Functional specificity, diversity, and redundancy of Arabidopsis JAZ family repressors in jasmonate and COI1‐regulated growth, development, and defense. Issue 4 (19th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Bei; Seong, Kyungyong; Pang, Shihai; Song, Junqiao; Gao, Hua; Wang, Cuili; Zhai, Jiaqi; Zhang, Yue; Gao, Shang; Li, Xuedong; Qi, Tiancong; Song, Susheng
• Is Part Of: New phytologist. Volume 231:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 1525
• Page End: 1545
• Publication Date: 2021-06-19
• Subjects: Arabidopsis -- COI1 -- defense -- development -- growth -- jasmonate -- JAZs; Botany -- Periodicals; 580
• DOI: 10.1111/nph.17477
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-646X

Abstract

Summary: In response to jasmonates (JAs), the JA receptor Coronatine Insensitive 1 (COI1) recruits JA‐zinc‐finger inflorescence meristem (ZIM)‐domain (JAZ) family repressors for destruction to regulate plant growth, development, and defense. As Arabidopsis encodes 13 JAZ repressors, their functional specificity, diversity, and redundancy in JA/COI1‐mediated responses remain unclear. We generated a broad range of jaz mutants based on their phylogenetic relationship to investigate their roles in JA responses. The group I JAZ6 may play an inhibitory role in resistance to Botrytis cinerea, group II (JAZ10)/III (JAZ11/12) in JA‐regulated root growth inhibition and susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000, and group IV JAZ3/4/9 in flowering time delay and defense against insects. JAZs exhibit high redundancy in apical hook curvature. The undecuple jaz1/2/3/4/5/6/7/9/10/11/12 ( jaz1‐7, 9‐12 ) mutations enhance JA responses and suppress the phenotypes of coi1‐1 in flowering time, rosette growth, and defense. The JA hypersensitivity of jaz1‐7, 9‐12 in root growth, hook curvature, and leaf yellowing is blocked by coi1‐1 . jaz1‐7, 9‐12 does not influence the stamen phenotypes of wild‐type and coi1‐1 . jaz1‐7, 9‐12 affects JA‐regulated transcriptional profile and recovers a fraction of that in coi1‐1 . This study contributes to elucidating the specificity, diversity, and redundancy of JAZ members in JA/COI1‐regulated growth, development, and defense responses.