Calcineurin B-like interacting protein kinase OsCIPK23 functions in pollination and drought stress responses in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

作     者：Wenqiang Yang Zhaosheng Kong Edith Omo-Ikerodah Wenying Xu Qun Li Yongbiao Xue 

作者机构：Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences National Centre for Plant Gene Research Beijing 100190 China Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》 (遗传学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第35卷第9期

页      面：531-543页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071010[理学-生物化学与分子生物学] 07[理学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 

基　　金：the the National Basic Research Program (No. 2005CB120804) and Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

主　　题：OsCIPK23 water pollination drought rice （Oryza sativa L.） 

摘      要：Drought is very harmful to grain yield due to its adverse effect on reproduction, especially on pollination process in rice. However, the molecular basis of such an effect still remains largely unknown. Here, we report the role of a member of CBL （Calcineurin B-Like） Interacting Protein Kinase （CIPK） family, OsCIPK23, in pollination and stress responses in rice. Molecular analyses revealed that it is mainly expressed in pistil and anther but up-regulated by pollination, as well as by treatments of various abiotic stresses and phytohormones. RNA interference-mediated suppression of OsCIPK23 expression significantly reduced seed set and conferred a hypersensitive response to drought stress, indicating its possible roles in pollination and drought stress. In consistent, overexpression of OsCIPK23 induced the expression of several drought tolerance related genes. Taken together, these results indicate that OsCIPK23 is a multistress induced gene and likely mediates a signaling pathway commonly shared by both pollination and drought stress responses in rice.