The molecular mechanism underlying phototherapy and light treatment,which utilize various wavelength spectra of light,including near-infrared(NIR),to cure human and plant diseases,is obscure.Here we re-vealed that NIR...The molecular mechanism underlying phototherapy and light treatment,which utilize various wavelength spectra of light,including near-infrared(NIR),to cure human and plant diseases,is obscure.Here we re-vealed that NIR light confers antiviral immunity by positively regulating PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4(PIF4)-activated RNA interference(RNAi)in plants.PIF4,a central transcription factor involved in light signaling,accumulates to high levels under NIR light in plants.PIF4 directly induces the transcription of two essential components of RNAi,RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE 6(RDR6)and ARGONAUTE 1(AGO1),which play important roles in resistance to both DNA and RNA viruses.Moreover,the pathogenic determinant bC1 protein,which is evolutionarily conserved and encoded by betasatellites,interacts with PIF4 and inhibits its positive regulation of RNAi by disrupting PIF4 dimerization.Thesefindings shed light on the molecular mechanism of PIF4-mediated plant defense and provide a new perspective for the explo-ration of NIR antiviral treatment.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,China (32125032,31830073,and 31901853).
文摘The molecular mechanism underlying phototherapy and light treatment,which utilize various wavelength spectra of light,including near-infrared(NIR),to cure human and plant diseases,is obscure.Here we re-vealed that NIR light confers antiviral immunity by positively regulating PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4(PIF4)-activated RNA interference(RNAi)in plants.PIF4,a central transcription factor involved in light signaling,accumulates to high levels under NIR light in plants.PIF4 directly induces the transcription of two essential components of RNAi,RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE 6(RDR6)and ARGONAUTE 1(AGO1),which play important roles in resistance to both DNA and RNA viruses.Moreover,the pathogenic determinant bC1 protein,which is evolutionarily conserved and encoded by betasatellites,interacts with PIF4 and inhibits its positive regulation of RNAi by disrupting PIF4 dimerization.Thesefindings shed light on the molecular mechanism of PIF4-mediated plant defense and provide a new perspective for the explo-ration of NIR antiviral treatment.
