The rice transcription factor OsWRKY47 is a positive regulator of the response to water deficit stress

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 401-413

  Raineri, Jesica ^a   Wang, Songhu ^b,c   Peleg, Zvi ^b,d   Blumwald, Eduardo ^b   Chan, Raquel Lia ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Delayed senescence; Drought tolerance; OsWRKY47; PSARK< inf>::IPT; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; DROUGHT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84933676215     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0329-7     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Berri S, Abbruscato P, Faivre-Rampant O, Brasileiro A, Fumasoni I, Satoh K, Kikuchi S, Mizzi L, Morandini P, Pe M, Piffanelli P (2009) Characterization of WRKY co-regulatory networks in rice and Arabidopsis. BMC Plant Biol 9:120
2. Besseau S, Li J, Palva ET (2012) WRKY54 and WRKY70 co-operate as negative regulators of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Exp Bot 63:2667–2679
3. Blackwell TK, Weintraub H (1990) Differences and similarities in DNA binding preferences of MyoD and E2A protein complexes revealed by binding site selection. Science 250:1104–1110
4. Blum A (2009) Effective use of water (EUW) and not water-use efficiency (WUE) is the target of crop yield improvement under drought stress. Field Crops Res 112:119–123
5. Cai R, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Lin Y, Peng X, Li Q, Chang Y, Jiang H, Xiang Y, Cheng B (2014). Overexpression of a maize WRKY58 gene enhances drought and salt tolerance in transgenic rice. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 119:565–577
6. Capella M, Re DA, Arce AL, Chan RL (2014) Plant homeodomain-leucine zipper I transcription factors exhibit different functional AHA motifs that selectively interact with TBP or/and TFIIB. Plant Cell Rep 33:955–967
7. Chen Y-F, Li L-Q, Xu Q, Kong Y-H, Wang H, Wu W-H (2009) The WRKY6 transcription factor modulates PHOSPHATE1 expression in response to low Pi stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21:3554–3566
8. Chen H, Lai Z, Shi J, Xiao Y, Chen Z, Xu X (2010) Roles of Arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40 and WRKY60 transcription factors in plant responses to abscisic acid and abiotic stress. BMC Plant Biol 10:281
9. Chen L, Song Y, Li S, Zhang L, Zou C, Yu D (2012) The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant abiotic stresses. Biochim Biophys Acta Gene Regul Mech 1819:120–128
10. Ciolkowski I, Wanke D, Birkenbihl RP, Somssich IE (2008) Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Mol Biol 68:81–92
11. Du L, Chen Z (2000) Identification of genes encoding receptor-like protein kinases as possible targets of pathogen- and salicylic acid-induced WRKY DNA-binding proteins in Arabidopsis. Plant J 24:837–847
12. Eulgem T, Somssich IE (2007) Networks of WRKY transcription factors in defense signaling. Curr Opin Plant Biol 10:366–371
13. Eulgem T, Rushton PJ, Robatzek S, Somssich IE (2000) The WRKY superfamily of plant transcription factors. Trends Plant Sci 5:199–206
14. Giacomelli I, Ribichich KF, Dezar CA, Chan RL (2010) Expression analyses indicate the involvement of sunflower WRKY transcription factors in stress responses, and phylogenetic reconstructions reveal the existence of a novel clade in the Asteraceae. Plant Sci 178:398–410
15. Guo H, Li L, Ye H, Yu X, Algreen A, Yin Y (2009) Three related receptor-like kinases are required for optimal cell elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106:7648–7653
16. Ho SN, Hunt HD, Horton RM, Pullen JK, Pease LR (1989) Site-directed mutagenesis by overlap extension using the polymerase chain reaction. Gene 77:51–59
17. Jefferson RA (1987) Assaying chimeric genes in plants: the GUS gene fusion system. Plant Mol Biol Rep 5:387–405
18. Jung HW, Lim CW, Hwang BK (2006) Isolation and functional analysis of a pepper lipid transfer protein III (CALTPIII) gene promoter during signaling to pathogen, abiotic and environmental stresses. Plant Sci 170:258–266
