SWATH-MS quantitative proteomic investigation of nitrogen starvation in Arabidopsis reveals new aspects of plant nitrogen stress responses

Fu Yuan Zhu, Mo Xian Chen, Wai Lung Chan, Feng Yang, Yuan Tian, Tao Song, Li Juan Xie, Ying Zhou, Shi Xiao, Jianhua ZHANG*, Clive Lo

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Abstract

Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and crop productivity. The aim of this work was to further investigate the molecular events during plant adaptation to nitrogen stress. Here, we present a SWATH-MS (Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra)-based quantitative approach to detect proteome changes in Arabidopsis seedlings following nitrogen starvation. In total, 736 proteins of diverse functions were determined to show significant abundance changes between nitrogen-supplied and nitrogen-starved Arabidopsis seedlings. Functional categorization revealed the involvement of nitrogen stress-responsive proteins in biological processes including amino acid and protein metabolism, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism and glucosinolate metabolism. Subsequent phospholipid profiling of Arabidopsis seedlings showed changes in phospholipid composition that may enhance membrane fluidity as a response to nitrogen starvation. Moreover, an Arabidopsis grf6 T-DNA insertion mutant was found to have a nitrogen stress-sensitive phenotype. GRF6 is a 14-3-3 protein with elevated abundance upon nitrogen starvation and it may function as a positive regulator during nitrogen stress adaptation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)161-170
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Proteomics
Volume187
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2018

User-Defined Keywords

  • 14-3-3
  • Arabidopsis
  • Nitrogen stress response
  • Phospholipid
  • SWATH-MS

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