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Heterologous Expression of Pteris vittata Phosphate Transporter PvPht1;3 Enhances Arsenic Translocation to and Accumulation in Tobacco Shoots Yue Cao, Hua-Yuan Feng, Dan Sun, Guohua Xu, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Yanshan Chen, and Lena Q. Ma Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02082 • Publication Date (Web): 14 Aug 2019 Downloaded from pubs.acs.org on August 15, 2019
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Heterologous Expression of Pteris vittata Phosphate Transporter PvPht1;3 Enhances Arsenic Translocation to and Accumulation in Tobacco Shoots
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Yue Cao,† Huayuan Feng,† Dan Sun,†§ Guohua Xu,‡ Bala Rathinasabapathi§, Yanshan Chen,†,∥*, Lena Q. Ma†,⊥*
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†State Key Lab of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment,
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Nanjing University, Jiangsu 210023, China
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‡State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of
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Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of
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Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, China
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§Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United
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States
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∥School of the Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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⊥Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United
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*Corresponding author at State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse,
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School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu 210023, China; E-mail addresses:
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[email protected] and
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ABSTRACT
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Arsenic-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata is efficient in As accumulation and has been used
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in phytoremediation of As-contaminated soils. Arsenate (AsV) is the predominant As species
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in aerobic soils and is taken up by plants via phosphate transporters (Pht) including P. vittata.
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In this work, we cloned the PvPht1;3 full length coding sequence from P. vittata and
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investigated its role in As accumulation by yeast and plants. PvPht1;3 complemented a yeast P
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uptake mutant strain and showed a stronger affinity and transport capacity to AsV than
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PvPht1;2. In transgenic tobacco, PvPht1;3 enhanced AsV absorption and translocation,
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increasing As accumulation in the shoots under both hydroponic and soil experiments. Based
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on the expression patterns via qRT-PCR, PvPht1;3 was strongly induced by P deficiency, but
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not As exposure. To further understand its expression pattern, transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana
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and soybean expressing the GUS reporter gene, driven by PvPht1;3 promoter, were produced.
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The GUS staining showed that the reporter gene was mainly expressed in the stele cells,
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indicating that PvPht1;3 was expressed in stele cells and was likely involved in P/As
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translocation. Taken together, the data suggested that PvPht1;3 was a high-affinity AsV
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transporter and was probably responsible for efficient As translocation in P. vittata. Our results
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suggest that expressing PvPht1;3 enhances As translocation and accumulation in plants,
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thereby improving phytoremediation of As-contaminated soils.
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INTRODUCTION
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Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic metalloid, which is a carcinogen based on the Agency for
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Toxic Substances & Disease Registry in the US. It is present in soils as both organic and
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inorganic forms, with inorganic As being more dominant and toxic. Chronic exposure to As-
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contaminated soils and consumption of contaminated food crops are the major exposure
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pathways to humans.1 Therefore, it is important to reduce As levels in soils to reduce As risks.
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Phytoextraction, one of the phytoremediation technologies, is based on hyperaccumulating
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plants to remove As from soils, which has been used to clean up As-contaminated soils.2, 3
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Arsenate (AsV) is the dominant As species in aerobic soils and is taken up by phosphate
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(P) transporters by plants including As-hyperaccumulator P. vittata.4,5 Asher et al. found that
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P in growth medium inhibits AsV absorption by barley seedlings, suggesting that AsV
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absorption by plants might be related to P uptake pathways.6 Later, researchers also found
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similar phenomena in other plants including velvet grass (Holcus lanatus), Arabidopsis
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thaliana, rice (Oryza sativa), and wheat (Triticum aestivum).7-10 The data suggest that both P
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and AsV enter plant roots through P transporters. Genetic studies of P transporter 1 (Pht1), a
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subfamily of Pht superfamily, have provided direct evidence that Pht mediates both AsV and
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P acquisition.11-15 In Arabidopsis, AsV is taken up via AtPht1;1 and AtPht1;4, which exhibit
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different affinities to AsV and their deletion increases AsV tolerance.11, 16 In rice, P transporters
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OsPht1;4 and OsPht1;8 mediate AsV uptake.17,18 It was reported that deleting OsPht1;4
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decreases As accumulation by 16-32% in rice after AsV exposure, thereby increasing its
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tolerance to AsV exposure.17 Besides, OsPht1;8 also plays an important role in AsV uptake
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and translocation in rice,18 with its overexpressing enhancing AsV accumulation in rice.9
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Besides OsPht1;4 and OsPht1;8, OsPht1;1 may also be involved in AsV uptake and its
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modulation affects As accumulation in rice.19 Expression patterns of PTs in tobacco (Nicotiana
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tabacum) have been characterized, P-starvation enhanced the NtPht1;1 expression in both the
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leaves and roots, but P-depletion induction of NtPht1;2 only occurred in the roots.20
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As the first-known As-hyperaccumulator, P. vittata (Chinese brake fern) is efficient in As uptake
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hyperaccumulators.21-24 Similar to other plants, increase in P content in growth media inhibits
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AsV assimilation by P. vittata,22,25 suggesting that P uptake system also plays a key role in its
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efficient AsV accumulation. The data confirmed that AsV uptake and transport in P. vittata are
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also mediated by P transporters.
