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Barraza A, Estrada-Navarrete G, Rodriguez-Alegria ME, Lopez-Munguia A, Merino E, Quinto C, Sanchez F. Down-regulation of PvTRE1 enhances nodule biomass and bacteroid number in the common bean. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:194-206. [PMID: 23121215 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Legume-rhizobium interactions have been widely studied and characterized, and the disaccharide trehalose has been commonly detected during this symbiotic interaction. It has been proposed that trehalose content in nodules during this symbiotic interaction might be regulated by trehalase. In the present study, we assessed the role of trehalose accumulation by down-regulating trehalase in the nodules of common bean plants. We performed gene expression analysis for trehalase (PvTRE1) during nodule development. PvTRE1 was knocked down by RNA interference (RNAi) in transgenic nodules of the common bean. PvTRE1 expression in nodulated roots is mainly restricted to nodules. Down-regulation of PvTRE1 led to increased trehalose content (78%) and bacteroid number (almost one order of magnitude). In addition, nodule biomass, nitrogenase activity, and GOGAT transcript accumulation were significantly enhanced too. The trehalose accumulation, triggered by PvTRE1 down-regulation, led to a positive impact on the legume-rhizobium symbiotic interaction. This could contribute to the agronomical enhancement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
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MESH Headings
- Agrobacterium/genetics
- Agrobacterium/metabolism
- Autophagy
- Bacterial Load
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli/enzymology
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Genes, Plant
- Microbial Viability
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Nitrogenase/genetics
- Nitrogenase/metabolism
- Phaseolus/enzymology
- Phaseolus/genetics
- Phaseolus/microbiology
- Phylogeny
- Plant Leaves/enzymology
- Plant Leaves/genetics
- Plant Root Nodulation
- Plants, Genetically Modified/enzymology
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/microbiology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA Interference
- Rhizobium etli/growth & development
- Rhizobium etli/isolation & purification
- Rhizobium etli/metabolism
- Root Nodules, Plant/enzymology
- Root Nodules, Plant/microbiology
- Symbiosis
- Transformation, Genetic
- Trehalase/genetics
- Trehalase/metabolism
- Trehalose/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Aarón Barraza
- Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62210, México
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Kim DH, Parupalli S, Azam S, Lee SH, Varshney RK. Comparative sequence analysis of nitrogen fixation-related genes in six legumes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:300. [PMID: 23986765 PMCID: PMC3749373 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Legumes play an important role as food and forage crops in international agriculture especially in developing countries. Legumes have a unique biological process called nitrogen fixation (NF) by which they convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia. Although legume genomes have undergone polyploidization, duplication and divergence, NF-related genes, because of their essential functional role for legumes, might have remained conserved. To understand the relationship of divergence and evolutionary processes in legumes, this study analyzes orthologs and paralogs for selected 20 NF-related genes by using comparative genomic approaches in six legumes i.e., Medicago truncatula (Mt), Cicer arietinum, Lotus japonicus, Cajanus cajan (Cc), Phaseolus vulgaris (Pv), and Glycine max (Gm). Subsequently, sequence distances, numbers of synonymous substitutions per synonymous site (Ks) and non-synonymous substitutions per non-synonymous site (Ka) between orthologs and paralogs were calculated and compared across legumes. These analyses suggest the closest relationship between Gm and Cc and the highest distance between Mt and Pv in six legumes. Ks proportional plots clearly showed ancient genome duplication in all legumes, whole genome duplication event in Gm and also speciation pattern in different legumes. This study also reports some interesting observations e.g., no peak at Ks 0.4 in Gm-Gm, location of two independent genes next to each other in Mt and low Ks values for outparalogs for three genes as compared to other 12 genes. In summary, this study underlines the importance of NF-related genes and provides important insights in genome organization and evolutionary aspects of six legume species analyzed.
