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ArticlePlant communications2024

Lr34/Yr18/Sr57/Pm38 confers broad-spectrum resistance to fungal diseases via sinapyl alcohol transport for cell wall lignification in wheat.

Yichen Zhang, Guang Chen, Yiming Zang, Sridhar Bhavani, Bin Bai, Wei Liu, Miaomiao Zhao, Yikeng Cheng, Shunda Li, Wei Chen and 7 more

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Yichen ZhangHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Guang ChenHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Yiming ZangHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Sridhar BhavaniInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km. 45, Carretera, México-Veracruz, El Batán, Texcoco CP 56237E do, de México, Mexico.
Bin BaiWheat Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province 730070, China.
Wei LiuHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Miaomiao ZhaoHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Yikeng ChengHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Shunda LiHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Wei ChenHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Wenhao YanHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Hailiang MaoHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Handong SuHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China.
Ravi P SinghHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China; International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km. 45, Carretera, México-Veracruz, El Batán, Texcoco CP 56237E do, de México, Mexico.
Evans LagudahCSIRO Agriculture & Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Qiang LiHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China. Electronic address: qli@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Caixia LanHubei Hongshan Laboratory, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430070, China. Electronic address: cxlan@mail.hzau.edu.cn.

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesHubei Hongshan LaboratoryNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The widely recognized pleiotropic adult plant resistance gene Lr34 encodes an ATP-binding cassette transporter and plays an important role in breeding wheat for enhanced resistance to multiple fungal diseases. Despite its significance, the mechanisms underlying Lr34-mediated pathogen defense remain largely unknown. Our study demonstrates that wheat lines carrying the Lr34res allele exhibit thicker cell walls and enhanced resistance to fungal penetration compared to those without Lr34res. Transcriptome and metabolite profiling revealed that the lignin biosynthetic pathway is suppressed in lr34 mutants, indicating a disruption in cell wall lignification. Additionally, we discovered that lr34 mutant lines are hypersensitive to sinapyl alcohol, a major monolignol crucial for cell wall lignification. Yeast accumulation and efflux assays confirmed that the LR34 protein functions as a sinapyl alcohol transporter. Both genetic and virus-induced gene silencing experiments demonstrated that the disease resistance conferred by Lr34 can be enhanced by incorporating the TaCOMT-3B gene, which is responsible for the biosynthesis of sinapyl alcohol. Collectively, our findings provide novel insights into the role of Lr34 in disease resistance through mediating sinapyl alcohol transport and cell wall deposition, and highlight the synergistic effect of TaCOMT-3B and Lr34 against multiple fungal pathogens by mediating cell wall lignification in adult wheat plants.

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Cell WallDisease ResistanceLigninPlant DiseasesPlant ProteinsTriticumATP-Binding Cassette TransportersGene Expression Regulation, PlantATP-Binding Cassette TransportersLigninPlant Proteinsadult plant resistancedisease resistanceligninLr34TaCOMT-3B

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PMCPMC11671766

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