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Currently, three P. vittata Phts, including PvPht1;1, PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3, have been
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identified.26 PvPht1;1 and PvPht1;2 share 99% identity with only 8 amino acid residues be
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different between them, hence they may have overlapping functions. PvPht1;1/2 and PvPht1;3
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localize to the plasma membrane and are induced under P starvation. When heterologous
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expressed in yeast and plants, PvPht1;2 showed high efficiency in P acquisition but low
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capacity to AsV transport.26,
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utilization in transgenic tobacco plants.27 PvPht1;3 also showed a high affinity to transport P
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in yeast. However, different from PvPht1;2, PvPht1;3 is also an efficient AsV-transporter in
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yeast, so its expression increases As accumulation in yeast cells, making them sensitive to
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AsV.25
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Therefore, heterologously expressed PvPht1;2 enhances P
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Though PvPht1;3 has been studied in yeast, its role in plants has not been tested. In this
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study, we cloned PvPht1;3 cDNA and its promoter sequence. Using a yeast P uptake mutant
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strain, we identified PvPht1;3 As/P transport capacity. To study its functions in AsV uptake
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and translocation in plants, we transformed PvPht1;3 or PvPht1;3 promoter into model plant
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tobacco or Arabidopsis thaliana. We measured As transport and translocation of transgenic
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lines and wild-type as well as expression pattern of PvPht1;3. This study demonstrated the
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plant functions of the key AsV-transporter PvPht1;3, suggesting that transgenic approach based
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on PvPht1;3 can be used to enhance As accumulation in plants for more efficient
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phytoremediation.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Growth of P. vittata. Spores of P. vittata were collected from Florida, USA, which were sowed on potting soils at a greenhouse at Nanjing University21. To keep soil moist, potting
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soils were covered with transparent plastic films. After 2 months of growth, sporophytes were
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with 4 fronds were cultured in 0.2 strength (0.2X) Hoagland nutrient solution (HNS), which
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contained 100 μM KH2PO4 (+P), 0 μM KH2PO4 (−P), or 100 μM KH2PO4/50 μM
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Na2HAsO4·7H2O (+As) for 3 days.
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Total RNA Preparation and Quantitative RT-PCR Analysis in P. vittata. The roots
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and fronds of P. vittata were cleaned by deionized water and then ground in a mortar and
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pestle with liquid nitrogen. Total RNA was extracted from P. vittata using Plant Total RNA
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Kit (Sigma-Aldrich, USA). First-strand cDNA was synthesized via reverse transcription
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using HiScript II One Step RT-PCR Kit (Vazyme Biotech, Nanjing, China). The qRT-PCR
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analysis was conducted using the CFX Connect Real-Time PCR Detection System (BIO-
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RAD), with the products being labeled using SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (Vazyme
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Biotech, Nanjing, China) and P. vittata actin gene (PvActin) being used as an internal
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control.29 Relative expression levels of PvPht1;3 (Accession No. KM192137) were analyzed
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by 2−ΔΔCT method of relative quantification. Gene-specific primers used for qRT-PCR
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included PvPht1;3 5′-TTC ACC GCA ATC GTC ATC GC -3′ and 5′- GGG AGG GTT CCA
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GGT TTG TCT -3′ and PvActin 5′-GGG CAG TAT TTC CAA GCA TAG TGG G-3′ and 5′-
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TGC CTC GCT TTG ATT GAG CCT CAT C-3′.
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Functional Complementation Assay of PvPht1;3 in a Yeast Mutant Strain
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Defective in P Uptake. PvPht1;3 coding sequences were first subcloned from cDNA of P.
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vittata into the cloning TOPO vector (TSING KE, Nanjing, China) using primers 5′- ATG
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GCT GGG GGA CAG CAG -3′ and 5′- TTA CAG TTG ATC GTT ACC ATC CGG -3′.
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Adapters were added to PvPht1;3 CDS using primers 5′-tcg acg gat tct aga act agt ATG GCT
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GGG GGA CAG CAG -3′ and 5′- gtc gac ggt atc gat aag ctt TTA CAG TTG ATC GTT ACC
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ATC CGG -3′(underline represents recombinant sequence). The PCR product was then
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cloned into the GLU1 promoter cassette of pAG426GLU-ccdB (Addgene,
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http://www.addgene.org/) using the Trelief SoSoo Cloning Kit (TSING KE, Nanjing, China).
