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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2026, Vol. 25 Issue (6): 2449-2461    DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.08.018
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The conserved Xanthomonas effector XopM targets allene oxide synthase OsAOS3 and interferes with jasmonate-mediated defense in rice
Ying Li, Linlin Liu, Qi Wang, Yong Wang, Jiali Yan, Moein Khojasteh, Syed Mashab Ali Shah, Zhengyin Xu#, Gongyou Chen#

Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China 

 Highlights 
XopM contributes to Xoo virulence in rice.
XopM targets OsAOS3 to modulate JA biosynthesis.
XopM suppresses JA-mediated defense to promote infection.
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摘要  

稻黄单胞菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, Xoo引起水稻白叶枯病(Bacterial blight, BB)危害水稻安全生产的全球性重要病害。Xoo利用III型分泌系统(type III secretion system, T3SS)分泌的效应蛋白发挥毒力,造成病害的发生发展和产量损失。XopM是黄单胞菌中保守的T3SS效应物之一,然而,XopM的毒功能在很大程度上是未知的。在本研究中,我们构建了PH-PthXo1菌株用于评估单一non-TALE的毒力贡献。致病性测定结果表明XopM对水稻的Xoo致病力显著贡献。为了明确XopM在寄主水稻中的靶标进而阐述其致病机理,我们利用酵母双杂交鉴定到一个茉莉酸生物合成的关键酶丙二烯氧化物合酶(allene oxide synthase, OsAOS3)与XopM相互作用。进一步地,通过免疫共沉淀(co-immunoprecipitation, CoIP)、蛋白下拉实验(Pull-down)、分裂荧光素酶互补(split luciferase complementation, SLC)以及荧光双分子(bimolecular fluorescence complementation, BiFC)互补实验证明了XopMOsAOS3相互作用。随后,我们发现Xoo侵染水稻后,OsAOS33OsAOS同源基因(OsAOS1/2/4)均可被诱导上调表达,且在侵染早期2 h时达到顶峰随后下降至正常水平此外,利用CRISPR/Cas9技术构建了OsAOS3突变体植株,发现OsAOS3基因敲除突变体在侵染和非侵染Xoo情况下JA积累显著减少,对XooXocX. oryzae pv. oryzicola抗性显著降低;与野生型水稻日本晴相比,OsAOS3突变体中JA相关的防御基因显著下调,这些结果表明OsAOS3参与JA生物合成且正调控JA介导的水稻免疫。JA含量测定结果表明,携带xopM基因菌株能降低水稻中JA含量以及JA相关抗病基因的转录水平。综上所述研究结果揭示了一种新的毒力策略,即XopM通过劫持OsAOS3干扰JA介导的防御,从而导致水稻免疫力的抑制。



Abstract  

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a disease of global importance.  Xoo utilizes the type III secretion system (T3SS) and its effectors for virulence, and XopM is a conserved T3SS effector in Xanthomonas spp.  However, the virulence function of XopM is largely unknown.  In this study, we show that XopM contributes to Xoo virulence in rice.  We demonstrate that XopM interacts with allene oxide synthase OsAOS3, a key enzyme involved in jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis.  The expression levels of OsAOS3 and three homologues of OsAOS were elevated after Xoo infection.  Knockout mutants of OsAOS3 exhibited decreased JA accumulation and reduced resistance to Xoo and Xoryzae pv. oryzicola.  Moreover, JA-related defense genes were downregulated in osaos3 mutants during Xoo infection.  Based on our results, we propose a model showing how XopM hijacks OsAOS3 to interfere with JA-mediated defenses, leading to a suppression of rice immunity.  Our findings reveal a novel virulence strategy where Xanthomonas pathogens interfere with the JA pathway and modulate the host defense response.

Keywords:  Xanthomonas       XopM        allene oxide synthase        jasmonic acid        plant immunit  
Received: 03 June 2024   Accepted: 04 July 2024 Online: 22 August 2024  
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The authors thank Dr. Bing Yang (University of Missouri, USA) for providing the plasmids needed for the CRISPR/Cas9 system.  This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31830072 and 32102147).  

About author:  #Correspondence Gongyou Chen, E-mail: gyouchen@sjtu.edu.cn; Zhengyin Xu, E-mail: xuzy2015@sjtu.edu.cn

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Ying Li, Linlin Liu, Qi Wang, Yong Wang, Jiali Yan, Moein Khojasteh, Syed Mashab Ali Shah, Zhengyin Xu, Gongyou Chen. 2026. The conserved Xanthomonas effector XopM targets allene oxide synthase OsAOS3 and interferes with jasmonate-mediated defense in rice. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 25(6): 2449-2461.

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