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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2025

CRISPR/Cas knockout of the NADPH oxidase gene OsRbohB reduces ROS overaccumulation and enhances heat stress tolerance in rice.

Xiaolong Liu, Ping Ji, Jingpeng Liao, Ximiao Duan, Zhiyang Luo, Xin Yu, Chang-Jie Jiang, Chen Xu, Hongtao Yang, Bo Peng and 1 more

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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Xiaolong LiuCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-4580
Ping JiCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Jingpeng LiaoCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Ximiao DuanCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Zhiyang LuoCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Xin YuCollege of Chemistry and Bio-engineering, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Chang-Jie JiangShandong Rice Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Chen XuInstitute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jilin Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Hongtao YangCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Bo PengCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Kai JiangCollege of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32260803Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20202BABL213046Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20232ACB205019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat stress (HS) has become a major factor limiting crop yields worldwide. HS inhibits plant growth by ROS accumulation, and NADPH oxidases (Rbohs) are major ROS producers in plants. Here, we show that CRISPR/Cas knockout of the OsRbohB (OsRbohB-KO) significantly increased rice tolerance to HS imposed at various different growth stages. We produced OsRbohB-KO and OsRbohB-overexpression (OsRbohB-OE) lines in a japonica cultivar, Nipponbare. Compared with nontransgenic wild-type (WT) plants, the OsRbohB-KO lines showed a significant increase in chlorophyll contents (5.2%-58.0%), plant growth (48.2%-65.6%) and grain yield (8.9%-20.5%), while reducing HS-induced ROS accumulation in seeds (21.3%-33.0%), seedlings (13.0%-30.4%), anthers (13.1%-20.3%) and grains (9.7%-22.1%), under HS conditions. Analysis of yield components revealed that the increased yield of OsRbohB-KO plants was due to increased starch synthetase activity, spikelets per panicle (2.0%-9.3%), filled spikelets (4.8%-15.5%), percentage of filled spikelets (2.4%-6.8%) and 1000-grain weight (2.9%-7.4%) under HS conditions during the reproductive stage. Grain milling and appearance quality, and starch content were also significantly increased in OsRbohB-KO plants under HS conditions during the mature stage. Furthermore, OsRbohB-KO significantly upregulated the expression levels of heat shock-related genes, OsHSP23.7, OsHSP17.7, OsHSF7 and OsHsfA2a, in rice seedlings and grains under long-term HS conditions. Conversely, OsRbohB-OE resulted in phenotypes that were opposite to OsRbohB-KO in most cases. Our results suggest that suppression of OsRbohB provides an effective approach for alleviating heat damage and improving grain yield and quality of rice under long-term HS conditions.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsHeat-Shock ResponseNADPH OxidasesOryzaPlant ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesThermotoleranceGene Expression Regulation, PlantGene Knockout TechniquesPlants, Genetically ModifiedNADPH OxidasesPlant ProteinsReactive Oxygen Speciesgrain yieldheat stressOsRbohB‐knockoutreactive oxygen species (ROS)Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

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PMID39485884
PMCPMC11772341

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