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The methods for yeast transformations followed the high-efficient yeast transformation by
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Gietz et al.30
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strain EY917 (lacking five P transporters PHO84, PHO87, PHO89, PHO90, and PHO91),
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which is defective in P uptake.31 To maintain the growth, EY917 mutant strain harbors a
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construct with PHO84, whose expression is induced by galactose in medium but inhibited by
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glucose. Based on this yeast system, PvPht1;2 or PvPht1;3 was transformed into EY917
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mutant strain with pAG426GLU-ccdB vector. Therefore, the expression of PvPht1;2 or
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PvPht1;3 was induced by glucose in the medium. Transformed yeast was grown on synthetic
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dropout (-Trp/-Ura) medium containing normal P concentration (7 mM) and 100 mM
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galactose, pH 5.8 for 4 d. Afterward, positive transformants were incubated in a shaker to an
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optical density OD600 of 1. Cells were then harvested by centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 10
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min, washed with sterilized water three times, and adjusted to an OD600 of 1.0. Aliquots of 5
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µL of 10-fold serial gradient dilutions were spotted on agar plates with or without 0.5 mM
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AsV and incubated at 30°C for 4 d.32
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Analysis of Yeast Growth and AsV Tolerance. PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3 yeast
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transformats were cultured in a synthetic defined (SD) medium, which contained 0.67% yeast
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nitrogen base (without amino acids), 2% (w/v) glucose or 2% (w/v) galactose (induction
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medium), and 1.92 g L-1 yeast synthetic dropout (Sigma-Aldrich, USA), pH 5.8. To test their
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tolerance to As, PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3 yeast transformats were cultured in a liquid SD
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medium with 2% [w/v] galactose to reach desired OD600, which was then centrifugated and
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diluted with sterile water. For drop assays, yeast cells were grow on SD plates (with 2% [w/v]
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glucose) containing 0.5 mM AsV for ΔEY917 expressing PvPht1;3 or PvPht1;2.
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Plant Expression Vector Construction and Transgenic Plant Generation and
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Selection. The PvPht1;3 CDS from P. vittata cDNAs used primers 5′-acg ggg gac tct aga gga
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tcc ATG GCT GGG GGA CAG CAG -3′ and 5′-ggg aaa ttc gag ctc ggt acc TTA CAG TTG
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ATC GTT ACC ATC CGG -3′ (underline to represent the recombinant sequence). The PCR
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product was recombined to the 35S promoter cassette of pSN1301 (pCAMBIA1301,
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CAMBIA), which used the Trelief SoSoo Cloning Kit (Tsing Ke, Nanjing, China). The
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constructed binary vector (named pSN1301-PvPht1;3) was then transformed into
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Agrobacterium strain C58 by electroporation. Transformation of transgenic tobacco plants
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and GUS staining, PvPht1;3 expressing transgenic positive lines were identified. PvPht1;3 promoter sequence was cloned using primers 5′-cag gtc gac tct aga gga tcc
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CGA CGG CAG TGT CTG AGG CT -3′ and 5′- cct cag atc tac cat ggt acc CCA ATG CAC
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CTC GTC GTA -3′ (underlining indicates recombination sequences). The vector pSN1300
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(pCAMBIA1300, CAMBIA) was digested with two restriction enzymes, BamHI and KpnI.
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The PvPht1;3 promoter PCR product was inserted into the vector after digestion by
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recombination. After this step, the Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter was
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replaced by the PvPht1;3 promoter in front of the GUS reporter gene. The newly-derived
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binary vector was transformed into Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain GV3101 for
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transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana, or introducyion into A. rhizogenes strain K599 for
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transformation of soybean hairy roots.35
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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of A. thaliana was performed using floral dip
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transformation method.36 The healthy A. thaliana contained ~20–30 inflorescences and some
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maturing siliques were chosen for transformation experiments. The floral-dip liquid medium
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was composed of 2 ng μL-1 6-BA, 1% B5 (200 ×) basal medium, 100 μg μL-1 sucrose, 350 μL
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surfactant Silwet L-77, 1 M sodium hydroxide and Agrobacterium GV3101 (OD600: 1.0).37
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Place the plants upside down and dip their plantlets in floral-dip liquid medium for 5 min.
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The plants were then covered with plastic wrap to maintain high humidity. After dark culture
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for 24 h, the infected A. thaliana plantlets were moved to normal incubator and propagated
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until seeds were collected. The transgenic seeds were germinated on 1/2 MS containing
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kanamycin (100 mg L–1) and the positive lines were used for GUS staining to investigate the
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tissue cell location of PvPht1;3.
