Physiological impact of putrescine on Trigonella foenum-graecum L. growing under temperature stress

Abstract

It is important to determine the effect of the rapid environmental changes on plant physiological processes which were reflected on plant production and find the ways to alleviate their effects. This study was performed to study the role of putrescine in ameliorating the harmful effects induced by temperature stress. Priming treatment was applied to Trigonella by soaking the seeds in 5mM putrescine before exposure to the different temperature degrees (15 °C, 25 °C, 35 °C or 40 °C). At the age of 120 days old some yield parameters and physiological processes were measured. The results indicated that, 15 °C, 35 °C or 40 °C significantly decreased the yield parameters, carbohydrates and soluble proteins. Amino acids and phenols are accumulated in seeds which is considered an acclimation mechanism of plant against temperature stress. The results also, indicated an increase in the total unsaturated fatty acids and a decrease in the thickness and intensity of the β-esterase isoforms in plant seeds subjected to 15 °C and 35 °C. Temperature stress affects the plant production and application of putrescine improves the harmful effects.

Keywords:
β-esterase; fatty acids; fenugreek; polyamines; temperature stress

1. Introduction

Plants are continuously exposed to a variety of adversely changing environmental conditions such as heat, cold, drought, light, increasing acidity or alkalinity and metal damage, which affect plant growth, distribution and productivity (Ahmad et al., 2008; Jeong et al., 2018). These stressful conditions are associated with great losses in the productivity of many of the agriculturally important crops and hence, affect on the economic returns of many countries. Thus, concerted efforts are exerted to understand the mechanisms of plant resistance against the different stresses.

Temperature stress is one of the most important abiotic factors that limit the plant production (Kumar et al., 2010; Gaur et al., 2015). Crops are exposed to a wide range of fluctuations in temperature under natural growth conditions. Temperature instabilities can be experienced by crops at macro or micro-environment levels, but both of them can have significant implications on normal growth and production. Climatic hazards are possible to increase in the near future and plants will face lethal temperature degrees which lead to a pragmatic shift in temperature zones, differential patterns of rainfall and agricultural production belts.

There are several natural ways of self-defense mechanisms in plants to cope the stressful conditions: they can induce several regulatory or functional genes (Bartels & Sunkar, 2005) or can make different biochemical or physiological changes. The accumulation of some osmolytes, such as sugars, alkaloids, amino acids and protective proteins, is an important element of the biochemical and physiological response of plants to the stressful conditions (Liu et al., 2007; Ahmad et al., 2011; Osman et al., 2015). In addition to these responses by the plants to the different environmental stresses, molecules known as polyamines have also been known to have an important role in response of plants to different stresses (Bouchereau et al., 1999; Chen et al., 2019).

Polyamines (putrescine, spermine, spermidine and cadaverine), are the widely distributed nitrogen containing organic substances. They were discovered more than 100 years ago. In plants, polyamines have been associated with regulating many physiological processes, such as embryogenesis, organogenesis, floral initiation and development, leaf senescence, fruit development and ripening, and biotic and abiotic plant stress responses (Kumar et al., 1997; Bagni & Tassoni, 2001; Kusano et al., 2008).

2. Materials and methods

Seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum were obtained from Sakha Research Institute, Sakha, Egypt. During the growth season (November and December), the seeds were sterilized by immersing them in 0.01% HgCl₂ for 1 minute then washed several times with distilled water. The seeds were divided into two sets. The first was soaked in distilled water and the second was soaked in 5mM putrescine for 2 hours. Each set of seeds was divided into two groups. The first group of each set was sown in pots (5 seeds / pot) containing clay-sandy soil (2:1). The second group of each set was germinated for 5 days and then the seedlings were exposed to 15 °C, 35 °C or 40 °C for 4 hours. The plants were left to grow till the end of the season and irrigated with tap water under greenhouse conditions. A completely random design was used and each treatment was replicated 5 times. At the end of the growth season (120 days old), plants were collected and the following measurements were carried out: (1) Yield parameters (number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, weight of pod with seeds and weight of 1000 seeds). (2) Biochemical analysis: carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, phenols, fatty acids and isozymes in the harvested seeds.

2.1 Estimation of carbohydrates

Extraction and clarification of the carbohydrates from the dried seeds was performed according to Naguib et al. (1968).

1. a

   Determination of direct reducing value (DRV).

Monosaccharides were estimated in seeds of Trigonella colorimetrically using a modified Nelson reagent (Naguib, 1964). The monosaccharides concentration was calculated as mg glucose / g dry wt.

1. b

   Determination of total reducing value (TRV).

