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Iron Induces Resistance Against the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Through Potentiation of Immune Responses

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Title: Iron Induces Resistance Against the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Through Potentiation of Immune Responses
Authors: Sánchez-Sanuy, Ferran, Mateluna-Cuadra, Roberto, Tomita, Keisuke, Okada, Kazunori, Sacchi, Gian Attilio, Campo, Sonia, San Segundo, Blanca
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Subject Terms: Blast, Ferroptosis, Immune response, Iron, Magnaporthe oryzae, Oryza sativa, Phytoalexins
Description: Altres ajuts: CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya ; Iron is an essential nutrient required for plant growth and development. The availability of iron might also influence disease resistance in plants. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in the plant response to iron availability and immunity have been investigated separately from each other. In this work, we found that exposure of rice plants to high iron enhances resistance to infection by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of blast disease. RNA-Seq analysis revealed that blast resistance in iron-treated rice plants was associated with superinduction of defense-related genes during pathogen infection, including Pathogenesis-Related genes. The expression level of genes involved in the biosynthesis of phytoalexins, both diterpene phytoalexins and the flavonoid phytoalexin sakuranetin, was also higher in iron-treated plants compared with control plants, which correlated well with increased levels of phytoalexins in these plants during M. oryzae infection. Upon pathogen infection, lipid peroxidation was also higher in iron-treated plants compared with non-treated plants. We also show that M. oryzae infection modulates the expression of genes that play a pivotal role in the maintenance of iron homeostasis. Histochemical analysis of M. oryzae-infected leaves revealed colocalization of iron and reactive oxygen species in cells located in the vicinity of fungal penetration sites (e.g. appressoria) in rice plants that have been exposed to iron. Together these findings support that ferroptosis plays a role in the response of iron-treated rice plants to infection by virulent M. oryzae. Understanding interconnected regulations between iron signaling and immune signaling in rice holds great potential for developing novel strategies to improve blast resistance in rice.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
ISSN: 19398433
Relation: Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI2018-101275-B-I00; Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2021-128825OB-I00; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2015-0533; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CEX2019-000902-S; Rice; Vol. 15 (December 2022), art. 68; https://ddd.uab.cat/record/270891; urn:10.1186/s12284-022-00609-w; urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:270891; urn:pmcid:PMC9790844; urn:pmc-uid:9790844; urn:pmid:36566483; urn:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9790844; urn:articleid:19398433v15p68
Availability: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/270891
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Accession Number: edsbas.DA42DF8E
Database: BASE
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