文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Hu, Zhaorong ¹ ; Wang, Rui ¹ ; Zheng, Mei ¹ ; Liu, Xingbei ¹ ; Meng, Fei ² ; Wu, Hualing ³ ; Yao, Yingyin ¹ ; Xin, Mingmi ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.China Agr Univ, State Key Lab Agrobiotechnol, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China; China Agr Univ, Key Lab Crop Heterosis & Utilizat MOE, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China; China Agr Univ, Beijing Key Lab Crop Genet Improvement, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Genet & Dev Biol, State Key Lab Plant Genom, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China

3.Guangdong Acad Agr Sci, Tea Res Inst, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China

关键词： wheat; lateral root; transcription factor; ethylene; knockdown; Triticum aestivum L

期刊名称：PLANT JOURNAL （ 影响因子：6.417； 五年影响因子：7.627 ）

ISSN： 0960-7412

年卷期： 2018 年 96 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important staple food crop worldwide. Lateral roots (LRs), as the major component of root architecture, affect water and nutrient uptake in wheat. The phytohormone ethylene is known to affect LR formation; however, the factor(s) modulating ethylene during this process have not yet been elucidated in wheat. Here we identified wheat TaWRKY51 as a key factor that functions in LR formation by modulating ethylene biosynthesis. Wheat TaWRKY51RNA interference lines (TaWRKY51-RNAi) and the homozygous mutants tawrky51-2a and tawrky51-2b all produced fewer LRs than the wild type and negative transgenic plants, whereas the TaWRKY51 overexpression lines (TaWRKY51-OE) had the opposite phenotype. Transcription analysis revealed that 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (ACS) genes (TaACS2, TaACS7 and TaACS8) involved in ethylene biosynthesis were downregulated in TaWRKY51-OE lines but upregulated in TaWRKY51-RNAi lines. The rate of ethylene production also decreased in TaWRKY51-OE lines but increased in TaWRKY51-RNAi lines compared with their respective negative transgenic controls. Electrophoretic mobility shift and transient expression assays revealed that TaWRKY51 inhibits the expression of ACS genes by binding to the W-box cis-element present in their promoter region. Moreover, overexpression of ACS2 or exogenous application of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid reversed the phenotype of enhanced LR number in TaWRKY51-OE Arabidopsis lines, and overexpression of TaWRKY51 in the ethylene-overproducing mutant eto1-1 rescued its LR defect phenotype. In addition, genetic evidence demonstrates that TaWRKY51-regulated LR formation is also dependent on ethylene and auxin signaling pathways. Our findings reveal a molecular genetic mechanism by which a WRKY gene coordinates ethylene production and LR formation in wheat. Significance Statement Ethylene is known to affect lateral root formation, but the factor(s) modulating ethylene during this process have not yet been identified in wheat. In this study we identify wheat WRKY51 as a key factor that functions in lateral root formation by modulating ethylene biosynthesis by directly targeting the ethylene synthesis genes.