Paper · 2025 · Plant Cell & Environment

A Nitrate Transporter OsNPF6.1 Promotes Nitric Oxide Signaling and Virus Resistance

Shuang Xu; Yifan Wei; Pingzhi Zhao; et al.

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Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) is a vital immune molecule eliciting resistance to diverse microbial pathogens in humans and animals. However, its functional integration into plant immune networks remains incompletely characterized. In this study, we reveal that both endogenous induction and exogenous supplementation of NO significantly enhance resistance to rice stripe virus (RSV), a Bunyavirus that poses a huge threat to rice production. The nitrate transporter OsNPF6.1 potentiates virus resistance by upregulating the expression of nitrate reductase (OsNR2) and subsequent NO biosynthesis. Functional analyses demonstrate that the disease-specific protein (SP) encoded by RSV interacts with OsNPF6.1 to impair its nitrate transport activity, effectively subverting host immunity to facilitate RSV infection. Notably, this host-pathogen interaction exhibits nitrogen dependency: low nitrate availability attenuates the OsNPF6.1-SP association, preserving transporter functionality and virus resistance. Thus, this study not only provides novel insights into the coordination of growth-defense tradeoffs but also proposes actionable strategies for crop protection via optimized nitrogen management.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Endogenous nitric oxide induction enhances rice resistance to rice stripe virus.

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endogenous inductione0
Interactor
rice stripe virus (RSV)e0pathogen
Outcome
resistance to rice stripe virus (RSV)e0
Direction
enhancee0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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“both endogenous induction and exogenous supplementation of NO significantly enhance resistance to rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Exogenous nitric oxide supplementation enhances rice resistance to rice stripe virus.

Treatment
exogenous supplementation of NOe0
Interactor
rice stripe virus (RSV)e0pathogen
Outcome
resistance to rice stripe virus (RSV)e0
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enhancee0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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“both endogenous induction and exogenous supplementation of NO significantly enhance resistance to rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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OsNPF6.1 promotes rice virus resistance through OsNR2 expression and nitric oxide biosynthesis.

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OsNPF6.1e0
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virus resistancee0
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upregulating the expression of nitrate reductase (OsNR2) and subsequent NO biosynthesise0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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“The nitrate transporter OsNPF6.1 potentiates virus resistance by upregulating the expression of nitrate reductase (OsNR2) and subsequent NO biosynthesis.”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The RSV SP protein interacts with OsNPF6.1 and impairs its nitrate transport activity.

Interactor
RSVe0pathogen
Gene
OsNPF6.1e0
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nitrate transport activitye0
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impaire0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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“the disease-specific protein (SP) encoded by RSV interacts with OsNPF6.1 to impair its nitrate transport activity”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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SP interaction with OsNPF6.1 facilitates RSV infection by subverting host immunity.

Interactor
RSVe0pathogen
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RSV infectione0
Qualifier
subverting host immunitye0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

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“effectively subverting host immunity to facilitate RSV infection”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Low nitrate availability attenuates the OsNPF6.1-SP association.

Treatment
low nitrate availabilitye0
Interactor
SPe0pathogen
Gene
OsNPF6.1e0
Outcome
OsNPF6.1-SP associatione0
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attenuatese0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 347–370 · show in text ↑
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“low nitrate availability attenuates the OsNPF6.1-SP association, preserving transporter functionality and virus resistance”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Under low nitrate availability, transporter functionality and virus resistance are preserved.

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low nitrate availabilitye0
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OsNPF6.1e0
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transporter functionality and virus resistancee0
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preservinge0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 347–370 · show in text ↑
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“low nitrate availability attenuates the OsNPF6.1-SP association, preserving transporter functionality and virus resistance”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 872–994 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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The authors propose optimized nitrogen management for crop protection.

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crop protection via optimized nitrogen managemente0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rice stripe virus (RSV)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 347–370 · show in text ↑
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“proposes actionable strategies for crop protection via optimized nitrogen management”

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