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Lan X, Liu Y, Song S, Yin L, Xiang J, Qu J, Lu J. Plasmopara viticola effector PvRXLR131 suppresses plant immunity by targeting plant receptor-like kinase inhibitor BKI1. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2019; 20:765-783. [PMID: 30945786 PMCID: PMC6637860 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The grapevine downy mildew pathogen Plasmopara viticola secretes a set of RXLR effectors (PvRXLRs) to overcome host immunity and facilitate infection, but how these effectors function is unclear. Here, the biological function of PvRXLR131 was investigated via heterologous expression. Constitutive expression of PvRXLR131 in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides significantly enhanced its pathogenicity on grapevine leaves. Constitutive expression of PvRXLR131 in Arabidopsis promoted Pseudomonas syringae DC3000 and P. syringae DC3000 (hrcC- ) growth as well as suppressed defence-related callose deposition. Transient expression of PvRXLR131 in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves could also suppress different elicitor-triggered cell death and inhibit plant resistance to Phytophthora capsici. Further analysis revealed that PvRXLR131 interacted with host Vitis vinifera BRI1 kinase inhibitor 1 (VvBKI1), and its homologues in N. benthamiana (NbBKI1) and Arabidopsis (AtBKI1). Moreover, bimolecular fluorescence complementation analysis revealed that PvRXLR131 interacted with VvBKI1 in the plasma membrane. Deletion assays showed that the C-terminus of PvRXLR131 was responsible for the interaction and mutation assays showed that phosphorylation of a conserved tyrosine residue in BKI1s disrupted the interaction. BKI1 was a receptor inhibitor of growth- and defence-related brassinosteroid (BR) and ERECTA (ER) signalling. When silencing of NbBKI1 in N. benthamiana, the virulence function of PvRXLR131 was eliminated, demonstrating that the effector activity is mediated by BKI1. Moreover, PvRXLR131-transgenic plants displayed BKI1-overexpression dwarf phenotypes and suppressed BR and ER signalling. These physiological and genetic data clearly demonstrate that BKI1 is a virulence target of PvRXLR131. We propose that P. viticola secretes PvRXLR131 to target BKI1 as a strategy for promoting infection.
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- Xia Lan
- College of Food Science and Nutritional EngineeringChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional EngineeringChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology LaboratoryGuangxi Academy of Agricultural SciencesNanningChina
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- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology LaboratoryGuangxi Academy of Agricultural SciencesNanningChina
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- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology LaboratoryGuangxi Academy of Agricultural SciencesNanningChina
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Lorrain C, Gonçalves Dos Santos KC, Germain H, Hecker A, Duplessis S. Advances in understanding obligate biotrophy in rust fungi. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:1190-1206. [PMID: 30554421 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Contents Summary 1190 I. Introduction 1190 II. Rust fungi: a diverse and serious threat to agriculture 1191 III. The different facets of rust life cycles and unresolved questions about their evolution 1191 IV. The biology of rust infection 1192 V. Rusts in the genomics era: the ever-expanding list of candidate effector genes 1195 VI. Functional characterization of rust effectors 1197 VII. Putting rusts to sleep: Pucciniales research outlooks 1201 Acknowledgements 1202 References 1202 SUMMARY: Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are the largest group of plant pathogens and represent one of the most devastating threats to agricultural crops worldwide. Despite the economic importance of these highly specialized pathogens, many aspects of their biology remain obscure, largely because rust fungi are obligate biotrophs. The rise of genomics and advances in high-throughput sequencing technology have presented new options for identifying candidate effector genes involved in pathogenicity mechanisms of rust fungi. Transcriptome analysis and integrated bioinformatics tools have led to the identification of key genetic determinants of host susceptibility to infection by rusts. Thousands of genes encoding secreted proteins highly expressed during host infection have been reported for different rust species, which represents significant potential towards understanding rust effector function. Recent high-throughput in planta expression screen approaches (effectoromics) have pushed the field ahead even further towards predicting high-priority effectors and identifying avirulence genes. These new insights into rust effector biology promise to inform future research and spur the development of effective and sustainable strategies for managing rust diseases.
