Antisense inhibition of the Nr gene restores normal ripening to the tomato Never-ripe mutant, consistent with the ethylene receptor-inhibition model.

نویسندگان

  • R M Hackett
  • C W Ho
  • Z Lin
  • H C Foote
  • R G Fray
  • D Grierson
چکیده

The hormone ethylene regulates many aspects of plant growth and development, including fruit ripening. In transgenic tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants, antisense inhibition of ethylene biosynthetic genes results in inhibited or delayed ripening. The dominant tomato mutant, Never-ripe (Nr), is insensitive to ethylene and fruit fail to ripen. The Nr phenotype results from mutation of the ethylene receptor encoded by the NR gene, such that it can no longer bind the hormone. NR has homology to the Arabidopsis ethylene receptors. Studies on ethylene perception in Arabidopsis have demonstrated that receptors operate by a "receptor inhibition" mode of action, in which they actively repress ethylene responses in the absence of the hormone, and are inactive when bound to ethylene. In ripening tomato fruit, expression of NR is highly regulated, increasing in expression at the onset of ripening, coincident with increased ethylene production. This expression suggests a requirement for the NR gene product during the ripening process, and implies that ethylene signaling via the tomato NR receptor might not operate by receptor inhibition. We used antisense inhibition to investigate the role of NR in ripening tomato fruit and determine its mode of action. We demonstrate restoration of normal ripening in Nr fruit by inhibition of the mutant Nr gene, indicating that this receptor is not required for normal ripening, and confirming receptor inhibition as the mode of action of the NR protein.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 124 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000