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ArticlePLoS genetics2025

Coordinated transcriptomic and metabolomic responses in rice reveal lignin-based physical barriers as key mechanisms of nonhost resistance to rust fungi.

Ce Zhang, Liru Jian, Tao Guan, Yiping Wang, Huihui Pang, Yiqian Xu, Yaoyao Xing, Jiawen Wang, Zhensheng Kang, Jing Zhao

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. Additive and Partially Dominant Effects from Genomic Variation Contribute to Rice Heterosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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10 authors.

Ce ZhangCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Liru JianState Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Tao GuanCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Yiping WangCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Huihui PangCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Yiqian XuCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Yaoyao XingCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Jiawen WangCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Zhensheng KangCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Jing ZhaoCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-6529

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonhost resistance (NHR) serves as a fundamental defense response in plants against non-adapted pathogens, yet its underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study investigates the rice-Pst (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) interaction using integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses to unravel the temporal dynamics of gene expression and metabolite changes associated with NHR. Our findings reveal a temporally coordinated activation of defense responses, with early induction of receptor-like kinases (RLKs) and hypersensitive response proteins, followed by later activation of jasmonic acid and systemic acquired resistance pathways, along with the accumulation of amino acids and other phenolic compounds. Notably, metabolic pathways related to cell wall reinforcement were significantly upregulated during Pst infection, highlighted by enhanced lignin biosynthesis (phenylpropanoid pathway), nucleotide sugar metabolism, and tryptophan pathways. Rice mutants deficient in genes involved in lignin biosynthesis (OsPAL3, Os4CL3, Os4CL5, and OsCCoAOMT) displayed reduced lignin deposition at infection sites and compromised resistance to Pst, underscoring a critical role of lignin-based physical barriers in NHR. This study provides novel insights into the molecular framework of rice NHR, emphasizing the pivotal role of structural defenses in plant immunity.

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Disease ResistanceLigninOryzaPlant DiseasesTranscriptomeBasidiomycotaCell WallCyclopentanesGene Expression Regulation, PlantHost-Pathogen InteractionsMetabolomeMetabolomicsOxylipinsPlant ProteinsPucciniaCyclopentanesjasmonic acidLigninOxylipinsPlant Proteins

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PMCPMC12121910

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