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Huang X, Hu L, Wu X. Identification of a novel effector BxSapB3 that enhances the virulence of pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2019; 51:1071-1078. [PMID: 31559428 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmz100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pine wilt disease, caused by the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, leads to severe damage to pine forests in China. In our previous study, effectors secreted by this pathogen were shown to play roles in the different infection stages of pine wilt disease, and a series of candidate effectors were predicted by transcriptome sequencing. This study identified and characterized a novel effector, BxSapB3, which was among these candidate effectors. Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression was used to identify BxSapB3. BxSapB3 was secreted by B. xylophilus and found to be capable of inducing cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that BxSapB3 was upregulated in a highly virulent strain of B. xylophilus and expressed at lower levels in a weakly virulent strain at the early stages of infection. When BxSapB3 was silenced in B. xylophilus, the process of infection was delayed. These results indicate that BxSapB3 acts as an effector and contributes to virulence at the early stages of B. xylophilus infection.
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- Xin Huang
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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Wang W, Jiao F. Effectors of Phytophthora pathogens are powerful weapons for manipulating host immunity. PLANTA 2019; 250:413-425. [PMID: 31243548 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-019-03219-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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This article provides an overview of the interactions between Phytophthora effectors and plant immune system components, which form a cross-linked complex network that regulates plant pathogen resistance. Pathogens secrete numerous effector proteins into plants to promote infections. Several Phytophthora species (e.g., P. infestans, P. ramorum, P. sojae, P. capsici, P. cinnamomi, and P. parasitica) are notorious pathogens that are extremely damaging to susceptible plants. Analyses of genomic data revealed that Phytophthora species produce a large group of effector proteins, which are critical for pathogenesis. And, the targets and functions of many identified Phytophthora effectors have been investigated. Phytophthora effectors can affect various aspects of plant immune systems, including plant cell proteases, phytohormones, RNAs, the MAPK pathway, catalase, the ubiquitin proteasome pathway, the endoplasmic reticulum, NB-LRR proteins, and the cell membrane. Clarifying the effector-plant interactions is important for unravelling the functions of Phytophthora effectors during pathogenesis. In this article, we review the effectors identified in recent decades and provide an overview of the effector-directed regulatory network in plants following infections by Phytophthora species.
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- Wenjing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring, Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 11 Forth Longitudinal Keyuan Rd, Laoshan District, Qingdao, 266101, People's Republic of China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650021, People's Republic of China
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Combier M, Evangelisti E, Piron MC, Rengel D, Legrand L, Shenhav L, Bouchez O, Schornack S, Mestre P. A secreted WY-domain-containing protein present in European isolates of the oomycete Plasmopara viticola induces cell death in grapevine and tobacco species. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220184. [PMID: 31356604 PMCID: PMC6663016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Plasmopara viticola is a biotrophic oomycete pathogen causing grapevine downy mildew. We characterized the repertoire of P. viticola effector proteins which may be translocated into plants to support the disease. We found several secreted proteins that contain canonical dEER motifs and conserved WY-domains but lack the characteristic RXLR motif reported previously from oomycete effectors. We cloned four candidates and showed that one of them, Pv33, induces plant cell death in grapevine and Nicotiana species. This activity is dependent on the nuclear localization of the protein. Sequence similar effectors were present in seven European, but in none of the tested American isolates. Together our work contributes a new type of conserved P. viticola effector candidates.
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- Maud Combier
- SVQV, Université de Strasbourg, INRA, Colmar, France
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- University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU), Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU), Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU), Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- SVQV, Université de Strasbourg, INRA, Colmar, France
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Yin X, Shang B, Dou M, Liu R, Chen T, Xiang G, Li Y, Liu G, Xu Y. The Nuclear-Localized RxLR Effector PvAvh74 From Plasmopara viticola Induces Cell Death and Immunity Responses in Nicotiana benthamiana. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1531. [PMID: 31354650 PMCID: PMC6636413 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Downy mildew is one of the most serious diseases of grapevine (Vitis spp). The causal agent of grapevine downy mildew, Plasmopara viticola, is an obligate biotrophic oomycete. Although oomycete pathogens such as P. viticola are known to secrete RxLR effectors to manipulate host immunity, there have been few studies of the associated mechanisms by which these may act. Here, we show that a candidate P. viticola RxLR effector, PvAvh74, induces cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Using agroinfiltration, we found that nuclear localization, two putative N-glycosylation sites, and 427 amino acids of the PvAvh74 carboxyl terminus were necessary for cell-death-inducing activity. Using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), we found that PvAvh74-induced cell death in N. benthamiana requires EDS1, NDR1, SGT1, RAR1, and HSP90, but not BAK1. The MAPK cascade components MEK2, WIPK, and SIPK were also involved in PvAvh74-induced cell death in N. benthamiana. Transient expression of PvAvh74 could suppress Phytophthora capsici colonization of N. benthamiana, which suggests that PvAvh74 elicits plant immune responses. Suppression of P. capsici colonization also was dependent on nuclear localization of PvAvh74. Additionally, PvAvh74-triggered cell death could be suppressed by another effector, PvAvh8, from the same isolate. This work provides a framework to further investigate the interactions of PvAvh74 and other RxLR effectors with host immunity.
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- Xiao Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology and Germplasm Innovation in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Nie J, Yin Z, Li Z, Wu Y, Huang L. A small cysteine-rich protein from two kingdoms of microbes is recognized as a novel pathogen-associated molecular pattern. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:995-1011. [PMID: 30537041 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are conserved molecules that are crucial for normal life cycle of microorganisms. However, the diversity of microbial PAMPs is little known. During screening of cell-death-inducing factors from the necrotrophic fungus Valsa mali, we identified a novel PAMP VmE02 that is widely spread in oomycetes and fungi. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transient expression or infiltration of recombinant protein produced by Escherichia coli was performed to assay elicitor activity of the proteins tested. Virus-induced gene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana was used to determine the components involved in VmE02-triggered cell death. The role of VmE02 in virulence and conidiation of V. mali were characterized by gene deletion and complementation. We found that VmE02, together with some of its homologues from both oomycete and fungal species, exhibited cell-death-inducing activity in N. benthamiana. VmE02-triggered cell death was shown to be dependent on BRI1-ASSOCIATED KINASE-1, SUPPRESSOR OF BIR1-1, HSP90 and SGT1 in N. benthamiana. Deletion of VmE02 in V. mali greatly attenuated pathogen conidiation but not virulence, and treatment of N. benthamiana with VmE02 enhances plant resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Phytophthora capsici. We conclude that VmE02 is a novel cross-kingdom PAMP produced by several fungi and oomycetes.
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- Jiajun Nie
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Li Q, Ai G, Shen D, Zou F, Wang J, Bai T, Chen Y, Li S, Zhang M, Jing M, Dou D. A Phytophthora capsici Effector Targets ACD11 Binding Partners that Regulate ROS-Mediated Defense Response in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2019; 12:565-581. [PMID: 30703564 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 01/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a vital role in plant immune response, but the genes involved in the regulation of ROS are scantily reported. Phytophthora pathogens produce a large number of effectors to promote infection, but the modes of action adopted are largely unknown. Here, we report that RxLR207 could activate ROS-mediated cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana and was essential for virulence of P. capsici. We found that this effector targeted BPA1 (binding partner of ACD11) and four members of BPLs (BPA1-Like proteins) in Arabidopsis, and the bpa1 and bpl mutants had enhanced ROS accumulation and cell death under biotic or abiotic stresses. Furthermore, we showed that BPA1 and several BPLs functioned redundantly in plant immunity to P. capsici. We discovered that BPA1 and all six BPLs interacted with ACD11, and stabilization of ACD11 was impaired in the bpa1, bpl2, bpl3, and bpl4 mutants. RxLR207 could promote the degradation of BPA1, BPL1, BPL2, and BPL4 to disrupt ACD11 stabilization in a 26S proteasome-dependent manner. Taken together, these findings indicate the important roles of Arabidopsis BPA1 and its homologs in ROS homeostasis and defense response, highlighting the usefulness of a pathogen effector-directed approach as a promising strategy for the discovery of novel plant immune regulators.
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- Qi Li
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Hu LJ, Wu XQ, Li HY, Zhao Q, Wang YC, Ye JR. An Effector, BxSapB1, Induces Cell Death and Contributes to Virulence in the Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:452-463. [PMID: 30351223 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-18-0275-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The pine wood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus has caused serious damage to pine forests in China. Effectors secreted by phytonematodes play a role in host infection. We identified and characterized an effector, BxSapB1, based on the B. xylophilus transcriptome at the early stages of infection and the transient expression of proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana. BxSapB1 triggered cell death in N. benthamiana when secreted into the apoplast, and this effect was independent of N. benthamiana brassinosteroid-insensitive 1-associated kinase 1 (NbBAK1) and suppressor of BIR1-1 (NbSOBIR1). The signal peptide of BxSapB1 was proven to be functional in yeast using the yeast signal sequence trap system and BxSapB1 was strongly expressed in the subventral gland cells of B. xylophilus, as revealed by in-situ hybridization. In addition, based on local BLAST analysis, the BxSapB1 showed 100% identity to BUX.s00139.62, which was identified from the B. xylophilus secretome during Pinus thunbergii infection. BxSapB1 was upregulated in a highly virulent strain and downregulated in a weakly virulent strain of PWN at the early stages of infection. RNA interference assays showed that silencing BxSapB1 resulted in decreased expression of pathogenesis-related genes (PtPR-1b, PtPR-3, and PtPR-5) as well as delayed onset of symptoms in P. thunbergii infected by B. xylophilus. The combined data suggest that BxSapB1 can trigger cell death in N. benthamiana and that it contributes to the virulence in B. xylophilus during parasitic interaction.