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The transformation of soybean (Glycine max) hair roots was also carried out.38 First, the
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soybean cotyledonary nodes were wounded with a scalpel, which was previously dipped into
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the cultures of A. rhizogenes strain K599 to produce transgenic hairy roots. Then the plants
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consisting of a wild-type shoot with transgenic hairy roots were transformed using the
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hypocotyl injection method. The transgenic soybean hairy roots were selected by adding 100
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transgenic soybean composite plants were used for further GUS staining. Quantitative RT-PCR Analysis of Transgenic Tobacco. The tobacco seedlings were
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cleaned by deionized water and then ground in a mortar and pestle with liquid nitrogen. Total
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RNA was extracted from using Plant Total RNA Kit (Sigma-Aldrich, USA). The synthesis of
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the first-strand cDNA was conducted using HiScript II 1-Step RT-PCR Kit (Vazyme Biotech,
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Nanjing, China). Tobacco actin gene was used as a control based on LeActin primers 5′-TTC
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CGT TGC CCA GAG GTC CT-3′ and 5′-GGG AGC CAA GGC AGT GAT TTC-3′.
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PvPht1;3 expression-specific primers used for qRT-PCR included 5′-TTC ACC GCA ATC
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GTC ATC GC -3′ and 5′- GGG AGG GTT CCA GGT TTG TCT -3′.
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Histochemical Localization of GUS Expression. For the histochemical analysis 39, the
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transgenic soybean roots and transgenic A. thaliana tissue samples were submerged in GUS
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reaction mix [0.05 mM sodium phosphate buffer, 1 mM X-gluc and 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100,
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pH 7.0], and were incubated at 37℃ overnight. Green tissues were distained with ethanol
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prior to observation. The stained tissues were photographed using an OLYMPUS MVX10
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steromicroscope, with a color CCD camera (Olympus, USA). The hand-held sections were
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transferred onto a slide and visualized under an Olympus BX51T stereomicroscope, with a
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color CCD camera (Olympus, USA).
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Growth of Transgenic Tobacco. In hydroponic experiments, transgenic tobacco and
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wild-type (WT) seeds were germinated on media containing 1/2 Murashige and Skoog (MS)
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salts, 1% sucrose and 0.5 g L-1 MES at pH 5.9, and solidified with 0.8% agar. After
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synchronize germination in the dark at 4°C for 2 d, the plates were placed in a growth
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chamber at 25°C with a 16-h light/8-h dark period. Uniform 2-week old tobacco seedlings
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were transferred to 0.2X HNS and grown for 21 d. For As accumulation, seedlings were
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exposed to 20 μM AsV for 1 d. In soil experiment, As-contaminated soil was obtained from a
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farmland in Qixiashan, Nanjing, China, with As concentration of 53 mg kg-1. The soils were
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collected from the top 20 cm, air-dried, and passed through 2 mm sieve. The soil properties
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are as follows: total P: 1.09 g kg-1; total As: 53 mg kg-1; available P: 13.2 mg kg-1; available
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available As determination, 1 g soil was extracted with 25 mL 0.05 M NH4H2PO4 solution for
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16 h (25℃, 250 rpm/min). The samples were then centrifuged at 3500 rpm for 15 min and the
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supernatants were filtered with 0.45 μm filters. 40As concentrations in the filtrates were then
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determined using ICP-MS. The air-dried soil (1.5 kg) was weighed into each pot, uniform 2-
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week old tobacco seedlings were grown in pots for 30 d. All plants were watered throughout
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the study to keep the soil at ~60% of field capacity. After harvest, plant dry biomass and As
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concentrations were determined.
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Arsenic Determination in Tobaccos and Arsenic Speciation in the Xylem Sap. Fresh
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plant biomass was lyophilized (FreezZone 12, LABCONCO) and stored at −80°C. Following
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USEPA Method 3050B, total As in plant samples were first digested with 50% HNO3 at
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105°C, which was then determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
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(ICP-MS; PerkinElmer NexION 300X, USA; detection limit at 0.1 μg L−1).
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After 21 d of cultivation in 0.2X HNS, the transgenic and WT tobacco seedlings were
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exposed to 20 μM AsV for 1 d. The stems were then cut at 2 cm above the roots, with the cut
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surfaces being were cleaned by deionized water. The xylem sap was collected by pipet from
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the cut surface for 2 h. After filtering through 0.22 μm filters, the samples were diluted for As
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speciation determination using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC; Waters
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Quality Assurance and Statistical Analysis. For quality assurance, we used indium as
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an internal standard, which was added into samples, calibration standards, and blanks. In
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addition, we used certified reference material (GSB 21, Chinese geological reference
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materials) as a control for transgenic and WT tobacco samples for quality assurance, which
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were within expected values.
