College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 321004, China.
Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones and Growth Development, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 12;7(1):11333. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11882-x.
Bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the most devastating diseases of rice. However, the molecular mechanism underpinning the Xoo resistance of rice is still not fully understood. Here, we report that a class II small heat shock protein gene, OsHsp18.0, whose expression was differentially induced between a resistant and a susceptible variety in response to Xoo infection, plays positive roles in both biotic and abiotic resistance. The molecular chaperone activity of OsHsp18.0 was confirmed by a bacterium-expressed glutathione S-transferase fusion protein. Overexpression of OsHsp18.0 in a susceptible rice variety significantly enhanced its resistance to multiple Xoo strains, whereas silencing of OsHsp18.0 in a resistant variety drastically increased its susceptibility. The enhanced Xoo resistance in OsHsp18.0-overexpressing lines was positively correlated with the sensitized salicylic acid-dependent defense responses. In addition to disease resistance, the OsHsp18.0 overexpressing and silencing lines exhibited enhanced and reduced tolerance, respectively, to heat and salt treatments. The subcellular localization study revealed that the green fluorescent protein-OsHsp18.0 was enriched on the nuclear envelope, suggesting a potential role of OsHsp18.0 in the nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking. Together, our results reveal that the rice OsHsp18.0 is a positive regulator in both biotic and abiotic defense responses.
由稻黄单胞菌引起的细菌性条斑病(Xoo)是水稻最具破坏性的疾病之一。然而,水稻对 Xoo 抗性的分子机制仍不完全清楚。在这里,我们报告说,一类 II 型小分子热休克蛋白基因 OsHsp18.0,其表达在抗感品种中对 Xoo 感染的反应中存在差异,在生物和非生物抗性中都发挥积极作用。通过细菌表达谷胱甘肽 S-转移酶融合蛋白证实了 OsHsp18.0 的分子伴侣活性。在感病品种中过表达 OsHsp18.0 显著增强了其对多种 Xoo 菌株的抗性,而在抗病品种中沉默 OsHsp18.0 则极大地增加了其敏感性。OsHsp18.0 过表达系增强的 Xoo 抗性与水杨酸依赖的防御反应的敏化呈正相关。除了抗病性外,OsHsp18.0 过表达和沉默系分别表现出对热和盐处理的增强和降低的耐受性。亚细胞定位研究表明,绿色荧光蛋白-OsHsp18.0 富集在核膜上,表明 OsHsp18.0 可能在核质运输中发挥作用。总之,我们的研究结果表明,水稻 OsHsp18.0 是生物和非生物防御反应的正向调节剂。