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- Cécile Lorrain
- INRA Centre Grand Est - Nancy, UMR 1136 INRA/Université de Lorraine Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Champenoux, 54280, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Université de Lorraine/INRA Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- INRA Centre Grand Est - Nancy, UMR 1136 INRA/Université de Lorraine Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Champenoux, 54280, France
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Irieda H, Inoue Y, Mori M, Yamada K, Oshikawa Y, Saitoh H, Uemura A, Terauchi R, Kitakura S, Kosaka A, Singkaravanit-Ogawa S, Takano Y. Conserved fungal effector suppresses PAMP-triggered immunity by targeting plant immune kinases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:496-505. [PMID: 30584105 PMCID: PMC6329965 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1807297116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Plant pathogens have optimized their own effector sets to adapt to their hosts. However, certain effectors, regarded as core effectors, are conserved among various pathogens, and may therefore play an important and common role in pathogen virulence. We report here that the widely distributed fungal effector NIS1 targets host immune components that transmit signaling from pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in plants. NIS1 from two Colletotrichum spp. suppressed the hypersensitive response and oxidative burst, both of which are induced by pathogen-derived molecules, in Nicotiana benthamianaMagnaporthe oryzae NIS1 also suppressed the two defense responses, although this pathogen likely acquired the NIS1 gene via horizontal transfer from Basidiomycota. Interestingly, the root endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae also possesses a NIS1 homolog that can suppress the oxidative burst in N. benthamiana We show that NIS1 of multiple pathogens commonly interacts with the PRR-associated kinases BAK1 and BIK1, thereby inhibiting their kinase activities and the BIK1-NADPH oxidase interaction. Furthermore, mutations in the NIS1-targeting proteins, i.e., BAK1 and BIK1, in Arabidopsis thaliana also resulted in reduced immunity to Colletotrichum fungi. Finally, M. oryzae lacking NIS1 displayed significantly reduced virulence on rice and barley, its hosts. Our study therefore reveals that a broad range of filamentous fungi maintain and utilize the core effector NIS1 to establish infection in their host plants and perhaps also beneficial interactions, by targeting conserved and central PRR-associated kinases that are also known to be targeted by bacterial effectors.
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- Hiroki Irieda
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Academic Assembly, Institute of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Nagano 399-4598, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8513, Japan
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan;
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Qi T, Guo J, Peng H, Liu P, Kang Z, Guo J. Host-Induced Gene Silencing: A Powerful Strategy to Control Diseases of Wheat and Barley. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E206. [PMID: 30626050 PMCID: PMC6337638 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Wheat and barley are the most highly produced and consumed grains in the world. Various pathogens-viruses, bacteria, fungi, insect pests, and nematode parasites-are major threats to yield and economic losses. Strategies for the management of disease control mainly depend on resistance or tolerance breeding, chemical control, and biological control. The discoveries of RNA silencing mechanisms provide a transgenic approach for disease management. Host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) employing RNA silencing mechanisms and, specifically, silencing the targets of invading pathogens, has been successfully applied in crop disease prevention. Here, we cover recent studies that indicate that HIGS is a valuable tool to protect wheat and barley from diseases in an environmentally friendly way.
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- Tuo Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Lorrain C, Petre B, Duplessis S. Show me the way: rust effector targets in heterologous plant systems. Curr Opin Microbiol 2018; 46:19-25. [PMID: 29454191 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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For years, the study of rust fungal effectors has been impeded by the lack of molecular genetic tools in rust pathosystems. The recent use of heterologous plants to perform effector screens (effectoromics)-including effector localisation (cellular targets) and protein interactors (molecular targets) in plant cells-has changed the game. These screens revealed that many candidate effectors from various rust fungi target specific plant cell compartments, including chloroplasts, and associate with specific plant protein complexes. Such information represents unparalleled opportunities to understand how effectors sustain extreme parasitic interactions and obligate biotrophy. Despite their limitations, we here portray how the use of heterologous expression systems has been essential for gaining new insight into rust effectors.