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All data are analyzed by SPSS 20.0 software. The significant differences were
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determined as the mean of 3-6 replicates with standard error followed by Tukey’s mean
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group tests at p < 0.05.
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PvPht1;3 efficiently Transported AsV in a Yeast Mutant Strain Lacking P Transporters
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In a previous study, PvPht1;3 was investigated in yeast mutant strain lacking two P
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transporters.26 To understand the functions of PvPht1;3 and PvPht1;2 in P and AsV transport
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in yeast, a mutant strain EY917 lacking five P transporters (PHO84, PHO87, PHO89, PHO90,
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and PHO91) was used.31, 42 Maintaining its growth, EY917 harbors a construct where the yeast
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P transporter gene PHO84 is driven by the Gal promoter, with its expression being induced by
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galactose but inhibited by glucose. While the mutant strain growth can be restored using
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galactose as the C source, PHO84 expression is repressed using glucose as the C source, so the
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yeast cannot survive. Based on this yeast system, we transformed PvPht1;2 or PvPht1;3 into
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yeast, driven by the glucose promoter in pAG426GLU-ccdB vector. Hence, the expression of
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PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3 can be induced by glucose and inhibited by galactose in EY917,
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opposite with the PHO84 in yeast mutant strain. Under the medium with galactose, all three
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transformants maintained P uptake by PHO84. Same growth phenotype showed that the growth
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rate of different transformants were similar in the initial stage of test (Figure 1A). When glucose
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was used, EY917 strain transformed with empty vector was unable to grow due to the inhibition
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of PHO84. In this case, PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3 transformants can both complement the growth
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of yeast mutant strain (Figure 1A). After exposure to 0.5 mM AsV, EY917 strain transformed
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with PvPht1;3 showed stronger inhibition by AsV than EY917 transformed with PvPht1;2
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(Figure 1A).
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Furthermore, using turbidimetry at A600, we monitored yeast growth of PvPht1;2 and
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PvPht1;3 transformants under medium containing 1.5 mM P, 500 µM AsV (+AsV) or 0 µM
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AsV (-AsV) (Figure 1BC). The growth rate coefficients were determined via regression of the
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logarithmic growth phase. Without AsV, PvPht1;3 transformants showed 6-fold better growth
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than PvPht1;2 transformants. Better growth of PvPht1;3 transformants indicated that PvPht1;3
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was more efficient to transport P into yeast cells than PvPht1;2. Under AsV exposure, yeast
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cells expressing PvPht1;3 showed prominent growth inhibition (Figure 1C). In contrast, EY917
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expressing PvPht1;2 exhibited better AsV tolerance than EY917 expressing PvPht1;3 (Figure
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To determine the kinetic properties of PvPht1;3, AsV uptake experiment was performed
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under 1-50 μM AsV and 1.5 mM P using the transformed yeast mutant strain. Data showed
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that PvPht1;3 mediated AsV uptake followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, exhibiting an
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apparent Km of 5.84 μM (Figure 1D). The data suggested that PvPht1;3 had higher AsV
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affinity than its homolog PvPht1;2 (Km=13 μM), which showed little ability to transport
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AsV.27,26 To further compare their AsV uptake capacity, AsV concentrations in yeast mutant
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cells were determined. After growing in medium with 1.5 mM P + 150 µM AsV for 3 h, the
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PvPht1;3-expressing cells accumulated 2.4-fold more As than cells expressing PvPht1;2
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(Figure 1E). The data clearly showed that PvPht1;3 had higher AsV transport capacity than
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PvPht1;2.
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Using yeast strain PAM defective in P uptake, DiTusa et al also showed higher AsV
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transport capacity of PvPht1;3 than PvPht1;1/2 and AtPht1;5.26 Moreover, its affinity to P or
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AsV was comparable. Hence, PvPht1;3 was an efficient AsV-transporter.26 While the PAM
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yeast lost two P-transporters (PHO84 and PHO89),43 EY917 used in this study was defective
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in five P-transporters, thereby almost losing its P/AsV uptake function.31 Lacking all yeast P
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transporters, the P/AsV uptake by EY917 strain completely depended on the expressed target
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protein. Therefore, EY917 strain is more accurate to characterize the P/AsV transport capacity
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of target P transporters. Consistent with previous results, our study confirmed that PvPht1;3
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had strong AsV transport capacity.
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Heterologous Expressing PvPht1;3 Increased As Translocation in Tobacco Plants.
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Though PvPht1;3 has been studied in yeast, its plant functions are still unclear. P. vittata
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transformation is difficult, with the stable transformation efficiency of P. vittata gametophytes
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being only 0.012%.44 Thus, to further understand its plant functions, we generated PvPht1;3
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transgenic tobacco lines (PvPht1;3-Ex) using the constitutive CaMV35S promoter. Three
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independent transgenic T2 lines (Ex1-Ex3) were selected based on transgene expression
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verified by qRT-PCR, in which PvPht1;3 transcripts were strongly expressed (Figure 2A). The
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8.8-30% higher than those of WT plants, with root P showing little difference (Figure 2B),
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indicating that expressing PvPht1;3 promoted P accumulation in the shoots of transgenic lines.
