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Os-circANK negatively regulates resistance to bacterial blight in rice via Osa-miR398b/OsCSD1/OsCSD2 pathways

Liu, X.; Wang, P.; Wang, S.; Liao, W.; Ouyang, M.; Lin, S.; Lin, R.; Sarris, P. F.; Michalopoulou, V. A.; Feng, X.; Zhang, Z.; Xu, Z.; Chen, G.-Y.; Zhu, B.

2024-06-18 microbiology
10.1101/2024.06.18.599603 bioRxiv
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CircRNAs are widely present in plants, yet there have been no reports on the role of circRNA in the regulatory mechanisms of interactions between rice and pathogenic bacteria. As the sequence of circRNAs matches the parent gene except for the back splicing site, there is no feasible way to specifically knockdown circRNAs in plants. We identified a circRNA, named Os-circANK, derived from an ankyrin repeat protein, which was significantly downregulated post Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) inoculation. We have created a CRISPR-Cas13d system to specifically knockdown a plant circular RNA, resulting in genetically edited rice with a targeted decrease in Os-circANK expression. Os-circANK was found to function as a sponge for Osa-miR398b, suppressing the cleavage of OsCSD1/OsCSD2 by Osa-miR398b, leading to a reduction in ROS levels following Xoo infection and a negative regulation of resistance to bacterial blight in rice. Our findings demonstrate that Os-circANK inhibits the resistance to bacterial blight in rice via the Osa-miR398b/OsCSD1/OsCSD2 pathways.

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