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Plant Physiol, July 2001, Vol. 126, pp. 1042-1054

Enhanced Accumulation of BiP in Transgenic Plants Confers Tolerance to Water Stress1

Fátima C. Alvim, Sônia M.B. Carolino, Júlio C.M. Cascardo,2 Cristiano C. Nunes, Carlos A. Martinez, Wagner C. Otoni, and Elizabeth P.B. Fontes*

Departamento de Biologia Vegetal (F.C.A., S.M.B.C., J.C.M.C., C.A.M., W.C.O.) and Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular (C.C.N., E.P.B.F.), BIOAGRO-Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36571.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

The binding protein (BiP) is an important component of endoplasmic reticulum stress response of cells. Despite extensive studies in cultured cells, a protective function of BiP against stress has not yet been demonstrated in whole multicellular organisms. Here, we have obtained transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Havana) plants constitutively expressing elevated levels of BiP or its antisense cDNA to analyze the protective role of this endoplasmic reticulum lumenal stress protein at the whole plant level. Elevated levels of BiP in transgenic sense lines conferred tolerance to the glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin during germination and tolerance to water deficit during plant growth. Under progressive drought, the leaf BiP levels correlated with the maintenance of the shoot turgidity and water content. The protective effect of BiP overexpression against water stress was disrupted by expression of an antisense BiP cDNA construct. Although overexpression of BiP prevented cellular dehydration, the stomatal conductance and transpiration rate in droughted sense leaves were higher than in control and antisense leaves. The rate of photosynthesis under water deficit might have caused a degree of greater osmotic adjustment in sense leaves because it remained unaffected during water deprivation, which was in marked contrast with the severe drought-induced decrease in the CO2 assimilation in control and antisense leaves. In antisense plants, the water stress stimulation of the antioxidative defenses was higher than in control plants, whereas in droughted sense leaves an induction of superoxide dismutase activity was not observed. These results suggest that overexpression of BiP in plants may prevent endogenous oxidative stress.

1 This research was supported by the Brazilian government agencies Financiadora de Estudas e Projetos (grant no. 64.94.0113.00 to E.P.B.F.), Programa de Apoio e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (grant no. 62.0272/97.0 to E.P.B.F.), and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (grant no. CBB 2598/98 to E.P.B.F.). F.C.A. was supported by a Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais graduate fellowship from the Minas Gerais State (Brazil). S.M.B.C. and J.C.M.C. received Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico graduate fellowships from the Brazilian Government.

2 Present address: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas-Universidade Estodual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Itabuna-Ilhéus, Km 16, 45650.00 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.

* Corresponding author; e-mail bbfontes{at}mail.ufv.br; fax: 55-31-3899-2864.

© 2001 American Society of Plant Physiologists


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