Developmental Cell,2024,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.033

Summary

Although the antagonistic effects of host resistance against biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens have been documented in various plants, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here, we investigated the antagonistic resistance mediated by the transcription factor ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3-LIKE 3 (OsEIL3) in rice. The  Oseil3  mutant confers enhanced resistance to the necrotroph  Rhizoctonia solani  but greater susceptibility to the hemibiotroph  Magnaporthe oryzae  and biotroph  Xanthomonas oryzae  pv.  oryzae . OsEIL3 directly activates  OsERF040  transcription while repressing  OsWRKY28  transcription. The infection of  R. solani  and  M. oryzae  or  Xoo  influences the extent of binding of OsEIL3 to  OsWRKY28  and  OsERF040  promoters, resulting in the repression or activation of both salicylic acid (SA)- and jasmonic acid (JA)-dependent pathways and enhanced susceptibility or resistance, respectively. These results demonstrate that the distinct effects of plant immunity to different pathogen types are determined by two transcription factor modules that control transcriptional reprogramming and the SA and JA pathways.

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