Invertase enzyme was used in hydrolysis of sucrose. After hydrolysis, the produced monosaccharides were estimated as DRV. The difference between TRV and DRV is used as an estimation of sucrose as mg glucose / g dry wt.

1. c

   Extraction and estimation of polysaccharides

Extraction and estimation of polysaccharides were carried out according to the procedures adopted by Naguib (1963). The concentration of sugars was calculated as mg glucose / g dry wt.

2.2 Estimation of total soluble proteins.

Total soluble proteins in dry seeds were assayed quantitatively in the borate buffer extract using the method described by Bradford (1976). The content of proteins in seeds was calculated as mg / g dry wt. using a calibration curve of Bovine Serum Albumin protein.

2.3 Determination of amino acids

Amino acids content was estimated by Ninhydrin assays using the method described by Lee & Takahashi (1966). The amino acids content was calculated as mg / g dry wt. using a prepared calibration curve by glycine.

2.4 Estimation of total phenolic compounds

Total phenolic content in Trigonella seeds was determined quantitatively using the method described by Jindal and Singh (1975). A standard curve was made using gallic acid and used for the determination of phenolic compounds as mg / g dry wt.

2.5 Estimation of fatty acids

Transmethylation of lipids and extraction of fatty acids methyl esters was carried out as described by Garces & Mancha (1993). Fatty acids methyl esters were analysed using gas chromatography (GC, Hewlett Packer D, HP 6890, series).

2.6 Isozymes analysis

The plant samples were ground and extracted on ice with 0.1 M Tris-HCl buffer, pH 7.5 containing 0.01 M EDTA, 0.01 M potassium chloride, 0.01 M magnesium chloride hexahydrate, 0.1 M D.T.T (di-thioteritol), 4% P.V.P (poly vinyl pyrolidone) and 10% sucrose (Gottlieb, 1981). The extracts were centrifuged at 18000 rpm for 20 minutes, at 4 °C and then stored in a deep freezer at -80 °C until use. The extracts were separated on 10% PAGE polyacrylamide (Laemmli, 1970; Pasteur et al., 1988).

2.7 Esterase, EST (β-naphthyl acetate)

Gels were incubated in 100 ml 0.05 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) containing 50 mg Fast Red TR and 10 mg β-naphthylacetate dissolved in 1 ml of acetone, in the dark at 37 °C until bands appeared. The gels were washed in water and fixed in 3% acetic acid. For reduction of nonspecific background, 2 to 5 mL of 4% formaldehyde was added to the staining solution (Manchenko, 1994).

2.8 Statistical analysis

The obtained results were statistically analysed using the analysis of variance test (ANOVA) described by Bishop (1983).

3. Results and discussion

Temperature extremes, both low (cold stress) and high (heat stress), are injurious to plants at all stages of growth, resulting in severe loss in productivity of crops ( Bhandari et al., 2017). The results of this investigation revealed that the increase (35 °C and 40 °C) or decrease (15 °C) in temperature beyond the optimum temperature (25 °C) caused a significant reduction in the measured yield parameters (number of pods / plant, number of seeds / pod, weight of pod with seeds and weight of 1000 seeds) (Figure 1). Plants subjected to 40 °C heat stress were severely affected. Their were a decrease in number of seeds per pod by 75% and in weight of pod with seeds by 74.1% when subjected to 40 °C compared with control at 25 °C. These results are in accordance with those obtained by Prasad et al. (2008), who found that high temperature decreased Sorghum height, seed set, seed yield, seed numbers and seed size. Also, Barutcular et al. (2017) proved that warm environment (heat stress) caused a significant reduction in grain yield and physiological parameters of wheat plant by about 54% and 32% in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 growth seasons respectively. Treatment of Trigonella seeds with 5mM putrescine before exposing to temperature stress degrees removed the harmful effects induced by temperature stress on the measured yield parameters (Figure 1). Exogenous application of polyamines stimulates tolerance to high or low temperatures in various crop plants (Perez-Amador et al., 2002; Tajti et al., 2018). It was found that putrescine improves the yield and quality of bell pepper (Mahmood et al., 2017) and broccoli (Zheng et al., 2019). The exogenous application of putrescine led to accumulation of endogenous polyamine contents in plants (Kubis et al., 1991; He et al., 2002) and this may alleviate the harmful effects induced by temperature stress.

Figure 1
Effect of Putrescine on yield parameters of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum plant under temperature stress.

