Drought stress is a serious natural challenge for tea plants that significantly affects tea yield and quality.miR171s play critical roles in plant stress responses,however,their role in drought stress tolerance in tea...Drought stress is a serious natural challenge for tea plants that significantly affects tea yield and quality.miR171s play critical roles in plant stress responses,however,their role in drought stress tolerance in tea plants(Camellia sinensis)is poorly understood.This study experimentally verified the expression patterns of csn-miR171b-3p_2 and its target,scarecrow-like(SCL).We found that csn-miR171b-3p_2 could target and regulate CsSCL6-4 to play an important role in the defense against drought stress in tea plants.CsSCL6-4 is located in the nucleus and is selfactivated in vivo.In addition,we obtained 819 putative binding regions of CsSCL6-4 using DNA affinity purification sequencing analysis,which were assigned to 786 different genes,four of which were drought-resistant genes(CsPrx,CsSDR,CsFAD7,and CsCER1).Yeast one-hybrid and dual-luciferase reporter assays revealed that CsSCL6-4 directly promoted the expression of these four drought resistance genes by binding motifs 1/2/3 in their promoter regions.Both overexpression and suppression of CsSCL6-4 proved that CsSCL6-4 participated in the defense against drought stress in tea plants by regulating the expression of CsPrx,CsSDR,CsFAD7,and CsCER1.In addition,suppression of csn-miR171b-3p_2 expression significantly increased the expression of CsSCL6-4 and activated CsSCL6-4-bound gene transcription under drought stress.Therefore,the csn-miR171b-3p_2-CsSCL6-4 module participates in tea plant resistance to drought stress by promoting the expression of drought resistance genes.Our results revealed the function of csn-miR171b-3p_2 in tea plants and provided new insights into the mechanism of tea plant resistance to drought stress.展开更多
Micro RNAs(mi RNAs)act as regulators of plant development and multiple stress responses.Here we demonstrate that the rice mi R171 b-SCL6-IIs module regulates the balance between blast resistance,grain yield,and flower...Micro RNAs(mi RNAs)act as regulators of plant development and multiple stress responses.Here we demonstrate that the rice mi R171 b-SCL6-IIs module regulates the balance between blast resistance,grain yield,and flowering.mi R171 b-overexpressing rice plants(OX171 b)displayed increased rice blast resistance accompanied with enhanced defense responses and late heading,whereas blocking mi R171 b expression in rice(MIM171)led to greater susceptibility to blast disease,associated with compromised defense responses and early heading.Either overexpressing or silencing of mi R171 b significantly affected plant height and number of filled seeds per panicle(seed-setting rate),resulting in decreased grain yield.mi R171 b targets SCL6-IIa,SCL6-IIb,and SCL6-IIc,whose expression was suppressed in OX171 b but increased in MIM171.Mutants of SCL6-IIa,SCL6-IIb,and SCL6-IIc all displayed phenotypes like that of OX171 b,including markedly increased blast disease resistance,slightly decreased grain yield,and delayed flowering.Amounts of mi R171 b increased gradually in leaves during the vegetative stage but decreased gradually in panicles during the reproductive stage,whereas SCL6-IIs displayed the reverse expression pattern.Together,these results suggest that the expression of mi R171 b was time-and space-dependent during the rice growth period and regulated the balance between rice blast disease resistance,grain yield,and flowering via SCL6-IIs,and that appropriate accumulation of mi R171 b is essential for rice development.展开更多
miR171 belongs to a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed micro RNA gene family across species that play a critical role in controlling plant growth and development through the regulation of the miR171-SCL(scare...miR171 belongs to a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed micro RNA gene family across species that play a critical role in controlling plant growth and development through the regulation of the miR171-SCL(scarecrow-like proteins)module.There is limited research available on the evolutionary relationship and functional diversification of miR171 members.In this study,we identified eight miR171 genes in the mulberry genome by bioinformatics analysis that were subsequently used to compare the evolutionary levels and explore abiotic stress mechanisms mediated by mno-miR171s(Morus notabilis miR171s).The results of phylogenetic analysis showed that the mature mno-miR171 sequences have strong sequence conservation,but their critical sites also exhibit high variation leading to functional diversification.Through quantitative real-time PCR,the expression profile of each mno-miR171 was analyzed under different stress treatments.All mno-miR171s,apart from mnomiR171h,were found to be significantly up-regulated under salt and drought stress conditions.The target genes of mno-miR171a namely,Morus020885 and Morus011800,were predicted and verified using the plural RNA method.5-rapid amplification of complementary DNA ends assays further to reveal that the target genes could be degraded by mno-miR171a post-transcriptionally.Overexpression of mno-miR171a in Arabidopsis improved the percentage of seed germination when the seeds were grown in NaCl-and mannitol-containing media.Transgenic plants were observed to grow better under drought conditions.The expression of various stress genes was significantly higher in transgenic plants than in wild type,except ERF11.Taken together,our study confirmed that mno-miR171a enhanced plant resistance to adverse stress environments via the regulation of the SCL targets.展开更多
基金supported by the Rural Revitalization Tea Industry Technical Service Project of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(Grant No.11899170145)the“Double firstclass”scientific and technological innovation capacity and enhancement cultivation plan of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(Grant No.KSYLP004)+4 种基金6.18 Tea Industry Technology Branch of Collaborative Innovation Institute(Grant No.K1520001A)Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Construction Project for Technological Innovation and Service System of Tea Industry Chain(Grant No.K1520005A01)Tea Industry Branch of Collaborative Innovation Institute of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(Grant No.K1521015A)Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund Project of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(Grant No.KFb22020XA)the Special Fund for Science and Technology Innovation of Fujian Zhang Tianfu Tea Development Foundation(Grant No.FJZTF01).
