]*>","")" /> Characterization of a Novel Plantain <i>Asr</i> Gene, <i>MpAsr</i>, that is Regulated in Response to Infection of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f.sp. <i>cubense</i> and Abiotic Stresses

J Integr Plant Biol ›› 2010, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (3): 315-323.DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00912.x

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Characterization of a Novel Plantain Asr Gene, MpAsr, that is Regulated in Response to Infection of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense and Abiotic Stresses

Hai-Yan Liu†, Jin-Ran Dai†, Dong-Ru Feng, Bing Liu, Hong-Bin Wang* and Jin-Fa Wang   

  • 收稿日期:2009-03-06 接受日期:2009-11-08 出版日期:2010-02-05 发布日期:2010-02-05

Characterization of a Novel Plantain Asr Gene, MpAsr, that is Regulated in Response to Infection of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense and Abiotic Stresses

Hai-Yan Liu†, Jin-Ran Dai†, Dong-Ru Feng, Bing Liu, Hong-Bin Wang* and Jin-Fa Wang   

  1. The State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and The Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
    †These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Received:2009-03-06 Accepted:2009-11-08 Online:2010-02-05 Published:2010-02-05
  • About author:*Author for correspondence Tel: +86 20 8403 9179; Fax: +86 20 8403 9179; E-mail: wanghb@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Abstract:

Asr (abscisic acid, stress, ripening induced) genes are typically upregulated by a wide range of factors, including drought, cold, salt, abscisic acid (ABA) and injury; in addition to plant responses to developmental and environmental signals. We isolated an Asr gene, MpAsr, from a suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) cDNA library of cold induced plantain (Musa paradisiaca) leaves. MpAsr expression was upregulated in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense infected plantain leaves, peels and roots, suggesting that MpAsr plays a role in plantain pathogen response. In addition, a 581-bp putative promoter region of MpAsr was isolated via genome walking and cis-elements involved in abiotic stress and pathogen-related responses were detected in this same region. Furthermore, the MpAsr promoter demonstrated positive activity and inducibility in tobacco under F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense infection and ABA, cold, dehydration and high salt concentration treatments. Interestingly, transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing MpAsr exhibited higher drought tolerance, but showed no significant decreased sensitivity to F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense. These results suggest that MpAsr might be involved in plant responses to both abiotic stress and pathogen attack.
 

Liu HY, Dai JR, Feng DR, Liu B, Wang HB, Wang JF (2010) Characterization of a novel plantain Asr gene, MpAsr, that is regulated in response to infection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense and abiotic stresses. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 52(3), 315–323.

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