Suppression of plant immunity by Verticillium dahliae effector Vd6317 through AtNAC53 association

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第一作者： Liu, Lisen

作者： Liu, Lisen;Duan, Hongying;Zhao, Hang;Ge, Xiaoyang;Liu, Lisen;Li, Jianing;Wang, Zhaohan;Zhou, Haodan;Wang, Ye;Qin, Wenqiang;Zhao, Hang;Ge, Xiaoyang;Zhao, Hang;Ge, Xiaoyang

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关键词： Verticillium dahliae; effector; host-pathogen interaction; cotton; Arabidopsis; transcription factor

期刊名称：PLANT JOURNAL （ 影响因子：6.2； 五年影响因子：7.1 ）

ISSN： 0960-7412

年卷期： 2024 年 119 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Verticillium dahliae, a soil-borne fungal pathogen, compromises host innate immunity by secreting a plethora of effectors, thereby facilitating host colonization and causing substantial yield and quality losses. The mechanisms underlying the modulation of cotton immunity by V. dahliae effectors are predominantly unexplored. In this study, we identified that the V. dahliae effector Vd6317 inhibits plant cell death triggered by Vd424Y and enhances PVX viral infection in Nicotiana benthamiana. Attenuation of Vd6317 significantly decreased the virulence of V. dahliae, whereas ectopic expression of Vd6317 in Arabidopsis and cotton enhanced susceptibility to V. dahliae infection, underscoring Vd6317's critical role in pathogenicity. We observed that Vd6317 targeted the Arabidopsis immune regulator AtNAC53, thereby impeding its transcriptional activity on the defense-associated gene AtUGT74E2. Arabidopsis nac53 and ugt74e2 mutants exhibited heightened sensitivity to V. dahliae compared to wild-type plants. A mutation at the conserved residue 193L of Vd6317 abrogated its interaction with AtNAC53 and reduced the virulence of V. dahliae, which was partially attributable to a reduction in Vd6317 protein stability. Our findings unveil a hitherto unrecognized regulatory mechanism by which the V. dahliae effector Vd6317 directly inhibits the plant transcription factor AtNAC53 activity to suppress the expression of AtUGT74E2 and plant defense.

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