Lu, Jing; Ju, Hongping; Zhou, Guoxin; Zhu, Chuanshu; Erb, Matthias; Wang, Xiaopeng; Wang, Peng; Lou, Yonggen (2011). An EAR-motif-containing ERF transcription factor affects herbivore-induced signaling, defense and resistance in rice. The Plant Journal, 68(4), pp. 583-596. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04709.x
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Ethylene responsive factors (ERFs) are a large family of plant-specific transcription factors that are involved in the regulation of plant development and stress responses. However, little to nothing is known about their role in herbivore-induced defense. We discovered a nucleus-localized ERF gene in rice (Oryza sativa), OsERF3, that was rapidly up-regulated in response to feeding by the rice striped stem borer (SSB) Chilo suppressalis. Antisense and over-expression of OsERF3 revealed that it positively affects transcript levels of two mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and two WRKY genes as well as concentrations of jasmonate (JA), salicylate (SA) and the activity of trypsin protease inhibitors (TrypPIs). OsERF3 was also found to mediate the resistance of rice to SSB. On the other hand, OsERF3 was slightly suppressed by the rice brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) and increased susceptibility to this piercing sucking insect, possibly by suppressing H2O2 biosynthesis. We propose that OsERF3 affects early components of herbivore-induced defense responses by suppressing MAPK repressors and modulating JA, SA, ethylene and H2O2 pathways as well as plant resistance. Our results also illustrate that OsERF3 acts as a central switch that gears the plant’s metabolism towards an appropriate response to chewing or piercing/sucking insects.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Biotic Interactions 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Erb, Matthias |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
ISSN: |
0960-7412 |
Publisher: |
Blackwell Science |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas |
Date Deposited: |
24 Nov 2015 14:16 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:50 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04709.x |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
rice, ethylene responsive factor, herbivore resistance, defense-related signaling, mitogen-activated protein kinase, WRKY |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.73053 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/73053 |
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