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Under 20 μM AsV treatment for 1 d, the As concentrations in the shoots were 103-196% higher
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than that of WT plants (Figure 2D). However, the As concentration in the roots of transgenic
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lines were comparable with WT plants, resulting in 2.2-4.7 fold higher As translocation to the
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shoots (Figure 2C-E).
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To further determine AsV uptake of PvPht1;3-exprssing lines, their uptake kinetics was
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investigated using 1-50 μM AsV. Without P, the AsV uptake kinetics followed the Michaelis-
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Menten equation (Table 1). Maximum uptake velocity (Vmax) of AsV in PvPht1;3 lines was
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40-84% higher than WT plants, with the Km of the transgenic lines being similar to WT plants.
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With P, AsV uptake was suppressed in both transgenic and WT lines (Figure 3A, Table 1).
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Under 100 μM P, AsV uptake was linear, showing that P strongly competed with AsV, with
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the slope being 4-fold greater in PvPht1;3 lines than WT plants (Table 1). The data indicated
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that PvPht1;3 promoted AsV uptake in transgenic tobacco plants. To further understand the
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higher As translocation in PvPht1;3 lines, As speciation in the xylem sap was determined after
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exposing to 20 μM AsV for 1 d. In the xylems of both lines, AsV was the predominant species,
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with AsV concentrations being 47-106% higher in Ex1-Ex3 lines than WT plants (Figure 3B).
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In contrast, AsIII concentrations in the xylems of both lines were comparable (Figure 3B),
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suggesting that PvPht1;3 enhanced AsV translocation in xylem, probably by mediating AsV
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transport into root xylem.
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In our previous work, expressing PvPht1;2 enhanced P uptake and translocation
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significantly. However, As accumulation in PvPht1;2 transgenic lines was comparable to that
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of WT tobaccos in both hydroponic solution and As-contaminated soil.27 Unlike PvPht1;2,
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expressing PvPht1;3 increased AsV uptake and translocation to the shoots (Figures 3 and 4),
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but showing slight effect on P concentrations in transgenic tobacco (Figure 2B).
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PvPht1;3 Expression Enhanced As Accumulation in Tobacco in Soil Experiment.
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system, it may be an ideal candidate gene to enhance shoot As accumulation to improve
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phytoremediation. For this purpose, PvPht1;3-expressing tobacco and WT plants were grown
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in a contaminated soil with 53 mg kg-1 As for 30 d. Two transgenic tobacco lines grew similarly
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as WT plants (Figure 4A). Consistent with hydroponic experiment, transgenic tobacco
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translocated more As from the roots to shoots, accumulating 1.08-1.23 and 0.77-0.89 mg kg-1
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As in the leaves and stems, being 42-62%, and 57-81% higher than WT plants (Figure 4B).
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However, the As concentrations in the roots showed little difference from WT plants. The
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results were consistent with hydroponic experiments, suggesting that PvPht1;3 enhanced As
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translocation and accumulation in plants.
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The As content in plants overexpressing Pht1 genes have been measured by others.
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OsPht1;1, OsPht1;4 and OsPht1;8 made different contributions to As uptake and accumulation
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in rice, with their overexpression increasing As accumulation in rice shoots under hydroponic
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systems.19,45,46 In A. thaliana, mutants of AtPht1;1 and AtPht1;5 showed increased tolerance to
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AsV, but no change in As accumulation was observed when AtPht1;1 or AtPht1;5
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overexpression lines were compared to WT plants.11, 13 In fact, few results showed that Pht1
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expression in plants enhances As uptake from As-contaminated soil. However, with its strong
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AsV transport capacity, PvPht1;3 expression significantly promoted As accumulation in
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transgenic plants under both hydroponic and soil systems. The data based on PvPht1;3 are
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different from other P transporters mediating AsV transport in plants, though the mechanisms
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PvPht1;3 Exhibited High Expression in Plant Root Stele
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It is likely that P. vittata takes up AsV from soils via P transporters.22 PvPht1;3 transports
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AsV in yeast system and transgenic plants, thereby playing a crucial role in AsV uptake and
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transport in P. vittata. To further understand its role in P. vittata, its expression patterns were
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investigated using semi-quantitative reverse RT-PCR. PvPht1;3 was abundantly expressed in
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both the roots and fronds (Figure 5A). To further confirm the results, quantitative RT-PCR was
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performed with PvActin as a control, showing comparable PvPht1;3 transcript levels in the
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responding to P deficiency. However, it was not affected by AsV exposure under different P
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regimes (Figure 5C), indicating that PvPht1;3 was relatively stable under As exposure.
