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Evolutionary Conservation of ABA Signaling for Stomatal Closure

Shengguan Cai, Guang Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuqing Huang, D. Blaine Marchant, Yizhou Wang, Qian Yang, Fei Dai, Adrian Hills, Peter J. Franks, Eviatar Nevo, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Emily Sessa, Paul G. Wolf, Dawei Xue, Guoping Zhang, Barry J. Pogson, Michael R. Blatt, Zhong-Hua Chen
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College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China (S.C., G.C., Yu.W., Q.Y., F.D., G.Z., Z.-H.C.);
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Published June 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01848

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Abscisic acid (ABA)-driven stomatal regulation reportedly evolved after the divergence of ferns, during the early evolution of seed plants approximately 360 million years ago. This hypothesis is based on the observation that the stomata of certain fern species are unresponsive to ABA, but exhibit passive hydraulic control. However, ABA-induced stomatal closure was detected in some mosses and lycophytes. Here, we observed that a number of ABA signaling and membrane transporter protein families diversified over the evolutionary history of land plants. The aquatic ferns Azolla filiculoides and Salvinia cucullata have representatives of 23 families of proteins orthologous to those of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and all other land plant species studied. Phylogenetic analysis of the key ABA signaling proteins indicates an evolutionarily conserved stomatal response to ABA. Moreover, comparative transcriptomic analysis has identified a suite of ABA-responsive genes that differentially expressed in a terrestrial fern species, Polystichum proliferum. These genes encode proteins associated with ABA biosynthesis, transport, reception, transcription, signaling, and ion and sugar transport, which fit the general ABA signaling pathway constructed from Arabidopsis and Hordeum vulgare. The retention of these key ABA-responsive genes could have had a profound effect on the adaptation of ferns to dry conditions. Furthermore, stomatal assays have shown the primary evidence for ABA-induced closure of stomata in two terrestrial fern species P. proliferum and Nephrolepis exaltata. In summary, we report, to our knowledge, new molecular and physiological evidence for the presence of active stomatal control in ferns.

  • Received December 9, 2016.
  • Accepted February 21, 2017.
  • Published February 23, 2017.

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Evolutionary Conservation of ABA Signaling for Stomatal Closure
Shengguan Cai, Guang Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuqing Huang, D. Blaine Marchant, Yizhou Wang, Qian Yang, Fei Dai, Adrian Hills, Peter J. Franks, Eviatar Nevo, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Emily Sessa, Paul G. Wolf, Dawei Xue, Guoping Zhang, Barry J. Pogson, Michael R. Blatt, Zhong-Hua Chen
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Evolutionary Conservation of ABA Signaling for Stomatal Closure
Shengguan Cai, Guang Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuqing Huang, D. Blaine Marchant, Yizhou Wang, Qian Yang, Fei Dai, Adrian Hills, Peter J. Franks, Eviatar Nevo, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Emily Sessa, Paul G. Wolf, Dawei Xue, Guoping Zhang, Barry J. Pogson, Michael R. Blatt, Zhong-Hua Chen
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