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Received December 6, 2006
Accepted December 11, 2006

Modulation of Ethylene Responses Affects Plant Salt-stress Responses

Wan-Hong Cao , Jun Liu , Xin-Jian He , Rui-Ling Mu , Hua-Lin Zhou , Shou-Yi Chen , and Jin-Song Zhang *

National Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

* Corresponding author; email: jszhang{at}genetics.ac.cn.

Ethylene signaling plays important roles in multiple aspects of plant growth and development. Its functions in abiotic stress responses remain largely unknown. Here we report that alteration of ethylene signaling affected plant salt stress responses. A type II ethylene receptor homolog gene NTHK1 from tobacco conferred salt-sensitivity in NTHK1-transgenic Arabidopsis plants as judged from the phenotypic change, the relative electrolyte leakage and the relative root growth under salt stress. Ethylene precursor ACC suppressed the salt-sensitive phenotype. Analysis of Arabidopsis ethylene receptor gain-of-function mutants further suggests that receptor function may lead to salt-sensitive responses. Mutation of EIN2, a central component in ethylene signaling, also results in salt-sensitivity, suggesting that EIN2-mediated signaling is beneficial for plant salt tolerance. Overexpression of the NTHK1 gene or the receptor gain-of-function activated expression of salt-responsive genes AtERF4 and Cor6.6. In addition, the transgene NTHK1 mRNA was accumulated under salt stress, suggesting a posttranscriptional regulatory mechanism. These findings imply that ethylene signaling may be required for plant salt tolerance.




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