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- Dong Hyun Kim
- Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Hyderabad, India
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Hyderabad, India
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Science, Seoul National UniversitySeoul, South Korea
- Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National UniversitySeoul, South Korea
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Hyderabad, India
- CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme, c/o CIMMYTMexico DF, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Rajeev K. Varshney, Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), #300 Building, Hyderabad, AP 502 324, India e-mail:
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Murakami Y, Imaizumi-Anraku H, Kouchi H, Kawaguchi M, Kawasaki S. The transcription activation and homodimerization of Lotus japonicus Nod factor Signaling Pathway2 protein. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2013; 8:e26457. [PMID: 24065088 PMCID: PMC4091241 DOI: 10.4161/psb.26457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The legume-rhizobia symbioses lead to the formation of a novel adaptive complex organ, termed the root nodule, which arises from cortical cell division and rhizobial infection in the root. Lipochitin oligosaccarides, Nod-Factors (NFs) secreted by rhizobia, are responsible for the onset of nodule development. Here we describe the characterization of Lotus japonicas, Nod factor Signaling Pathway2 (LjNSP2) protein that belongs to the plant GRAS family of transcription factors. Yeast two-hybrid analysis indicates that LjNSP2 alone has a transcription-stimulating ability and for this the SH2(src-homology2)-like domain, vital for function of STAT proteins is required. The ADG4 (the activation domain of GAL4)-LjNSP2 fusion coupled with BDG4 (the DNA binding domain of GAL4)-LjNSP2 increased the expression level, whereas the ADG4-Ljnsp2-1 mutant fusion did not, indicating that LjNSP2 interacts with itself to form a homodimer and this depends on the SH2-like domain. Based on the evidence, we discuss the action of LjNSP2, compared with that of the family of animal-specific STAT transcription factors, which induce developmental programmes in response to external stimuli.
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- Yasuhiro Murakami
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Division of Symbiotic Systems; National Institute for Basic Biology; Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems; National Institute for Basic Biology; Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Correspondence to: Masayoshi Kawaguchi,
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Suzaki T, Ito M, Kawaguchi M. Genetic basis of cytokinin and auxin functions during root nodule development. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:42. [PMID: 23483805 PMCID: PMC3593528 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The phytohormones cytokinin and auxin are essential for the control of diverse aspects of cell proliferation and differentiation processes in plants. Although both phytohormones have been suggested to play key roles in the regulation of root nodule development, only recently, significant progress has been made in the elucidation of the molecular genetic basis of cytokinin action in the model leguminous species, Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula. Identification and functional analyses of the putative cytokinin receptors LOTUS HISTIDINE KINASE 1 and M. truncatula CYTOKININ RESPONSE 1 have brought a greater understanding of how activation of cytokinin signaling is crucial to the initiation of nodule primordia. Recent studies have also started to shed light on the roles of auxin in the regulation of nodule development. Here, we review the history and recent progress of research into the roles of cytokinin and auxin, and their possible interactions, in nodule development.
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- Takuya Suzaki
- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology OkazakiAichi, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), OkazakiAichi, Japan
- *Correspondence: Takuya Suzaki, Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585 Aichi, Japan. e-mail:
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology OkazakiAichi, Japan
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology OkazakiAichi, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), OkazakiAichi, Japan
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Suzaki T, Yano K, Ito M, Umehara Y, Suganuma N, Kawaguchi M. Positive and negative regulation of cortical cell division during root nodule development in Lotus japonicus is accompanied by auxin response. Development 2012; 139:3997-4006. [PMID: 23048184 DOI: 10.1242/dev.084079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nodulation is a form of de novo organogenesis that occurs mainly in legumes. During early nodule development, the host plant root is infected by rhizobia that induce dedifferentiation of some cortical cells, which then proliferate to form the symbiotic root nodule primordium. Two classic phytohormones, cytokinin and auxin, play essential roles in diverse aspects of cell proliferation and differentiation. Although recent genetic studies have established how activation of cytokinin signaling is crucial to the control of cortical cell differentiation, the physiological pathways through which auxin might act in nodule development are poorly characterized. Here, we report the detailed patterns of auxin accumulation during nodule development in Lotus japonicus. Our analyses showed that auxin predominantly accumulates in dividing cortical cells and that NODULE INCEPTION, a key transcription factor in nodule development, positively regulates this accumulation. Additionally, we found that auxin accumulation is inhibited by a systemic negative regulatory mechanism termed autoregulation of nodulation (AON). Analysis of the constitutive activation of LjCLE-RS genes, which encode putative root-derived signals that function in AON, in combination with the determination of auxin accumulation patterns in proliferating cortical cells, indicated that activation of LjCLE-RS genes blocks the progress of further cortical cell division, probably through controlling auxin accumulation. Our data provide evidence for the existence of a novel fine-tuning mechanism that controls nodule development in a cortical cell stage-dependent manner.
