Journal
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 10, Pages 1988-1999Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13612
Keywords
OsRpp30; HDT701; RNase P; Pyricularia oryzae (syn; Magnaporthe oryzae); Xanthomonas oryzae pv; oryzae
Funding
- National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [31272034, 31300250]
- National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals
- Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS) at OSU
- CFAES [2021-030]
- Behrman Research Fund
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OsRpp30, functioning as a catalytic ribonucleoprotein RNP subunit in rice, plays multiple roles including chromatin regulation and innate immunity. It is shown to increase expression post-infection, co-localize with HDT701 in the nucleus, and enhance defense gene expression and ROS production, resulting in resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens in rice. OsRpp30, conserved in grass crops, co-purifies with RNase P pre-tRNA cleavage activity and has a crucial role in defense regulation, suggesting its potential for generating disease-resistant rice cultivars.
RNase P functions either as a catalytic ribonucleoprotein (RNP) or as an RNA-free polypeptide to catalyse RNA processing, primarily tRNA 5 ' maturation. To the growing evidence of non-canonical roles for RNase P RNP subunits including regulation of chromatin structure and function, we add here a role for the rice RNase P Rpp30 in innate immunity. This protein (encoded by LOC_Os11g01074) was uncovered as the top hit in yeast two-hybrid assays performed with the rice histone deacetylase HDT701 as bait. We showed that HDT701 and OsRpp30 are localized to the rice nucleus, OsRpp30 expression increased post-infection by Pyricularia oryzae (syn. Magnaporthe oryzae), and OsRpp30 deacetylation coincided with HDT701 overexpression in vivo. Overexpression of OsRpp30 in transgenic rice increased expression of defence genes and generation of reactive oxygen species after pathogen-associated molecular pattern elicitor treatment, outcomes that culminated in resistance to a fungal (P. oryzae) and a bacterial (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) pathogen. Knockout of OsRpp30 yielded the opposite phenotypes. Moreover, HA-tagged OsRpp30 co-purified with RNase P pre-tRNA cleavage activity. Interestingly, OsRpp30 is conserved in grass crops, including a near-identical C-terminal tail that is essential for HDT701 binding and defence regulation. Overall, our results suggest that OsRpp30 plays an important role in rice immune response to pathogens and provides a new approach to generate broad-spectrum disease-resistant rice cultivars.
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