19. Kasajima I, Ide Y, Yokota Hirai M, Fujiwara T (2010) WRKY6 is involved in the response to boron deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiol Plant 139:80–92
20. Kerchev PI, Pellny TK, Vivancos PD, Kiddle G, Hedden P, Driscoll S, Vanacker H, Verrier P, Hancock RD, Foyer CH (2011) The transcription factor ABI4 Is required for the ascorbic acid-dependent regulation of growth and regulation of jasmonate-dependent defense signaling pathways in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 23:3319–3334
21. Klok EJ, Wilson IW, Wilson D, Chapman SC, Ewing RM, Somerville SC, Peacock WJ, Dolferus R, Dennis ES (2002) Expression profile analysis of the low-oxygen response in Arabidopsis root cultures. Plant Cell 14:2481–2494
22. Li F, Asami T, Wu X, Tsang EW, Cutler AJ (2007) A putative hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase involved in regulating plant growth and development. Plant Physiol 145:87–97
23. Livak KJ, Schmittgen TD (2001) Analysis of relative gene expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and the 2−DDCT method. Methods 25:402–408
24. Luo X, Bai X, Sun XL, Zhu D, Liu BH, Ji W, Cai H, Cao L, Wu J, Hu MR, Liu X, Tang LL, Zhu YM (2013) Expression of wild soybean WRKY20 in Arabidopsis enhances drought tolerance and regulates ABA signaling. J Exp Bot 64:2155–2169
25. Mangelsen E, Kilian J, Berendzen KW, Kolukisaoglu ÜH, Harter K, Jansson C, Wanke D (2008) Phylogenetic and comparative gene expression analysis of barley (Hordeum vulgare) WRKY transcription factor family reveals putatively retained functions between monocots and dicots. BMC Genom 9:194
26. Miao Y, Laun T, Zimmermann P, Zentgraf U (2004) Targets of the WRKY53 transcription factor and its role during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 55:853–867
27. Nakabayashi K, Okamoto M, Koshiba T, Kamiya Y, Nambara E (2005) Genome-wide profiling of stored mRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination: epigenetic and genetic regulation of transcription in seed. Plant J 41:697–709
28. Oliphant AR, Brandl CJ, Struhl K (1989) Defining the sequence specificity of DNA-binding proteins by selecting binding sites from random sequence oligonucleotides: analysis of yeast GCN4 protein. Mol Cell Biol 9:2944–2949
29. Palena CM, Gonzalez DH, Guelman SA, Chan RL (1998) Expression of sunflower homeodomain containing proteins in Escherichia coli: purification and functional studies. Protein Expr Purif 13:97–103
30. Park CY, Lee JH, Yoo JH, Moon BC, Choi MS, Kang YH, Lee SM, Kim HS, Kang KY, ChungWS Lim CO, Moo JC (2005) WRKY group IId transcription factors interact with calmodulin. FEBS Lett 579:1545–1550
31. Peleg Z, Blumwald E (2011) Hormone balance and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol 14:290–295
32. Peleg Z, Apse MP, Blumwald E (2011a) Engineering salinity and water-stress tolerance in crop plants: getting closer to the field. Adv Bot Res 57:405–443
33. Peleg Z, Reguera M, Tumimbang E, Walia H, Blumwald E (2011b) Cytokinin-mediated source/sink modifications improve drought tolerance and increase grain yield in rice under water-stress. Plant Biotechnol J 9:747–758
34. Porra RJ (2002) The chequered history of the development and use of simultaneous equations for the accurate determination of chlorophylls a and b. Photosynth Res 73:149–156
35. Ramamoorthy R, Jiang S-Y, Kumar N, Venkatesh PN, Ramachandran S (2008) A comprehensive transcriptional profiling of the WRKY Gene family in rice under various abiotic and phytohormone treatments. Plant Cell Physiol 49:865–879
36. Reddy VS, Ali GS, Reddy ASN (2002) Genes encoding Calmodulin-binding proteins in the Arabidopsis genome. J Biol Chem 277:9840–9852
37. Reguera M, Peleg Z, Blumwald E (2012) Targeting metabolic pathways for genetic engineering abiotic stress-tolerance in crops. Biochim Biophys Acta Gene Regul Mech 1819:186–194