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- Long-Jiao Hu
- 1 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University; and
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- 1 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University; and
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- 3 Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- 1 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University; and
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- 3 Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- 1 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing Forestry University; and
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Guo B, Wang H, Yang B, Jiang W, Jing M, Li H, Xia Y, Xu Y, Hu Q, Wang F, Yu F, Wang Y, Ye W, Dong S, Xing W, Wang Y. Phytophthora sojae Effector PsAvh240 Inhibits Host Aspartic Protease Secretion to Promote Infection. MOLECULAR PLANT 2019; 12:552-564. [PMID: 30703565 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Plants secrete defense molecules into the extracellular space (the apoplast) to combat attacking microbes. However, the mechanisms by which successful pathogens subvert plant apoplastic immunity remain poorly understood. In this study, we show that PsAvh240, a membrane-localized effector of the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae, promotes P. sojae infection in soybean hairy roots. We found that PsAvh240 interacts with the soybean-resistant aspartic protease GmAP1 in planta and suppresses the secretion of GmAP1 into the apoplast. By solving its crystal structure we revealed that PsAvh240 contain six α helices and two WY motifs. The first two α helices of PsAvh240 are responsible for its plasma membrane-localization and are required for PsAvh240's interaction with GmAP1. The second WY motifs of two PsAvh240 molecules form a handshake arrangement resulting in a handshake-like dimer. This dimerization is required for the effector's repression of GmAP1 secretion. Taken together, these data reveal that PsAvh240 localizes at the plasma membrane to interfere with GmAP1 secretion, which represents an effective mechanism by which effector proteins suppress plant apoplastic immunity.
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- Baodian Guo
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 239 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China.
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Huang G, Liu Z, Gu B, Zhao H, Jia J, Fan G, Meng Y, Du Y, Shan W. An RXLR effector secreted by Phytophthora parasitica is a virulence factor and triggers cell death in various plants. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2019; 20:356-371. [PMID: 30320960 PMCID: PMC6637884 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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RXLR effectors encoded by Phytophthora species play a central role in pathogen-plant interactions. An understanding of the biological functions of RXLR effectors is conducive to the illumination of the pathogenic mechanisms and the development of disease control strategies. However, the virulence function of Phytophthora parasitica RXLR effectors is poorly understood. Here, we describe the identification of a P. parasitica RXLR effector gene, PPTG00121 (PpE4), which is highly transcribed during the early stages of infection. Live cell imaging of P. parasitica transformants expressing a full-length PpE4 (E4FL)-mCherry protein indicated that PpE4 is secreted and accumulates around haustoria during plant infection. Silencing of PpE4 in P. parasitica resulted in significantly reduced virulence on Nicotiana benthamiana. Transient expression of PpE4 in N. benthamiana in turn restored the pathogenicity of the PpE4-silenced lines. Furthermore, the expression of PpE4 in both N. benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana consistently enhanced plant susceptibility to P. parasitica. These results indicate that PpE4 contributes to pathogen infection. Finally, heterologous expression experiments showed that PpE4 triggers non-specific cell death in a variety of plants, including tobacco, tomato, potato and A. thaliana. Virus-induced gene silencing assays revealed that PpE4-induced cell death is dependent on HSP90, NPK and SGT1, suggesting that PpE4 is recognized by the plant immune system. In conclusion, PpE4 is an important virulence RXLR effector of P. parasitica and recognized by a wide range of host plants.
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- Guiyan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of Life SciencesNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of BiologySouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
- College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxi712100China
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Huang J, Chen L, Lu X, Peng Q, Zhang Y, Yang J, Zhang BY, Yang B, Waletich JR, Yin W, Zheng X, Wang Y, Dong S. Natural allelic variations provide insights into host adaptation of Phytophthora avirulence effector PsAvr3c. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:1010-1022. [PMID: 30169906 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Filamentous pathogens, such as fungi and oomycetes, secrete avirulence (AVR) effectors that trigger plant immune responses and provide striking examples of host adaptations. Avr effector genes display different types of allelic variations, including deletions, epigenetic silencing and sequence polymorphisms, to avoid detection. However, how effector sequence polymorphisms enable pathogens to dodge host immune surveillance remains largely unknown. PsAvr3c is a Phytophthora AVR gene that is recognized by soybean carrying Rps3c. PsAvr3c natural alleles display a rich diversity of single nucleotide polymorphisms in field isolates. We combined both site-directed mutagenesis and population sequence surveys to identify a serine substitution of glycine at position 174 in PsAvr3c that resulted in evasion of Rps3c-mediated soybean immunity. The S174G substitution did not affect the nuclear localization of PsAvr3c in planta, which is required to activate Rps3c, but it significantly impaired the binding affinity of PsAvr3c with a previously identified spliceosome-associated protein GmSKRPs. Silencing GmSKRPs specifically impaired PsAvr3c-triggered cell death in Rps3c soybean. This study uncovered a plant Phytophthora pathogen that adapted to a resistant plant through a key amino acid mutation and subsequently reduced the binding affinity with a plant immune regulator to evade host resistance.
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- Jie Huang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Liu L, Xu L, Jia Q, Pan R, Oelmüller R, Zhang W, Wu C. Arms race: diverse effector proteins with conserved motifs. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2019; 14:1557008. [PMID: 30621489 PMCID: PMC6351098 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1557008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Effector proteins play important roles in the infection by pathogenic oomycetes and fungi or the colonization by endophytic and mycorrhizal fungi. They are either translocated into the host plant cells via specific translocation mechanisms and function in the host's cytoplasm or nucleus, or they reside in the apoplast of the plant cells and act at the extracellular host-microbe interface. Many effector proteins possess conserved motifs (such as the RXLR, CRN, LysM, RGD, DELD, EAR, RYWT, Y/F/WXC or CFEM motifs) localized in their N- or C-terminal regions. Analysis of the functions of effector proteins, especially so-called "core effectors", is crucial for the understanding of pathogenicity/symbiosis mechanisms and plant defense strategies, and helps to develop breeding strategies for pathogen-resistant cultivars, and to increase crop yield and quality as well as abiotic stress resistance. This review summarizes current knowledge about these effector proteins with the conversed motifs and their involvement in pathogenic or mutualistic plant/fungal interactions.
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- Liping Liu
- College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Plant Physiology, Matthias-Schleiden-Institute for Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Faculty of Biological Science, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- CONTACT Wenying Zhang Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China; Chu Wu College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Plant Ecology and Environmental Restoration, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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Yang Y, Yang X, Dong Y, Qiu D. The Botrytis cinerea Xylanase BcXyl1 Modulates Plant Immunity. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2535. [PMID: 30405585 PMCID: PMC6206051 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Botrytis cinerea is one of the most notorious pathogenic species that causes serious plant diseases and substantial losses in agriculture throughout the world. We identified BcXyl1 from B. cinerea that exhibited xylanase activity. Expression of the BcXyl1 gene was strongly induced in B. cinerea infecting Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato plants, and BcXyl1 deletion strains severely compromised the virulence of B. cinerea. BcXyl1 induced strong cell death in several plants, and cell death activity of BcXyl1 was independent of its xylanase activity. Purified BcXyl1 triggered typically PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) responses and conferred resistance to B. cinerea and TMV in tobacco and tomato plants. A 26-amino acid peptide of BcXyl1 was sufficient for elicitor function. Furthermore, the BcXyl1 death-inducing signal was mediated by the plant LRR receptor-like kinases (RLKs) BAK1 and SOBIR1. Our data suggested that BcXyl1 contributed to B. cinerea virulence and induced plant defense responses.
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- Yuankun Yang
- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wang C, He X, Li Y, Wang L, Guo X, Guo X. The cotton MAPK kinase GhMPK20 negatively regulates resistance to Fusarium oxysporum by mediating the MKK4-MPK20-WRKY40 cascade. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2018; 19:1624-1638. [PMID: 29098751 PMCID: PMC6637994 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fusarium wilt is one of the most serious diseases affecting cotton. However, the pathogenesis and mechanism by which Fusarium oxysporum overcomes plant defence responses are unclear. Here, a new group D mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) gene, GhMPK20, was identified and functionally analysed in cotton. GhMPK20 expression was significantly induced by F. oxysporum. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of GhMPK20 in cotton increased the tolerance to F. oxysporum, whereas ectopic GhMPK20 overexpression in Nicotiana benthamiana reduced F. oxysporum resistance via disruption of the salicylic acid (SA)-mediated defence pathway. More importantly, an F. oxysporum-induced MAPK cascade pathway composed of GhMKK4, GhMPK20 and GhWRKY40 was identified. VIGS of GhMKK4 and GhWRKY40 also enhanced F. oxysporum resistance in cotton, and the function of GhMKK4-GhMPK20 was shown to be essential for F. oxysporum-induced GhWRKY40 expression. Together, our results indicate that the GhMKK4-GhMPK20-GhWRKY40 cascade in cotton plays an important role in the pathogenesis of F. oxysporum. This research broadens our knowledge of the negative role of the MAPK cascade in disease resistance in cotton and provides an important scientific basis for the formulation of Fusarium wilt prevention strategies.