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- Takuya Suzaki
- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.
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McAllister CH, Beatty PH, Good AG. Engineering nitrogen use efficient crop plants: the current status. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2012; 10:1011-25. [PMID: 22607381 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00700.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In the last 40 years the amount of synthetic nitrogen (N) applied to crops has risen drastically, resulting in significant increases in yield but with considerable impacts on the environment. A requirement for crops that require decreased N fertilizer levels has been recognized in the call for a 'Second Green Revolution' and research in the field of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) has continued to grow. This has prompted a search to identify genes that improve the NUE of crop plants, with candidate NUE genes existing in pathways relating to N uptake, assimilation, amino acid biosynthesis, C/N storage and metabolism, signalling and regulation of N metabolism and translocation, remobilization and senescence. Herein is a review of the approaches taken to determine possible NUE candidate genes, an overview of experimental study of these genes as effectors of NUE in both cereal and non-cereal plants and the processes of commercialization of enhanced NUE crop plants. Patents issued regarding increased NUE in plants as well as gene pyramiding studies are also discussed as well as future directions of NUE research.
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Okubo T, Fukushima S, Minamisawa K. Evolution of Bradyrhizobium-Aeschynomene mutualism: living testimony of the ancient world or highly evolved state? PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:2000-2007. [PMID: 23161855 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Until recently it had been well established that the initial step in legume-rhizobia symbioses was flavonoid and Nod factor (NF) signaling. However, NF-independent symbiosis is now known to occur between Bradyrhizobium and some species of Aeschynomene. Since its discovery, this unusual symbiotic system has attracted attention, and efforts have been devoted to revealing the NF-independent symbiotic mechanism, although the molecular mechanisms of nodule initiation still remain to be elucidated. NF-independent symbiosis is also interesting from the perspective of the evolution of legume-rhizobia symbiosis. In this mini-review, we discuss the current literature on the NF-independent symbiotic system in terms of phylogeny of the partners, infection, bacteroid differentiation, nodule structure, photosynthesis, endophytic features and model host plant. We also discuss NF-independent symbiosis, which is generally regarded to be more primitive than NF-dependent symbiosis, because the bacteria invade host plants via 'crack entry'. We propose three possible scenarios concerning the evolution of NF-independent symbiosis, which do not exclude the possibility that the NF-independent system evolved from NF-dependent interactions. Finally, we examine an interesting question on Bradyrhizobium-Aeschynomene mutualism, which is how do they initiate symbiosis without NF. Phylogenetic and genomic analyses of symbiotic and non-symbiotic bradyrhizobia with A. indica may be crucial to address the question, because of the very narrow phylogeny of natural endosymbionts without nod genes compared with other legume-rhizobia symbioses.
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- Takashi Okubo
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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Mapping the genetic basis of symbiotic variation in legume-rhizobium interactions in Medicago truncatula. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2012; 2:1291-303. [PMID: 23173081 PMCID: PMC3484660 DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.003269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Mutualisms are known to be genetically variable, where the genotypes differ in the fitness benefits they gain from the interaction. To date, little is known about the loci that underlie such genetic variation in fitness or whether the loci influencing fitness are partner specific, and depend on the genotype of the interaction partner. In the legume-rhizobium mutualism, one set of potential candidate genes that may influence the fitness benefits of the symbiosis are the plant genes involved in the initiation of the signaling pathway between the two partners. Here we performed quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping in Medicago truncatula in two different rhizobium strain treatments to locate regions of the genome influencing plant traits, assess whether such regions are dependent on the genotype of the rhizobial mutualist (QTL × rhizobium strain), and evaluate the contribution of sequence variation at known symbiosis signaling genes. Two of the symbiotic signaling genes, NFP and DMI3, colocalized with two QTL affecting average fruit weight and leaf number, suggesting that natural variation in nodulation genes may potentially influence plant fitness. In both rhizobium strain treatments, there were QTL that influenced multiple traits, indicative of either tight linkage between loci or pleiotropy, including one QTL with opposing effects on growth and reproduction. There was no evidence for QTL × rhizobium strain or genotype × genotype interactions, suggesting either that such interactions are due to small-effect loci or that more genotype-genotype combinations need to be tested in future mapping studies.