38. Reguera M, Peleg Z, Abdel-Tawab YM, Tumimbang EB, Delatorre CA, Blumwald E (2013) Stress-induced cytokinin synthesis increases drought tolerance through the coordinated regulation of carbon and nitrogen assimilation in rice. Plant Physiol 163:1609–1622
39. Rivero RM, Kojima M, Gepstein A, Sakakibara H, Mittler R, Gepstein S, Blumwald E (2007) Delayed leaf senescence induces extreme drought tolerance in a flowering plant. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:19631–19636
40. Robatzek S, Somssich IE (2002) Targets of AtWRKY6 regulation during plant senescence and pathogen defense. Genes Dev 16:1139–1149
41. Rushton PJ, Somssich IE, Ringler P, Shen QJ (2010) WRKY transcription factors. Trends Plant Sci 15:247–258
42. Schluttenhofer C, Yuan L (2015) Regulation of specialized metabolism by WRKY transcription factors. Plant Physiol 167:295–306
43. Shang Y, Lu Y, Liu Z.-Q, Cao Z, Mei C, Xin Q, Wu F.-Q, Wang X.-F, Du S.-Y, Jiang T, Zhang X.-F, Zhao R, Sun H.-L, Liu R, Yu Y.-T, Zhang D.-P (2010) The Mg-chelatase H subunit of Arabidopsis antagonizes a group of WRKY transcription represors to relieve ABA-responsive genes of inhibition. Plant Cell 22:1909–1935
44. Smith DB, Johnson KS (1988) Single-step purification of polypeptides expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase. Gene 67:31–40
45. Sun C, Palmqvist S, Olsson H, Bore´n M, Ahlandsberg S, Jansson C (2003) A novel WRKY transcription factor, SUSIBA2, participates in sugar signaling in barley by binding to the sugar responsive elements of the iso1 promoter. Plant Cell 15:2076–2090
46. Suzuki N, Rivero RM, Shulaev V, Blumwald E, Mittler R (2014) Abiotic and biotic stress combinations. New Phytol 203:32–43
47. Tripathi P, Rabara R, Rushton P (2014) A systems biology perspective on the role of WRKY transcription factors in drought responses in plants. Planta 239:255–266
48. Ülker B, Mukhtar S, Somssich IE (2007) The WRKY70 transcription factor of Arabidopsis influences both the plant senescence and defense signaling pathways. Planta 226:125–137
49. Ulker B, Somssich IE (2004) WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function. Curr Opin Plant Biol 7:491–498
50. Verk MC, Pappaioannou D, Neeleman L, Bol JF, Linthorst HJM (2008) A novel WRKY transcription factor is required for induction of PR-1A gene expression by salicylic acid and bacterial elicitors. Plant Physiol 146:1983–1995
51. Wan D, Li R, Zou B, Zhang Z, Cong J, Wang R, Xia Y, Li G (2012) Calmodulin-binding protein CBP60 g is a positive regulator of both disease resistance and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep 31:1269–1281
52. Welchen E, Gonzalez DH (2005) Differential expression of the Arabidopsis cytochrome c genes Cytc-1 and Cytc-2. Evidence for the involvement of TCP-domain protein-binding elements in anther- and meristem-specific expression of the Cytc-1 gene. Plant Physiol 139:88–100
53. Wu K-L, Guo Z-J, Wang H-H, Li J (2005) The WRKY family of transcription factors in rice and Arabidopsis and their origins. DNA Res 12:9–26
54. Wu X, Shiroto Y, Kishitani S, Ito Y, Toriyama K (2009) Enhanced heat and drought tolerance in transgenic rice seedlings overexpressing OsWRKY11 under the control of HSP101 promoter. Plant Cell Rep 28:21–30
55. Xie Z, Zhang ZL, Zou X, Huang J, Ruas P, Thompson D, Shen QJ (2005) Annotations and functional analyses of the rice WRKY gene superfamily reveal positive and negative regulators of abscisic acid signaling in aleurone cells. Plant Physiol 137:176–189
56. Xiong X, James VA, Zhang HN, Alpeter F (2010). Constitutive expression of the barley HvWRKY38 transcription factor enhances drought in turf and forage grass (Paspalum notatum Flugge). Mol Breed 25:419–432
57. Zhou QY, Tiam AG, Zou HF, Xie ZM, Lei G, Huang J, Wang CM, Wang HW, Zhang JS, Chen SY (2008) Soybean WRKY-type transcription genes, GmWRKY13, GmWRKY21 and GmWRKY54, confer differential tolerance to abiotic stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Plant Biotechnol J 6:486–503