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- Chen Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life SciencesShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandong 271018China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandong 271018China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life SciencesShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandong 271018China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life SciencesShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandong 271018China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life SciencesShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandong 271018China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life SciencesShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandong 271018China
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Ma N, Liu C, Li H, Wang J, Zhang B, Lin J, Chang Y. Genome-wide identification of lectin receptor kinases in pear: Functional characterization of the L-type LecRLK gene PbLRK138. Gene 2018; 661:11-21. [PMID: 29601951 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.03.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lectin receptor-like kinases (LecRLKs) are membrane-bound receptors that are believed to be involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses. However, little is known about the LecRLK family in pear. In this study, a total of 172 LecRLK genes were first identified in the entire pear genome. The 172 LecRLKs were divided into three types (111 G-, 59 L- and two C-types) based on their structure and phylogenetic relationships. LecRLKs gene expressions were detected in different pear tissues including roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits, and the most of the 11 selected LecRLKs exhibited similar expression patterns. Furthermore, six selected LecRLKs were shown to be involved in salt stress response. Overexpression of PbLRK138, an L-type LecRLK, caused cell death and induced expression of defense-related genes in Nicotiana benthamiana. Two deletion mutants containing lectin or transmembrane and serine/threonine kinase domains did not trigger cell death. In addition, only the mutant with the transmembrane domain was localized to the plasma membrane.
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- Na Ma
- Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Germplasm and Biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Germplasm and Biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing 210014, China.
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Wang Z, Xia Y, Lin S, Wang Y, Guo B, Song X, Ding S, Zheng L, Feng R, Chen S, Bao Y, Sheng C, Zhang X, Wu J, Niu D, Jin H, Zhao H. Osa-miR164a targets OsNAC60 and negatively regulates rice immunity against the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 95:584-597. [PMID: 29775494 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Exploring the regulatory mechanism played by endogenous rice miRNAs in defense responses against the blast disease is of great significance in both resistant variety breeding and disease control management. We identified rice defense-related miRNAs by comparing rice miRNA expression patterns before and after Magnaporthe oryzae strain Guy11 infection. We discovered that osa-miR164a expression reduced upon Guy11 infection at both early and late stages, which was perfectly associated with the induced expression of its target gene, OsNAC60. OsNAC60 encodes a transcription factor, over-expression of which enhanced defense responses, such as increased programmed cell death, greater ion leakage, more reactive oxygen species accumulation and callose deposition, and upregulation of defense-related genes. By using transgenic rice over-expressing osa-miR164a, and a transposon insertion mutant of OsNAC60, we showed that when the miR164a/OsNAC60 regulatory module was dysfunctional, rice developed significant susceptibility to Guy11 infection. The co-expression of OsNAC60 and osa-miR164a abolished the OsNAC60 activity, but not its synonymous mutant. We further validated that this regulatory module is conserved in plant resistance to multiple plant diseases, such as the rice sheath blight, tomato late blight, and soybean root and stem rot diseases. Our results demonstrate that the miR164a/OsNAC60 regulatory module manipulates rice defense responses to M. oryzae infection. This discovery is of great potential for resistant variety breeding and disease control to a broad spectrum of pathogens in the future.
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- Zhaoyun Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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Wang Y, Xu Y, Sun Y, Wang H, Qi J, Wan B, Ye W, Lin Y, Shao Y, Dong S, Tyler BM, Wang Y. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like gene screen reveals that Nicotiana RXEG1 regulates glycoside hydrolase 12 MAMP detection. Nat Commun 2018; 9:594. [PMID: 29426870 PMCID: PMC5807360 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Activation of innate immunity by membrane-localized receptors is conserved across eukaryotes. Plant genomes contain hundreds of such receptor-like genes and those encoding proteins with an extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain represent the largest family. Here, we develop a high-throughput approach to study LRR receptor-like genes on a genome-wide scale. In total, 257 tobacco rattle virus-based constructs are generated to target 386 of the 403 identified LRR receptor-like genes in Nicotiana benthamiana for silencing. Using this toolkit, we identify the LRR receptor-like protein Response to XEG1 (RXEG1) that specifically recognizes the glycoside hydrolase 12 protein XEG1. RXEG1 associates with XEG1 via the LRR domain in the apoplast and forms a complex with the LRR receptor-like kinases BAK1 and SOBIR1 to transduce the XEG1-induced defense signal. Thus, this genome-wide silencing assay is demonstrated to be an efficient toolkit to pinpoint new immune receptors, which will contribute to developing durable disease resistance.
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- Yan Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China.
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095, Nanjing, China.
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Yang Y, Zhang Y, Li B, Yang X, Dong Y, Qiu D. A Verticillium dahliae Pectate Lyase Induces Plant Immune Responses and Contributes to Virulence. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1271. [PMID: 30271415 PMCID: PMC6146025 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Verticillium dahliae is a wide-host-range fungal pathogen that causes soil-borne disease in hundreds of dicotyledonous hosts. In search of V. dahliae Vd991 cell death-inducing proteins, we identified a pectate lyase (VdPEL1) that exhibited pectin hydrolytic activity, which could induce strong cell death in several plants. Purified VdPEL1 triggered defense responses and conferred resistance to Botrytis cinerea and V. dahliae in tobacco and cotton plants. Our results demonstrated that the mutant VdPEL1rec lacking the enzymatic activity lacked functions to induce both cell death and plant resistance, implying that the enzymatic activity was necessary. In addition, VdPEL1 was strongly induced in V. dahliae infected Nicotiana benthamiana and cotton roots, and VdPEL1 deletion strains severely compromised the virulence of V. dahliae. Our data suggested that VdPEL1 contributed to V. dahliae virulence and induced plant defense responses. These findings provide a new insight for the function of pectate lyase in the host-pathogen interaction.
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- *Correspondence: Yijie Dong, Dewen Qiu,
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Dalio RJD, Herlihy J, Oliveira TS, McDowell JM, Machado M. Effector Biology in Focus: A Primer for Computational Prediction and Functional Characterization. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:22-33. [PMID: 29023190 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-17-0174-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant-pathogen interactions are controlled by a multilayered immune system, which is activated by pathogen recognition in the host. Pathogens secrete effector molecules to interfere with the immune recognition or signaling network and reprogram cell structure or metabolism. Understanding the effector repertoires of diverse pathogens will contribute to unraveling the molecular mechanism of virulence and developing sustainable disease-control strategies for crops and natural ecosystems. Effector functionality has been investigated extensively in only a small number of pathogen species. However, many more pathogen genomes are becoming available, and much can be learned from a broader view of effector biology in diverse pathosystems. The purpose of this review is to summarize methodology for computational prediction of protein effectors, functional characterization of effector proteins and their targets, and the use of effectors as probes to screen for new sources of host resistance. Although these techniques were generally developed in model pathosystems, many of the approaches are directly applicable for exploration and exploitation of effector biology in pathosystems that are less well studied. We hope to facilitate such exploration, which will broaden understanding of the mechanisms that underpin the biological diversity of plant-pathogen interactions, and maximize the impact of new approaches that leverage effector biology for disease control.
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- Ronaldo J D Dalio
- 1 Citrus Biotechnology Lab, Centro de Citricultura Sylvio Moreira, IA, Cordeirópolis-SP, Brazil; and
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- 2 Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061-0329, U.S.A
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- 1 Citrus Biotechnology Lab, Centro de Citricultura Sylvio Moreira, IA, Cordeirópolis-SP, Brazil; and
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- 2 Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061-0329, U.S.A
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- 1 Citrus Biotechnology Lab, Centro de Citricultura Sylvio Moreira, IA, Cordeirópolis-SP, Brazil; and
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Shen D, Li Q, Sun P, Zhang M, Dou D. Intrinsic disorder is a common structural characteristic of RxLR effectors in oomycete pathogens. Fungal Biol 2017; 121:911-919. [PMID: 29029698 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Intrinsic disorder is common in nature and has been studied to play important biological roles in bacterial effectors. However, disorder in oomycete RxLR effectors has not been investigated previously and the roles are unknown. Our results of PONDR VL-XT disorder analysis showed that predicted oomycete RxLR effectors were significantly more disordered than other effectors and secretome. The distribution of disorder content presented preference that RxLR-dEER regions were enriched in disordered residues, suggesting potential role of disorder in effector translocation. In contrast, the disorder content was depleted in the C-terminal regions, especially for W/Y/L motifs. We also found that around 42 % of putative RxLR proteins were predicted to contain at least one α-helix-forming molecular recognition feature (α-MoRF), and most α-MoRFs were located in the C-terminal regions. Furthermore, both of the disorder mutants of PsAvh18 and PcAvh207 lost the cell death-inducing activity, indicating the potential important role of disordered structure in RxLR effector function. Overall, these results demonstrate that intrinsic disorder is a common characteristic of oomycete RxLR proteins, and we postulate that such structure feature may be important for effector translocation or function. This study extends our understanding of RxLR effectors in protein structures, and opens up new directions to explore novel mechanisms of oomycete RxLR effectors.
