rice calcium‐dependent protein kinase OsCPK12 oppositely modulates salt‐stress tolerance and blast disease resistance

• Published in: The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 2012-01, Vol.69 (1), p.26-36
• Main Authors: Asano, Takayuki, Hayashi, Nagao, Kobayashi, Michie, Aoki, Naohiro, Miyao, Akio, Mitsuhara, Ichiro, Ichikawa, Hiroaki, Komatsu, Setsuko, Hirochika, Hirohiko, Kikuchi, Shoshi, Ohsugi, Ryu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Abscisic acid; Abscisic Acid - metabolism; Abscisic Acid - pharmacology; Ascorbate Peroxidases - genetics; Biological and medical sciences; blast disease; calcium; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases - genetics; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases - metabolism; calcium‐dependent protein kinase; Disease Resistance; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; fungi; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; genes; hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen Peroxide - metabolism; Kinases; leaves; Magnaporthe - pathogenicity; mutants; Mutation; NADP (coenzyme); NADPH Oxidases - genetics; Oryza - drug effects; Oryza - microbiology; Oryza - physiology; Oryza sativa; Plant diseases; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Leaves - metabolism; Plant Leaves - microbiology; Plant physiology and development; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plant resistance; Plants, Genetically Modified; protein kinases; Proteins; reactive oxygen species; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Rice; RNA Interference; Salinity; salt stress; Salt-Tolerance; seedlings
• ISSN: 0960-7412; 1365-313X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04766.x

Calcium‐dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) regulate the downstream components in calcium signaling pathways. We investigated the effects of overexpression and disruption of an Oryza sativa (rice) CDPK (OsCPK12) on the plant’s response to abiotic and biotic stresses. OsCPK12‐overexpressing (OsCPK12‐OX) plants exhibited increased tolerance to salt stress. The accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the leaves was less in OsCPK12‐OX plants than in wild‐type (WT) plants. Genes encoding reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging enzymes (OsAPx2 and OsAPx8) were more highly expressed in OsCPK12‐OX plants than in WT plants, whereas the expression of the NADPH oxidase gene, OsrbohI, was decreased in OsCPK12‐OX plants compared with WT plants. Conversely, a retrotransposon (Tos17) insertion mutant, oscpk12, and plants transformed with an OsCPK12 RNA interference (RNAi) construct were more sensitive to high salinity than were WT plants. The level of H2O2 accumulation was greater in oscpk12 and OsCPK12 RNAi plants than in the WT. These results suggest that OsCPK12 promotes tolerance to salt stress by reducing the accumulation of ROS. We also observed that OsCPK12‐OX seedlings had increased sensitivity to abscisic acid (ABA) and increased susceptibility to blast fungus, probably resulting from the repression of ROS production and/or the involvement of OsCPK12 in the ABA signaling pathway. Collectively, our results suggest that OsCPK12 functions in multiple signaling pathways, positively regulating salt tolerance and negatively modulating blast resistance.