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To acquire P from environment, plant P transporters are induced by P starvation.47,48
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Similarly, PvPht1;3 transcripts were up-regulated under P deficiency (Figure 5C), suggesting
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that PvPht1;3 may participate in P uptake of P. vittata. However, AsV exposure often represses
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the stimulatory effects on P transporters to P starvation.49 This down-regulation of expression
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may be a protecting strategy for plants to reduce AsV uptake. However, PvPht1;3 expression
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was not affected by AsV under either +P or –P condition (Figure 5C), indicating that PvPht1;3
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was stable under AsV pressure. Steady-state expression of PvPht1;3 may be critical for AsV
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uptake and As hyperaccumulation in P. vittata, this way, its efficient AsV and P uptakes are
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unaffected by AsV.
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Besides transcriptional expression, tissue specific expression pattern was also crucial for
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functional analysis of PvPht1;3. We generated transgenic soybean and A. thaliana plants
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expressing GUS with the PvPht1;3 promoter (Figure 5DE).50 In transgenic soybean plants
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grown in P-sufficient condition, cross (Figure 5D-i) and longitudinal (Figure 5D-ii) section
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revealed that the GUS staining was primarily in the stele cells, with no GUS staining being
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observed at cortex or epidermis. Similarly, in transgenic A. thaliana plants, GUS signal was
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also mainly in stele when harbored in GUS reaction mix for 2 h (Figure 5E-ii). With longer
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time, GUS signal was also observed in other root tissues, but much lighter than stele cells
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(Figure 5E-iii). Gene expression in two different plant species clearly showed that GUS driven
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by PvPht1;3 promoter was mainly expressed in plant root stele cells, indicating that PvPht1;3
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was mainly expressed in the root steles in P. vittata.
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In transgenic tobacco lines with 35S promoter, PvPht1;3 was expressed constitutively in
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all root cells, indicating AsV translocation was strongly promoted by PvPht1;3 (Figures 3 &
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4). In P. vittata, PvPht1;3 was likely specifically expressed in the steles (Figure 5), indicating
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that PvPht1;3 may play a key role in efficient translocation of AsV. However, still unknown
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are the mechanisms regarding its efficient As transfer from the roots to fronds in P. vittata. Su
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the xylem.51 This was also supported by the efficient AsV reduction in the roots/rhizomes of
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P. vittata.52-54 However, AsV is also transported to the fronds in xylem sap.55 P. vittata often
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grows in aerobic soils, with AsV as the main form entering the roots. In addition, AsV was
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concentrated primarily in the roots of P. vittata.51,54,55 Increase of P in growth media inhibits
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the efficient As transfer to the fronds of P. vittata.22 The results indicated that AsV was also
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translocated to the stele of P. vittata. In this study, functional identification of PvPht1;3
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provided new perspectives regarding As translocation in P. vittata. PvPht1;3 had stronger
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affinity for AsV than other plant P transporters, and its expression in the stele was higher than
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other root tissues. It was likely that PvPht1;3 participated in AsV loading into the xylem,
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suggesting that, beside AsIII, P. vittata was efficient to transfer AsV to root xylem sap.
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Combining strong AsV absorption, efficient As translocation and high As tolerance, P.
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vittata can be effective in phytoremediation of As-contaminated soils. This study showed that
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P transporter PvPht1;3 played a crucial role in efficient AsV transport from the roots to fronds.
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Expressing PvPht1;3 enhanced As acquisition and accumulation in plants, thus has a potential
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to enhance As accumulation in plants to improve phytoremediation.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.
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21637002 and 41807118) and the National Key Research and development program of China
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(Grant No. 2016YFD0800801). We thank Prof. Huixia Shou at Zhejiang University for
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providing the yeast mutant line and expression vector. We also thank Professor Hong Liao at
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Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University for providing the Agrobacterium rhizo-genes strain
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K599.
