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miR169 is a conserved microRNA (miRNA) family involved in plant development and stress-induced responses. However, how miR169 functions in rice immunity remains unclear. Here, we show that miR169 acts as a negative regulator in rice immunity against the blast fungus  Magnaporthe oryzae  by repressing the expression of nuclear factor Y-A (NF-YA) genes. The accumulation of miR169 was significantly increased in a susceptible accession but slightly fluctuated in a resistant accession upon  M. oryzae  infection. Consistently, the transgenic lines overexpressing miR169a became hyper-susceptible to different  M. oryzae  strains associated with reduced expression of defense-related genes and lack of hydrogen peroxide accumulation at the infection site. Consequently, the expression of its target genes, the NF-YA family members, was down-regulated by the overexpression of miR169a at either transcriptional or translational level. On the contrary, overexpression of a target mimicry that acts as a sponge to trap miR169a led to enhanced resistance to  M. oryzae . In addition, three of miR169’s target genes were also differentially up-regulated in the resistant accession upon  M. oryzae  infection. Taken together, our data indicate that miR169 negatively regulates rice immunity against  M. oryzae  by differentially repressing its target genes and provide the potential to engineer rice blast resistance via a miRNA.

Osa-miR169 Negatively Regulates Rice Immunity against the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae