Transcriptomic and genetic approaches reveal an essential role of the NAC transcription factor SlNAP1 in the growth and defense response of tomato
作者机构：Department of HorticultureZhejiang University866 Yuhangtang Road310058 HangzhouPeople’s Republic of China
出 版 物：《Horticulture Research》 (园艺研究（英文）)
年 卷 期：2020年第7卷第1期
页 面：29-39页
核心收录：
学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 09[农学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0703[理学-化学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 0836[工学-生物工程] 090202[农学-蔬菜学] 0834[工学-风景园林学（可授工学、农学学位）]
基 金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD1000800) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31822046,31772355) the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province for Distinguished Young Scholar(LR19C150001) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
主 题：breeding drought eventually
摘 要：With global climate change,plants are frequently being exposed to various stresses,such as pathogen attack,drought,and extreme temperatures.Transcription factors(TFs)play crucial roles in numerous plant biological processes;however,the functions of many tomato(Solanum lycopersicum L.)TFs that regulate plant responses to multiple stresses are largely unknown.Here,using an RNA-seq approach,we identified SlNAP1,a NAC TF-encoding gene,which was strongly induced by various stresses.By generating SlNAP1 transgenic lines and evaluating their responses to biotic and abiotic stresses in tomato,we found that SlNAP1-overexpressing plants showed significantly enhanced defense against two widespread bacterial diseases,leaf speck disease,caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato(Pst)DC3000,and root-borne bacterial wilt disease,caused by Ralstonia solanacearum.In addition,SlNAP1 overexpression dramatically improved drought tolerance in tomato.Although the SlNAP1-overexpressing plants were shorter than the wild-type plants during the early vegetative stage,eventually,their fruit yield increased by 10.7%.Analysis of different hormone contents revealed a reduced level of physiologically active gibberellins(GAs)and an increased level of salicylic acid(SA)and abscisic acid(ABA)in the SlNAP1-overexpressing plants.Moreover,EMSAs and ChIP-qPCR assays showed that SlNAP1 directly activated the transcription of multiple genes involved in GA deactivation and both SA and ABA biosynthesis.Our findings reveal that SlNAP1 is a positive regulator of the tomato defense response against multiple stresses and thus may be a potential breeding target for improving crop yield and stress resistance.
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