Zin Mar Myint
Yohei Koide*- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Hybrid sterility genes define species identities, setting reproductive barriers between distantly related Oryza relatives. They induce allelic-specific selective gametic abnormalities by killing pollens, embryo sacs, or both, and thus resulting in the male specific transmission ratio distortion (mTRD), female specific transmission ratio distortion (f TRD), and/or sex-independent transmission ratio distortion (siTRD) in hybrids. Although more than 50 hybrid sterility genes have been reported, comprehensive analysis on the distributional pattern of TRD systems in Oryza species is limited. In this review, we surveyed the TRD systems and the underlying possible mechanisms in these species. In rice, pollen killers which cause mTRD are often observed in higher frequency than egg killers and gamete eliminators, which are factors affecting f TRD and siTRD, respectively. Due to the rather massive population of pollen grains, their reduction in the number caused by hybrid sterility possesses a smaller selective disadvantage to the hybrid individuals, in contrast to female gamete abortion. The pattern of TRD distribution displays less abundancy in siTRD. It suggests that fixation of siTRD might require a certain time rather than single sex-specific factors. The presence of linked sterility factors worked for mTRD and f TRD, and strength of their linkage in chromosomal regions might determine the type of sterility and TRD. The study of TRD systems has a potential to reveal the relationships between selfish genes and their functions for reproductive isolation.
Introduction
Based on interbreeding, the biological species concept stated, “Species are groups of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.” (Mayr, 1996; Coyne and Orr, 2004). It literally means that the boundaries between the population of one species and that of another are defined by reproductive barriers, and the mechanism itself is referred to as “reproductive isolation”, in which genetically based intrinsic barriers prevent gene flow between populations of different species (Nosil, 2013). Reproductive isolation maintains species identity, and evolutionary biologists are highly interested in this area of study. Reproductive isolation is considered to be incidentally acquired as a by-product of other divergences between species' populations (Nosil, 2013). The genetic variations gradually increase over time, and the accumulation of those changes and divergences is probably either neutral or wholesome to its own genetic background while it works as a deleterious factor in other alternative genetic backgrounds, exclusively in a heterozygous state (Turelli, 1998). It is possible for hybrid dysfunction to appear due to a divergence in multiple genomic regions across the whole genome in a wide variety of species populations. The Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller (BDM) model is a model in which negatively epistatic interaction between divergent alleles contributes deleterious effects within hybrid populations (Bateson, 1909; Dobzhansky, 1937; Muller, 1942; Kubo et al., 2008; Nosil, 2013; Xie et al., 2019a) and is a widely accepted model of the emergence of reproductive barriers. However, are genes for reproductive isolation always neutral or wholesome when they spread in a population? By summarizing genes for hybrid sterility, a form of reproductive barrier, we will discuss how selfish genes act to build species barriers in rice.
Reproductive Barriers in Rice
In plants, reproductive barriers can be basically divided into two categories, namely prezygotic reproductive isolation and postzygotic reproductive isolation, based on the developmental stage in which they give rise (Koide et al., 2008b; Ouyang and Zhang, 2013; Zin Mar et al., 2021). While prezygotic isolation occurs during the formation of the zygote, the latter restricts the introgressive gene flow in crossed populations, inducing hybrid arrest after fertilization at different developmental stages and/or other advanced generations (Chen et al., 2016). Hybrid sterility, the gametic disorder at their reproductive stage with the failure to produce fertile male and/or female gametes in normally grown hybrid plants, is one form of postzygotic reproductive isolation. The genus Oryza, which consists of two cultivated rice species and 22 wild rice relatives (Ammiraju et al., 2010), is a valuable pool for improvement of agricultural traits. In rice genetics, interspecific and intraspecific hybrid sterility, which is one of the most pronounced forms of postzygotic reproductive isolation, has been the most extensively investigated subject across a wide variety of genomic regions in a substantial number of different rice populations (Ouyang and Zhang, 2013; Li et al., 2020).