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- Danyu Shen
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Zhou B, Zeng L. Elucidating the role of highly homologous Nicotiana benthamiana ubiquitin E2 gene family members in plant immunity through an improved virus-induced gene silencing approach. PLANT METHODS 2017; 13:59. [PMID: 28736574 PMCID: PMC5521103 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0210-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has been used in many plant species as an attractive post transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) method for studying gene function either individually or at large-scale in a high-throughput manner. However, the specificity and efficiency for knocking down members of a highly homologous gene family have remained to date a significant challenge in VIGS due to silencing of off-targets. RESULTS Here we present an improved method for the selection and evaluation of gene fragments used for VIGS to specifically and efficiently knock down members of a highly homologous gene family. Using this method, we knocked down twelve and four members, respectively of group III of the gene family encoding ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2) in Nicotiana benthamiana. Assays using these VIGS-treated plants revealed that the group III E2s are essential for plant development, plant immunity-associated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, expression of the gene NbRbohB that is required for ROS production, and suppression of immunity-associated programmed cell death (PCD) by AvrPtoB, an effector protein of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomons syringae. Moreover, functional redundancy for plant development and ROS production was found to exist among members of group III E2s. CONCLUSIONS We have found that employment of a gene fragment as short as approximately 70 base pairs (bp) that contains at least three mismatched nucleotides to other genes within any 21-bp sequences prevents silencing of off-target(s) in VIGS. This improved approach in the selection and evaluation of gene fragments allows for specific and efficient knocking down of highly homologous members of a gene family. Using this approach, we implicated N. benthamiana group III E2s in plant development, immunity-associated ROS production, and suppression of multiple immunity-associated PCD by AvrPtoB. We also unraveled functional redundancy among group III members in their requirement for plant development and plant immunity-associated ROS production.
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- Bangjun Zhou
- Center for Plant Science Innovation, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA
- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128 China
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Chen Y, Halterman DA. Phytophthora infestans Effectors IPI-O1 and IPI-O4 Each Contribute to Pathogen Virulence. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2017; 107:600-606. [PMID: 28350531 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-16-0240-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Potato late blight, caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most destructive plant diseases. Despite decades of intensive breeding efforts, it remains a threat to potato production worldwide, because newly evolved pathogen strains have overcome major resistance genes quickly. The RB protein, from the diploid wild potato species Solanum bulbocastanum, confers partial resistance to most P. infestans strains through its recognition of members of the corresponding pathogen effector protein family IPI-O. IPI-O comprises a multigene family and while some variants are recognized by RB to elicit host resistance (e.g., IPI-O1 and IPI-O2), others are able to elude detection (e.g., IPI-O4). IPI-O1 is almost ubiquitous in global P. infestans strains while IPI-O4 is more rare. No direct experimental evidence has been shown to demonstrate the effect of IPI-O on pathogen virulence in the P. infestans-potato pathosystem. Here, our work has demonstrated that in planta expression of both IPI-O1 and IPI-O4 increases P. infestans aggressiveness resulting in enlarged lesions in potato leaflets. We have previously shown that IPI-O4 has gained the ability to suppress the hypersensitive response induced by IPI-O1 in the presence of RB. In this study, our work has shown that this gain-of-function of IPI-O4 does not compromise its virulence effect, as IPI-O4 overexpression results in larger lesions than IPI-O1. We have also found that higher expression of IPI-O effectors correlates with enlarged lesions, indicating that IPI-O can contribute to virulence quantitatively. In summary, this study has provided accurate and valuable information on IPI-O's virulence effect on the potato host.
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- Yu Chen
- First author: Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706; and second author: U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 53726
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- First author: Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706; and second author: U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 53726
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Xiang J, Li X, Yin L, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Qu J, Lu J. A candidate RxLR effector from Plasmopara viticola can elicit immune responses in Nicotiana benthamiana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:75. [PMID: 28410577 PMCID: PMC5391559 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1016-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diverse plant pathogens deliver effectors into plant cells to alter host processes. Oomycete pathogen encodes a large number of putative RxLR effectors which are likely to play a role in manipulating plant defense responses. The secretome of Plasmopara viticola (downy mildew of grapevine) contains at least 162 candidate RxLR effectors discovered in our recent studies, but their roles in infection and pathogenicity remain to be determined. Here, we characterize in depth one of the putative RxLR effectors, PvRxLR16, which has been reported to induce cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana in our previous study. RESULTS The nuclear localization, W/Y/L motifs, and a putative N-glycosylation site in C-terminal of PvRxLR16 were essential for cell death-inducing activity. Suppressor of G-two allele of Skp1 (SGT1), heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and required for Mla12 resistance (RAR1), but not somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase (SERK3), were required for the cell death response triggered by PvRxLR16 in N. benthamiana. Some mitogen-activated protein kinases and transcription factors were also involved in the perception of PvRxLR16 by N. benthamiana. PvRxLR16 could also significantly enhance plant resistance to Phytophthora capsici and the nuclear localization was required for this ability. However, some other PvRxLR effectors could suppress defense responses and disease resistance induced by PvRxLR16, suggesting that it may not trigger host cell death or immune responses during physiological infection under natural conditions. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate that PvRxLR16 may be recognized by endogenous proteins in nucleus to trigger immune responses in N. benthamiana, which in turn can be suppressed by other PvRxLR effectors.
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- Jiang Xiang
- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China.
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Yang B, Wang Q, Jing M, Guo B, Wu J, Wang H, Wang Y, Lin L, Wang Y, Ye W, Dong S, Wang Y. Distinct regions of the Phytophthora essential effector Avh238 determine its function in cell death activation and plant immunity suppression. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 214:361-375. [PMID: 28134441 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Phytophthora pathogens secrete effectors to manipulate host innate immunity, thus facilitating infection. Among the RXLR effectors highly induced during Phytophthora sojae infection, Avh238 not only contributes to pathogen virulence but also triggers plant cell death. However, the detailed molecular basis of Avh238 functions remains largely unknown. We mapped the regions responsible for Avh238 functions in pathogen virulence and plant cell death induction using a strategy that combines investigation of natural variation and large-scale mutagenesis assays. The correlation between cellular localization and Avh238 functions was also evaluated. We found that the 79th residue (histidine or leucine) of Avh238 determined its cell death-inducing activity, and that the 53 amino acids in its C-terminal region are responsible for promoting Phytophthora infection. Transient expression of Avh238 in Nicotiana benthamiana revealed that nuclear localization is essential for triggering cell death, while Avh238-mediated suppression of INF1-triggered cell death requires cytoplasmic localization. Our results demonstrate that a representative example of an essential Phytophthora RXLR effector can evolve to escape recognition by the host by mutating one nucleotide site, and can also retain plant immunosuppressive activity to enhance pathogen virulence in planta.
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- Bo Yang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, 210095, China
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Kale SD. The masks of Avh238. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 214:8-10. [PMID: 28239893 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Shiv D Kale
- Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA
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Sperschneider J, Catanzariti AM, DeBoer K, Petre B, Gardiner DM, Singh KB, Dodds PN, Taylor JM. LOCALIZER: subcellular localization prediction of both plant and effector proteins in the plant cell. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44598. [PMID: 28300209 PMCID: PMC5353544 DOI: 10.1038/srep44598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pathogens secrete effector proteins and many operate inside plant cells to enable infection. Some effectors have been found to enter subcellular compartments by mimicking host targeting sequences. Although many computational methods exist to predict plant protein subcellular localization, they perform poorly for effectors. We introduce LOCALIZER for predicting plant and effector protein localization to chloroplasts, mitochondria, and nuclei. LOCALIZER shows greater prediction accuracy for chloroplast and mitochondrial targeting compared to other methods for 652 plant proteins. For 107 eukaryotic effectors, LOCALIZER outperforms other methods and predicts a previously unrecognized chloroplast transit peptide for the ToxA effector, which we show translocates into tobacco chloroplasts. Secretome-wide predictions and confocal microscopy reveal that rust fungi might have evolved multiple effectors that target chloroplasts or nuclei. LOCALIZER is the first method for predicting effector localisation in plants and is a valuable tool for prioritizing effector candidates for functional investigations. LOCALIZER is available at http://localizer.csiro.au/.
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- Jana Sperschneider
- Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Queensland Bioscience Precinct, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Black Mountain Laboratories, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Black Mountain Laboratories, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Ma Z, Zhu L, Song T, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Xia Y, Qiu M, Lin Y, Li H, Kong L, Fang Y, Ye W, Wang Y, Dong S, Zheng X, Tyler BM, Wang Y. A paralogous decoy protects Phytophthora sojae apoplastic effector PsXEG1 from a host inhibitor. Science 2017; 355:710-714. [PMID: 28082413 DOI: 10.1126/science.aai7919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The extracellular space (apoplast) of plant tissue represents a critical battleground between plants and attacking microbes. Here we show that a pathogen-secreted apoplastic xyloglucan-specific endoglucanase, PsXEG1, is a focus of this struggle in the Phytophthora sojae-soybean interaction. We show that soybean produces an apoplastic glucanase inhibitor protein, GmGIP1, that binds to PsXEG1 to block its contribution to virulence. P. sojae, however, secretes a paralogous PsXEG1-like protein, PsXLP1, that has lost enzyme activity but binds to GmGIP1 more tightly than does PsXEG1, thus freeing PsXEG1 to support P. sojae infection. The gene pair encoding PsXEG1 and PsXLP1 is conserved in many Phytophthora species, and the P. parasitica orthologs PpXEG1 and PpXLP1 have similar functions. Thus, this apoplastic decoy strategy may be widely used in Phytophthora pathosystems.
