Functional analysis of rice NPR1‐like genes reveals that OsNPR1/NH1 is the rice orthologue conferring disease resistance with enhanced herbivore susceptibility†
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- 19 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Plant Biotechnology Journal
- Vol. 5 (2) , 313-324
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00243.x
Abstract
Summary: The key regulator of salicylic acid (SA)‐mediated resistance, NPR1, is functionally conserved in diverse plant species, including rice (Oryza sativa L.). Investigation in depth is needed to provide an understanding of NPR1‐mediated resistance and a practical strategy for the improvement of disease resistance in the model crop rice. The rice genome contains five NPR1‐like genes. In our study, three rice homologous genes, OsNPR1/NH1, OsNPR2/NH2 and OsNPR3, were found to be induced by rice bacterial blight Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and rice blast Magnaporthe grisea, and the defence molecules benzothiadiazole, methyl jasmonate and ethylene. We confirmed that OsNPR1 is the rice orthologue by complementing the Arabidopsis npr1 mutant. Over‐expression of OsNPR1 conferred disease resistance to bacterial blight, but also enhanced herbivore susceptibility in transgenic plants. The OsNPR1‐green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein was localized in the cytoplasm and moved into the nucleus after redox change. Mutations in its conserved cysteine residues led to the constitutive localization of OsNPR1(2CA)‐GFP in the nucleus and also abolished herbivore hypersensitivity in transgenic rice. Different subcellular localizations of OsNPR1 antagonistically regulated SA‐ and jasmonic acid (JA)‐responsive genes, but not SA and JA levels, indicating that OsNPR1 might mediate antagonistic cross‐talk between the SA‐ and JA‐dependent pathways in rice. This study demonstrates that rice has evolved an SA‐mediated systemic acquired resistance similar to that in Arabidopsis, and also provides a practical approach for the improvement of disease resistance without the penalty of decreased herbivore resistance in rice.Keywords
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