn and WUE in the exogenously added trehalose group are obviously higher than those in the exogenously added trehalose group, which shows that the exogenously added trehalose can remarkably improve the net photosynthesis capacity and the water utilization efficiency of the heat-stressed corn seedlings (fig. 3A, B, D and F). Notably, Ci and Ci/Ca in the control group were significantly increased under high temperature stress compared to the control group at the normal temperature stage; the Ci and Ci/Ca in the exogenously added trehalose group under high temperature stress is not different from the exogenously added trehalose group at the normal temperature stage (FIG. 3C, E). Therefore, exogenous trehalose obviously improves the carbon assimilation capability of corn seedlings under high-temperature stress, and accelerates CO2The utilization efficiency of (2).
2.5 Effect of exogenous trehalose on carbon assimilation Key enzyme Activity under high temperature stress
The activities of PEPC, NADP-MDH, NADP-ME, PPDK and Rubisco play a key role in the carbon assimilation process of photosynthesis of leaves of maize seedlings. High temperature stress significantly inhibited their activity (fig. 4). There was no significant difference in the activities of these enzymes between the control group and the trehalose-pretreated group at the time of the normothermic period (FIG. 4). However, trehalose pretreatment significantly enhanced the activity of PEPC, NADP-MDH, NADP-ME, and Rubisco during the high temperature phase (FIG. 4A, B, C, E). Trehalose pretreatment significantly enhanced the activity of PEPC, NADP-ME and Rubisco during the normothermic recovery phase following high temperature stress (fig. 4A, C, E). In conclusion, it can be concluded that trehalose pretreatment can improve the carbon assimilation ability of corn seedlings by increasing the activity of key enzymes in the carbon assimilation process of photosynthesis, thereby improving the heat resistance thereof.
2.6 influence of exogenous trehalose on expression of carbon assimilation Key enzyme genes under high temperature stress
The influence of trehalose pretreatment on the expression of carbon assimilation key enzyme genes was further analyzed by q-PCR experiments. As can be seen from FIG. 5, in the control group, high temperature stress decreased the gene expression of PEPC, PPDK and Rubisco-SSU, increased the gene expression of NADP-ME, and had almost no effect on the gene expression of NADP-MDH and Rubisco-LSU. At the normal temperature stage, trehalose pretreatment significantly increased the gene expression of PPDK and Rubisco-LSU (fig. 5D, E). During the high temperature stress stage, trehalose pretreatment significantly increased the gene expression of PEPC, NADP-MDH, NADP-ME, PPDK and Rubisco-SSU (FIG. 5A, B, C, D, F). At the normothermic recovery stage following high temperature stress, trehalose pretreatment only increased the gene expression of Rubisco-SSU (fig. 5F).
The above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements of the technical solutions of the present invention can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the technical solutions of the present invention are within the scope of the present invention defined by the claims.