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- Zhenchuan Ma
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing 210095, China
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The Cell Death Triggered by the Nuclear Localized RxLR Effector PITG_22798 from Phytophthora infestans Is Suppressed by the Effector AVR3b. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18020409. [PMID: 28216607 PMCID: PMC5343943 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18020409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Phytopathogenic oomycetes, such as Phytophthora infestans, potentially secrete many RxLR effector proteins into plant cells to modulate plant immune responses and promote colonization. However, the molecular mechanisms by which these RxLR effectors suppress plant immune responses are largely unknown. Here we describe an RxLR effector PITG_22798 (Gene accession: XM_002998349) that was upregulated during early infection of potato by P. infestans. By employment of agroinfiltration, we observed that PITG_22798 triggers cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana. Confocal microscopic examination showed that PITG_22798-GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) located in the host nucleus when expressed transiently in N. benthamiana leaves. A nuclear localization signal (NLS) domain of PITG_22798 is important for nuclear localization and cell death-inducing activity. Sequence alignment and transient expression showed that PITG_22798 from diverse P. infestans isolates are conserved, and transient expression of PITG_22798 enhances P. infestans colonization of N. benthamiana leaves, which suggests that PITG_22798 contributes to P. infestans infection. PITG_22798-triggered cell death is dependent on SGT1-mediated signaling and is suppressed by the P. infestans avirulence effector 3b (AVR3b). The present research provides a clue for further investigation of how P. infestans effector PITG_22798 associates with and modulates host immunity.
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Zhang H, Zhao T, Zhuang P, Song Z, Du H, Tang Z, Gao Z. NbCZF1, a Novel C2H2-Type Zinc Finger Protein, as a New Regulator of SsCut-Induced Plant Immunity in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:2472-2484. [PMID: 27649734 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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SsCut, which functions as an elicitor, can induce plant immunity. In this study, we utilized Nicotiana benthamiana and virus-induced gene silencing to decrease the expression of > 2,500 genes individually. Using this forward genetics approach, several genes were identified that, when silenced, compromised SsCut-triggered cell death based on a cell death assay. A C2H2-type zinc finger gene was isolated from N. benthamiana Sequence analysis indicated that the gene encodes a 27 kDa protein with 253 amino acids containing two typical C2H2-type zinc finger domains; this gene was named NbCZF1 We found that SsCut-induced cell death could be inhibited by virus-induced gene silencing of NbCZF1 in N. benthamiana In addition, SsCut induces stomatal closure, accompanied by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by NADPH oxidases and nitric oxide (NO) production. NbCZF1-silenced plants showed impaired SsCut-induced stomatal closure, decreased SsCut-induced production of ROS and NO in guard cells and reduced SsCut-induced resistance against Phytophthora nicotianae Taken together, these results demonstrate that the NbCZF1-ROS-NO pathway mediates multiple SsCut-triggered responses, including stomatal closure, hypersensitive responses and defense-related gene expression. This is the first report describing the function of a C2H2-type zinc finger protein in N. benthamiana.
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- Huajian Zhang
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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Jing M, Guo B, Li H, Yang B, Wang H, Kong G, Zhao Y, Xu H, Wang Y, Ye W, Dong S, Qiao Y, Tyler BM, Ma W, Wang Y. A Phytophthora sojae effector suppresses endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated immunity by stabilizing plant Binding immunoglobulin Proteins. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11685. [PMID: 27256489 PMCID: PMC4895818 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Phytophthora pathogens secrete an array of specific effector proteins to manipulate host innate immunity to promote pathogen colonization. However, little is known about the host targets of effectors and the specific mechanisms by which effectors increase susceptibility. Here we report that the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae uses an essential effector PsAvh262 to stabilize endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-luminal binding immunoglobulin proteins (BiPs), which act as negative regulators of plant resistance to Phytophthora. By stabilizing BiPs, PsAvh262 suppresses ER stress-triggered cell death and facilitates Phytophthora infection. The direct targeting of ER stress regulators may represent a common mechanism of host manipulation by microbes.
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- Maofeng Jing
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), 210095 Nanjing, China
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Xiang J, Li X, Wu J, Yin L, Zhang Y, Lu J. Studying the Mechanism of Plasmopara viticola RxLR Effectors on Suppressing Plant Immunity. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:709. [PMID: 27242731 PMCID: PMC4870276 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The RxLR effector family, produced by oomycete pathogens, may manipulate host physiological and biochemical events inside host cells. A group of putative RxLR effectors from Plasmopara viticola have been recently identified by RNA-Seq analysis in our lab. However, their roles in pathogenesis are poorly understood. In this study, we attempted to characterize 23 PvRxLR effector candidates identified from a P. viticola isolate “ZJ-1-1.” During host infection stages, expression patterns of the effector genes were varied and could be categorized into four different groups. By using transient expression assays in Nicotiana benthamiana, we found that 17 of these effector candidates fully suppressed programmed cell death elicited by a range of cell death-inducing proteins, including BAX, INF1, PsCRN63, PsojNIP, PvRxLR16 and R3a/Avr3a. We also discovered that all these PvRxLRs could target the plant cell nucleus, except for PvRxLR55 that localized to the membrane. Furthermore, we identified a single effector, PvRxLR28, that showed the highest expression level at 6 hpi. Functional analysis revealed that PvRxLR28 could significantly enhance susceptibilities of grapevine and tobacco to pathogens. These results suggest that most P. viticola effectors tested in this study may act as broad suppressors of cell death to manipulate immunity in plant.
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- Jiang Xiang
- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Nanning, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing, China
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- The Viticulture and Enology Program, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing, China
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Fang A, Han Y, Zhang N, Zhang M, Liu L, Li S, Lu F, Sun W. Identification and Characterization of Plant Cell Death-Inducing Secreted Proteins From Ustilaginoidea virens. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2016; 29:405-16. [PMID: 26927000 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-15-0200-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takah (telemorph Villosiclava virens) is an ascomycetous fungus that causes rice false smut, one of the most important rice diseases. Fungal effectors often play essential roles in host-pathogen coevolutionary interactions. However, little is known about the functions of U. virens effectors. Here, we performed functional studies on putative effectors in U. virens and demonstrated that 13 of 119 putative effectors caused necrosis or necrosis-like phenotypes in Nicotiana benthamiana. Among them, 11 proteins were confirmed to be secreted, using a yeast secretion system, and the corresponding genes are all highly induced during infection, except UV_44 and UV_4753. Eight secreted proteins were proven to trigger cell death or defenses in rice protoplasts and the secretion signal of these proteins is essential for their cell death-inducing activity. The ability of UV_44 and UV_1423 to trigger cell death is dependent on the predicted serine peptidase and ribonuclease catalytic active sites, respectively. We demonstrated that UV_1423 and UV_6205 are N-glycosylated proteins, which glycosylation has different impacts on their abilities to induce cell death. Collectively, the study identified multiple secreted proteins in U. virens with specific structural motifs that induce cell death or defense machinery in nonhost and host plants.
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- Anfei Fang
- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology; Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Zhu C, Yang X, Lv R, Li Z, Ding X, Tyler BM, Zhang X. Phytophthora capsici homologue of the cell cycle regulator SDA1 is required for sporangial morphology, mycelial growth and plant infection. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2016; 17:369-87. [PMID: 26095317 PMCID: PMC6638425 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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SDA1 encodes a highly conserved protein that is widely distributed in eukaryotic organisms. SDA1 is essential for cell cycle progression and organization of the actin cytoskeleton in yeasts and humans. In this study, we identified a Phytophthora capsici orthologue of yeast SDA1, named PcSDA1. In P. capsici, PcSDA1 is strongly expressed in three asexual developmental states (mycelium, sporangia and germinating cysts), as well as late in infection. Silencing or overexpression of PcSDA1 in P. capsici transformants affected the growth of hyphae and sporangiophores, sporangial development, cyst germination and zoospore release. Phalloidin staining confirmed that PcSDA1 is required for organization of the actin cytoskeleton. Moreover, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining and PcSDA1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions revealed that PcSDA1 is involved in the regulation of nuclear distribution in hyphae and sporangia. Both silenced and overexpression transformants showed severely diminished virulence. Thus, our results suggest that PcSDA1 plays a similar role in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and nuclear division in this filamentous organism as in non-filamentous yeasts and human cells.
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- Chunyuan Zhu
- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61, Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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Msp40 effector of root-knot nematode manipulates plant immunity to facilitate parasitism. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19443. [PMID: 26797310 PMCID: PMC4726423 DOI: 10.1038/srep19443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are obligate biotrophic parasites that invade plant roots and engage in prolonged and intimate relationships with their hosts. Nematode secretions, some of which have immunosuppressing activity, play essential roles in successful parasitism; however, their mechanisms of action remain largely unknown. Here, we show that the RKN-specific gene MiMsp40, cloned from Meloidogyne incognita, is expressed exclusively in subventral oesophageal gland cells and is strongly upregulated during early parasitic stages. Arabidopsis plants overexpressing MiMsp40 were more susceptible to nematode infection than were wild type plants. Conversely, the host-derived MiMsp40 RNAi suppressed nematode parasitism and/or reproduction. Moreover, overexpression of MiMsp40 in plants suppressed the deposition of callose and the expression of marker genes for bacterial elicitor elf18-triggered immunity. Transient expression of MiMsp40 prevented Bax-triggered defence-related programmed cell death. Co-agroinfiltration assays indicated that MiMsp40 also suppressed macroscopic cell death triggered by MAPK cascades or by the ETI cognate elicitors R3a/Avr3a. Together, these results demonstrate that MiMsp40 is a novel Meloidogyne-specific effector that is injected into plant cells by early parasitic stages of the nematode and that plays a role in suppressing PTI and/or ETI signals to facilitate RKN parasitism.
