title: Arabidopsis RAP2.2 plays an important role in plant resistance to Botrytis cinerea and ethylene responses.
abstract: • Ethylene plays a crucial role in plant resistance to necrotrophic pathogens, in which ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTORs (ERFs) are often involved. • Here, we evaluated the role of an ERF transcription factor, RELATED TO AP2 2 (RAP2.2), in Botrytis resistance and ethylene responses in Arabidopsis. We analyzed the resistance of transgenic plants overexpressing RAP2.2 and the T-DNA insertion mutant to Botrytis cinerea. We assessed its role in the ethylene signaling pathway by molecular and genetic approaches. • RAP2.2-overexpressing transgenic plants showed increased resistance to B. cinerea, whereas its T-DNA insertion mutant rap2.2-3 showed decreased resistance. Overexpression of RAP2.2 in ethylene insensitive 2 (ein2) and ein3 ein3-like 1 (eil1) mutants restored their resistance to B. cinerea. Both ethylene and Botrytis infection induced the expression of RAP2.2 and the induction was disrupted in ein2 and ein3 eil1 mutants. We identified rap2.12-1 as a T-DNA insertion mutant of RAP2.12, the closest homolog of RAP2.2. The hypocotyls of rap2.2-3 rap2.12-1 double mutants showed ethylene insensitivity. The constitutive triple response in constitutive triple response1 (ctr1) was partially released in the rap2.2-3 rap2.12-1 ctr1 triple mutants. • Our findings demonstrate that RAP2.2 functions as an important regulator in Botrytis resistance and ethylene responses.
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.|State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Kang-Quan
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.|State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Zhangliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.|The National Plant Gene Research Center (Beijing), Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Hongya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.|The National Plant Gene Research Center (Beijing), Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Li-Jia
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Genji
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020171:Botrytis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018546:Hypocotyl / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005030:Ethylenes; C525662:RAP2.2 protein, Arabidopsis; C036483:T-DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors; C036216:ethylene