Functional and Genome Sequence-Driven Characterization of tal Effector Gene Repertoires Reveals Novel Variants With Altered Specificities in Closely Related Malian Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Strains

Doucouré, Hinda; Al, Pérez-Quintero; Reshetnyak, Ganna; Tekete, C.; Auguy, Florence; Thomas, Emilie; Koebnik, Ralf; Szurek, Boris; Koïta, Ousmane; Verdier,; Cunnac, Sébastien

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01657

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“…Although all five of the known clade III SWEET genes in rice can function as susceptibility genes for bacterial blight, only three are known to be targeted in nature 10 . More specifically, SWEET11 expression is induced by strains encoding the TALe PthXo1, SWEET13 by PthXo2 and SWEET14 by any one of several TALes, namely AvrXa7, PthXo3, TalC and TalF (originally Tal5) 7,9–15 (Table 1). Effectors of Xoo that target clade III SWEET genes are referred to as major TALes owing to their strong virulence effect.…”

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Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

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anthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is the etiological agent of bacterial blight disease in rice. The disease is most severe in southeast Asia but is increasingly damaging in west African countries, and results in substantial yield loss 1. TALes from Xoo are injected by a type III secretion system into plant cells and recognize effector-binding elements (EBEs) in cognate SWEET host gene promoters, which results in induction of SWEET genes and production of sugars that enable disease susceptibility in rice 2,3. An array of central repeats, which are 34-35 amino acids long, are present in each TALe and interact with EBEs via two repeat variable di-residues (RVDs) at the 12th and 13th position of each repeat 4,5. Aberrant repeats, longer than 35 amino acids, are hypothesized to allow looping out of the repeat to accommodate alternate sequence binding for a particular TALe 6. Bacterial blight depends on TALe-mediated induction of at least one member of a family of sugar-transporter genes. Although rice has more than 20 SWEET genes, only those of clade III are reported to be induced by Xoo 7-10. Although all five of the known clade III SWEET genes in rice can function as susceptibility genes for bacterial blight, only three are known to be targeted in nature 10. More specifically, SWEET11 expression is induced by strains encoding the TALe PthXo1, SWEET13 by PthXo2 and SWEET14 by any one of several TALes, namely AvrXa7, PthXo3, TalC and TalF (originally Tal5) 7,9-15 (Table 1). Effectors of Xoo that target clade III SWEET genes are referred to as major TALes owing to their strong virulence effect. Naturally occurring resistance has arisen as the result of nucleotide polymorphisms in EBEs of SWEET promoters. EBE alleles of SWEET11 that are not recognized by PthXo1 are collectively referred to as the recessive resistance gene xa13. Rice varieties containing xa13 are resistant to strains that solely depend on PthXo1 for SWEET induction. Most indica rice varieties carry a SWEET13 allele that contains four adenines in the EBE for PthXo2, and rice lines carrying this allele are susceptible to PthXo2-dependent strains 12. A rare exception is the recessive resistance allele xa25, which contains three adenines in the EBE for SWEET13 in the indica cultivar Minghui 63, conferring resistance to strains that depend solely on PthXo2 16. A similar recessive resistance allele in japonica rice varieties is equally effective against strains relying on PthXo2 (ref. 12). Additional naturally occurring recessive EBE polymorphisms that confer resistance to strains carrying PthXo2, and the overlapping EBEs for PthXo3, TalF and AvrXa7 have subsequently been identified in the promoters of SWEET13 and SWEET14, respectively, in germplasm collections 17,18. Rice susceptibility genes are good targets for genome editing for disease resistance. TALe-mediated susceptibility is particularly modifiable. For instance, transcription-activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN)-directed mutations in SWEET14 created lines resistant to strains carrying PthXo3/Avr...