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- Cécile Lorrain
- INRA/Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA Centre Grand Est-Nancy, Champenoux, France
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- INRA/Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA Centre Grand Est-Nancy, Champenoux, France
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- INRA/Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA Centre Grand Est-Nancy, Champenoux, France.
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Tang C, Xu Q, Zhao M, Wang X, Kang Z. Understanding the lifestyles and pathogenicity mechanisms of obligate biotrophic fungi in wheat: The emerging genomics era. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zhao M, Wang J, Ji S, Chen Z, Xu J, Tang C, Chen S, Kang Z, Wang X. Candidate Effector Pst_8713 Impairs the Plant Immunity and Contributes to Virulence of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1294. [PMID: 30254653 PMCID: PMC6141802 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), the causal agent of stripe rust, is an obligate biotrophic pathogen responsible for severe wheat disease epidemics worldwide. Pst and other rust fungi are acknowledged to deliver many effector proteins to the host, but little is known about the effectors' functions. Here, we report a candidate effector Pst_8713 isolated based on the genome data of CY32 and the expression of Pst_8713 is highly induced during the early infection stage. The Pst_8713 gene shows a low level of intra-species polymorphism. It has a functional N-terminal signal peptide and its product was found in the host cytoplasm and nucleus. Co-infiltrations in Nicotiana benthamiana demonsrated that Pst_8713 was capable of suppressing cell death triggered by mouse pro-apoptotic protein-BAX or Phytophthora infestans PAMP-INF1. Overexpression of Pst_8713 in plants suppressed pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) -associated callose deposition and expression of PTI-associated marker genes and promoted bacterial growth in planta. Effector-triggered immunity (ETI) induced by an avirulent Pst isolate was weakened when we overexpressed Pst_8713 in wheat leaves which accompanied by reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and hypersensitive response (HR). In addition, the host induced gene silencing (HIGS) experiment showed that knockdown of Pst_8713 weakened the virulence of Pst by producing fewer uredinia. These results indicated that candidate effector Pst_8713 is involved in plant defense suppression and contributes to enhancing the Pst virulence.
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Qi M, Grayczyk JP, Seitz JM, Lee Y, Link TI, Choi D, Pedley KF, Voegele RT, Baum TJ, Whitham SA. Suppression or Activation of Immune Responses by Predicted Secreted Proteins of the Soybean Rust Pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:163-174. [PMID: 29144203 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-17-0173-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Rust fungi, such as the soybean rust pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi, are major threats to crop production. They form specialized haustoria that are hyphal structures intimately associated with host-plant cell membranes. These haustoria have roles in acquiring nutrients and secreting effector proteins that manipulate host immune systems. Functional characterization of effector proteins of rust fungi is important for understanding mechanisms that underlie their virulence and pathogenicity. Hundreds of candidate effector proteins have been predicted for rust pathogens, but it is not clear how to prioritize these effector candidates for further characterization. There is a need for high-throughput approaches for screening effector candidates to obtain experimental evidence for effector-like functions, such as the manipulation of host immune systems. We have focused on identifying effector candidates with immune-related functions in the soybean rust fungus P. pachyrhizi. To facilitate the screening of many P. pachyrhizi effector candidates (named PpECs), we used heterologous expression systems, including the bacterial type III secretion system, Agrobacterium infiltration, a plant virus, and a yeast strain, to establish an experimental pipeline for identifying PpECs with immune-related functions and establishing their subcellular localizations. Several PpECs were identified that could suppress or activate immune responses in nonhost Nicotiana benthamiana, N. tabacum, Arabidopsis, tomato, or pepper plants.
