Sweet potato(Ipomoea batatas[L.]Lam.)is a crucial staple and bioenergy crop.Its abiotic stress tolerance holds significant importance in fully utilizing marginal lands.Transcriptional processes regulate abiotic stress...Sweet potato(Ipomoea batatas[L.]Lam.)is a crucial staple and bioenergy crop.Its abiotic stress tolerance holds significant importance in fully utilizing marginal lands.Transcriptional processes regulate abiotic stress responses,yet the molecular regulatory mechanisms in sweet potato remain unclear.In this study,a NAC(NAM,ATAF1/2,and CUC2)transcription factor,IbNAC087,was identified,which is commonly upregulated in salt-and drought-tolerant germplasms.Overexpression of IbNAC087 increased salt and drought tolerance by increasing jasmonic acid(JA)accumulation and activating reactive oxygen species(ROS)scavenging,whereas silencing this gene resulted in opposite phenotypes.JA-rich IbNAC087-OE(overexpression)plants exhibited more stomatal closure than wild-type(WT)and IbNAC087-Ri plants under NaCl,polyethylene glycol,and methyl jasmonate treatments.IbNAC087 functions as a nuclear transcriptional activator and directly activates the expression of the key JA biosynthesisrelated genes lipoxygenase(IbLOX)and allene oxide synthase(IbAOS).Moreover,IbNAC087 physically interacted with a RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase NAC087-INTERACTING E3 LIGASE(IbNIEL),negatively regulating salt and drought tolerance in sweet potato.IbNIEL ubiquitinated IbNAC087 to promote 26S proteasome degradation,which weakened its activation on IbLOX and IbAOS.The findings provide insights into the mechanism underlying the IbNIEL-IbNAC087 module regulation of JA-dependent salt and drought response in sweet potato and provide candidate genes for improving abiotic stress tolerance in crops.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFD1200700/2023YFD1200702)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(grant no.6212017)+3 种基金the Beijing Food Crops Innovation Consortium Program(BAIC02-2023)the Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City(grant no.SCKJ-JYRC-2022-61/SYND-2022-09)China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-10,Sweetpotato)Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2023TC057/2022TC003)。
文摘Sweet potato(Ipomoea batatas[L.]Lam.)is a crucial staple and bioenergy crop.Its abiotic stress tolerance holds significant importance in fully utilizing marginal lands.Transcriptional processes regulate abiotic stress responses,yet the molecular regulatory mechanisms in sweet potato remain unclear.In this study,a NAC(NAM,ATAF1/2,and CUC2)transcription factor,IbNAC087,was identified,which is commonly upregulated in salt-and drought-tolerant germplasms.Overexpression of IbNAC087 increased salt and drought tolerance by increasing jasmonic acid(JA)accumulation and activating reactive oxygen species(ROS)scavenging,whereas silencing this gene resulted in opposite phenotypes.JA-rich IbNAC087-OE(overexpression)plants exhibited more stomatal closure than wild-type(WT)and IbNAC087-Ri plants under NaCl,polyethylene glycol,and methyl jasmonate treatments.IbNAC087 functions as a nuclear transcriptional activator and directly activates the expression of the key JA biosynthesisrelated genes lipoxygenase(IbLOX)and allene oxide synthase(IbAOS).Moreover,IbNAC087 physically interacted with a RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase NAC087-INTERACTING E3 LIGASE(IbNIEL),negatively regulating salt and drought tolerance in sweet potato.IbNIEL ubiquitinated IbNAC087 to promote 26S proteasome degradation,which weakened its activation on IbLOX and IbAOS.The findings provide insights into the mechanism underlying the IbNIEL-IbNAC087 module regulation of JA-dependent salt and drought response in sweet potato and provide candidate genes for improving abiotic stress tolerance in crops.