文摘Drought stress is a serious natural challenge for tea plants that significantly affects tea yield and quality.miR171s play critical roles in plant stress responses,however,their role in drought stress tolerance in tea plants(Camellia sinensis)is poorly understood.This study experimentally verified the expression patterns of csn-miR171b-3p_2 and its target,scarecrow-like(SCL).We found that csn-miR171b-3p_2 could target and regulate CsSCL6-4 to play an important role in the defense against drought stress in tea plants.CsSCL6-4 is located in the nucleus and is selfactivated in vivo.In addition,we obtained 819 putative binding regions of CsSCL6-4 using DNA affinity purification sequencing analysis,which were assigned to 786 different genes,four of which were drought-resistant genes(CsPrx,CsSDR,CsFAD7,and CsCER1).Yeast one-hybrid and dual-luciferase reporter assays revealed that CsSCL6-4 directly promoted the expression of these four drought resistance genes by binding motifs 1/2/3 in their promoter regions.Both overexpression and suppression of CsSCL6-4 proved that CsSCL6-4 participated in the defense against drought stress in tea plants by regulating the expression of CsPrx,CsSDR,CsFAD7,and CsCER1.In addition,suppression of csn-miR171b-3p_2 expression significantly increased the expression of CsSCL6-4 and activated CsSCL6-4-bound gene transcription under drought stress.Therefore,the csn-miR171b-3p_2-CsSCL6-4 module participates in tea plant resistance to drought stress by promoting the expression of drought resistance genes.Our results revealed the function of csn-miR171b-3p_2 in tea plants and provided new insights into the mechanism of tea plant resistance to drought stress.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U19A2033,31672090,and 31430072)the Sichuan Applied Fundamental Research Foundation(2020YJ0332)to Wenming Wang。
文摘Micro RNAs(mi RNAs)act as regulators of plant development and multiple stress responses.Here we demonstrate that the rice mi R171 b-SCL6-IIs module regulates the balance between blast resistance,grain yield,and flowering.mi R171 b-overexpressing rice plants(OX171 b)displayed increased rice blast resistance accompanied with enhanced defense responses and late heading,whereas blocking mi R171 b expression in rice(MIM171)led to greater susceptibility to blast disease,associated with compromised defense responses and early heading.Either overexpressing or silencing of mi R171 b significantly affected plant height and number of filled seeds per panicle(seed-setting rate),resulting in decreased grain yield.mi R171 b targets SCL6-IIa,SCL6-IIb,and SCL6-IIc,whose expression was suppressed in OX171 b but increased in MIM171.Mutants of SCL6-IIa,SCL6-IIb,and SCL6-IIc all displayed phenotypes like that of OX171 b,including markedly increased blast disease resistance,slightly decreased grain yield,and delayed flowering.Amounts of mi R171 b increased gradually in leaves during the vegetative stage but decreased gradually in panicles during the reproductive stage,whereas SCL6-IIs displayed the reverse expression pattern.Together,these results suggest that the expression of mi R171 b was time-and space-dependent during the rice growth period and regulated the balance between rice blast disease resistance,grain yield,and flowering via SCL6-IIs,and that appropriate accumulation of mi R171 b is essential for rice development.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Grant No.C2019406113)Hebei Provincial Department of Education(Grant No.QN2020236)Chengde Medical College Youth Foundation(Grant No.201913)。
文摘miR171 belongs to a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed micro RNA gene family across species that play a critical role in controlling plant growth and development through the regulation of the miR171-SCL(scarecrow-like proteins)module.There is limited research available on the evolutionary relationship and functional diversification of miR171 members.In this study,we identified eight miR171 genes in the mulberry genome by bioinformatics analysis that were subsequently used to compare the evolutionary levels and explore abiotic stress mechanisms mediated by mno-miR171s(Morus notabilis miR171s).The results of phylogenetic analysis showed that the mature mno-miR171 sequences have strong sequence conservation,but their critical sites also exhibit high variation leading to functional diversification.Through quantitative real-time PCR,the expression profile of each mno-miR171 was analyzed under different stress treatments.All mno-miR171s,apart from mnomiR171h,were found to be significantly up-regulated under salt and drought stress conditions.The target genes of mno-miR171a namely,Morus020885 and Morus011800,were predicted and verified using the plural RNA method.5-rapid amplification of complementary DNA ends assays further to reveal that the target genes could be degraded by mno-miR171a post-transcriptionally.Overexpression of mno-miR171a in Arabidopsis improved the percentage of seed germination when the seeds were grown in NaCl-and mannitol-containing media.Transgenic plants were observed to grow better under drought conditions.The expression of various stress genes was significantly higher in transgenic plants than in wild type,except ERF11.Taken together,our study confirmed that mno-miR171a enhanced plant resistance to adverse stress environments via the regulation of the SCL targets.