The Genetic Models of Hybrid Sterility
Based upon either sporophytic or gametophytic function and the number of loci involved, altogether four separate genic models underly rice hybrid sterility: namely (1) One-locus sporo-gametophytic interaction, (2) Duplicate gametic lethals, (3) One-locus sporophytic interaction, and (4) Complementary sporophytic interaction (Oka, 1957; Sano et al., 1979; Koide et al., 2008b). Among them, one-locus sporo-gametophytic interaction fits with genetic mechanisms for the majority of sterility loci in rice (Oka, 1957; Xie et al., 2019a). Therefore, we will focus on single or tightly linked sterility loci in this review (see Table 1). Hybrid sterility loci, such as S1, S2, and S5, can perfectly explain how one-locus sporo-gametophytic model works in rice sterility (Sano et al., 1979; Chen et al., 2009; Yang et al., 2012, 2016; Xie et al., 2017; Koide et al., 2018; Zin Mar et al., 2021). As an example, for S2 locus, although S2g (allele derived from oryza glaberrima) and S2s (allele derived from O. sativa) are neutral in their respective backgrounds, the incompatible interaction between these two alleles occurred in heterozygous hybrids. As a result, neither male nor female gametes which carry S2g allele survive, causing preferential transmission of selfish allele S2s in later generations (Sano et al., 1979; Zin Mar et al., 2021). Such a preferential transmission of one of the two alleles is referred to as transmission ratio distortion (TRD). Selfish genes causing TRD take advantage over their alternative alleles, and preferentially promote their own distribution in populations, with the help of incompatibilities that occur in heterozygous hybrids.
Table 1. Hybrid sterility loci in rice and their sex-specificity-related transmission ratio distortion.
Sex-Specificity of Trd in Hybrid Sterility in Rice
Although several underlying mechanisms behind the TRD phenomenon, including non-random segregation of chromosomes during meiosis (Pardo-Manuel de Villena and Sapienza, 2001; Birchler et al., 2003; Fishman and Willis, 2005; Koide et al., 2008a), unequal gametic success in fertilization (Price, 1997; Diaz and Macnair, 1999; Seymour et al., 2019), and embryo lethality (Lyttle, 1991; Silver, 1993; Price, 1997; Diaz and Macnair, 1999; Ubeda and Haig, 2005; Moyle, 2006) has been reported in plants, selective gametic abnormality (Lyttle, 1991; Silver, 1993; Ubeda and Haig, 2005; Moyle, 2006; Koide et al., 2008a) caused by hybrid sterility locus is the most frequently observed in Oryza species. The selective abnormality occurs in either male/female-gametes or sex-independently. In this report, the former and latter are termed mTRD (male specific transmission ratio distortion)/f TRD (female specific transmission ratio distortion) and siTRD (sex-independent transmission ratio distortion), respectively, (Maguire, 1963; Sano, 1983; Koide et al., 2008c; Ouyang and Zhang, 2013). Therefore, in general, hybrid sterility genes in rice can be divided into three subcategories: pollen killer (PK: which induces hybrid male sterility and mTRD), egg killer (EK: which results in hybrid female sterility and f TRD), and gamete eliminator (GE: which eliminates both pollen and embryo sac causing siTRD) (Figure 1).
Figure 1. The genetic actions of three categories of hybrid sterility in rice. (A) Pollen killer, (B) Egg killer, (C) Gamete eliminator.
Several loci causing TRD have been cloned and their underlying mechanisms have been studied. The S5 locus is the most renowned hybrid sterility locus in the study of rice reproductive barriers. This locus is an example of “Killer-Protector system”, and its effect is shown in the failure of embryo sac fertility (We note that “Killer” in the Killer-Protector system and “Killer” in PK or EK have different actions. The former “Killer” induces the abortion of gametes with both alleles. The “Protector” selectively protects gametes with one of two alleles from the “Killer” function. As a result, the preferential dysfunction of gametes with one of two alleles occurs. The factor causing preferential function is referred to as PK, EK, or GE. Thus, PK and EK is a concept of a factor with the combined function of “Killer” and “Protector”.). Three different tightly linked genes (ORF3, ORF4, and ORF5) regulate the tripartite complex in indica-japonica crossed species. The indica-derived S5 allele (ORF3+, ORF4–, and ORF5+) contained both functionally active Protector and Killer genes, ORF3+ and ORF5+, while its allelic japonica-derived S5 region (ORF3–, ORF4+, and ORF5–) carries inactive Protector and Killer genes, ORF3– and ORF5–. However, the indica-derived Killer factor ORF5+ enacts its killing function with the assistance of its japonica-derived partner ORF4+ in the heterozygous combination. Meanwhile, ORF3+, which derives from the indica, selectively protects the embryo sac in which it resides. In the absence of stress responsive gene ORF3+, the unsolved endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced by ORF5+ in partner with ORF4+, triggers programmed cell death (PCD), which results in embryo sac abortion (Yang et al., 2012).