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- Mingsheng Qi
- 1 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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- 2 Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Otto-Sander-Straße 5, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 3 Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea; and
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- 2 Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Otto-Sander-Straße 5, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 3 Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea; and
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- 4 Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ft. Detrick, MD 21702, U.S.A
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- 2 Institut für Phytomedizin, Universität Hohenheim, Otto-Sander-Straße 5, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, U.S.A
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Kesten C, Menna A, Sánchez-Rodríguez C. Regulation of cellulose synthesis in response to stress. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 40:106-113. [PMID: 28892802 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The cell wall is a complex polysaccharide network that provides stability and protection to the plant and is one of the first layers of biotic and abiotic stimuli perception. A controlled remodeling of the primary cell wall is essential for the plant to adapt its growth to environmental stresses. Cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls is synthesized by plasma membrane-localized cellulose synthases moving along cortical microtubule tracks. Recent advancements demonstrate a tight regulation of cellulose synthesis at the primary cell wall by phytohormone networks. Stress-induced perturbations at the cell wall that modify cellulose synthesis and microtubule arrangement activate similar phytohormone-based stress response pathways. The integration of stress perception at the primary cell wall and downstream responses are likely to be tightly regulated by phytohormone signaling pathways in the context of cellulose synthesis and microtubule arrangement.
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- Department of Biology, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Zhang Y, Fan J, Francis F, Chen J. Watery Saliva Secreted by the Grain Aphid Sitobion avenae Stimulates Aphid Resistance in Wheat. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:8798-8805. [PMID: 28915349 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Infestation with Sitobion avenae induces localized defense responses in wheat; in this study, the role of S. avenae watery saliva in resistance induction was examined by infiltrating aphid saliva into wheat leaves. After feeding S. avenae on an artificial diet for 48 h, we first collected watery saliva from them and then separated the salivary proteins using one-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Gene expression studies showed that infiltration of S. avenae watery saliva in wheat leaves induced a strong salicylic acid-responsive defense but moderate jasmonic acid-dependent defense. Feeding on wheat leaves infiltrated with aphid saliva, compared with untreated leaves, significantly decreased the number of nymphs produced per day and the intrinsic rate of increase of the population of S. avenae. In a choice test against untreated wheat, saliva-infiltrated wheat had repellent effects on aphids. Additionally, electrical penetration graph results showed that the feeding behavior of S. avenae on saliva-treated wheat was negatively affected compared with that on untreated wheat. These findings provided direct evidence that salivary components of S. avenae are involved in the induction of wheat resistance against aphids and further demonstrated the important roles of watery saliva in aphid-plant interactions.
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- Yong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège , Gembloux B-5030, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège , Gembloux B-5030, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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Qi T, Wang J, Sun Q, Day B, Guo J, Ma Q. TaARPC3, Contributes to Wheat Resistance against the Stripe Rust Fungus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1245. [PMID: 28769954 PMCID: PMC5513970 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton participates in numerous cellular processes, including less-characterized processes, such as nuclear organization, chromatin remodeling, transcription, and signal transduction. As a key regulator of actin cytoskeletal dynamics, the actin related protein 2/3 complex (Arp2/3 complex) controls multiple developmental processes in a variety of tissues and cell types. To date, the role of the Arp2/3 complex in plant disease resistance signaling is largely unknown. Herein, we identified and characterized wheat ARPC3, TaARPC3, which encodes the C3 subunit of the Arp2/3 complex. Expression of TaARPC3 in the arc18 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Δarc18 resulted in complementation of stress-induced phenotypes in S. cerevisiae, as well as restore wild-type cell shape malformations. TaARPC3 was found predominantly to be localized in the nucleus and cytoplasm when expressed transiently in wheat protoplast. TaARPC3 was significantly induced in response to avirulent race of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). Knock-down of TaARPC3 by virus-induced gene silencing resulted in a reduction of resistance against Pst through a specific reduction in actin cytoskeletal organization. Interestingly, this reduction was found to coincide with a block in reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, the hypersensitive response (HR), an increase in TaCAT1 mRNA accumulation, and the growth of Pst. Taken together, these findings suggest that TaARPC3 is a key subunit of the Arp2/3 complex which is required for wheat resistance against Pst, a process that is associated with the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Tuo Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East LansingMI, United States
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East LansingMI, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
- *Correspondence: Qing Ma, Jun Guo,
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
- *Correspondence: Qing Ma, Jun Guo,
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