Repression of microRNA biogenesis by silencing of OsDCL1 activates the basal resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae in rice

•OsDCL1 RNAi lines showed enhanced resistance to rice blast.•A negative feedback loop between miR162a and OsDCL1 was identified.•Differentially expressed miRNAs responsive to rice blast infection were identified.•PR and PTI responsive genes were constitutively activated in OsDCL1 RNAi lines. The RNa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant science (Limerick) 2015-08, Vol.237, p.24-32
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Dandan, Liu, Muxing, Tang, Mingzhi, Dong, Bo, Wu, Dianxing, Zhang, Zhengguang, Zhou, Bo
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Zusammenfassung:•OsDCL1 RNAi lines showed enhanced resistance to rice blast.•A negative feedback loop between miR162a and OsDCL1 was identified.•Differentially expressed miRNAs responsive to rice blast infection were identified.•PR and PTI responsive genes were constitutively activated in OsDCL1 RNAi lines. The RNaseIII enzyme Dicer-like 1 (DCL1) processes the microRNA biogenesis and plays a determinant role in plant development. In this study, we reported the function of OsDCL1 in the immunity to rice blast, the devastating disease caused by the fungal pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae. Expression profiling demonstrated that different OsDCLs responded dynamically and OsDCL1 reduced its expression upon the challenge of rice blast pathogen. In contrast, miR162a predicted to target OsDCL1 increased its expression, implying a negative feedback loop between OsDCL1 and miR162a in rice. In addition to developmental defects, the OsDCL1-silencing mutants showed enhanced resistance to virulent rice blast strains in a non-race specific manner. Accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and cell death were observed in the contact cells with infectious hyphae, revealing that silencing of OsDCL1 activated cellular defense responses. In OsDCL1 RNAi lines, 12 differentially expressed miRNAs were identified, of which 5 and 7 were down- and up-regulated, respectively, indicating that miRNAs responded dynamically in the interaction between rice and rice blast. Moreover, silencing of OsDCL1 activated the constitutive expression of defense related genes. Taken together, our results indicate that rice is capable of activating basal resistance against rice blast by perturbing OsDCL1-dependent miRNA biogenesis pathway.
ISSN:0168-9452
1873-2259
DOI:10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.05.002