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Plant and Cell Physiology Advance Access published online on March 7, 2008
Plant and Cell Physiology, doi:10.1093/pcp/pcn040
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Constitutive components and induced gene expressions are involved in the desiccation tolerance of Selaginella tamariscina

Mao-Sen Liu1, Ching-Te Chien2 and Tsan-Piao Lin1,*

1Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan
2Division of Silviculture, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nan-Hai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

*Correspondence author: Dr. Tsan-Piao Lin, Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan, E-mail: tpl{at}ntu.edu.tw, Tel: 886 (2) 33662537, Fax: 886 (2) 23689564


  Abstract

Selaginella tamariscina, one of the most primitive vascular plants, can remain alive in a desiccated state and resurrect when water becomes available. To evaluate the nature of desiccation tolerance in this plant, we compared the composition of soluble sugars and saturation ratios of phospholipids (PLs) between hydrated and desiccated tissues of S. tamariscina using gas chromatography (GC). In this study, differences in gene expressions and abscisic acid (ABA) contents were also analyzed during dehydration. The results revealed that trehalose (at > 130 mg g-1 dry weight) was the major soluble sugar, and low saturated fatty acid content in PLs (0.31) was maintained in both hydrated and desiccated tissues. In addition, the ABA content of S. tamariscina increased 3 fold, and genes involved in ABA signaling and cellular protection were upregulated while photosystem-related genes were downregulated during dehydration. The biochemical and molecular findings suggest that both constitutive and inducible protective molecules contribute to desiccation tolerance of S. tamariscina.

Keywords: abscisic acid - desiccation tolerance - phospholipids - Selaginella - trehalose

(Received January 8, 2008; Accepted March 1, 2008)
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