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Brassinosteroids is involved in methane-induced adventitious root formation via inducing cell wall relaxation in
Yihua Li1,2, Jun Hua3, Xuemei Hou1
1College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmen Village, Anning District, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Background:
Methane (CH4) and brassinosteroids (BRs) are important signaling molecules involved in a variety of biological processes in plants.
Results:
Here, marigold (Tagetes erecta L. 'Marvel') was used to investigate the role and relationship between CH4 and BRs during adventitious root (AR) formation. The results showed a dose-dependent effect of CH4 and BRs on rooting, with the greatest biological effects of methane-rich water (MRW, CH4 donor) and 2,4-epibrassinolide (EBL) at 20% and 1 μmol L- 1, respectively. The positive effect of MRW on AR formation was blocked by brassinoazole (Brz, a synthetic inhibitor of EBL), indicating that BRs might be involved in MRW-regulated AR formation. MRW promoted EBL accumulation during rooting by up-regulating the content of campestanol (CN), cathasterone (CT), and castasterone (CS) and the activity of Steroid 5α-reductase (DET2), 22α-hydroxylase (DWF4), and BR-6-oxidase (BR6ox), indicating that CH4 could induce endogenous brassinolide (BR) production during rooting. Further results showed that MRW and EBL significantly down-regulated the content of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin during rooting and significantly up-regulated the hydrolase activity, i.e. cmcase, xylanase and laccase. In addition, MRW and EBL also significantly promoted the activity of two major cell wall relaxing factors, xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) and peroxidase, which in turn promoted AR formation. While, Brz inhibited the role of MRW on these substances.
Conclusions:
BR might be involved in CH4-promoted AR formation by increasing cell wall relaxation.
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