Elf18-induced long noncoding RNA associates with Mediator to enhance expression of innate immune response genes in Arabidopsis
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ABSTRACT: Plant immune response is a complex process involving both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. Here, we identify an Arabidopsis long-noncoding (lnc) RNA, designated elf18-induced long noncoding RNA 1 (ELENA1), as a factor enhancing resistance against Pseudomonas syringe pv. tomato DC3000. ELENA1 knock-down plants show a decreased expression of PR1 and the plants are susceptible to pathogens. By contrast, plants over-expressing ELENA1 show elevated Pathogenesis-Related gene 1 (PR1) expression after elf18 treatment and display pathogen resistance phenotype. RNA-seq analysis of ELENA1 overexpressing plants after elf18 treatment confirms increased expression of defense-related genes compared to WT. ELENA1 directly interacts with Mediator subunit 19a (MED19a) and affects enrichment of MED19a on PR1 promoter. These results show that ELENA1 is a novel lncRNA that regulates PR1 expression through MED19a. Our findings uncover an additional layer of complexity implicating lncRNA in the transcriptional regulation of plant innate immunity.
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
PROVIDER: GSE93560 | GEO | 2017/05/19
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA361118
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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