中国农业科学 ›› 2019, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (21): 3806-3818.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2019.21.009

• 植物保护 • 上一篇    下一篇

超量表达CsGH3.6通过抑制生长素信号转导 增强柑橘溃疡病抗性

邹修平,龙俊宏,彭爱红,陈敏,龙琴,陈善春   

  1. 西南大学/中国农业科学院柑桔研究所国家柑桔品种改良中心,重庆 400712
  • 收稿日期:2019-05-23 接受日期:2019-07-15 出版日期:2019-11-01 发布日期:2019-11-12
  • 作者简介:邹修平(通信作者),E-mail: zouxiuping@cric.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2018YFD1000300);国家现代农业产业技术体系建设专项资金(CARS-27);重庆市自然科学基金(cstc2017jcyjBX0020);广东省科技创新战略专项资金(2018B020202009)

Overexpression of CsGH3.6 Enhanced Resistance to Citrus Canker Disease by Inhibiting Auxin Signaling Transduction

ZOU XiuPing,LONG JunHong,PENG AiHong,CHEN Min,LONG Qin,CHEN ShanChun   

  1. National Center for Citrus Variety Improvement, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University/Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chongqing 400712
  • Received:2019-05-23 Accepted:2019-07-15 Online:2019-11-01 Published:2019-11-12

摘要:

背景 由柑橘黄单胞杆菌柑橘亚种(Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri,Xcc)引起的柑橘溃疡病是柑橘生产上最具毁灭性的一种病害。植物生长素在调控柑橘溃疡病菌引起的寄主侵染部位脓疱形成中起重要作用。生长素早期响应基因GH3通过酰基化吲哚-3-乙酸(indole-3-acetic acid,IAA)调控植物激素动态平衡。前期研究发现柑橘CsGH3.6在调控生长素响应溃疡病侵染中起着重要作用。目的 通过对超量表达CsGH3.6转基因晚锦橙的抗病性、植株表型、细胞和激素变化进行分析,利用RNA-Seq解析CsGH3.6调控的信号通路,探明CsGH3.6调控激素动态平衡影响柑橘溃疡病抗性的内在机制。方法 利用针刺法对离体转基因叶片接种溃疡病菌Xcc,统计接种第10 天时病斑面积和病情指数,以野生型为对照,评价转基因植株的抗性水平;提取感病前后叶片内源激素,利用高效液相色谱技术(high performance liquid chromatography,HPLC )检测转基因植株中激素含量变化;温室中观察转基因植株表型变化;通过测量叶片纵径、横径和厚度分析转基因植株叶型变化特征;制备叶片表皮切片,显微观察表皮细胞和气孔,并统计转基因植株表皮细胞长度和气孔密度;采用RNA-Seq测序技术研究转基因植株转录组变化情况,并利用Nr、Nt、Pfam、COG、SwissProt和gene ontology (GO)数据库注释基因功能,进一步利用KEEG数据库和MapMan软件解析超量表达CsGH3.6影响的重要基因、功能和途径,阐明CsGH3.6调控柑橘溃疡病抗性的分子机制。结果 超量表达CsGH3.6显著增强转基因植株的溃疡病抗性;转基因植株分枝增多且下垂,叶片向上卷曲,变小,颜色浅;转基因植株气孔密度增加,表皮细胞变短;激素含量分析显示,转基因植株自由生长素(IAA)和茉莉酸(jasmonic acid,JA)含量显著降低,而水杨酸(salicylic acid,SA)含量显著增加;转录组测序分析表明,超量表达CsGH3.6显著抑制生长素信号转导相关基因表达,特别是所有注释的Aux/IAA家族基因均下调表达,相反,与生物胁迫相关基因的表达为上调,其中绝大部分基因为病程相关蛋白基因。结论 超量表达CsGH3.6通过酰基化自由IAA抑制生长素信号转导,调控JA和SA的动态平衡,改变细胞和植株的形态建成,从而增强柑橘对溃疡病的抗性。研究结果暗示调控激素动态平衡在柑橘抗病育种中具有潜在价值。

关键词: 柑橘黄单胞杆菌柑橘亚种, 柑橘溃疡病, 生长素, CsGH3.6, 抗病性

Abstract:

【Background】 Citrus canker, induced by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc), is one of the most destructive disease in citrus production. Auxin plays an important role in regulating Xcc-induced pustule formation in citrus. GH3, an early auxin response gene, regulates plant hormone homeostasis through acylating indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). The previous study found that CsGH3.6 had a vital role in response to Xcc infection. 【Objective】 Here, to explore the internal mechanism of CsGH3.6 in regulating the dynamic balance of auxin and affecting the plant resistance to citrus canker, disease resistance evaluation, phenotype analysis, hormone determination and transcriptome sequencing of Wanjingcheng orange (Citrus sinensis) overexpressing CsGH3.6 were performed in this study.【Method】 To evaluate resistance to citrus canker in transgenic plants overexpressing CsGH3.6, fully expanded intact leaves gathered from transgenic plants were infected with Xcc by the pin-prick inoculation, and the diseased areas and disease severity index were investigated 10 d after inoculation, the wild type (WT) plant was used as the control. To detect hormone levels in transgenic plants, different hormones were isolated from leaves before and after Xcc infection and their contents were determined through high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Compared with WT plant, changes of phenotypes (plant types and leaf longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter and thickness) in transgenic plants were investigated in the greenhouse, and the length of epidermal cell and stomata density were further analyzed using optical microscopy. RNA sequencing was performed to investigate transcript changes in transgenic plant, and gene functions were annotated based on Nr, Nt, Pfam, COG, SwissProt and gene ontology (GO) databases. To elucidate the molecular mechanism of CsGH3.6 in regulating the canker resistance in citrus, the important genes, functions and pathways affected significantly by overexpressing CsGH3.6 were investigated using the KEGG database and MapMan software.【Result】 Overexpression of CsGH3.6 significantly enhanced citrus canker resistance in transgenic plants. The branches of transgenic plants increased and drooped, the leaves curled upward, became smaller and lighter in color. The stomata density of transgenic plants increased and the length of epidermal cells became shorter. Hormone analyses showed that the contents of free auxin IAA and jasmonic acid (JA) in transgenic plants decreased significantly, while the content of salicylic acid (SA) increased significantly. Transcriptome sequencing showed that overexpression of CsGH3.6 significantly inhibited the expression of auxin signal transduction related genes, especially the expression level of all the predicted Aux/IAA genes was down-regulated in transgenic plant. Conversely, the expression level of genes related to biological stress was up-regulated, most of which were pathogenesis-related genes. 【Conclusion】 Overexpression of CsGH3.6 can inhibit auxin signal transduction through acylating free IAA, regulate the homeostasis of JA and SA, change the morphogenesis of cells and plants, and finally enhance the plant resistance to citrus canker. The results suggest that the regulation of hormone homeostasis has potential value in citrus disease resistance breeding.

Key words: Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc), citrus canker, auxin, CsGH3.6, resistance