The tRNA thiolation-mediated translational control is essential for plant immunity

  1. Xueao Zheng
  2. Hanchen Chen
  3. Zhiping Deng
  4. Yujing Wu
  5. Linlin Zhong
  6. Chong Wu
  7. Xiaodan Yu
  8. Qiansi Chen
  9. Shunping Yan  Is a corresponding author
  1. Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, China
  2. Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, China
  3. College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
  4. Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, China
  5. Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
  6. Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
  7. State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
  8. Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
9 figures, 2 tables and 1 additional file

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The rol5 mutants are more susceptible to the bacterial pathogen Psm ES4326 than wild-type (WT).

(A) Pictures of Arabidopsis 3 days after infection. The arrows indicate the leaves inoculated with Psm ES4326 (OD600=0.0002). cgb and rol5-c are mutants defective in ROL5. COM, the complementation …

ROL5 interacts with CTU2.

(A) A schematic diagram showing the function of ROL5 and CTU2. The ROL5 homolog NCS6 and the CTU2 homolog NCS2 form a complex to catalyze the mcm5s2U modification at wobble nucleotide of tRNA-Lys …

ROL5 and CTU2 are required for mcm5s2U modification and plant immunity.

(A and B) The rol5-c and ctu2-1 mutants are more susceptible to the bacterial pathogen Psm ES4326 than wild-type (WT). (A) Pictures of Arabidopsis plants 3 days after infection. Arrows indicate the …

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
The transcriptome and proteome reprogramming are compromised in cgb.

(A and B) The percentage and the number of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs, p-value <0.05, |Log2Foldchange|>Log21.5, (A)) and the differentially expressed proteins (DEPs, p-value <0.05, …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Principal component analysis (PCA) of the transcriptome (A) and proteome samples (B).
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The translation of immune-related proteins is compromised in cgb.

(A) Venn diagram analysis of attenuated genes and proteins. (B) Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of the 261 attenuated proteins. The top 6 significantly enriched GO terms are shown. (C) Western blot …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Analyses of NPR1 transcript levels in cgb and COM.

The 7-day-old seedlings grown on 1/2 MS medium were treated with buffer (10 mM MgCl2, pH 7.5, Mock) or Psm ES4326 (OD600=0.2) for 48 hr. The relative mRNA level of NPR1 was normalized against UBQ5. …

Figure 5—figure supplement 2
The salicylic acid (SA)-mediated protection assay.

The Arabidopsis plants were treated with (+) or without (-) 600 μM benzothiadiazole (BTH) for 24 hr before infection. The growth of Psm ES4326 was shown. CFU, colony-forming unit. Error bars …

Figure 5—figure supplement 3
The genetic relationship between NPR1 and CGB.

The Arabidopsis plants were infected with Psm ES4326 and the growth of Psm ES4326 was shown. CFU, colony-forming unit. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals (n=7). Statistical significance …