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Rajput NA, Zhang M, Shen D, Liu T, Zhang Q, Ru Y, Sun P, Dou D. Overexpression of a Phytophthora Cytoplasmic CRN Effector Confers Resistance to Disease, Salinity and Drought in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:2423-35. [PMID: 26546319 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The Crinkler (CRN) effector family is produced by oomycete pathogens and may manipulate host physiological and biochemical events inside host cells. Here, PsCRN161 was identified from Phytophthora sojae based on its broad and strong cell death suppression activities. The effector protein contains two predicted nuclear localization signals and localized to nuclei of plant cells, indicating that it may target plant nuclei to modify host cell physiology and function. The chimeric gene GFP:PsCRN161 driven by the Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter was introduced into Nicotiana benthamiana. The four independent PsCRN161-transgenic lines exhibited increased resistance to two oomycete pathogens (P. parasitica and P. capsici) and showed enhanced tolerance to salinity and drought stresses. Digital gene expression profiling analysis showed that defense-related genes, including ABC transporters, Cyt P450 and receptor-like kinases (RLKs), were significantly up-regulated in PsCRN161-transgenic plants compared with GFP (green fluorescent protein) lines, implying that PsCRN161 expression may protect plants from biotic and abiotic stresses by up-regulation of many defense-related genes. The results reveal previously unknown functions of the oomycete effectors, suggesting that the pathogen effectors could be directly used as functional genes for plant molecular breeding for enhancement of tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Nasir Ahmed Rajput
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Du Y, Berg J, Govers F, Bouwmeester K. Immune activation mediated by the late blight resistance protein R1 requires nuclear localization of R1 and the effector AVR1. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 207:735-47. [PMID: 25760731 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Resistance against oomycete pathogens is mainly governed by intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors that recognize matching avirulence (AVR) proteins from the pathogen, RXLR effectors that are delivered inside host cells. Detailed molecular understanding of how and where NLR proteins and RXLR effectors interact is essential to inform the deployment of durable resistance (R) genes. Fluorescent tags, nuclear localization signals (NLSs) and nuclear export signals (NESs) were exploited to determine the subcellular localization of the potato late blight protein R1 and the Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1, and to target these proteins to the nucleus or cytoplasm. Microscopic imaging revealed that both R1 and AVR1 occurred in the nucleus and cytoplasm, and were in close proximity. Transient expression of NLS- or NES-tagged R1 and AVR1 in Nicotiana benthamiana showed that activation of the R1-mediated hypersensitive response and resistance required localization of the R1/AVR1 pair in the nucleus. However, AVR1-mediated suppression of cell death in the absence of R1 was dependent on localization of AVR1 in the cytoplasm. Balanced nucleocytoplasmic partitioning of AVR1 seems to be a prerequisite. Our results show that R1-mediated immunity is activated inside the nucleus with AVR1 in close proximity and suggest that nucleocytoplasmic transport of R1 and AVR1 is tightly regulated.
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- Yu Du
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Kong G, Zhao Y, Jing M, Huang J, Yang J, Xia Y, Kong L, Ye W, Xiong Q, Qiao Y, Dong S, Ma W, Wang Y. The Activation of Phytophthora Effector Avr3b by Plant Cyclophilin is Required for the Nudix Hydrolase Activity of Avr3b. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005139. [PMID: 26317500 PMCID: PMC4552650 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Plant pathogens secrete an arsenal of effector proteins to impair host immunity. Some effectors possess enzymatic activities that can modify their host targets. Previously, we demonstrated that a Phytophthora sojae RXLR effector Avr3b acts as a Nudix hydrolase when expressed in planta; and this enzymatic activity is required for full virulence of P. sojae strain P6497 in soybean (Glycine max). Interestingly, recombinant Avr3b produced by E. coli does not have the hydrolase activity unless it was incubated with plant protein extracts. Here, we report the activation of Avr3b by a prolyl-peptidyl isomerase (PPIase), cyclophilin, in plant cells. Avr3b directly interacts with soybean cyclophilin GmCYP1, which activates the hydrolase activity of Avr3b in a PPIase activity-dependent manner. Avr3b contains a putative Glycine-Proline (GP) motif; which is known to confer cyclophilin-binding in other protein substrates. Substitution of the Proline (P132) in the putative GP motif impaired the interaction of Avr3b with GmCYP1; as a result, the mutant Avr3bP132A can no longer be activated by GmCYP1, and is also unable to promote Phytophthora infection. Avr3b elicits hypersensitive response (HR) in soybean cultivars producing the resistance protein Rps3b, but Avr3bP132A lost its ability to trigger HR. Furthermore, silencing of GmCYP1 rendered reduced cell death triggered by Avr3b, suggesting that GmCYP1-mediated Avr3b maturation is also required for Rps3b recognition. Finally, cyclophilins of Nicotiana benthamiana can also interact with Avr3b and activate its enzymatic activity. Overall, our results demonstrate that cyclophilin is a "helper" that activates the enzymatic activity of Avr3b after it is delivered into plant cells; as such, cyclophilin is required for the avirulence and virulence functions of Avr3b.
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- Guanghui Kong
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Mafurah JJ, Ma H, Zhang M, Xu J, He F, Ye T, Shen D, Chen Y, Rajput NA, Dou D. A Virulence Essential CRN Effector of Phytophthora capsici Suppresses Host Defense and Induces Cell Death in Plant Nucleus. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127965. [PMID: 26011314 PMCID: PMC4444017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phytophthora capsici is a soil-borne plant pathogen with a wide range of hosts. The pathogen secretes a large array of effectors during infection of host plants, including Crinkler (CRN) effectors. However, it remains largely unknown on the roles of these effectors in virulence especially in P. capsici. In this study, we identified a cell death-inducing CRN effector PcCRN4 using agroinfiltration approach. Transient expression of PcCRN4 gene induced cell death in N. benthamiana, N. tabacum and Solanum lycopersicum. Overexpression of the gene in N. benthamiana enhanced susceptibility to P. capsici. Subcellular localization results showed that PcCRN4 localized to the plant nucleus, and the localization was required for both of its cell death-inducing activity and virulent function. Silencing PcCRN4 gene in P. capsici significantly reduced pathogen virulence. The expression of the pathogenesis-related gene PR1b in N. benthamiana was significantly induced when plants were inoculated with PcCRN4-silenced P. capsici transformant compared to the wilt-type. Callose deposits were also abundant at sites inoculated with PcCRN4-silenced transformant, indicating that silencing of PcCRN4 in P. capsici reduced the ability of the pathogen to suppress plant defenses. Transcriptions of cell death-related genes were affected when PcCRN4-silenced line were inoculated on Arabidopsis thaliana, suggesting that PcCRN4 may induce cell death by manipulating cell death-related genes. Overall, our results demonstrate that PcCRN4 is a virulence essential effector and it needs target to the plant nucleus to suppress plant immune responses.
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- Joseph Juma Mafurah
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Global genome and transcriptome analyses of Magnaporthe oryzae epidemic isolate 98-06 uncover novel effectors and pathogenicity-related genes, revealing gene gain and lose dynamics in genome evolution. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004801. [PMID: 25837042 PMCID: PMC4383609 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genome dynamics of pathogenic organisms are driven by pathogen and host co-evolution, in which pathogen genomes are shaped to overcome stresses imposed by hosts with various genetic backgrounds through generation of a variety of isolates. This same principle applies to the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae and the rice host; however, genetic variations among different isolates of M. oryzae remain largely unknown, particularly at genome and transcriptome levels. Here, we applied genomic and transcriptomic analytical tools to investigate M. oryzae isolate 98-06 that is the most aggressive in infection of susceptible rice cultivars. A unique 1.4 Mb of genomic sequences was found in isolate 98-06 in comparison to reference strain 70-15. Genome-wide expression profiling revealed the presence of two critical expression patterns of M. oryzae based on 64 known pathogenicity-related (PaR) genes. In addition, 134 candidate effectors with various segregation patterns were identified. Five tested proteins could suppress BAX-mediated programmed cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Characterization of isolate-specific effector candidates Iug6 and Iug9 and PaR candidate Iug18 revealed that they have a role in fungal propagation and pathogenicity. Moreover, Iug6 and Iug9 are located exclusively in the biotrophic interfacial complex (BIC) and their overexpression leads to suppression of defense-related gene expression in rice, suggesting that they might participate in biotrophy by inhibiting the SA and ET pathways within the host. Thus, our studies identify novel effector and PaR proteins involved in pathogenicity of the highly aggressive M. oryzae field isolate 98-06, and reveal molecular and genomic dynamics in the evolution of M. oryzae and rice host interactions. Genetic variations in pathogens, such as the causal agent of rice blast Magnaporthe oryzae, often lead to circumvention of disease-resistance cultivars. Previous genome-wide analyses of model organisms suggest that pathogen effectors are also rapidly evolving, especially in regions with high genome plasticity. However, genetic variations among different isolates remain largely unknown in M. oryzae, particularly at the genome and transcriptome levels. In this study, we provided a systematic genomic and interaction transcriptome profile for a dominant rice blast field isolate, resulting in identification of 134 candidate effectors. Two effectors, Iug6 and Iug9, and one pathogenicity-related (PaR) gene product, Iug18, were subjected to functional characterization. We found that Iug6 and Iug9 are located in the biotrophic interfacial complex (BIC) and their overexpression leads to suppression of defense-related gene expression in rice, while Iug18 appears to be a novel PaR protein. Our studies support the hypothesis that isolate-unique genes may serve as a source of genetic variability in the M. oryzae population encountering different environments. Our studies also facilitate further understanding of effectors and genomic variations in pathogenicity of M. oryzae.
