Modification of cell wall properties has been considered as one of the determinants that confer aluminum(Al)tolerance in plants,while how cell wall modifying processes are regulated remains elusive.Here,we present a W...Modification of cell wall properties has been considered as one of the determinants that confer aluminum(Al)tolerance in plants,while how cell wall modifying processes are regulated remains elusive.Here,we present a WRKY transcription factor WRKY47 involved in Al tolerance and root growth.Lack of WRKY47 significantly reduces,while overexpression of it increases Al tolerance.We show that lack of WRKY47 substantially affects subcellular Al distribution in the root,with Al content decreased in apoplast and increased in symplast,which is attributed to the reduced cell wall Al-binding capacity conferred by the decreased content of hemicellulose I in the wrky47-1 mutant.Based on microarray,real time-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays,we further show that WRKY47 directly regulates the expression of EXTENSIN-LIKE PROTEIN(ELP)and XYLOGLUCAN ENDOTRANSGLUCOSYLASE-HYDROLASES17(XTH17)responsible for cell wall modification.Increasing the expression of ELP and XTH17 rescued Al tolerance as well as root growth in wrky47-1 mutant.In summary,our results demonstrate that WRKY47 is required for root growth under both normal and Al stress conditions via direct regulation of cell wall modification genes,and that the balance of Al distribution between root apoplast and symplast conferred by WRKY47 is important for Al tolerance.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2015CB942903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31500206,31730006)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foun-dation(Grant No.2017T100428)111 project(Grant No.B14027)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Modification of cell wall properties has been considered as one of the determinants that confer aluminum(Al)tolerance in plants,while how cell wall modifying processes are regulated remains elusive.Here,we present a WRKY transcription factor WRKY47 involved in Al tolerance and root growth.Lack of WRKY47 significantly reduces,while overexpression of it increases Al tolerance.We show that lack of WRKY47 substantially affects subcellular Al distribution in the root,with Al content decreased in apoplast and increased in symplast,which is attributed to the reduced cell wall Al-binding capacity conferred by the decreased content of hemicellulose I in the wrky47-1 mutant.Based on microarray,real time-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays,we further show that WRKY47 directly regulates the expression of EXTENSIN-LIKE PROTEIN(ELP)and XYLOGLUCAN ENDOTRANSGLUCOSYLASE-HYDROLASES17(XTH17)responsible for cell wall modification.Increasing the expression of ELP and XTH17 rescued Al tolerance as well as root growth in wrky47-1 mutant.In summary,our results demonstrate that WRKY47 is required for root growth under both normal and Al stress conditions via direct regulation of cell wall modification genes,and that the balance of Al distribution between root apoplast and symplast conferred by WRKY47 is important for Al tolerance.
