Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084004
Keywords
plant immunity; NLRs; TIR; TN; TNL; cell death; ETI
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31761133017]
- Distinguished Young Scientists Fund of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University of China [xjq202009]
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A large TN gene cluster on Arabidopsis chromosome 1, including nine TN genes and two TIR-NBS-LRR genes, was identified. The study found that TNL40 and TNL60 TIR domains specifically associate with TN10 and induce cell death. Subcellular localization showed that TNL40 localized in the cytoplasm, while TNL60 and TN10 were found in both the cytoplasm and nucleus, indicating potential cooperation in plant disease resistance.
The encoding genes of plant intracellular nucleotide-binding site (NBS) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain receptors (NLRs) often exist in the form of a gene cluster. Several recent studies demonstrated that the truncated Toll/interleukin-1 receptor-NBS (TIR-NBS) proteins play important roles in immunity. In this study, we identified a large TN gene cluster on Arabidopsis ecotype Col-0 chromosome 1, which included nine TN genes, TN4 to TN12. Interestingly, this cluster also contained two typical TIR-NBS-LRR genes: At1g72840 and At1g72860 (hereinafter referred to as TNL40 and TNL60, respectively), which formed head-to-head genomic arrangement with TN4 to TN12. However, the functions of these TN and TNL genes in this cluster are still unknown. Here, we showed that the TIR domains of both TNL40 and TNL60 associated with TN10 specifically. Furthermore, both TNL40TIR and TNL60TIR induced cell death in Nicotiana tabacum leaves. Subcellular localization showed that TNL40 mainly localized in the cytoplasm, whereas TNL60 and TN10 localized in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Additionally, the expression of TNL40, TNL60, and TN10 were co-regulated after inoculated with bacterial pathogens. Taken together, our study indicates that the truncated TIR-NBS protein TN10 associates with two clustered TNL immune receptors, and may work together in plant disease resistance
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