The Vitis vinifera C-repeat binding protein 4 (VvCBF4) transcriptional factor enhances freezing tolerance in wine grape.
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Authors
Tillett, Richard L.
Wheatley, M.D.
Tattersall, E.A.
Schlauch, Karen A.
Cramer, Grant R.
Cushman, John C.
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2012-01-01
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Article
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CBF transcription factor , freezing , cold tolerance , dwarf , wine grape , Vitis vinifera , water-deficit stress
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Chilling and freezing can reduce significantly vine survival and fruit set in Vitis vinifera wine grape. To overcome such production losses, a recently identified grapevine C-repeat binding factor (CBF) gene, VvCBF4, was overexpressed in grape vine cv. "Freedom" and found to improve freezing survival and reduced freezing-induced electrolyte leakage by up to 2°C in noncold-acclimated vines. In addition, overexpression of this transgene caused a reduced growth phenotype similar to that observed for CBF overexpression in Arabidopsis and other species. Both freezing tolerance and reduced growth phenotypes were manifested in a transgene dose-dependent manner. To understand the mechanistic basis of VvCBF4 transgene action, one transgenic line (9- 12) was genotyped using microarray-based mRNA expression profiling. Forty-seven and 12 genes were identified in unstressed transgenic shoots with either a greater than 1.5-fold increase or decrease in mRNA abundance, respectively. Comparison of mRNA changes with characterized CBF regulons in woody and herbaceous species revealed partial overlaps suggesting that CBFmediated cold acclimation responses are widely conserved. Putative VvCBF4-regulon targets included genes with functions in cell wall structure, lipid metabolism, epicuticular wax formation, and stress-responses suggesting that the observed cold tolerance and dwarf phenotypes are the result of a complex network of diverse functional determinants.
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Plant Biotechnol J. 2012 Jan;10(1):105-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00648.x. Epub 2011 Sep 13.
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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 United States