Leaf-derived ABA regulates rice seed development via a transporter-mediated and temperature-sensitive mechanism

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Abstract

Long-distance transport of the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) has been studied for ~50 years, yet its mechanistic basis and biological significance remain very poorly understood. Here, we show that leaf-derived ABA controls rice seed development in a temperature-dependent manner and is regulated by defective grain-filling 1 (DG1), a multidrug and toxic compound extrusion transporter that effluxes ABA at nodes and rachilla. Specifically, ABA is biosynthesized in both WT and dg1 leaves, but only WT caryopses accumulate leaf-derived ABA. Our demonstration that leaf-derived ABA activates starch synthesis genes explains the incompletely filled and floury seed phenotypes in dg1. Both the DG1-mediated long-distance ABA transport efficiency and grain-filling phenotypes are temperature sensitive. Moreover, we extended these mechanistic insights to other cereals by observing similar grain-filling defects in a maize DG1 ortholog mutant. Our study demonstrates that rice uses a leaf-to-caryopsis ABA transport-based mechanism to ensure normal seed development in response to variable temperatures.

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Qin, P., Zhang, G., Hu, B., Wu, J., Chen, W., Ren, Z., … Li, S. (2021). Leaf-derived ABA regulates rice seed development via a transporter-mediated and temperature-sensitive mechanism. Science Advances, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc8873

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