The S1 locus is one of the major reproductive barriers between Asian and African rice species and a remarkable siTRD locus. The O. glaberrima allele (S1g) takes advantage over O. sativa allele (S1s) within populations, thus preferentially transmitting S1g and eliminating both male and female gametes when two alleles meet in a heterozygous state (S1s/S1g) (Koide et al., 2008c, 2018). According to Xie et al. (2017), CRISPR/Cas9-generated knockout mutants of OgTPR1 on S1g region (which encodes a protein with two trypsin-like peptidase domains and one ribosome biogenesis regulatory protein domain) produce normally fertile pollen and embryo sacs in crossing to O. sativa parent. The tripartite gamete Killer-Protector complex involving S1A4, S1TPR (OgTPR1), and S1A6 (SSP) of the S1g region, generates a sterility signal in sporophytic cells and protect itself with S1TPR in gametophytic cells, whereas its allelic S1s region lacks both functional killer and protector (Xie et al., 2019b).
The evolution of Killer-Protector system should be explained by models in which the deleterious effect of the Killer did not occur in a lineage (e.g., BDM model or parallel-sequential divergence model, Ouyang and Zhang, 2013), because without Protector, Killer induces abortion of gametes with both alleles highly reducing the chance of its fixation in a population. In the study of S5 sterility locus, the combination of non-functional Protector, and functional Killer and its partner (ORF3–, ORF4+, and ORF5+) was not found in the surveyed population (Yang et al., 2012). It may suggest that the combination that has Killer alone, without having functional Protector, cannot survive long in a population and also suggest that Killer can exist with functional Protector. However, after the emergence of Killer-Protector system, a single hybrid sterility locus with two tightly linked genes produces incompatibility when it meets the divergent allele in a different population. Then, the selfish nature of the system (i.e., TRD) caused by Killer-Protector system may facilitate its spread in a population.
Discussion
Evolution of Sex-Specificity in TRD in Rice
Approximately 50 hybrid sterility loci were identified in diverged species from the genus Oryza, and so far, cloning and characterization at a molecular level were already implemented for 10 loci out of those sterility loci or pairs (Ouyang and Zhang, 2013; Li et al., 2020). Among 49 hybrid sterility loci surveyed in this review, the number of loci for mTRD is the largest, in contrast to that of fTRD and siTRD (Table 1). In addition, the sterility based on gamete specificity disproportionately distributes between interspecific and intraspecific hybrids (Table 1). The distribution of mTRD loci is much wider in interspecific hybrids. On the other hand, all the f TRD loci are detected exclusively in intraspecific crosses. With regards to siTRD, it takes <15% of the total number of hybrid sterility loci, and it is very few in proportions compared to the other two sterility factors, mTRD and f TRD. Such a bias in frequency of sex-specificity in TRD system observed in Oryza might reflect different evolutionary pressures acting on the system, suggesting that TRD systems are not driven only by mutation and genetic drift. Therefore, uncovering the mechanisms underlying the observed pattern of TRD systems may be a key to understanding the evolution of reproductive isolation in Oryza. Although there is no direct evidence, several conjectures are possible to explain these patterns.
The Abundance of mTRD
The simple difference between male and female gametes is the quantity of them produced by a single plant. In a single flower of rice, thousands of pollen grains are produced, while only one egg is produced. Such a difference in the quantity of gametes can cause differences in selection pressure acting on factors which induce the abortion of them. One can easily imagine that the reduction of pollen numbers causes less effect on fecundity than that of egg numbers. The PK, which is one factor causing mTRD, induces abortion of only pollen grains of a specific genotype. Therefore, mTRD caused by a PK can spread in a population with a small selective disadvantage. In contrast, female-specific TRD (f TRD) and sex-independent TRD (siTRD) induced by EK and GE, respectively, cause abortion of eggs. Thus, f TRD and siTRD offers a selective disadvantage on the individual. The abundance of male sterility in hybrids is also found in Drosophila (Presgraves and Meiklejohn, 2021). A much smaller selective disadvantage of male sterility genes might help them exist within diverse populations at a higher pace of frequency. However, we also note that other experimental factors might be able to explain the abundance of mTRD reported: pollen sterility is easier to detect/analyze than egg sterility because a large number of pollen grains are available for the assay.
Uncommonly Observed Sex-Independent TRD
Among the three types of TRD systems, siTRD is less frequently observed (Table 1). In addition, most of them are observed in interspecific cross combinations. These observations suggest that hybrid sterility genes causing both male and female sterility occur less frequently and more time is necessary for fixation than ones causing single sex-specific sterility.
