Eshel, G. et al. (2022) Positive selection and heat‐response transcriptomes reveal adaptive features of the Brassicaceae desert model, Anastatica hierochuntica. New Phytologist, 236(3), pp. 1006-1026. (doi: 10.1111/nph.18411) (PMID:35909295) (PMCID:PMC9804903)
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Abstract
Plant adaptation to a desert environment and its endemic heat stress is poorly understood at the molecular level. The naturally heat-tolerant Brassicaceae species Anastatica hierochuntica is an ideal extremophyte model to identify genetic adaptations that have evolved to allow plants to tolerate heat stress and thrive in deserts. We generated an A. hierochuntica reference transcriptome and identified extremophyte adaptations by comparing Arabidopsis thaliana and A. hierochuntica transcriptome responses to heat, and detecting positively selected genes in A. hierochuntica. The two species exhibit similar transcriptome adjustment in response to heat and the A. hierochuntica transcriptome does not exist in a constitutive heat ‘stress-ready’ state. Furthermore, the A. hierochuntica global transcriptome as well as heat-responsive orthologs, display a lower basal and higher heat-induced expression than in A. thaliana. Genes positively selected in multiple extremophytes are associated with stomatal opening, nutrient acquisition, and UV-B induced DNA repair while those unique to A. hierochuntica are consistent with its photoperiod-insensitive, early-flowering phenotype. We suggest that evolution of a flexible transcriptome confers the ability to quickly react to extreme diurnal temperature fluctuations characteristic of a desert environment while positive selection of genes involved in stress tolerance and early flowering could facilitate an opportunistic desert lifestyle.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Amtmann, Professor Anna |
| Authors: | Eshel, G., Duppen, N., Wang, G., Oh, D.‐H., Kazachkova, Y., Herzyk, P., Amtmann, A., Gordon, M., Chalifa‐Caspi, V., Oscar, M. A., Bar‐David, S., Marshall‐Colon, A., Dassanayake, M., and Barak, S. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Journal Name: | New Phytologist |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0028-646X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1469-8137 |
| Published Online: | 31 July 2022 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors. New Phytologist and New Phytologist Foundation |
| First Published: | First published in New Phytologist 236(3): 1006-1026 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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