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Liu T, Guo S, Lian Z, Chen F, Yang Y, Chen T, Ling X, Liu A, Wang R, Zhang B. A P4-ATPase gene GbPATP of cotton confers chilling tolerance in plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:549-57. [PMID: 25520408 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Members of the P4 subfamily of P-type ATPases are implicated in generating lipid asymmetry between the two lipid leaflets of the plasma membrane in Arabidopsis and are important for resistance to low temperatures, but the function of P4-ATPases in cotton remains unclear. In this study, we found using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis that the expression of the P4-ATPase gene GbPATP in cotton was induced at low temperatures. In addition, GbPATP-silenced cotton plants were more sensitive to low temperatures and exhibited greater malondialdehyde (MDA) content and lower catalase (CAT) activity than the control plants. GbPATP transgenic tobacco plants showed better chilling tolerance, had a lower MDA content and had higher CAT activity than wild-type plants under low-temperature treatment. The green fluorescent protein (GFP)-GbPATP fusion protein was found to be localized to the cell plasma membrane. Collectively, the results suggest that GbPATP functions as a P4-ATPase and plays an important role in improving chilling tolerance in plant.
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- Tingli Liu
- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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- School of life sciences, Anhui agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
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- Provincial key laboratory of agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210014, China
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Zhang M, Li Q, Liu T, Liu L, Shen D, Zhu Y, Liu P, Zhou JM, Dou D. Two cytoplasmic effectors of Phytophthora sojae regulate plant cell death via interactions with plant catalases. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 167:164-75. [PMID: 25424308 PMCID: PMC4281015 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.252437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant pathogenic oomycetes, such as Phytophthora sojae, secrete an arsenal of host cytoplasmic effectors to promote infection. We have shown previously that P. sojae PsCRN63 (for crinkling- and necrosis-inducing proteins) induces programmed cell death (PCD) while PsCRN115 blocks PCD in planta; however, they are jointly required for full pathogenesis. Here, we find that PsCRN63 alone or PsCRN63 and PsCRN115 together might suppress the immune responses of Nicotiana benthamiana and demonstrate that these two cytoplasmic effectors interact with catalases from N. benthamiana and soybean (Glycine max). Transient expression of PsCRN63 increases hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) accumulation, whereas PsCRN115 suppresses this process. Transient overexpression of NbCAT1 (for N. benthamiana CATALASE1) or GmCAT1 specifically alleviates PsCRN63-induced PCD. Suppression of the PsCRN63-induced PCD by PsCRN115 is compromised when catalases are silenced in N. benthamiana. Interestingly, the NbCAT1 is recruited into the plant nucleus in the presence of PsCRN63 or PsCRN115; NbCAT1 and GmCAT1 are destabilized when PsCRN63 is coexpressed, and PsCRN115 inhibits the processes. Thus, PsCRN63/115 manipulates plant PCD through interfering with catalases and perturbing H(2)O(2) homeostasis. Furthermore, silencing of catalase genes enhances susceptibility to Phytophthora capsici, indicating that catalases are essential for plant resistance. Taken together, we suggest that P. sojae secretes these two effectors to regulate plant PCD and H(2)O(2) homeostasis through direct interaction with catalases and, therefore, overcome host immune responses.
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- Meixiang Zhang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (M.Z., Q.L., T.L., L.L., D.S., Y.Z., P.L., D.D.); andCenter for Genome Biology and State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (Q.L., J.-M.Z.)
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Ali S, Magne M, Chen S, Obradovic N, Jamshaid L, Wang X, Bélair G, Moffett P. Analysis of Globodera rostochiensis effectors reveals conserved functions of SPRYSEC proteins in suppressing and eliciting plant immune responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:623. [PMID: 26322064 PMCID: PMC4532164 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs), including Globodera rostochiensis (Woll.), are important pests of potato. Plant parasitic nematodes produce multiple effector proteins, secreted from their stylets, to successfully infect their hosts. These include proteins delivered to the apoplast and to the host cytoplasm. A number of effectors from G. rostochiensis predicted to be delivered to the host cytoplasm have been identified, including several belonging to the secreted SPRY domain (SPRYSEC) family. SPRYSEC proteins are unique to members of the genus Globodera and have been implicated in both the induction and the repression of host defense responses. We have tested the properties of six different G. rostochiensis SPRYSEC proteins by expressing them in Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum. We have found that all SPRYSEC proteins tested are able to suppress defense responses induced by NB-LRR proteins as well as cell death induced by elicitors, suggesting that defense repression is a common characteristic of members of this effector protein family. At the same time, GrSPRYSEC-15 elicited a defense responses in N. tabacum, which was found to be resistant to a virus expressing GrSPRYSEC-15. These results suggest that SPRYSEC proteins may possess characteristics that allow them to be recognized by the plant immune system.
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- Shawkat Ali
- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Horticulture R & D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSt-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
- US Department of Agriculture, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Agricultural Research ServiceIthaca, NY, USA
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- Horticulture R & D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSt-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Peter Moffett, Faculté des Sciences, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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Chen XR, Zhang BY, Xing YP, Li QY, Li YP, Tong YH, Xu JY. Transcriptomic analysis of the phytopathogenic oomycete Phytophthora cactorum provides insights into infection-related effectors. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:980. [PMID: 25406848 PMCID: PMC4289400 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Phytophthora cactorum, a hemibiotrophic oomycete pathogen, can cause destructive diseases on numerous crops worldwide, leading to essential economic losses every year. However, little has been known about its molecular pathogenicity mechanisms. To gain insight into its repertoire of effectors, the P. cactorum transcriptome was investigated using Illumina RNA-seq. Results We first demonstrated an in vitro inoculation method that can be used to mimic natural cyst germination on host plants. Over 28 million cDNA reads were obtained for five life cycle stages (mycelium, sporangium, zoospore, cyst and germinating cyst) and de novo assembled into 21,662 unique genes. By comparisons with 11 public databases, 88.99% of the unique genes were annotated, including 15,845 mapped to the gene models of the annotated relative Phytophthora infestans. Using TribeMCL, 5,538 gene families conserved across P. cactorum and other three completely sequenced Phytophthora pathogen species were determined. In silico analyses revealed that 620 P. cactorum effector homologues including 94 RXLR effector candidates matched known or putative virulence genes in other oomycetes. About half of the RXLR effector candidates were predicted to share a conserved structure unit, termed the WY-domain fold. A subset of the effector genes were checked and validated by PCR amplification. Transcriptional experiments indicated that effector genes were differentially expressed during the life cycle and host infection stages of P. cactorum. Ectopic expression in Nicotiana benthamiana revealed that RXLR, elicitin and NLP effectors can trigger plant cell death. These effectors are highly conserved across oomycete species. Single nucleotide polymorphisms for RXLR effectors were detected in a collection of P. cactorum isolates from different countries and hosts. Conclusions This study demonstrates the comprehensive sequencing, de novo assembly, and analyses of the transcriptome of P. cactorum life cycle stages. In the absence of genome sequence, transcriptome data is important for infection-related gene discovery in P. cactorum, as demonstrated here for the effector genes. The first look at the transcriptome and effector arsenal of P. cactorum provides valuable data to elucidate the pathogenicity basis of this broad-host-range pathogen. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-980) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xiao-Ren Chen
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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Liu T, Song T, Zhang X, Yuan H, Su L, Li W, Xu J, Liu S, Chen L, Chen T, Zhang M, Gu L, Zhang B, Dou D. Unconventionally secreted effectors of two filamentous pathogens target plant salicylate biosynthesis. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4686. [PMID: 25156390 PMCID: PMC4348438 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Plant diseases caused by fungi and oomycetes pose an increasing threat to food security and ecosystem health worldwide. These filamentous pathogens, while taxonomically distinct, modulate host defense responses by secreting effectors, which are typically identified based on the presence of signal peptides. Here we show that Phytophthora sojae and Verticillium dahliae secrete isochorismatases (PsIsc1 and VdIsc1, respectively) that are required for full pathogenesis. PsIsc1 and VdIsc1 can suppress salicylate-mediated innate immunity in planta and hydrolyse isochorismate in vitro. A conserved triad of catalytic residues is essential for both functions. Thus, the two proteins are isochorismatase effectors that disrupt the plant salicylate metabolism pathway by suppressing its precursor. Furthermore, these proteins lack signal peptides, but exhibit characteristics that lead to unconventional secretion. Therefore, this secretion pathway is a novel mechanism for delivering effectors and might play an important role in host–pathogen interactions. Salicylate is a regulator of innate immunity to infection in plants. Here, Liu et al. show that two plant pathogens secrete enzymes that disrupt salicylate biosynthesis and plant immunity, and reveal that these effectors are secreted via an unconventional mechanism.