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Bagchi R, Salehin M, Adeyemo OS, Salazar C, Shulaev V, Sherrier DJ, Dickstein R. Functional assessment of the Medicago truncatula NIP/LATD protein demonstrates that it is a high-affinity nitrate transporter. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:906-16. [PMID: 22858636 PMCID: PMC3461564 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.196444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The Medicago truncatula NIP/LATD (for Numerous Infections and Polyphenolics/Lateral root-organ Defective) gene encodes a protein found in a clade of nitrate transporters within the large NRT1(PTR) family that also encodes transporters of dipeptides and tripeptides, dicarboxylates, auxin, and abscisic acid. Of the NRT1(PTR) members known to transport nitrate, most are low-affinity transporters. Here, we show that M. truncatula nip/latd mutants are more defective in their lateral root responses to nitrate provided at low (250 μm) concentrations than at higher (5 mm) concentrations; however, nitrate uptake experiments showed no discernible differences in uptake in the mutants. Heterologous expression experiments showed that MtNIP/LATD encodes a nitrate transporter: expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes conferred upon the oocytes the ability to take up nitrate from the medium with high affinity, and expression of MtNIP/LATD in an Arabidopsis chl1(nrt1.1) mutant rescued the chlorate susceptibility phenotype. X. laevis oocytes expressing mutant Mtnip-1 and Mtlatd were unable to take up nitrate from the medium, but oocytes expressing the less severe Mtnip-3 allele were proficient in nitrate transport. M. truncatula nip/latd mutants have pleiotropic defects in nodulation and root architecture. Expression of the Arabidopsis NRT1.1 gene in mutant Mtnip-1 roots partially rescued Mtnip-1 for root architecture defects but not for nodulation defects. This suggests that the spectrum of activities inherent in AtNRT1.1 is different from that possessed by MtNIP/LATD, but it could also reflect stability differences of each protein in M. truncatula. Collectively, the data show that MtNIP/LATD is a high-affinity nitrate transporter and suggest that it could have another function.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203 (R.B., M.S., O.S.A., C.S., V.S., R.D.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711 (D.J.S.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203 (R.B., M.S., O.S.A., C.S., V.S., R.D.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711 (D.J.S.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203 (R.B., M.S., O.S.A., C.S., V.S., R.D.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711 (D.J.S.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203 (R.B., M.S., O.S.A., C.S., V.S., R.D.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711 (D.J.S.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203 (R.B., M.S., O.S.A., C.S., V.S., R.D.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711 (D.J.S.)
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Ryu H, Cho H, Choi D, Hwang I. Plant hormonal regulation of nitrogen-fixing nodule organogenesis. Mol Cells 2012; 34:117-26. [PMID: 22820920 PMCID: PMC3887813 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-012-0131-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Revised: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Legumes have evolved symbiotic interactions with rhizobial bacteria to efficiently utilize nitrogen. Recent progress in symbiosis has revealed several key components of host plants required for nitrogen-fixing nodule organogenesis, in which complicated metabolic and signaling pathways in the host plant are reprogrammed to generate nodules in the cortex upon perception of the rhizobial Nod factor. Following the recognition of Nod factors, plant hormones are likely to be essential throughout nodule organogenesis for integration of developmental and environmental signaling cues into nodule development. Here, we review the molecular events involved in plant hormonal regulation and signaling cross-talk for nitrogen-fixing nodule development, and discuss how these signaling networks are integrated into Nod factor-mediated signaling during plant-microbe interactions.
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- Hojin Ryu
- Department of Life Science, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784,
Korea
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- Department of Life Science, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784,
Korea
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- Department of Life Science, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784,
Korea
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- Department of Life Science, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784,
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Geurts R, Lillo A, Bisseling T. Exploiting an ancient signalling machinery to enjoy a nitrogen fixing symbiosis. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 15:438-43. [PMID: 22633856 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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For almost a century now it has been speculated that a transfer of the largely legume-specific symbiosis with nitrogen fixing rhizobium would be profitable in agriculture [1,2]. Up to now such a step has not been achieved, despite intensive research in this era. Novel insights in the underlying signalling networks leading to intracellular accommodation of rhizobium as well as mycorrhizal fungi of the Glomeromycota order show extensive commonalities between both interactions. As mycorrhizae symbiosis can be established basically with most higher plant species it raises questions why is it only in a few taxonomic lineages that the underlying signalling network could be hijacked by rhizobium. Unravelling this will lead to insights that are essential to achieve an old dream.
