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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2024, Vol. 23 Issue (10): 3294-3310    DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.07.040
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Expression analysis of the R2R3-MYB gene family in upland cotton and functional study of GhMYB3D5 in regulating Verticillium wilt resistance

Jie Liu, Zhicheng Wang, Bin Chen, Guoning Wang, Huifeng Ke, Jin Zhang, Mengjia Jiao, Yan Wang, Meixia Xie, Yanbin Li, Dongmei Zhang, Xingyi Wang, Qishen Gu, Zhengwen Sun, Liqiang Wu, Xingfen Wang, Zhiying Ma#, Yan Zhang#

State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation/North China Key Laboratory for Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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摘要  

黄萎病(Verticillium wilt, VW)可导致棉花产量大幅下降,提高植物对黄萎病的抗性是一个世界性难题作物生长过程中,需要有效地分配有限的能量资源以平衡生长和防御。目前有特异性对大丽轮枝菌作出响应的转录因子及其分子机制被报道。本研究发现,与其他类型的MYB转录因子相比,棉花中大部分R2R3型MYB转录因子在V. dahliae染后发生显著的表达变化。其中,一种新的R2R3-MYB转录因子GhMYB3D5特异性响应V. dahliae的侵染在没有V. dahliae存在的情况下GhMYB3D515种棉花组织中均不表达;在植株被V. dahliae侵染下该基因被显著诱导表达。本研究明确了GhMYB3D5正向调控棉花黄萎病的功能及其抗性机制:植株感染V. dahliae后,上调表达GhMYB3D5转录因子结合GhADH1基因的启动子,激活GhADH1基因的表达;并且GhMYB3D5转录因子GhADH1蛋白可发生物理相互作用,从而进一步增强了GhMYB3D5对其靶基因GhADH1的转录激活强度进一步发现转录调控模块GhMYB3D5-GhADH1通过提高植株木质素生物合成相关基因GhPALGhC4HGh4CLGhPOD/ GhLAC的转录水平促进木质素积累,从而增强植株VW抗性。综上所述,研究结果表明GhMYB3D5促进了防御诱导的木质素的积累,该调控方式认为是协调植物免疫和生长的有效方式。



Abstract  

Improving plant resistance to Verticillium wilt (VW), which causes massive losses in Gossypium hirsutum, is a global challenge.  Crop plants need to efficiently allocate their limited energy resources to maintain a balance between growth and defense.  However, few transcriptional regulators specifically respond to Verticillium dahliae and the underlying mechanism has not been identified in cotton.  In this study, we found that the that expression of most R2R3-MYB members in cotton is significantly changed by Vdahliae infection relative to the other MYB types.  One novel R2R3-MYB transcription factor (TF) that specifically responds to Vdahliae, GhMYB3D5, was identified.  GhMYB3D5 was not expressed in 15 cotton tissues under normal conditions, but it was dramatically induced by Vdahliae stress.  We functionally characterized its positive role and underlying mechanism in VW resistance.  Upon Vdahliae infection, the up-regulated GhMYB3D5 bound to the GhADH1 promoter and activated GhADH1 expression.  In addition, GhMYB3D5 physically interacted with GhADH1 and further enhanced the transcriptional activation of GhADH1.  Consequently, the transcriptional regulatory module GhMYB3D5-GhADH1 then promoted lignin accumulation by improving the transcriptional levels of genes related to lignin biosynthesis (GhPAL, GhC4H, Gh4CL, and GhPOD/GhLAC) in cotton, thereby enhancing cotton VW resistance.  Our results demonstrated that the GhMYB3D5 promotes defense-induced lignin accumulation, which can be regarded as an effective way to orchestrate plant immunity and growth. 

Keywords:  cotton        Verticillium wilt resistance       GhMYB3D5        GhADH1        transcriptional regulatory module  
Received: 18 March 2024   Accepted: 12 June 2024
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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF1001403), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (C2022204205), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32372194), and the National Top Talent Project and Hebei Top Talent, China.
About author:  Jie Liu, E-mail: liu15733220385@163.com; #Correspondence Zhiying Ma, E-mail: mzhy@hebau.edu.cn; Yan Zhang, Tel: +86-312-7528401, E-mail: zhangyan7235@126.com

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Jie Liu, Zhicheng Wang, Bin Chen, Guoning Wang, Huifeng Ke, Jin Zhang, Mengjia Jiao, Yan Wang, Meixia Xie, Yanbin Li, Dongmei Zhang, Xingyi Wang, Qishen Gu, Zhengwen Sun, Liqiang Wu, Xingfen Wang, Zhiying Ma, Yan Zhang. 2024. Expression analysis of the R2R3-MYB gene family in upland cotton and functional study of GhMYB3D5 in regulating Verticillium wilt resistance. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 23(10): 3294-3310.

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