Journal
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 749-760Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12923
Keywords
Botrytis; GAMYB gene; Lilium; miR159; plant-pathogen interaction; transgenics
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFD1000403]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [BLX201813]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M650518]
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Grey mould is one of the most determinative factors of lily growth and plays a major role in limiting lily productivity. MicroRNA159 (miR159) is a highly conserved microRNA in plants, and participates in the regulation of plant development and stress responses. Our previous studies revealed that lre-miR159a participates in the response of Lilium regale to Botrytis elliptica according to deep sequencing analyses; however, the response mechanism remains unknown. Here, lre-miR159a and its target LrGAMYB gene were isolated from L. regale. Transgenic Arabidopsis overexpressing lre-MIR159a exhibited larger leaves and smaller necrotic spots on inoculation with Botrytis than those of wild-type and overexpressing LrGAMYB plants. The lre-MIR159a overexpression also led to repressed expression of two targets of miR159, AtMYB33 and AtMYB65, and enhanced accumulation of hormone-related genes, including AtPR1, AtPR2, AtNPR1, AtPDF1.2, and AtLOX for both the jasmonic acid and salicylic acid pathways. Moreover, lower levels of H2O2 and O2- were observed in lre-MIR159a transgenic Arabidopsis, which reduced the damage from reactive oxygen species accumulation. Taken together, these results indicate that lre-miR159a positively regulates resistance to grey mould by repressing the expression of its target LrGAMYB gene and activating a defence response.
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