文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Gan, Ping ¹ ; Wang, Yongliang ¹ ; Wei, Hanxing ¹ ; Lu, Siyuan ¹ ; Sun, Jinliang ¹ ; Luo, Xianglan ¹ ; Meng, Xiangbing ⁴ ; Jia, Peilong ¹ ; Cen, Weijian ¹ ; Li, Rongbai ¹ ; Yu, Hong ⁵ ; Li, Jiayang ⁴ ; Luo, Jijing ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Guangxi Univ, Coll Life Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Conservat & Utilizat Subtrop Agrobio, Nanning 530004, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Inst Trop Biosci & Biotechnol, State Key Lab Trop Crop Breeding, Sanya, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Sanya Res Inst, Sanya, Peoples R China

4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Genet & Dev Biol, Key Lab Seed Innovat, Beijing, Peoples R China

5.Yazhouwan Natl Lab, Sanya, Peoples R China

关键词： chilling tolerance; natural variation; quantitative trait loci; R protein; regulatory mechanism; rice

期刊名称：PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL （ 影响因子：10.5； 五年影响因子：12.4 ）

ISSN： 1467-7644

年卷期： 2025 年

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Low temperature limits rice geographical distribution. However, japonica rice, characterised by its chilling tolerance, can be planted in high-altitude and temperate regions, and the molecular mechanisms underlying this adaptation remain partially understood. Here, we identified a novel major chilling-tolerant QTL, qCSS12, through map-based cloning using a chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) previously developed from a cross between the chilling-tolerant japonica rice Koshihikari and the indica rice Nona Bokra. Its causal gene RGA4L (Disease Resistance Gene Analog 4-Like) encodes a specific NLR protein. RNAi lines of the Koshihikari allele RGA4Ljap exhibit increased sensitivity to cold, whereas overexpression lines enhance chilling tolerance of both the vegetative and reproductive stages in rice. Further, we found that RGA4L physically interacts with both OsHSP90 and OsLEA5. These interactions may facilitate the proper assembly of an RGA4L protein complex and then sense and transduce chilling signals to downstream pathways involving OsLEA5, thereby conferring chilling tolerance. Moreover, we demonstrate that RGA4L has been a major target of artificial selection for low-temperature acclimation during japonica rice domestication. This work shows that RGA4L confers chilling tolerance throughout all growth stages and holds potential for breeding cold-resistant elite rice varieties.