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OsWRKY67 Plays a Positive Role in Basal and XA21-Mediated Resistance in Rice.

ABSTRACT: WRKY proteins play important roles in transcriptional reprogramming in plants in response to various stresses including pathogen attack. In this study, we functionally characterized a rice WRKY gene, OsWRKY67, whose expression is upregulated against pathogen challenges. Activation of OsWRKY67 by T-DNA tagging significantly improved the resistance against two rice pathogens, Magnaporthe oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). Reactive oxygen species (ROS) rapidly accumulated in OsWRKY67 activation mutant lines in response to elicitor treatment, compared with the controls. Overexpression of OsWRKY67 in rice confirmed enhanced disease resistance, but led to a restriction of plant growth in transgenic lines with high levels of OsWRKY67 protein. OsWRKY67 RNAi lines significantly reduced resistance to M. oryzae and Xoo isolates tested, and abolished XA21-mediated resistance, implying the possibility of broad-spectrum resistance from OsWRKY67. Transcriptional activity and subcellular localization assays indicated that OsWRKY67 is present in the nucleus where it functions as a transcriptional activator. Quantitative PCR revealed that the pathogenesis-related genes, PR1a, PR1b, PR4, PR10a, and PR10b, are upregulated in OsWRKY67 overexpression lines. Therefore, these results suggest that OsWRKY67 positively regulates basal and XA21-mediated resistance, and is a promising candidate for genetic improvement of disease resistance in rice.

SUBMITTER: Vo KTX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5769460 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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OsWRKY67 Plays a Positive Role in Basal and XA21-Mediated Resistance in Rice.

Vo Kieu T X KTX Kim Chi-Yeol CY Hoang Trung V TV Lee Sang-Kyu SK Shirsekar Gautam G Seo Young-Su YS Lee Sang-Won SW Wang Guo-Liang GL Jeon Jong-Seong JS

Frontiers in plant science 20180111

WRKY proteins play important roles in transcriptional reprogramming in plants in response to various stresses including pathogen attack. In this study, we functionally characterized a rice WRKY gene, OsWRKY67, whose expression is upregulated against pathogen challenges. Activation of OsWRKY67 by T-DNA tagging significantly improved the resistance against two rice pathogens, Magnaporthe oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). Reactive oxygen speci ...[more]

PMID: 29375598

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Project description:Bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is the most destructive bacterial disease of rice. The cloned rice gene Xa21 confers resistance to a broad spectrum of Xoo races. To identify other genes involved in Xa21-mediated immunity, a whole-genome oligonucleotide microarray of rice was used to profile the expression of rice genes between incompatible interactions and mock treatments at 0, 4, 8, 24, 72 and 120 hours post inoculation (hpi) or between incompatible and compatible interactions at 4 hpi, respectively. A total of 441 differentially expressed genes, designated as XDGs (Xa21 mediated Differentially expressed Genes), were identified. Based on their functional annotations, the XDGs were assigned to 14 categories some of which encode resistance/defense related proteins and signaling regulators. Interestingly, most signaling-related genes were down-regulated at 4 and 8 hpi, suggesting that negative regulation of cellular signaling may play a role in the Xa21-mediated defense response. Moreover, a number of pathogenesis-related genes were induced at 72 and 120 hpi. Comparison of expression profiles mediated by other resistance genes revealed an interesting common responses in the plant immune system. Comparison analyses also suggest possible overlaps with hormone signaling pathways and with defense systems including basal defense and hypersensitive responses. We investigated the transcriptional characteristics of Xa21-mediated defense responses in rice using whole-genome oligonucleotide microarray, by comparing the expression profiles between incompatible interactions and mock treatments at five time-points and between incompatible and compatible interactions at 4 hours post inoculation. Microarray hybridization at each time point was carried out in three replications including two biological replications and one technological replication. To detect the genes that are significantly regulated and to eliminate those that have inconsistent expression data among replicated experiments, a cutoff of 1.5 fold change and 1.96 for intensity-dependent Z-scores were required in at least two experimental samples.

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OsWRKY67 Plays a Positive Role in Basal and XA21-Mediated Resistance in Rice.

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OsWRKY67 Plays a Positive Role in Basal and XA21-Mediated Resistance in Rice.

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