文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Liu, Mei ¹ ; Sui, Yiping ¹ ; Yu, Chunxin ⁴ ; Wang, Xuncheng ³ ; Zhang, Wei ³ ; Wang, Baomin ¹ ; Yan, Jiye ³ ; Duan, Liusheng ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.China Agr Univ, Engn Res Ctr Plant Growth Regulator, Minist Educ, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China

2.China Agr Univ, Coll Agron, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China

3.Beijing Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Plant Protect, Beijing Key Lab Environm Friendly Management Fruit, Beijing 100097, Peoples R China

4.Beijing Univ Agr, Coll Plant Sci & Technol, Beijing Key Lab New Technol Agr Applicat, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China

关键词： maize; Gibberella stalk rot; coronatine; transcriptome; co-expression network; metabolomics; phytohormone signaling; flavonoid biosynthesis

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF FUNGI （ 影响因子：4.7； 五年影响因子：5.2 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 9 卷 12 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： One of the most destructive diseases, Gibberella stalk rot (GSR), caused by Fusarium graminearum, reduces maize yields significantly. An induced resistance response is a potent and cost-effective plant defense against pathogen attack. The functional counterpart of JAs, coronatine (COR), has attracted a lot of interest recently due to its ability to control plant growth and stimulate secondary metabolism. Although several studies have focused on COR as a plant immune elicitor to improve plant resistance to pathogens, the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of the suppressive ability against COR to F. graminearum in maize have been limited. We investigated the potential physiological and molecular mechanisms of COR in modulating maize resistance to F. graminearum. COR treatment strongly enhanced disease resistance and promoted stomatal closure with H2O2 accumulation, and 10 mu g/mL was confirmed as the best concentration. COR treatment increased defense-related enzyme activity and decreased the malondialdehyde content with enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity. To identify candidate resistance genes and gain insight into the molecular mechanism of GSR resistance associated with COR, we integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic data to systemically explore the defense mechanisms of COR, and multiple hub genes were pinpointed using weighted gene correlation network analysis (WGCNA). We discovered 6 significant modules containing 10 candidate genes: WRKY transcription factor (LOC100279570), calcium-binding protein (LOC100382070), NBR1-like protein (LOC100275089), amino acid permease (LOC100382244), glutathione S-transferase (LOC541830), HXXXD-type acyl-transferase (LOC100191608), prolin-rich extensin-like receptor protein kinase (LOC100501564), AP2-like ethylene-responsive transcription factor (LOC100384380), basic leucine zipper (LOC100275351), and glycosyltransferase (LOC606486), which are highly correlated with the jasmonic acid-ethylene signaling pathway and antioxidants. In addition, a core set of metabolites, including alpha-linolenic acid metabolism and flavonoids biosynthesis linked to the hub genes, were identified. Taken together, our research revealed differentially expressed key genes and metabolites, as well as co-expression networks, associated with COR treatment of maize stems after F. graminearum infection. In addition, COR-treated maize had higher JA (JA-Ile and Me-JA) levels. We postulated that COR plays a positive role in maize resistance to F. graminearum by regulating antioxidant levels and the JA signaling pathway, and the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway is also involved in the resistance response against GSR.