期刊
PLANT JOURNAL
卷 105, 期 3, 页码 649-667出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15061
关键词
bHLH; Oryza sativa L; Pi homeostasis; SPX domain; Pi signaling
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0100700]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972486, 31701983]
- Ministry of Agriculture of China [2016ZX08001003-009]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China [LZ17C020001]
- Ministry of Education and Bureau of Foreign Experts of China [B14027]
bHLH6 is an important rice Pi response gene that enhances phosphate accumulation and adaptation responses by regulating interactions with SPX4. Overexpression of bHLH6 under Pi deficiency conditions leads to increased Pi accumulation and longer root hairs.
Low soil phosphorus (P) availability is a major limitation for crop production. The molecular mechanisms underlying plant responses and adaptation to phosphate (Pi) deficiency are unclear. OsbHLH6 (hereafter bHLH6), an uncharacterized rice (Oryza sativa) Pi starvation response gene encoding a basic helix-loop-helix protein, was identified by yeast two-hybrid screening using the phosphate response repressor OsSPX4 (hereafter SPX4) as bait. bHLH6 is expressed in shoots and roots, and its expression is significantly induced in shoots by Pi deficiency. bHLH6 overexpression lines showed Pi accumulation and enhanced Pi starvation responses, including upregulation of Pi starvation-induced genes and longer root hairs. A bhlh6 mutant showed no significant phenotype variation at the seedling stage. A pull-down assay indicated that bHLH6 had higher binding affinity with SPX4 compared to OsPHR2; therefore, bHLH6 competitively inhibited the interaction of SPX4 and OsPHR2. SPX4 overexpression rescued the Pi accumulation caused by bHLH6 overexpression under high- and low-P conditions. Moreover, overexpression of bHLH6 in an spx4 background did not affect the Pi content of spx4 under high- and low-P conditions. The bhlh6 spx4 double mutant showed lower shoot Pi concentrations and transcript levels of OsPT3 and OsPT10 compared with the spx4 mutant under high-P conditions. RNA sequencing results indicated that bHLH6 overexpression and spx4 mutant lines share many differentially expressed Pi-responsive genes. Therefore, bHLH6 is an important regulator for Pi signaling and homeostasis which antagonizes SPX4. This knowledge helps elucidate the molecular regulation of plant adaptation to Pi deficiency and will promote efforts toward the creation of low Pi-tolerant crops.
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