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Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Gene (Arabidopsis thaliana)ROL5TAIRAT2G44270
Gene (Arabidopsis thaliana)CTU2TAIRAT4G35910
Genetic reagent (Arabidopsis thaliana)cgbThis paperIt contains a T-DNA insertion in the fourth exon of ROL5 and is hypersusceptible to pathogen.
Genetic reagent (Arabidopsis thaliana)COMThis paperIt contains the coding sequence of ROL5 driven by 35S promoter in cgb.
Genetic reagent (Arabidopsis thaliana)rol5-cThis paperThe mutant was generated using CRISPR-Cas9 system. It contains a 2-bp deletion in the first exon of ROL5.
Genetic reagent (Arabidopsis thaliana)ctu2-1ABRCSALK_032692
Genetic reagent (Arabidopsis thaliana)npr1-1Cao et al., 1997
Strain, strain Background (Escherichia coli)BL21TransGenCat # CD901-02Electrocompetent cells
Strain, strain background (Escherichia coli)DH5αTransGenCat # CD201-01Electrocompetent cells
Strain, strain background (Agrobacterium tumefaciens)GV3101SangonCat # B528430Electrocompetent cells
Strain, strain background (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)AH109ClontechCat # 630489Electrocompetent cells
Strain, strain background (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Maculicola)Psm 4326Durrant et al., 2007ES4326
AntibodyAnti-NPR1 (Rabbit polyclonal)From Dr. Li YangWB(1:3000)
AntibodyAnti-His (Mouse monoclonal)AbclonalCat # AE003WB(1:5000)
AntibodyAnti-GST (Mouse monoclonal)AbclonalCat # AE001WB(1:5000)
AntibodyAnti-FLAG (Mouse monoclonal)PromoterWB(1:5000)
AntibodyAnti-GFP (Mouse monoclonal)PromoterWB(1:5000)
OtherGFP-TrapchromotekCat # gtma
OtherHypersil GOLDThermo FisherCat # 25005-254630
Appendix 1—table 1
The primers used in this study.
NameSequence(5'–3')Application
ROL5-F1ACATTACAATTACATTTACAATTACATGGAGGCCAAGAACAAGAAFor complementation
ROL5-R1GGGTCTTAATTAACTCTCTAGATTAGAAATCCAGAGATCCACAT
ROL5-F2CGGAATTC ATGGAGGCCAAGAACAAGAFor Y2H
ROL5-R2CGGGATCC TTAGAAATCCAGAGATCCAC
CTU2-F1CGGAATTC ATGGCTTGTAATTCCTCAG
CTU2-R1CGGGATCC TTAGACAACCTCTTCATCGT
ROL5-F3GGGGTACCATGGAGGCCAAGAACAAGAFor split luc
ROL5-R3GCGTCGACGAAATCCAGAGATCCAC
CTU2-F2GGGGTACCATGGCTTGTAATTCCTCAG
CTU2-R2GCGTCGACTTAGACAACCTCTTCATCGT
GUS-FacgcgtcccggggcggtaccATGGTAGATCTGAGGGTAAA
GUS-RcgaaagctctgcaggtcgacCTATTGTTTGCCTCCCTGCTG
ROL5-F0TGACTGCTCCCTACCTGTCGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCFor CRISPR mutant of ROL5
ROL5-R0AACGAGACGTCCCGTCCTCAAACAATCTCTTAGTCGACTCTAC
ROL5-BsFATATATGGTCTCGATTGACTGCTCCCTACCTGTCGAGTT
ROL5-BsRATTATTGGTCTCGAAACGAGACGTCCCGTCCTCAAACAA
ROL5-F4TTGAAAGGTTTACATCTTGGAATFor sequencing of target sites
ROL5-R4AAAGGTGATTGCTTAGATTCTGATT
ROL5-F5CTCAAAAACCTCATAAAAGCACTCT
ROL5-R5AACTGCGTCACTGTCTTTACTCT
ROL5-F6TTAAGAAGGAGATATACCATGGGCATGGAGGCCAAGAACAAGAFor protein expression
ROL5-R6GAGTGCGGCCGCAAGCTTTTAGAAATCCAGAGATCCAC
CTU2-F3TTCCAGGGGCCCCTGGGATCCATGGCTTGTAATTCCTCAG
CTU2-R3AGTCACGATGCGGCCGCTCGAGTTAGACAACCTCTTCATCGT
ROL5-F7CAATTACATTTACAATTACATGGAGGCCAAGAACAAGAFor co-immunoprecipitation
ROL5-R7GGGTCTTAATTAACTCTCTAGATTTGTCATCATCGTCTTTG
CTU2-F4CAATTACATTTACAATTACATGGCTTGTAATTCCTCAGG
CTU2-R4GGGTCTTAATTAACTCTCTAGATTACTTGTACAGCTCGTCCA
cgb-LPGTATGAGAAGTGATTGAGTATGTGFor genotyping
cgb-RPTCGATGTGCACCTACTTAATCTAC
cgb-RBCTAATGAGTGAGCTAACTCAC
ctu2-LPTCACATTGCATTGAATCATCCFor genotyping
ctu2-RPTCAAATTTAGCACATGGGACC
ROL5-F1GGAGCTGCGTTATTGAAAGTAGFor qPCR
ROL5-R1CCACGATATGCATTAGGAGAGT
UBQ5-F1GAAGATCCAAGACAAGGAAGGA
UBQ5-R1CTTCTTCCTCTTCTTAGCACCA
NPR1-P1ATGATTTCTACAGCGACGCTAA
NPR1-P2GACTTCGTAATCCTTGGCAATC

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