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The microRNA OsmiR393 regulates rice brown planthopper resistance by modulating the auxin-ROS signaling cross-talk
Lin Zhu1,2,3, Haichao Li2, Zhihuan Tao2,3
1Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement of Grain and Oil Crops (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China.
Abstract:
Auxin plays critical roles in plant development and stress response. However, the roles of auxin and the immune signaling factor, reactive oxygen species (ROS), in resistance to the brown planthopper (BPH), a notorious rice-specific piercing-sucking insect that causes severe yield losses, remain unclear. We revealed that moderate naphthalene acetic acid treatment activates rice resistance to BPH, BPH infestation induces ROS accumulation, and increase in ROS content promotes BPH resistance. Underlying these phenomena, the auxin receptors OsTIR1 and OsAFB2 positively, whereas the posttranscriptional regulator OsmiR393 negatively, regulate BPH resistance. Downstream of the OsmiR393/OsTIR1 module, through successive genetic function analysis of each gene, solid genetic relationship analysis, and various biochemical assays, we established an OsmiR393/OsTIR1-OsIAA10-OsARF12-OsRbohB genetic pathway that mediates BPH resistance, in which ROS are integral. Such cross-talk between auxin and ROS reveals the intricate signaling network underlying BPH resistance, which might assist with BPH resistance breeding.
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