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- Rene Geurts
- Wageningen University, Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6709BP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Pislariu CI, D. Murray J, Wen J, Cosson V, Muni RRD, Wang M, A. Benedito V, Andriankaja A, Cheng X, Jerez IT, Mondy S, Zhang S, Taylor ME, Tadege M, Ratet P, Mysore KS, Chen R, Udvardi MK. A Medicago truncatula tobacco retrotransposon insertion mutant collection with defects in nodule development and symbiotic nitrogen fixation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:1686-99. [PMID: 22679222 PMCID: PMC3425206 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.197061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A Tnt1-insertion mutant population of Medicago truncatula ecotype R108 was screened for defects in nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Primary screening of 9,300 mutant lines yielded 317 lines with putative defects in nodule development and/or nitrogen fixation. Of these, 230 lines were rescreened, and 156 lines were confirmed with defective symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Mutants were sorted into six distinct phenotypic categories: 72 nonnodulating mutants (Nod-), 51 mutants with totally ineffective nodules (Nod+ Fix-), 17 mutants with partially ineffective nodules (Nod+ Fix+/-), 27 mutants defective in nodule emergence, elongation, and nitrogen fixation (Nod+/- Fix-), one mutant with delayed and reduced nodulation but effective in nitrogen fixation (dNod+/- Fix+), and 11 supernodulating mutants (Nod++Fix+/-). A total of 2,801 flanking sequence tags were generated from the 156 symbiotic mutant lines. Analysis of flanking sequence tags revealed 14 insertion alleles of the following known symbiotic genes: NODULE INCEPTION (NIN), DOESN'T MAKE INFECTIONS3 (DMI3/CCaMK), ERF REQUIRED FOR NODULATION, and SUPERNUMERARY NODULES (SUNN). In parallel, a polymerase chain reaction-based strategy was used to identify Tnt1 insertions in known symbiotic genes, which revealed 25 additional insertion alleles in the following genes: DMI1, DMI2, DMI3, NIN, NODULATION SIGNALING PATHWAY1 (NSP1), NSP2, SUNN, and SICKLE. Thirty-nine Nod- lines were also screened for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis phenotypes, and 30 mutants exhibited defects in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Morphological and developmental features of several new symbiotic mutants are reported. The collection of mutants described here is a source of novel alleles of known symbiotic genes and a resource for cloning novel symbiotic genes via Tnt1 tagging.
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
| | - Shulan Zhang
- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (C.I.P., J.D.M., J.W., R.R.D.M., M.W., V.A.B., A.A., X.C., I.T.J., S.Z., M.E.T., M.T., K.S.M., R.C., M.K.U.); Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.D.M.); Institut des Sciences du Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France (V.C., S.M., P.R.); Monsanto Holdings Pvt., Ltd, Monsanto Research Center, NH7, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 092, India (R.R.D.M.); Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Davies College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (V.A.B.); Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik Plant Science Company, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany (A.A.); and Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401 (M.T.)
