Phenotypic characterization and fine mapping of mps1,a premature leaf senescence mutant in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Leaves play a key role in photosynthesis in rice plants. The premature senescence of such plants directly reduces the accumulation of photosynthetic products and also affects yield and grain quality significantly and negatively. A novel premature senescence mutant, mps1（mid-late stage premature senescence 1）, was identified from a mutant library consisting of ethyl methane sulfonate（EMS） induced descendants of Jinhui 10, an elite indica restorer line of rice. The mutant allele, mps1, caused no phenotypic differences from the wild type（WT）, Jinhui 10, but drove the leaves to turn yellow when mutant plants grew to the tillering stage, and accelerated leaf senescence from the filling stage to final maturation. We characterized the agronomic traits, content of photosynthetic pigments and photosynthetic efficiency of mps1 and WT, and fine-mapped MPS1. The results showed that the MPS1-drove premature phenotype appeared initially on the leaf tips at the late tillering stage and extended to the middle of leaves during the maturing stage. Compared to the WT, significant differences were observed among traits of the number of grains per panicle（–31.7%） and effective number of grains per panicle（–38.5%） of mps1 individuals. Chlorophyll contents among the first leaf from the top（Top 1st）, the second leaf from the top（Top 2nd） and the third leaf from the top（Top 3rd） of mps1 were significantly lower than those of WT（P〈0.05）, and the levels of photosynthetic efficiency from Top 1st to the forth leaf from the top（Top 4th） of mps1 were significantly lower than those of WT（P〈0.01）. Results from the genetic analysis indicated that the premature senescence of mps1 is controlled by a recessive nuclear gene, and this locus, MPS1 is located in a 37.4-kb physical interval between the markers Indel145 and Indel149 on chromosome 6. Genomic annotation suggested eight open reading frames（ORFs） within this physical region. All of these results will provide informative references for the further researches involving functional analyses and molecular mechanism exploring of MPS1 in rice.

水稻类病斑早衰突变体lmps1的表型鉴定与基因定位

经甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变优良籼型水稻恢复系缙恢10号,获得一个稳定遗传的水稻类病斑早衰突变体lmps1(lesion mimic and premature senescence 1)。该突变体苗期表型正常,分蘖早期出现褐色类病斑,且斑点数目随植株生长而增多,孕穗期叶片开始萎黄衰老。与野生型相比,突变体lmps1的每穗总粒数下降8%(P<0.05),株高、穗长、有效穗数、每穗实粒数、结实率以及千粒重分别下降14.3%、24.3%、27.2%、50%、45.7%与14.5%,差异均达极显著水平(P<0.01)。遮光处理表明,突变体lmps1的类病斑性状受光照诱导。孕穗期叶片光合色素含量下降且光合效率降低, H2O2含量增加,抗氧化酶SOD和CAT的活性显著降低。透射电镜观察结果显示,突变体lmps1叶肉细胞中叶绿体数目减少,叶绿体的类囊体片层结构损伤降解。qRT-PCR结果显示,突变体lmps1中防卫反应相关基因除POX22.3表达量降低外,POC1、PAL、PBZ1、PR1、NPR1、PR5表达量均极显著高于野生型。遗传分析表明突变体lmps1的类病斑早衰性状受1对隐性核基因控制,利用西农1A与突变体lmps1杂交所得F2群体中的突变株,将目标基因定位于第7染色体长臂端粒附近约167.3 kb的物理区段内。