Expression of the P1B-type ATPase AtHMA4 in tobacco modifies Zn and Cd root to shoot partitioning and metal tolerance

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-74

  Siemianowski, Oskar ^a   Mills, Rebecca Fay ^b   Williams, Lorraine Elizabeth ^b   Antosiewicz, Danuta Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AtHMA4; Cadmium; P1BATPase; Tobacco; Transformation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CADMIUM; HMA4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ZINC;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CADMIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; ZINC;

EID: 78650037221     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00531.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Antosiewicz, D.M. and Hennig, J. (2004) Overexpression of LCT1 in tobacco enhances the protective action of calcium against cadmium toxicity. Environ. Pollut., 129, 237-245.
2. Antosiewicz, D.M., Sirko, A. and Sowinski, P. (2008) Trace element transport in plants. In Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients (Prasad, M.N.V., ed), pp. 413-445. New Jersey, John Wiley and Sons Inc.
3. Bernard, C., Roosens, N., Czernic, P., Lebrun, M. and Verbruggen, N. (2004) A novel CPx-ATPase from the cadmium hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens. FEBS Lett., 569, 140-148.
4. Clemens, S., Palmgren, M.G. and Krämer, U. (2002) A long way ahead: understanding and engineering plant metal accumulation. Trends Plant Sci., 7, 309-315.
5. Gaither, L.A. and Eide, D.J. (2001) Eucaryotic zinc transporters and their regulation. Biometals, 14, 251-270.
6. Gisbert, C., Ros, R., DeHaro, A., Walker, D.J., Bernal, M.P., Serrano, R. and Navarro-Avino, J. (2003) A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation. Bioch. Bioph. Res. Commun., 303, 440-445.
7. Hanikenne, M., Talke, I.N., Haydon, M.J., Lanz, C., Nolte, A., Motte, P., Kroymann, J., Weigel, D. and Krämer, U. (2008) Evolution of metal hyperaccumulation required cis-regulatory changes and triplication of HMA4. Nature, 453, 391-395.
8. Hänsch, R. and Mendel, R.R. (2009) Physiological functions of mineral micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni, Mo, B, Cl). Curr. Opin. Plant Biol., 12, 259-266.
9. Hussain, D., Haydon, M.J., Wang, Y., Wong, E., Sherson, S.M., Young, J., Camakaris, J., Harper, J.F. and Cobbett, C.S. (2004) P-type ATPase heavy metal transporters with roles in essential zinc homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 16, 1327-1339.
10. Kacperska, A. (2004) Sensor type in signal transduction pathways in plant cells responding to abiotic stressors: do they depend on stress intensity? Physiol. Plant., 112, 159-168.
11. Korenkov, V., Hirschi, K., Crutchfield, J.D. and Wagner, G.J. (2007) Enhancing tonoplast Cd/H antiport activity increases Cd, Zn, and Mn tolerance, and impacts root/shoot Cd partitioning in Nicotiana tabacum L. Planta, 226, 1379-1387.
12. Marschner, H. (1995) Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, 2nd edn. London, UK: Academic Press.
13. McCormac, A.C., Elliot, M.C. and Chen, D.F. (1997) pBECKS: a flexible series of binary vectors for Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. Mol. Biotechnol., 8, 199-213.
14. 1BATPase of the Zn/Co/Cd/Pb subclass. Plant J., 35, 164-176.
15. Mills, R.F., Francini, A., DaRocha, P.S.C.F., Bacarini, P.J., Aylett, M., Krijger, G.C. and Williams, L.E. (2005) The plant P-1B-type ATPase AtHMA4 transports Zn and Cd and plays a role in detoxification of transition metals supplied at elevated levels. FEBS Lett., 579, 783-791.
16. Palmgren, M.G., Clemens, S., Williams, L.E., Krämer, U., Borg, S., Schjorring, J.K. and Sanders, D. (2008) Zinc biofortification of cereals; problems and solutions. Trends Plant Sci., 13, 464-473.
17. Papoyan, A. and Kochian, L.V. (2004) Identification of Thlaspi caerulescens genes that may be involved in heavy metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance. Characterization of a novel heavy metal transporting ATPase. Plant Physiol., 136, 3814-3823.
18. Prasad, M.N.V. (2008) Essentiality of zinc for human health and sustainable development. In Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients (Prasad, M.N.V. ed), pp. 183-216. New Jersey, John Wiley and Sons Inc.
19. Song, W.-Y., Sohn, E.J., Martinoia, E., Lec, Y.J., Yang, Y.-Y., Jasinski, M., Forestier, C., Hwang, I. and Lee, Y. (2003) Engineering tolerance and accumulation of lead and cadmium in transgenic plants. Nat. Biotechnol., 21, 914-919.
20. Verkleij, J.A.C., Golan-Goldhirsh, A., Antosiewicz, D.M., Schwitzguébel, J.-P. and Schröeder, P. (2009) Dualities in plant tolerance to pollutants and their uptake and translocation to the upper plant parts. Environ. Exp. Bot., 67, 10-22.
21. Verret, F., Gravot, A., Auroy, P., Leonhardt, N., David, P., Nussaume, L., Vavasseur, A. and Richaud, P. (2004) Overexpression of AtHMA4 enhances root-to-shoot translocation of zinc and cadmium and plant metal tolerance. FEBS Lett., 576, 306-312.
22. Verret, F., Gravot, A., Auroy, P., Preveral, S., Forestier, C., Vavasseur, A. and Richaud, P. (2005) Heavy metal transport by AtHMA4 involves the N-terminal degenerated metal binding domain and the C-terminal His stretch. FEBS Lett., 579, 1515-1522.
23. 1B-ATPase - an ancient family of transition metal pumps with diverse functions in plants. Trends Plant Sci., 10, 491-502.
24. Williams, L.E., Pittman, J.K. and Hall, J.L. (2000) Emerging mechanisms for heavy metal transport in plants. Bioch. Bioph. Acta, 1465, 104-126.
25. 2+ is regulated by LCT1. Environ. Pollut., 147, 584-592.
26. Wojas, S., Clemens, S., Hennig, J., Sklodowska, A., Kopera, E., Schat, H., Bal, W. and Antosiewicz, D.M. (2008) Overexpression of phytochelatin synthase in tobacco: distinctive effects of AtPCS1 and CePCS genes on plant response to cadmium. J. Exp. Bot., 59, 2205-2219.
27. Wojas, S., Hennig, J., Plaza, S., Geisler, M., Siemianowski, O., Sklodowska, A., Ruszczynska, A., Bulska, E. and Antosiewicz, D.M. (2009) Ectopic expression of Arabidopsis ABC transporter MRP7 modifies cadmium root-to-shoot transport and accumulation. Environ. Pollut., 157, 2781-2789.
28. Wong, C.K. and Cobbett, C.S. (2009) HMA P-type ATPases are the major mechanism for root-to-shoot translocation in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytol., 181, 71-78.
29. Zhao, F.-J. and McGrath, S.P. (2009) Biofortification and phytoremediation. Curr. Op. Plant Biol., 12, 373-380.