TY  - JOUR
A1  - Petrov, Veselin
A1  - Schippers, Jos
A1  - Benina, Maria
A1  - Minkov, Ivan
A1  - Müller-Röber, Bernd
A1  - Gechev, Tsanko S.
T1  - In search for new players of the oxidative stress network by phenotyping an Arabidopsis T-DNA mutant collection on reactive oxygen species-eliciting chemicals
T2  - Plant omics
N2  - The ability of some chemical compounds to cause oxidative stress offers a fast and convenient way to study the responses of plants to reactive oxygen species (ROS). In order to unveil potential novel genetic players of the ROS-regulatory network, a population of similar to 2,000 randomly selected Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA insertion mutants was screened for ROS sensitivity/resistance by growing seedlings on agar medium supplemented with stress-inducing concentrations of the superoxide-eliciting herbicide methyl viologen or the catalase inhibitor 3-amino-triazole. A semi-robotic setup was used to capture and analyze images of the chemically treated seedlings which helped interpret the screening results by providing quantitative information on seedling area and healthy-to-chlorotic tissue ratios for data verification. A ROS-related phenotype was confirmed in three of the initially selected 33 mutant candidates, which carry T-DNA insertions in genes encoding a Ring/Ubox superfamily protein, ABI5 binding protein 1 (AFP1), previously reported to be involved in ABA signaling, and a protein of unknown function, respectively. In addition, we identified six mutants, most of which have not been described yet, that are related to growth or chloroplast development and show defects in a ROS-independent manner. Thus, semi-automated image capturing and phenotyping applied on publically available T-DNA insertion collections adds a simple means for discovering novel mutants in complex physiological processes and identifying the genes involved.
KW  - growth
KW  - image analysis
KW  - methyl viologen
KW  - LemnaTec
KW  - screening
KW  - superoxide
Y1  - 2013
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35362
SN  - 1836-0661
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 46
EP  - 54
PB  - Southern Cross Publ.
CY  - Lismore
ER  -