Analysis of the essential DNA region for OsEBP-89 promoter in response to methyl jasmonic acid  

作　　者：LI Ang1,2, CHEN LiangLiang1,3, REN HaiYun3, WANG XueChen2, ZHANG HaiWen1,4 & HUANG Rong- Feng1,4 1 Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 2 National Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China 3 College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 4 National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China 

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2008年第3期280-285,共6页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB101700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30671135, 30525034 and 30730060)

摘　　要：In rice, the characterization of OsEBP-89 is inducible by various stress- or hormone-stimuli, including ethylene, abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonate acid (JA), drought and cold. Here, we report the investigation of essential DNA region within OsEBP-89 promoter for methyl jasmonic acid (MeJA) induction. PLACE analysis indicates that this promoter sequence contains multiple potential elements in response to various stimuli. First, we fused this promoter with GUS gene and analyzed its expression under MeJA treatment through Agrobacterium infiltration mediating transient expression in tobacco leaves. Our results revealed that this chimeric gene could be inducible by MeJA in tobacco leaves. To further de- termine the crucial sequences responsible for MeJA induction, we generated a series of deletion pro- moters which were fused with GUS reporter gene respectively. The results of transient expression of GUS gene driven by these mutant promoters show that the essential region for MeJA induction is po- sitioned in the region between -1200 and -800 in OsEBP-89 promoter containing a G-box (?1127), which is distinct from the essential region containing ERE (?562) for ACC induction. In all, our finding is helpful in understanding the molecular mechanism of OsEBP-89 expression under different stimuli.In rice, the characterization of OsEBP-89 is inducible by various stress- or hormone-stimuli, including ethylene, abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonate acid (JA), drought and cold. Here, we report the investigation of essential DNA region within OsEBP-89 promoter for methyl jasmonic acid (MeJA) induction. PLACE analysis indicates that this promoter sequence contains multiple potential elements in response to various stimuli. First, we fused this promoter with GUS gene and analyzed its expression under MeJA treatment through Agrobacterium infiltration mediating transient expression in tobacco leaves. Our results revealed that this chimeric gene could be inducible by MeJA in tobacco leaves. To further de- termine the crucial sequences responsible for MeJA induction, we generated a series of deletion pro- moters which were fused with GUS reporter gene respectively. The results of transient expression of GUS gene driven by these mutant promoters show that the essential region for MeJA induction is po- sitioned in the region between -1200 and -800 in OsEBP-89 promoter containing a G-box (?1127), which is distinct from the essential region containing ERE (?562) for ACC induction. In all, our finding is helpful in understanding the molecular mechanism of OsEBP-89 expression under different stimuli.

关 键 词：OsEBP-89 ESSENTIAL DNA REGION METHYL jasmonic acid transient assay PROMOTER TOBACCO leaves 

分 类 号：Q943[生物学—植物学]