Overexpression of OsHsp 18.0 in rice enhanced tolerance to heavy metal stress

Tong-Seung Tseng; Senthil Kumar Rajendran; Yi-Hsin Liu; Shaw-Jye Wu; Chung-An Lu; Ching-Hui Yeh

doi:10.1007/s00299-023-03063-0

Overexpression of OsHsp 18.0 in rice enhanced tolerance to heavy metal stress

Plant Cell Rep. 2023 Nov;42(11):1841-1843. doi: 10.1007/s00299-023-03063-0. Epub 2023 Aug 26.

Authors

Tong-Seung Tseng¹, Senthil Kumar Rajendran², Yi-Hsin Liu², Shaw-Jye Wu², Chung-An Lu², Ching-Hui Yeh³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan. tsengts@mail.ncyu.edu.tw.
² Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. yehch63@cc.ncu.edu.tw.

PMID: 37632539
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-023-03063-0

Abstract

OsHsp18.0 plays a key role in cross-protection of rice seedlings from damages to photochemical systems and cellular membranes, caused by Cd and Cu stresses.

MeSH terms

Cadmium / toxicity
Metals, Heavy* / toxicity
Oryza* / genetics
Seedlings / genetics

Substances

Metals, Heavy
Cadmium

Grants and funding

MOST107-2313-B-008-001-MY3/Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan