Stress-induced nuclear translocation of ONAC023 improves drought and heat tolerance through multiple processes in rice
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ABSTRACT: Drought and heat are major abiotic stresses frequently coinciding to threaten rice production. Despite hundreds of stress-related genes being identified, only a few have been confirmed to confer resistance to multiple stresses in crops. Here we report ONAC023, a hub stress regulator that integrates the regulations of both drought and heat tolerance in rice. ONAC023 positively regulates drought and heat tolerance at both seedling and reproductive stages. Notably, the functioning of ONAC023 is obliterated without stress treatment and can be triggered by drought and heat stresses at two layers. Besides the stress-induced expression, ONAC023 also exhibits cytoplasm-nucleus transport via a remorin-importin-α-assisted pathway regulated by the stress-dependent dephosphorylation of OsREM1.5. Under drought or heat stress, the nuclear ONAC023 can target and promote the expression of diverse genes, such as OsPIP2;7, PGL3, OsFKBP20-1b, and OsSF3B1, which are involved in various processes including water transport, reactive oxygen species homeostasis, and alternative splicing. These results manifest that ONAC023 is fine-tuned to positively regulate drought and heat tolerance through the integration of multiple stress-responsive processes. Our findings provide not only an underlying connection between drought and heat responses, but also a promising candidate for engineering multi-stress-resilient rice.
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos
ORGANISM(S): Oryza Sativa (rice)
TISSUE(S): Plant Cell, Leaf
SUBMITTER: Yu Chang
LAB HEAD: Lizhong Xiong
PROVIDER: PXD046729 | Pride | 2024-06-13
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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