The results showed that, all the temperature stress degrees (15 °C, 35 °C and 40 °C) caused a significant reduction in monosaccharides and disaccharides contents of Trigonella seeds. Monosaccharides were severely affected at 40 °C and decreased by about 89.5% compared with control at 25 °C. Polysaccharides slightly decreased at 35°C and 40 °C compared with control samples at 25 °C (Figure 2). These reductions in sugar contents may be attributed to the highly significant decrease in photosynthetic pigments caused by 15 °C and 35 °C in Trigonella leaves (Osman et al., 2015). In this connection, Wolf et al. (1982) found that sucrose concentration was decreased by 56% in soybean seeds subjected to cold stress (15 °C). Putrescine alleviated the deleterious effects of temperature stress on carbohydrate contents of Trigonella seeds (Figure2). Putrescine improves photosynthesis process and regulates the carbohydrate metabolism (Yinghui et al., 2015). In this connection, Palma et al. (2016) showed that putrescine treatment alleviates chilling injury through modulating the carbohydrate content and this response could be due to the degradation of putrescine and the induction of amino butyric acid shunt pathway.

Figure 2
Effect of Putrescine on carbohydrates content (mg/g dry wt.) of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum seeds under temperature stress.

Proteins in general are very sensitive to any change in temperature. The protein content of Trigonella seeds (Figure 3) was significantly decreased by 50% at 15 °C, 27.8% at 35 °C and 69.4% at 40 °C respectively comparing to control samples. Treatment with putrescine caused a significant increase in protein content over those of the corresponding plants exposed to temperature stress alone. In this respect, Yadav et al. (2017) found that high temperature stress led to disruption of cellular membranes by increasing cell membrane injury, lipid peroxidation and H₂O₂ contents. This led to decrease in total chlorophyll and soluble proteins. Foliar application of putrescine ameliorated heat-induced damages in maize plant.

Figure 3
Effect of Putrescine on protein content (mg/g dry wt.) of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum seeds under temperature stress.

Amino acids in general and specifically proline are accumulated in plants in response to different abiotic stresses. In this study, we found a significant increase in total amino acids of Trigonella seeds when subjected to different stress temperature degrees (15 °C, 35 °C and 40 °C) compared with control (25 °C). This increase was magnified by application of putrescine (Figure 4). The increase in amino acids contents may be considered as acclimation mechanism of plant against temperature stress. Among the different amino acids, proline protects plant tissues against different abiotic stresses by acting as osmotically active solute, nitrogen storage compound and protectant for enzymes and other cellular structures (Chai et al., 2012). In this respect, Wolf et al., (1982) stated that, amino acids composition in soybean seed in response to temperature stress was generally stable; however, there was an increase in methionine content.

Figure 4
Effect of Putrescine on total amino acids content (mg/g dry wt.) of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum seeds under temperature stress.

The secondary metabolism is essential for the fitness of plants, many secondary metabolites play an important roles as chemical defense compounds against different stresses (Wink, 1997). The results showed that, phenolic compounds were accumulated in Trigonella seeds subjected to different temperature stress degrees (15 °C, 35 °C and 40 °C) compared with control. Treatment with putrescine seemed to have no significant effect on phenol contents of seeds under temperature stress (Figure 5). In accordance with our results, Rivero et al. (2001) indicated that thermal stress induces the accumulation of phenolic compounds in tomato and watermelon plants. It has been demonstrated that thermal stress induces the synthesis of phenolic compounds, such as phenyl propanoids and flavonoids (Bharti & Khurana, 1997). Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) is considered to be the main enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway (Kacperska, 1993) catalyzing the transformation, by deamination, of L-phenylalanine into trans-cinnamic acid, which is the prime intermediary in the biosynthesis of phenolic compounds (Dixon et al., 1992; Levine et al., 1994). The activity of this enzyme increases in response to thermal stress and is considered by many authors to be one of the main lines of cell acclimation against stress in plants (Kacperska, 1993; Levine et al., 1994; Leyva et al., 1995).

Figure 5
Effect of Putrescine on phenol content (mg/g dry wt.) of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum seeds under temperature stress.

