Jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase regulates development and herbivory-induced defense response in rice  

作　　者：Jinfeng Qi Jiancai Li Xiu Han Ran Li Jianqiang Wu Haixin Yu Lingfei Hu Yutao Xiao Jing Lu Yonggen Lou 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University [2]Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》2016年第6期564-576,共13页植物学报（英文版）

基　　金：sponsored by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (201403030);the China Agriculture Research System (CARS01-21);the National Program of Transgenic Variety Development of China (2011ZX08009-003-001)

摘　　要：Jasmonic acid（JA） and related metabolites play a key role in plant defense and growth. JA carboxyl methyltransferase（JMT） may be involved in plant defense and development by methylating JA to methyl jasmonate（Me JA） and thus influencing the concentrations of JA and related metabolites. However, no JMT gene has been well characterized in monocotyledon defense and development at the molecular level. After we cloned a rice JMT gene,Os JMT1, whose encoding protein was localized in the cytosol, we found that the recombinant Os JMT1 protein catalyzed JA to Me JA. Os JMT1 is up-regulated in response to infestation with the brown planthopper（BPH; Nilaparvata lugens）. Plants in which Os JMT1 had been overexpressed（oeJMT plants） showed reduced height and yield. These oe-JMT plants also exhibited increased Me JA levels but reduced levels of herbivore-induced JA and jasmonoyl-isoleucine（JAIle）. The oe-JMT plants were more attractive to BPH female adults but showed increased resistance to BPH nymphs,probably owing to the different responses of BPH female adults and nymphs to the changes in levels of H_2O_2 and Me JA in oe-JMT plants. These results indicate that Os JMT1,by altering levels of JA and related metabolites, plays a role in regulating plant development and herbivore-induced defense responses in rice.Jasmonic acid（JA） and related metabolites play a key role in plant defense and growth. JA carboxyl methyltransferase（JMT） may be involved in plant defense and development by methylating JA to methyl jasmonate（Me JA） and thus influencing the concentrations of JA and related metabolites. However, no JMT gene has been well characterized in monocotyledon defense and development at the molecular level. After we cloned a rice JMT gene,Os JMT1, whose encoding protein was localized in the cytosol, we found that the recombinant Os JMT1 protein catalyzed JA to Me JA. Os JMT1 is up-regulated in response to infestation with the brown planthopper（BPH; Nilaparvata lugens）. Plants in which Os JMT1 had been overexpressed（oeJMT plants） showed reduced height and yield. These oe-JMT plants also exhibited increased Me JA levels but reduced levels of herbivore-induced JA and jasmonoyl-isoleucine（JAIle）. The oe-JMT plants were more attractive to BPH female adults but showed increased resistance to BPH nymphs,probably owing to the different responses of BPH female adults and nymphs to the changes in levels of H_2O_2 and Me JA in oe-JMT plants. These results indicate that Os JMT1,by altering levels of JA and related metabolites, plays a role in regulating plant development and herbivore-induced defense responses in rice.

关 键 词：Herbivore-induced plant defense jasmonic acid jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase jasmonoyl-isoleucine methyl jasmonate Nilaparvata lugens rice 

分 类 号：S435.11[农业科学—农业昆虫与害虫防治]