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Table 1. Parameters of AsV uptake kinetics of PvPht1;3 expression tobacco lines and wildtype plants under hydroponic solution. PvPht1;3Ex
Vmax
Km
(nmol g-1 root DW min-1)
(μM)
WT -P
28.9±5.3
Ex1 -P
tobacco line
Linear Slope
r2adj
22.4±8.8
/
0.96
37.7±2.1
13.5±1.9
/
0.99
Ex2 -P
40.8±6.1
25.8±7.9
/
0.98
Ex3 -P
53.3±9.1
29.5 ±9.86
/
0.98
WT +P
/
/
0.077±0.003
1.00
/
/
0.077±0.008
0.98
/
/
0.092±0.013
0.96
/
/
0.078±0.010
0.97
and P treatment
Ex1 +P Ex2 +P Ex3 +P
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Figure 1. Transport activity of PvPht1;3 and PvPht1;2 for P and AsV in yeast. (A) AsV
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tolerance of yeast cells expressing PvPht1;2 compared to PvPht1;3 under 500 μM AsV; (BC)
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Growth curves of yeast P transporter mutant strain ΔEY917 transformed with either vector
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containing PvPht1;2 (B) / PvPht1;3, where PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3 transformants were grown
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in medium containing 500 µM AsV (AsV+) or 0 µM AsV (AsV-). (C). Optical density (OD)
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(Abs600) measurements during logarithmic growth to generate exponential trend lines (y(x) =
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a*ekx), k means the growth rate coefficient; (D) Michaelis constants (Km) of AsV for yeast
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mutant strain ΔEY917 expressing PvPht1;2 or PvPht1;3; and (E) Arsenic accumulation of
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yeast cells expressing PvPht1;2 or PvPht1;3, where PvPht1;2 and PvPht1;3 transformants were
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grown for 3 h in medium with 1.5 mM P + 150 µM AsV. Values are the mean SD of three
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Figure 2. P and arsenic accumulation in PvPht1;3-expressing lines and wild-type (WT)
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tobaccos. (A) Relative expression of PvPht1;3 in transgenic lines and WT tobaccos by
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quantitative real time PCR (qRT PCR); (B) P concentrations in the roots and shoots of
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transgenic lines and WT tobaccos; (C, D) Arsenic concentrations in the roots (C) and shoots
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(D) of transgenic lines and WT tobaccos in short-term hydroponic experiments, As
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concentrations were analyzed in tobacco seedlings exposed to 20 μM AsV for 1 d; (E) Arsenic
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translocation factor of PvPht1;3 lines compared to WT tobaccos. Transgenic plants and WT
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plants were exposed to 20 μM AsV for 1 d. Values are means ± SE (n = 4) and asterisk indicates
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that the values for PvPht1;3 lines differ significantly (*P < 0.05;) compared with WT plants.
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FW, fresh weight, and DW, dry weight.
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Figure 3. (A) Uptake kinetics of AsV in PvPht1;3 line Ex1 and wild-type (WT) tobaccos under
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+P and -P regimes (100 µM). Values are means ± SE (n = 4). DW, dry weight. (B) Arsenic
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speciation in the xylem sap of PvPht1;3 lines and WT tobaccos. After exposing to 20 μM AsV
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for 1 d, the xylem sap of tobacco seedlings was collected by pipet from the cut surface for 2 h.
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Error bars represent SE (n=5). Means marked with different letters indicate significant
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differences (p < 0.05).
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Figure 4. Biomass and arsenic accumulation in the PvPht1;3 lines and WT plants cultivated in
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As-contaminated soil. The 2-week stage PvPht1;3 lines and WT tobacco seedlings were grown
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in As-contaminated soil containing 53 mg kg-1 As for 30 d. Values are means ± SE (n = 6) and
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asterisk indicates that the values for PvPht1;3 lines differ significantly (*P < 0.05) compared
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with WT plants. DW, dry weight.
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Figure 5. Expression pattern and tissue localization of PvPht1;3. (A,B) Transcriptional patterns
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of PvPht1;3 in the roots and fronds of P. vittata seedling under 0.2X Hoagland nutrient solution
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(HNS) by semi-quantitative RT PCR (A), or qRT-PCR (B); (C) Transcriptional levels of
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PvPht1;3 in the roots responding to P-deficiency or AsV exposure. P. vittata sporophytes were
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exposed to 0.2X HNS containing 100 μM KH2PO4 (P+As−), 0 μM KH2PO4 (P−As−), 0 μM
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KH2PO4/50 μM Na2HAsO4·7H2O (P-As+) ,or 100 μM KH2PO4/50 μM Na2HAsO4·7H2O
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(P+As+) for 3 d. Housekeeping gene, PvActin, was used as an internal standard. Error bars
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indicate SE of three biological replicates; (D) GUS staining observation of transgenic soybean
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roots harboring PvPht1;3 promoter::GUS fusion. Hand-cut cross section (i) and whole tissue
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(ii) of primary root of transgenic soybean was assayed under 0.2X HNS solution. Bar = 2 mm;
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(E) GUS staining observation of transgenic A. thaliana harboring PvPht1;3 promoter::GUS
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fusion. (i) Whole seedling of transgenic A. thaliana was assayed under 0.2X HNS solution. (ii
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and iii) Primary root elongation zone was observed at 0.5h (ii) and 2h (iii) after the reaction.
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Pink triangles indicate stele cells. Bar = 5 mm in (i), = 0.5mm in (ii and iii).
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