Xiang, Jianhua Zhou, Xiaoyun Zhang, Xianwen Liu, Ailing Xiang, Yanci Yan, Mingli Peng, Yan Chen, Xinbo Data_Sheet_1_The Arabidopsis AtUNC-93 Acts as a Positive Regulator of Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Plant Growth via Modulation of ABA Signaling and K+ Homeostasis.doc <p>Potassium (K<sup>+</sup>) is one of the essential macronutrients required for plant growth and development, and the maintenance of cellular K<sup>+</sup> homeostasis is important for plants to adapt to abiotic stresses and growth. However, the mechanism involved has not been understood clearly. In this study, we demonstrated that AtUNC-93 plays a crucial role in this process under the control of abscisic acid (ABA). AtUNC-93 was localized to the plasma membrane and mainly expressed in the vascular tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana. The atunc-93 mutants showed typical K<sup>+</sup>-deficient symptoms under low-K<sup>+</sup> conditions. The K<sup>+</sup> contents of atunc-93 mutants were significantly reduced in shoots but not in roots under either low-K<sup>+</sup> or normal conditions compared with wild type plants, whereas the AtUNC-93-overexpressing lines still maintained relatively higher K<sup>+</sup> contents in shoots under low-K<sup>+</sup> conditions, suggesting that AtUNC-93 positively regulates K<sup>+</sup> translocation from roots to shoots. The atunc-93 plants exhibited dwarf phenotypes due to reduced cell expansion, while AtUNC-93-overexpressing plants had larger bodies because of increased cell expansion. After abiotic stress and ABA treatments, the atunc-93 mutants was more sensitive to salt, drought, osmotic, heat stress and ABA than wild type plants, while the AtUNC-93-overexpressing lines showed enhanced tolerance to these stresses and insensitive phenotype to ABA. Furthermore, alterations in the AtUNC-93 expression changed expression of many ABA-responsive and stress-related genes. Our findings reveal that AtUNC-93 functions as a positive regulator of abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth by maintaining K<sup>+</sup> homeostasis through ABA signaling pathway in Arabidopsis.</p> Arabidopsis thaliana;abiotic stress;plant growth;abscisic acid;K+ homeostasis;AtUNC-93 2018-05-30
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10.3389/fpls.2018.00718.s001