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- Tingli Liu
- 1] Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China [2] Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210095, China [3]
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- 1] Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China [2]
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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Rajput NA, Zhang M, Ru Y, Liu T, Xu J, Liu L, Mafurah JJ, Dou D. Phytophthora sojae effector PsCRN70 suppresses plant defenses in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98114. [PMID: 24858571 PMCID: PMC4032284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Phytophthora sojae, an oomycete pathogen, produces a large number of effector proteins that enter into host cells. The Crinklers (Crinkling and Necrosis, CRN) are cytoplasmic effectors that are conserved in oomycete pathogens and their encoding genes are highly expressed at the infective stages in P. sojae. However, their roles in pathogenesis are largely unknown. Here, we functionally characterized an effector PsCRN70 by transiently and stably overexpressing it in Nicotiana benthamiana. We demonstrated that PsCRN70 was localized to the plant cell nucleus and suppressed cell death elicited by all the tested cell death-inducing proteins, including BAX, PsAvh241, PsCRN63, PsojNIP and R3a/Avr3a. Overexpression of the PsCRN70 gene in N. benthamiana enhanced susceptibility to P. parasitica. The H2O2 accumulation in the PsCRN70-transgenic plants was reduced compared to the GFP-lines. The transcriptional levels of the defense-associated genes, including PR1b, PR2b, ERF1 and LOX, were also down-regulated in the PsCRN70-transgenic lines. Our results suggest that PsCRN70 may function as a universal suppressor of the cell death induced by many elicitors, the host H2O2 accumulation and the expression of defense-associated genes, and therefore promotes pathogen infection.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Kuhn H, Panstruga R. Introduction to a Virtual Special Issue on phytopathogen effector proteins. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 202:727-730. [PMID: 24716512 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Hannah Kuhn
- Institute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Rodriguez PA, Stam R, Warbroek T, Bos JIB. Mp10 and Mp42 from the aphid species Myzus persicae trigger plant defenses in Nicotiana benthamiana through different activities. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2014; 27:30-9. [PMID: 24006884 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-05-13-0156-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Aphids are phloem-feeding insects that, like other plant parasites, deliver effectors inside their host to manipulate host responses. The Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) candidate effectors Mp10 and Mp42 were previously found to reduce aphid fecundity upon intracellular transient overexpression in Nicotiana benthamiana. We performed functional analyses of these proteins to investigate whether they activate defenses through similar activities. We employed a range of functional characterization experiments based on intracellular transient overexpression in N. benthamiana to determine the subcellular localization of Mp10 and Mp42 and investigate their role in activating plant defense signaling. Mp10 and Mp42 showed distinct subcellular localization in planta, suggesting that they target different host compartments. Also, Mp10 reduced the levels of Agrobacterium-mediated overexpression of proteins. This reduction was not due to an effect on Agrobacterium viability. Transient overexpression of Mp10 but not Mp42 activated jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling pathways and decreased susceptibility to the hemibiotrophic plant pathogen Phytophthora capsici. We found that two candidate effectors from the broad-host-range aphid M. persicae can trigger aphid defenses through different mechanisms. Importantly, we found that some (candidate) effectors such as Mp10 interfere with Agrobacterium-based overexpression assays, an important tool to study effector activity and function.
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Chen XR, Xing YP, Li YP, Tong YH, Xu JY. RNA-Seq reveals infection-related gene expression changes in Phytophthora capsici. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74588. [PMID: 24019970 PMCID: PMC3760852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Phytophthora capsici is a soilborne plant pathogen capable of infecting a wide range of plants, including many solanaceous crops. However, genetic resistance and fungicides often fail to manage P. capsici due to limited knowledge on the molecular biology and basis of P. capsici pathogenicity. To begin to rectify this situation, Illumina RNA-Seq was used to perform massively parallel sequencing of three cDNA samples derived from P. capsici mycelia (MY), zoospores (ZO) and germinating cysts with germ tubes (GC). Over 11 million reads were generated for each cDNA library analyzed. After read mapping to the gene models of P. capsici reference genome, 13,901, 14,633 and 14,695 putative genes were identified from the reads of the MY, ZO and GC libraries, respectively. Comparative analysis between two of samples showed major differences between the expressed gene content of MY, ZO and GC stages. A large number of genes associated with specific stages and pathogenicity were identified, including 98 predicted effector genes. The transcriptional levels of 19 effector genes during the developmental and host infection stages of P. capsici were validated by RT-PCR. Ectopic expression in Nicotiana benthamiana showed that P. capsici RXLR and Crinkler effectors can suppress host cell death triggered by diverse elicitors including P. capsici elicitin and NLP effectors. This study provides a first look at the transcriptome and effector arsenal of P. capsici during the important pre-infection stages.
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Yin W, Dong S, Zhai L, Lin Y, Zheng X, Wang Y. The Phytophthora sojae Avr1d gene encodes an RxLR-dEER effector with presence and absence polymorphisms among pathogen strains. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:958-68. [PMID: 23594349 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-13-0035-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Soybean root and stem rot is caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae. The interaction between P. sojae and soybean fits the "gene-for-gene" hypothesis. Although more than 10 P. sojae avirulence (Avr) effectors have been genetically identified, nearly half of genetically defined avr genes have been cloned. In a previous bioinformatic and global transcriptional analysis, we identified a P. sojae RxLR effector, Avr1d, which was 125 amino acids in length. Mapping data demonstrated that Avr1d presence or absence in the genome was co-segregated with the Avr1d avirulence phenotype in F2 populations. Transient expression of the Avr1d gene using co-bombardment in soybean isogenic lines revealed that this gene triggered a hypersensitive response (HR) in the presence of Rps1d. Sequencing of Avr1d genes in different P. sojae strains revealed two Avr1d alleles. Although polymorphic, the two Avr1d alleles could trigger Rps1d-mediated HR. P. sojae strains carrying either of the alleles were avirulent on Rps1d soybean lines. Avr1d was upregulated during the germinating cyst and early infection stages. Furthermore, transient expression of Avr1d in Nicotiana benthamiana suppressed BAX-induced cell death and enhanced P. capsici infection. Avr1d also suppressed effector-triggered immunity induction by associating with Avr1b and Rps1b, suggestive of a role in suppressing plant immunity.
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- Weixiao Yin
- Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Vetukuri RR, Asman AK, Jahan SN, Avrova AO, Whisson SC, Dixelius C. Phenotypic diversification by gene silencing in Phytophthora plant pathogens. Commun Integr Biol 2013; 6:e25890. [PMID: 24563702 PMCID: PMC3917941 DOI: 10.4161/cib.25890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Advances in genome sequencing technologies have enabled generation of unprecedented information on genome content and organization. Eukaryote genomes in particular may contain large populations of transposable elements (TEs) and other repeated sequences. Active TEs can result in insertional mutations, altered transcription levels and ectopic recombination of DNA. The genome of the oomycete plant pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, contains vast numbers of TE sequences. There are also hundreds of predicted disease-promoting effector proteins, predominantly located in TE-rich genomic regions. Expansion of effector gene families is also a genomic signature of related oomycetes such as P. sojae. Deep sequencing of small RNAs (sRNAs) from P. infestans has identified sRNAs derived from all families of transposons, highlighting the importance of RNA silencing for maintaining these genomic invaders in an inactive form. Small RNAs were also identified from specific effector encoding genes, possibly leading to RNA silencing of these genes and variation in pathogenicity and virulence toward plant resistance genes. Similar findings have also recently been made for the distantly related species, P. sojae. Small RNA “hotspots” originating from arrays of amplified gene sequences, or from genes displaying overlapping antisense transcription, were also identified in P. infestans. These findings suggest a major role for RNA silencing processes in the adaptability and diversification of these economically important plant pathogens. Here we review the latest progress and understanding of gene silencing in oomycetes with emphasis on transposable elements and sRNA-associated events.
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- Ramesh R Vetukuri
- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology; Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology; Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology; Uppsala, Sweden
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences; The James Hutton Institute; Invergowrie; Dundee, UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences; The James Hutton Institute; Invergowrie; Dundee, UK
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- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology; Uppsala, Sweden
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Song T, Kale SD, Arredondo FD, Shen D, Su L, Liu L, Wu Y, Wang Y, Dou D, Tyler BM. Two RxLR avirulence genes in Phytophthora sojae determine soybean Rps1k-mediated disease resistance. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:711-20. [PMID: 23530601 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-12-0289-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Resistance to Phytophthora sojae (Rps) genes have been widely used in soybean against root and stem rot diseases caused by this oomycete. Among 15 known soybean Rps genes, Rps1k has been the most widely used in the past four decades. Here, we show that the products of two distinct but closely linked RxLR effector genes are detected by Rps1k-containing plants, resulting in disease resistance. One of the genes is Avr1b-1, that confers avirulence in the presence of Rps1b. Three lines of evidence, including overexpression and gene silencing of Avr1b-1 in stable P. sojae transformants, as well as transient expression of this gene in soybean, indicated that Avr1b could trigger an Rps1k-mediated defense response. Some isolates of P. sojae that do not express Avr1b are nevertheless unable to infect Rps1k plants. In those isolates, we identified a second RxLR effector gene (designated Avr1k), located 5 kb away from Avr1b-1. Silencing or overexpression of Avr1k in P. sojae stable transformants resulted in the loss or gain, respectively, of the avirulence phenotype in the presence of Rps1k. Only isolates of P. sojae with mutant alleles of both Avr1b-1 and Avr1k could evade perception by the soybean plants carrying Rps1k.
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- Tianqiao Song
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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