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Op den Camp RHM, Polone E, Fedorova E, Roelofsen W, Squartini A, Op den Camp HJM, Bisseling T, Geurts R. Nonlegume Parasponia andersonii deploys a broad rhizobium host range strategy resulting in largely variable symbiotic effectiveness. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2012; 25:954-63. [PMID: 22668002 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-11-0304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The non-legume genus Parasponia has evolved the rhizobium symbiosis independent from legumes and has done so only recently. We aim to study the promiscuity of such newly evolved symbiotic engagement and determine the symbiotic effectiveness of infecting rhizobium species. It was found that Parasponia andersonii can be nodulated by a broad range of rhizobia belonging to four different genera, and therefore, we conclude that this non-legume is highly promiscuous for rhizobial engagement. A possible drawback of this high promiscuity is that low-efficient strains can infect nodules as well. The strains identified displayed a range in nitrogen-fixation effectiveness, including a very inefficient rhizobium species, Rhizobium tropici WUR1. Because this species is able to make effective nodules on two different legume species, it suggests that the ineffectiveness of P. andersonii nodules is the result of the incompatibility between both partners. In P. andersonii nodules, rhizobia of this strain become embedded in a dense matrix but remain vital. This suggests that sanctions or genetic control against underperforming microsymbionts may not be effective in Parasponia spp. Therefore, we argue that the Parasponia-rhizobium symbiosis is a delicate balance between mutual benefits and parasitic colonization.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cannabaceae/microbiology
- Cannabaceae/ultrastructure
- Cell Death
- Fabaceae/microbiology
- Fabaceae/ultrastructure
- Genes, Bacterial/genetics
- Genome, Bacterial/genetics
- Host Specificity/physiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Phylogeny
- Plant Root Nodulation/physiology
- Proteobacteria/genetics
- Proteobacteria/isolation & purification
- Proteobacteria/physiology
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Rhizobium tropici/genetics
- Rhizobium tropici/isolation & purification
- Rhizobium tropici/physiology
- Root Nodules, Plant/ultrastructure
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sinorhizobium/genetics
- Sinorhizobium/isolation & purification
- Sinorhizobium/physiology
- Symbiosis/physiology
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- Rik H M Op den Camp
- Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Ueda N, Kojima M, Suzuki K, Sakakibara H. Agrobacterium tumefaciens tumor morphology root plastid localization and preferential usage of hydroxylated prenyl donor is important for efficient gall formation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:1064-72. [PMID: 22589470 PMCID: PMC3387694 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.198572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Upon Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection of a host plant, Tumor morphology root (Tmr) a bacterial adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT), creates a metabolic bypass in the plastid for direct synthesis of trans-zeatin (tZ) with 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl 4-diphosphate as the prenyl donor. To understand the biological importance of Tmr function for gall formation, we compared Tmr and Trans-zeatin secretion (Tzs) another agrobacterial IPT that functions within the bacterial cell. Although there is no significant difference in their substrate specificities in vitro, ectopic overexpression of Tzs in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) resulted in the accumulation of comparable amounts of tZ- and N⁶-(Δ²-isopentenyl)adenine (iP)-type cytokinins, whereas overexpression of Tmr resulted exclusively in the accumulation of tZ-type cytokinins. Ectopic expression of Tzs in plant cells yields only small amounts of the polypeptide in plastid-enriched fractions. Obligatory localization of Tzs into Arabidopsis plastid stroma by translational fusions with ferredoxin transit peptide (TP-Tzs) increased the accumulation of both tZ- and iP-type cytokinins. Replacement of tmr on the Ti plasmid with tzs, TP-tzs, or an Arabidopsis plastidic IPT induced the formation of smaller galls than wild-type A. tumefaciens, and they were accompanied by the accumulation of iP-type cytokinins. Tmr is thus specialized for plastid localization and preferential usage of 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl 4-diphosphate in vivo and is important for efficient gall formation.
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Galeano CH, Cortés AJ, Fernández AC, Soler Á, Franco-Herrera N, Makunde G, Vanderleyden J, Blair MW. Gene-based single nucleotide polymorphism markers for genetic and association mapping in common bean. BMC Genet 2012; 13:48. [PMID: 22734675 PMCID: PMC3464600 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background In common bean, expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are an underestimated source of gene-based markers such as insertion-deletions (Indels) or single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, due to the nature of these conserved sequences, detection of markers is difficult and portrays low levels of polymorphism. Therefore, development of intron-spanning EST-SNP markers can be a valuable resource for genetic experiments such as genetic mapping and association studies. Results In this study, a total of 313 new gene-based markers were developed at target genes. Intronic variation was deeply explored in order to capture more polymorphism. Introns were putatively identified after comparing the common bean ESTs with the soybean genome, and the primers were designed over intron-flanking regions. The intronic regions were evaluated for parental polymorphisms using the single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) technique and Sequenom MassARRAY system. A total of 53 new marker loci were placed on an integrated molecular map in the DOR364 × G19833 recombinant inbred line (RIL) population. The new linkage map was used to build a consensus map, merging the linkage maps of the BAT93 × JALO EEP558 and DOR364 × BAT477 populations. A total of 1,060 markers were mapped, with a total map length of 2,041 cM across 11 linkage groups. As a second application of the generated resource, a diversity panel with 93 genotypes was evaluated with 173 SNP markers using the MassARRAY-platform and KASPar technology. These results were coupled with previous SSR evaluations and drought tolerance assays carried out on the same individuals. This agglomerative dataset was examined, in order to discover marker-trait associations, using general linear model (GLM) and mixed linear model (MLM). Some significant associations with yield components were identified, and were consistent with previous findings. Conclusions In short, this study illustrates the power of intron-based markers for linkage and association mapping in common bean. The utility of these markers is discussed in relation with the usefulness of microsatellites, the molecular markers by excellence in this crop.
