WRKY33-mediated indolic glucosinolate metabolic pathway confers resistance against Alternaria brassicicola in Arabidopsis and Brassica crops

© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences..

The tryptophan (Trp)-derived plant secondary metabolites, including camalexin, 4-hydroxy-indole-3-carbonylnitrile, and indolic glucosinolate (IGS), show broad-spectrum antifungal activity. However, the distinct regulations of these metabolic pathways among different plant species in response to fungus infection are rarely studied. In this study, our results revealed that WRKY33 directly regulates IGS biosynthesis, notably the production of 4-methoxyindole-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate (4MI3G), conferring resistance to Alternaria brassicicola, an important pathogen which causes black spot in Brassica crops. WRKY33 directly activates the expression of CYP81F2, IGMT1, and IGMT2 to drive side-chain modification of indole-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate (I3G) to 4MI3G, in both Arabidopsis and Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra Bailey). However, Chinese kale showed a more severe symptom than Arabidopsis when infected by Alternaria brassicicola. Comparative analyses of the origin and evolution of Trp metabolism indicate that the loss of camalexin biosynthesis in Brassica crops during evolution might attenuate the resistance of crops to Alternaria brassicicola. As a result, the IGS metabolic pathway mediated by WRKY33 becomes essential for Chinese kale to deter Alternaria brassicicola. Our results highlight the differential regulation of Trp-derived camalexin and IGS biosynthetic pathways in plant immunity between Arabidopsis and Brassica crops.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

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Journal of integrative plant biology - 64(2022), 5 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 1007-1019

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tao, Han [VerfasserIn]
Miao, Huiying [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Mengyu [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Chuchu [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Fen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shuqun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chuanyou [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qiaomei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alternaria brassicicola
Arabidopsis Proteins
Glucosinolate
Glucosinolates
Indoles
Journal Article
Plant defense
Secondary metabolism
Transcription Factors
WRKY33
WRKY33 protein, Arabidopsis

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Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 17.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jipb.13245

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337884951