Identification of herbivore-elicited long non-coding RNAs in rice

Lanlan Wang; Siwen Wu; Jingjing Jin; Ran Li

doi:10.1080/15592324.2021.1916702

Identification of herbivore-elicited long non-coding RNAs in rice

Plant Signal Behav. 2021 Jul 3;16(7):1916702. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1916702. Epub 2021 Apr 25.

Authors

Lanlan Wang¹, Siwen Wu², Jingjing Jin³, Ran Li²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
³ China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, China.

Abstract

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in plants are emerging as new players in biotic stress responses. Pathogen-associated lncRNAs have been broadly identified and functionally characterized in multiple species. However, herbivore-responsive lncRNAs in plants are poorly investigated. Our recent study revealed that lncRNAs also play roles in plant defense against herbivores in wild tobacco. Here, we identified armyworm (AW)-elicited lncRNAs in monocot rice by employing a similar approach. A total of 238 lncRNAs were found to be differentially expressed (DE) in AW-treated plants relative to control plants. The cis effect of these DE lncRNAs was predicted. Interestingly, one DE lncRNA was identified from the antisense transcripts of the jasmonate ZIM-domain gene JAZ10.

Keywords: Rice; herbivore; long non-coding RNA.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cyclopentanes
Herbivory
Moths / physiology
Oryza / genetics*
Oryza / parasitology
Oxylipins
RNA, Long Noncoding / analysis*
RNA, Plant / analysis*

Substances

Cyclopentanes
Oxylipins
RNA, Long Noncoding
RNA, Plant
jasmonic acid

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31901955]; Max Planck Partner Group Program (to R.L.); the Hundred-Talent Program of Zhejiang University (to R.L.).