Although the S1 locus for siTRD has been cloned, molecular mechanisms causing sex-independent sterility in pollen grains and eggs are unknown. Because pollen grains and eggs are developed in physically separated tissues (i.e., anthers and ovaries), it is difficult to imagine that abortion of gametes in one sex causes gametic abortion of another sex. The sex-independent abortion of gametes might be caused by disturbance of the biological/developmental process common in two sexes. Therefore, the rareness of siTRD might reflect less abundancy of the biological/developmental process common in two sexes than in one sex.
Another possible mechanism for the emergence of siTRD is a combination of factors for mTRD and f TRD. If the two genes, each of which causes mTRD and fTRD, respectively, are located in tightly linked regions on a chromosome, the region is expected to behave like a factor for siTRD. Because of the limited number of cloned loci for siTRD, it is still unknown how often such a “pseudo-siTRD” occurrs. In the case of the S1 locus, which causes siTRD in inter-specific hybrids, Koide et al. (2008c) reported the change of sex-specificity of TRD depending on the length of introgressed chromosomal segments. The line with a long introgressed segment on chromosome 6 from O. glaberrima in the genetic background of O. sativa causes both pollen and embryo sac abortion when crossed with O. sativa. As a result, siTRD is observed in the next generation of hybrids. In contrast, when the line with a short introgressed segment from O. glaberrima was crossed with O. sativa, only pollen abortion and mTRD were observed. These results suggested the presence of two linked factors responsible for mTRD and f TRD in the region (We note that no other research groups have reported the change of sex-specificity of TRD induced by the S1 locus.). Another locus, the S6 for siTRD, has been suggested to be a compound locus of f TRD and pollen competition (Koide et al., 2012). In the siTRD induced by the S6 locus, preferential abortion was observed in ovules, but not in pollen grains, suggesting that mTRD was caused by competition of pollens with different genotypes. The degree of TRD was altered only for male gametes when genetic background was changed. These results suggested the presence of two different genes for mTRD and f TRD in a closely linked region, though no direct evidence of these two factors were reported. As we described above, the gene for mTRD may be easier to evolve than that for f TRD, because of its small selective disadvantage on fecundity. Therefore, if the siTRD system originated via tight linkage between mTRD and f TRD, the rate of its emergence is dependent on how often f TRD evolved in the chromosomal region closely linked to the mTRD. It should also depend on the strength of recombination between these two factors in the chromosomal region.
Although the common genetic basis of siTRD (i.e., one factor or two factors) is still unknown, the evolution of siTRD is dependent on the balance between transmission advantage through pollen and disadvantage of female gamete abortion. Therefore, population size and outcrossing rate also affect the evolutionary process of siTRD. Uncovering the molecular basis and evolutionary trajectories of siTRD system will provide clearer insight into how selfish elements relate to the development of species' barriers as theorized by Frank (1991).
Conclusions
In Oryza genus, reproductive isolation is excessively influenced by PK rather than EK and GE, which results in preferential occurrence of mTRD in contrast to the other two types, f TRD and siTRD. Compared to single sex-specificity, factors controlling siTRD are less frequently observed, mostly in interspecific hybridizations. Unveiling the underlying cause(s) behind this disproportionate pattern of TRD systems will shed light on the evolutionary process of reproductive barriers between rice relatives. Since our understanding on TRD systems remains very limited with confined experimental factors, further efforts are required to extend our investigation on many other selfish genes that exist and their distribution in Oryza genus.
Author Contributions
Zin Mar Myint and YK contributed to conception, analyzed, and wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read, and approved the submitted version.
Funding
YK was funded by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 21H02160.
Conflict of Interest
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Acknowledgments
We thank Prof. Y. Kishima for his support for the project.
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Keywords: rice, hybrid sterility, selfish genes, reproductive isolating barrier, transmission ratio distortion
Citation: Zin Mar Myint and Koide Y (2022) Influence of Gender Bias on Distribution of Hybrid Sterility in Rice. Front. Plant Sci. 13:898206. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.898206
Received: 17 March 2022; Accepted: 11 May 2022;
Published: 12 July 2022.
Edited by:
Mallikarjuna Swamy, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), PhilippinesReviewed by:
Jing Li, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, ChinaAris Hairmansis, Indonesian Center for Rice Research, Indonesia
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*Correspondence: Yohei Koide, ykoide@abs.agr.hokudai.ac.jp