General Regulatory Factor7 regulates innate immune signalling to enhance Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 75(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 468-482
1. Verfasser: Liu, Fujie (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cai, Sheng, Wu, Peng, Dai, Lingjun, Li, Xinyi, Ai, Nijiang, Feng, Guoli, Wang, Ningshan, Zhou, Baoliang
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Verticillium dahliae Cotton GRF7 SERK1 immune signalling plant innate immunity Plant Proteins
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Zusammenfassung:© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com.
Sessile growing plants are always vulnerable to microbial pathogen attacks throughout their lives. To fend off pathogen invasion, plants have evolved a sophisticated innate immune system that consists of cell surface receptors and intracellular receptors. Somatic embryogenesis receptor kinases (SERKs) belong to a small group of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) that function as co-receptors regulating diverse physiological processes. GENRAL REGULATORY FACTOR (GRF) proteins play an important role in physiological signalling transduction. However, the function of GRF proteins in plant innate immune signalling remains elusive. Here, we identified a GRF gene, GauGRF7, that is expressed both constitutively and in response to fungal pathogen infection. Intriguingly, silencing of GRF7 compromised plant innate immunity, resulting in susceptibility to Verticillium dahliae infection. Both transgenic GauGRF7 cotton and transgenic GauGRF7 Arabidopsis lines enhanced the innate immune response to V. dahliae infection, leading to high expression of two helper NLRs (hNLR) genes (ADR1 and NRG1) and pathogenesis-related genes, and increased ROS production and salicylic acid level. Moreover, GauGRF7 interacted with GhSERK1, which positively regulated GRF7-mediated innate immune response in cotton and Arabidopsis. Our findings revealed the molecular mechanism of the GRF protein in plant immune signaling and offer potential opportunities for improving plant resistance to V. dahliae infection
Beschreibung:Date Completed 25.12.2023
Date Revised 26.07.2024
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431
DOI:10.1093/jxb/erad385