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“…Some individual Xoo strains have evolved a set of distinct TALE effectors that collectively target several members of the clade III SWEET family. The presence of these redundant TALEs thereby trumps single “loss-of-tale-responsiveness” resistance alleles [ 11 , 12 , 17 , 47 ]. For example, Kitaake lines carrying TALEN-induced mutation in the SWEET14 promoter [ 13 , 15 ] exhibit resistance to strains which depend exclusively on matching AvrXa7/PthXo3 for clade III SWEET family induction.…”

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Improved bacterial leaf blight disease resistance in the major elite Vietnamese rice cultivar TBR225 via editing of the OsSWEET14 promoter

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TBR225 is one of the most popular commercial rice varieties in Northern Vietnam. However, this variety is highly susceptible to bacterial leaf blight (BLB), a disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) which can lead to important yield losses. OsSWEET14 belongs to the SWEET gene family that encodes sugar transporters. Together with other Clade III members, it behaves as a susceptibility (S) gene whose induction by Asian Xoo Transcription-Activator-Like Effectors (TALEs) is absolutely necessary for disease. In this study, we sought to introduce BLB resistance in the TBR225 elite variety. First, two Vietnamese Xoo strains were shown to up-regulate OsSWEET14 upon TBR225 infection. To investigate if this induction is connected with disease susceptibility, nine TBR225 mutant lines with mutations in the AvrXa7, PthXo3 or TalF TALEs DNA target sequences of the OsSWEET14 promoter were obtained using the CRISPR/Cas9 editing system. Genotyping analysis of T0 and T1 individuals showed that mutations were stably inherited. None of the examined agronomic traits of three transgene-free T2 edited lines were significantly different from those of wild-type TBR225. Importantly, one of these T2 lines, harboring the largest homozygous 6-bp deletion, displayed decreased OsSWEET14 expression as well as a significantly reduced susceptibility to a Vietnamese Xoo strains and complete resistance to another one. Our findings indicate that CRISPR/Cas9 editing conferred an improved BLB resistance to a Vietnamese commercial elite rice variety.

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“…It has been reported that Xa41(t) (having 18 bp deletion) offers broad-spectrum resistance against a large collection of Xoo strains (Hutin et al, 2015b). Recently it was reported that some Xoo strains still cause infection in rice despite R genes (Carpenter et al, 2018;Doucouré et al, 2018). These failures have prompted plant genome engineers to develop resistance against this rapidly evolving pathogen by mutating susceptibility genes.…”

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Precise CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing in Super Basmati Rice for Resistance Against Bacterial Blight by Targeting the Major Susceptibility Gene

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Basmati rice is famous around the world for its flavor, aroma, and long grain. Its demand is increasing worldwide, especially in Asia. However, its production is threatened by various problems faced in the fields, resulting in major crop losses. One of the major problems is bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). Xoo hijacks the host machinery by activating the susceptibility genes (OsSWEET family genes), using its endogenous transcription activator like effectors (TALEs). TALEs have effector binding elements (EBEs) in the promoter region of the OsSWEET genes. Out of six well-known TALEs found to have EBEs in Clade III SWEET genes, four are present in OsSWEET14 gene's promoter region. Thus, targeting the promoter of OsSWEET14 is very important for creating broad-spectrum resistance. To engineer resistance against bacterial blight, we established CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing in Super Basmati rice by targeting 4 EBEs present in the promoter of OsSWEET14. We were able to obtain four different Super Basmati lines (SB-E1, SB-E2, SB-E3, and SB-E4) having edited EBEs of three TALEs (AvrXa7, PthXo3, and TalF). The edited lines were then evaluated in triplicate for resistance against bacterial blight by choosing one of the locally isolated virulent Xoo strains with AvrXa7 and infecting Super Basmati. The lines with deletions in EBE of AvrXa7 showed resistance against the Xoo strain. Thus, it was confirmed that edited EBEs provide resistance against their respective TALEs present in Xoo strains. In this study up to 9% editing efficiency was obtained. Our findings showed that CRISPR-Cas9 can be harnessed to generate resistance against bacterial blight in indigenous varieties, against locally prevalent Xoo strains.

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Functional and Genome Sequence-Driven Characterization of tal Effector Gene Repertoires Reveals Novel Variants With Altered Specificities in Closely Related Malian Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Strains

Cited by 31 publications

References 63 publications

Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

Improved bacterial leaf blight disease resistance in the major elite Vietnamese rice cultivar TBR225 via editing of the OsSWEET14 promoter

Precise CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing in Super Basmati Rice for Resistance Against Bacterial Blight by Targeting the Major Susceptibility Gene

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