Fatty acids are important components of cellular membranes, cutin, waxes and suberin (Beisson et al., 2007). They participate in making stress resistance through the remodeling of membrane fluidity (Iba, 2002; Upchurch, 2008), the release, through lipase activity of α-linolenic acid (Grechkin, 1998). Free linolenic acid is considered a stress signal and the precursor for phyto-oxylipin biosynthesis (Blée, 2002). Our results indicated an increase in the total unsaturated fatty acids in plant seeds subjected to 15 °C and 35 °C compared with control at 25 °C (Table 1). This increase was mainly due to large amounts of both α-linolenic acid (C18:3) and oleic acid (C18:1). In this respect, Iba (2002) found that trienoic fatty acids (TAs) such as linolenic acid are the major polyunsaturated fatty acids in membrane lipids. Increasing TAs in chloroplast membranes has been shown to enhance low temperature tolerance in plants. The effects of elevated temperature degrees on fatty acids composition of storage lipids have been tested extensively in developing seeds. For example, the changes in soybean seed lipid composition under high temperatures (Wilson, 2004; Rajcan et al., 2005; Hou et al., 2006). Treatment with putrescine had resulted in a remarkable increase in palmitoleic acid (C16:1) compared with control untreated seeds at 25 °C. The induction of C16:1 fatty acid in the yielded seeds of Trigonella may be attributed to the enhancement of desaturase activity which may desaturate C16:0 to C16:1. Replacement of C16:0 with C16:1 is presumably to maintain membrane fluidity and integrity. Application of putrescine to temperature stressed plants at 35 °C had a pronounced increase in the total unsaturated fatty acids 76.85% compared with 63.93%at 35 °C. This may point out to the role of putrescine in stimulating desaturase activity of Trigonella yielded seeds. In addition, the substitution of saturated fatty acids with unsaturated fatty acids may indicate minimization of lipid peroxidation of the membrane. In this respect, Routaboul et al. (2000) found that maintenance of polyunsaturated fatty acids levels in chloroplast lipids had been shown to contribute to low temperature survival and the normal formation of chloroplast membranes under low temperature stress.

Table 1
Effect of Putrescine treatment on percentage of fatty acids of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum seeds under temperature stress.

Fatty acids	25 °C	putrescine	15 °C	15 °C+ putrescine	35 °C	35 °C+ putrescine
Valeric acid C5:0	1.85	2.52	1.90	5.25	2.30	3.05
Caproic acid C6:0	-	-	1.50	1.50	-	-
Capric acid C10:0	1.72	1.95	1.75	2.70	2.02	2.60
Undecylic acid C11:0	1.85	2.35	4.20	2.50	-	-
Lauric acid C12:0	2.19	2.00	1.65	3.30	2.10	2.80
Myristic acid C14:0	3.85	2.25	3.90	3.25	2.00	2.55
Myristoleic acid C14:1	-	4.00	7.30	-	2.40	9.50
Palmitic acid C16:0	2.07	7.40	10.60	4.00	3.60	4.10
Palmitoleic acid C16:1	10.30	35.65	4.00	42.30	27.20	26.50
Margaric acid C17:0	2.53	2.35	2.30	5.85	3.35	3.40
Heptadecenoic acid C17:1	15.20	-	-	-	5.00	7.50
Stearic acid C18:0	26.30	12.45	4.35	4.85	18.00	4.65
Oleic acid C18:1	3.25	8.00	19.80	6.80	8.00	10.80
Linoleic acid C18:2	24.15	12.48	30.20	2.00	11.03	12.05
αLinolenic acid C18:3	3.24	4.35	4.00	11.20	10.30	10.50
Behenic acid C22:0	1.50	2.25	2.55	4.50	2.70	-
Total saturated fatty acids	43.86	35.52	34.7	37.7	36.07	23.15
Total unsaturated fatty acids	56.14	64.48	65.3	62.3	63.93	76.85

β-esterase zymogramme (Figure 6) revealed four esterase isoforms. Treatment with putrescine singly increased the thickness and intensity of all the enzyme isoforms compared with control. The applied temperature stress degrees (15 °C and 35 °C) decreased the thickness and intensity of the enzyme isoforms which appeared with faint color especially at samples treated with 15 °C compared with control. Application of putrescine with temperature stressed plants removed the harmful effects induced by temperature stress and this was reflected on the increase in thickness and intensity of β-esterase isoforms (15 °C+put. and 35 °C+put.) compared with temperature stressed plants (15 °C and 35 °C). In accordance with our results, Weng & Chen (1989) stated that intense esterase bands may be used as a marker for high photosynthesis and grain yield ability in plants. Also, Charnay et al. (1992) found that polyamines have a role in all regulatory mechanisms in which esterases are involved.

Figure 6
Effect of Putrescine on β-esterase zymogramme of 120 days old Trigonella foenum-garcum seeds under temperature stress (1= control; 2= Putrescine; 3= 15 °C; 4= 15 °C+Put.; 5= 35 °C; 6= 35 °C+Put.).

• Practical Application: This work clarified the role of natural and safe compound (putrescine) in inducing an important primary and secondary metabolites in Trigonella plant growing under optimum temperature and also under temperature stress. Trigonella is a winter plant, it is an important medicinal plant and has a great therapeutic effect; it is natural antioxidant source acts as anticancer, decreases serum total lipids and serum cholesterol, enhances insulin sensitivity, and has antidiabetic effect.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  26 Oct 2020
• Date of issue
  Oct-Dec 2021

History

• Received
  20 May 2020
• Accepted
  30 July 2020