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Heterologous Expression of Poplar WRKY18/35 Paralogs in Arabidopsis Reveals Their Antagonistic Regulation on Pathogen Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance via Variable Hormonal Pathways.

ABSTRACT: WRKY transcription factors (WRKY TFs) are one of the largest protein families in plants, and most of them play vital roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses by regulating related signaling pathways. In this study, we isolated two WRKY TF genes PtrWRKY18 and PtrWRKY35 from Populustrichocarpa and overexpressed them in Arabidopsis. Expression pattern analyses showed that PtrWRKY18 and PtrWRKY35 respond to salicylic acid (SA), methyl JA (MeJA), abscisic acid (ABA), B. cinereal, and P. syringae treatment. The transgenic plants conferred higher B. cinerea tolerance than wild-type (WT) plants, and real-time quantitative (qRT)-PCR assays showed that PR3 and PDF1.2 had higher expression levels in transgenic plants, which was consistent with their tolerance to B. cinereal. The transgenic plants showed lower P. syringae tolerance than WT plants, and qRT-PCR analysis (PR1, PR2, and NPR1) also corresponded to this phenotype. Germination rate and root analysis showed that the transgenic plants are less sensitive to ABA, which leads to the reduced tolerance to osmotic stress and the increase of the death ratio and stomatal aperture. Compared with WT plants, a series of ABA-related genes (RD29A, ABO3, ABI4, ABI5, and DREB1A) were significantly down-regulated in PtrWRKY18 and PtrWRKY35 overexpression plants. All of these results demonstrated that the two WRKY TFs are multifunctional transcription factors in plant resistance.

SUBMITTER: Guo L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7432504 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Heterologous Expression of Poplar WRKY18/35 Paralogs in Arabidopsis Reveals Their Antagonistic Regulation on Pathogen Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance via Variable Hormonal Pathways.

Guo Li L Li Chaofeng C Jiang Yuanzhong Y Luo Keming K Xu Changzheng C

International journal of molecular sciences 20200730 15

WRKY transcription factors (WRKY TFs) are one of the largest protein families in plants, and most of them play vital roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses by regulating related signaling pathways. In this study, we isolated two WRKY TF genes PtrWRKY18 and PtrWRKY35 from Populustrichocarpa and overexpressed them in Arabidopsis. Expression pattern analyses showed that PtrWRKY18 and PtrWRKY35 respond to salicylic acid (SA), methyl JA (MeJA), absc ...[more]

PMID: 32751641

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Project description:Boron (B) is an essential nutrient for normal growth of plants. Despite its low abundance in soils, B pollution and toxicity have been reported to increase in especially arid and semi-arid environments. Poplars are known to be tolerant species to B toxicity and accumulation. In the current study, physiological, transcriptomic and hormonal regulations behind B toxicity response were investigated comparatively in poplar species. Previously identified clones of Populus nigra (P.n) and Populus alba (P.a) having contrasting B accumulation and leaf B toxicity symptoms were treated with elevated soil B supply in a pot trial. The physiological results of treatment indicated better biomass growth, higher leaf chlorophyll content and more than three folds lower B accumulation in leaves of P.a compared to P.n. Microarray based transcriptomic analysis revealed 1902 and 1006 differentially regulated transcripts for the leaves and roots of P.a, respectively. Several transcripts responsible in salicylic acid (SA) production (salicylic acid binding protein 2) and SA dependent gene regulation (chitinases, proteases, lipases and protease inhibitors) were strongly upregulated specifically in P.a tissues under B toxicity. Furthermore, endogenous SA content in the roots and leaves of P.a increased with a soil B concentration-dependent manner while there was no significant alteration in the same hormone for P.n tissues under B toxicity. Therefore, increase in endogenous SA concentration was strongly attributed to lower B uptake and B toxicity tolerance in P.a. In addition to SA mediated gene regulation, genes responsible in external excretion process was also supposed to be functional in P.a for reduction of tissue B content under toxic conditions. On the other hand, transcriptome profiling of P.n under B toxicity revealed 1624 and 1419 altered transcripts for the leaves and roots, respectively. Specific induction in transcripts annotated to ATP binding cassette B type transporters, glutathione S transferases and metallochaperones in P.n were linked to internal excretion of excess B in the species that could be related with much higher B uptake from the roots, directional transport to the leaves and detoxification under toxic B conditions.

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Heterologous Expression of Poplar WRKY18/35 Paralogs in Arabidopsis Reveals Their Antagonistic Regulation on Pathogen Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance via Variable Hormonal Pathways.

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Heterologous Expression of Poplar <i>WRKY18/35</i> Paralogs in Arabidopsis Reveals Their Antagonistic Regulation on Pathogen Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance via Variable Hormonal Pathways.

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