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Zhang, M., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, College of Horticulture, Northwest Sci-Tech. University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Barg, R., Institute of Field and Garden Crops, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Yin, M., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Gueta-Dahan, Y., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Leikin-Frenkel, A., Minerva Center for Cholesterol Gallstones and Lipid Metabolism in Liver, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Salts, Y., Institute of Field and Garden Crops, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Shabtai, S., Institute of Field and Garden Crops, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Ben-Hayyim, G., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Changes in the degree of fatty acid (FA) desaturation are implicated in plant responses to various abiotic stresses, including heat, salt and drought. However, it is still not known whether decreased levels of linolenic acid, found in many plants subjected to salt and drought stress, reflect a mechanism of defence or damage. We addressed this question by generating tobacco cells and plants ectopically overexpressing two FA desaturases: the cytosolic FAD3 or the plastidic FAD8. A remarkable increase in the ratio of total linolenic to linoleic acids resulted from overexpression of FAD3, whereas ectopic overexpression of FAD8 induced an increased ratio mainly in the plastidic lipids. Here we present evidence that overexpressing FAD8 imposes much greater heat sensitivity than does FAD3 overexpression, in both cultured cells and whole plants. Overexpression of either FAD3 or FAD8 increases tolerance to drought in tobacco plants and to osmotic stress in cultured cells. These findings suggest that a drought-induced decreased level of linolenic acid reflects damage. Our results point to the potential of exploiting FAD overexpression as a tool to ameliorate drought tolerance. © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Modulated fatty acid desaturation via overexpression of two distinct ω-3 desaturases differentially alters tolerance to various abiotic stresses in transgenic tobacco cells and plants
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Zhang, M., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, College of Horticulture, Northwest Sci-Tech. University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Barg, R., Institute of Field and Garden Crops, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Yin, M., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Gueta-Dahan, Y., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Leikin-Frenkel, A., Minerva Center for Cholesterol Gallstones and Lipid Metabolism in Liver, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Salts, Y., Institute of Field and Garden Crops, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Shabtai, S., Institute of Field and Garden Crops, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Ben-Hayyim, G., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Modulated fatty acid desaturation via overexpression of two distinct ω-3 desaturases differentially alters tolerance to various abiotic stresses in transgenic tobacco cells and plants
Changes in the degree of fatty acid (FA) desaturation are implicated in plant responses to various abiotic stresses, including heat, salt and drought. However, it is still not known whether decreased levels of linolenic acid, found in many plants subjected to salt and drought stress, reflect a mechanism of defence or damage. We addressed this question by generating tobacco cells and plants ectopically overexpressing two FA desaturases: the cytosolic FAD3 or the plastidic FAD8. A remarkable increase in the ratio of total linolenic to linoleic acids resulted from overexpression of FAD3, whereas ectopic overexpression of FAD8 induced an increased ratio mainly in the plastidic lipids. Here we present evidence that overexpressing FAD8 imposes much greater heat sensitivity than does FAD3 overexpression, in both cultured cells and whole plants. Overexpression of either FAD3 or FAD8 increases tolerance to drought in tobacco plants and to osmotic stress in cultured cells. These findings suggest that a drought-induced decreased level of linolenic acid reflects damage. Our results point to the potential of exploiting FAD overexpression as a tool to ameliorate drought tolerance. © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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