Biologia plantarum 2013, 57:149-153 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0137-8

Lipid profiling and tolerance to low-temperature stress in Thellungiella salsuginea in comparison with Arabidopsis thaliana

X. D. Zhang1,3, R. P. Wang2, F. J. Zhang2, F. Q. Tao2, W. Q. Li1,2,*
1 Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan, China
2 Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan, China
3 Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Changes in membrane lipid composition is a fundamental strategy for plants to resist low-temperature stress. We compared members of 11 membrane glycerolipid classes in Thellungiella salsuginea and its close relative Arabidopsis thaliana at normal growth temperature, and during cold acclimation (CA), freezing (FR), and post-freezing recovery (PFR). The results showed several properties of T. salsuginea distinct from that in A. thaliana, which included: 1) low relative content of phosphatidic acid (PA) and a rapid increase and decrease of PA during FR and PFR respectively; 2) insensitivity of lyso-phospholipids to freezing; and 3) high ratio of phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine. All these properties were in favour of maintaining membrane integrity and stability and therefore enable T. salsuginea to be more tolerant to freezing than A. thaliana.

Keywords: cold acclimation; freezing; membrane glycerolipids; post-freezing recovery
Subjects: lipids; temperature low; cold acclimation; freezing; membrane glycerolipids; post-freezing recovery
Species: Arabidopsis thaliana; Thellungiella salsuginea

Received: September 8, 2011; Accepted: December 21, 2011; Published: March 1, 2013Show citation

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Zhang, X.D., Wang, R.P., Zhang, F.J., Tao, F.Q., & Li, W.Q. (2013). Lipid profiling and tolerance to low-temperature stress in Thellungiella salsuginea in comparison with Arabidopsis thaliana. Biologia plantarum, 57(1), 149-153. doi: 10.1007/s10535-012-0137-8.
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