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- Carlos H Galeano
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium.
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Ivanov S, Fedorova EE, Limpens E, De Mita S, Genre A, Bonfante P, Bisseling T. Rhizobium-legume symbiosis shares an exocytotic pathway required for arbuscule formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012. [PMID: 22566631 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Endosymbiotic interactions are characterized by the formation of specialized membrane compartments, by the host in which the microbes are hosted, in an intracellular manner. Two well-studied examples, which are of major agricultural and ecological importance, are the widespread arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. In both symbioses, the specialized host membrane that surrounds the microbes forms a symbiotic interface, which facilitates the exchange of, for example, nutrients in a controlled manner and, therefore, forms the heart of endosymbiosis. Despite their key importance, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the formation of these membrane interfaces are largely unknown. Recent studies strongly suggest that the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis coopted a signaling pathway, including receptor, from the more ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to form a symbiotic interface. Here, we show that two highly homologous exocytotic vesicle-associated membrane proteins (VAMPs) are required for formation of the symbiotic membrane interface in both interactions. Silencing of these Medicago VAMP72 genes has a minor effect on nonsymbiotic plant development and nodule formation. However, it blocks symbiosome as well as arbuscule formation, whereas root colonization by the microbes is not affected. Identification of these VAMP72s as common symbiotic regulators in exocytotic vesicle trafficking suggests that the ancient exocytotic pathway forming the periarbuscular membrane compartment has also been coopted in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
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- Sergey Ivanov
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Sandal N, Jin H, Rodriguez-Navarro DN, Temprano F, Cvitanich C, Brachmann A, Sato S, Kawaguchi M, Tabata S, Parniske M, Ruiz-Sainz JE, Andersen SU, Stougaard J. A set of Lotus japonicus Gifu x Lotus burttii recombinant inbred lines facilitates map-based cloning and QTL mapping. DNA Res 2012; 19:317-23. [PMID: 22619310 PMCID: PMC3415293 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dss014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Model legumes such as Lotus japonicus have contributed significantly to the understanding of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. This insight is mainly a result of forward genetic screens followed by map-based cloning to identify causal alleles. The L. japonicus ecotype ‘Gifu’ was used as a common parent for inter-accession crosses to produce F2 mapping populations either with other L. japonicus ecotypes, MG-20 and Funakura, or with the related species L. filicaulis. These populations have all been used for genetic studies but segregation distortion, suppression of recombination, low polymorphism levels, and poor viability have also been observed. More recently, the diploid species L. burttii has been identified as a fertile crossing partner of L. japonicus. To assess its qualities in genetic linkage analysis and to enable quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping for a wider range of traits in Lotus species, we have generated and genotyped a set of 163 Gifu × L. burttii recombinant inbred lines (RILs). By direct comparisons of RIL and F2 population data, we show that L. burttii is a valid alternative to MG-20 as a Gifu mapping partner. In addition, we demonstrate the utility of the Gifu × L. burttii RILs in QTL mapping by identifying an Nfr1-linked QTL for Sinorhizobium fredii nodulation.
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- Niels Sandal
- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Ivanov S, Fedorova EE, Limpens E, De Mita S, Genre A, Bonfante P, Bisseling T. Rhizobium-legume symbiosis shares an exocytotic pathway required for arbuscule formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:8316-21. [PMID: 22566631 PMCID: PMC3361388 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200407109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Endosymbiotic interactions are characterized by the formation of specialized membrane compartments, by the host in which the microbes are hosted, in an intracellular manner. Two well-studied examples, which are of major agricultural and ecological importance, are the widespread arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. In both symbioses, the specialized host membrane that surrounds the microbes forms a symbiotic interface, which facilitates the exchange of, for example, nutrients in a controlled manner and, therefore, forms the heart of endosymbiosis. Despite their key importance, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the formation of these membrane interfaces are largely unknown. Recent studies strongly suggest that the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis coopted a signaling pathway, including receptor, from the more ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to form a symbiotic interface. Here, we show that two highly homologous exocytotic vesicle-associated membrane proteins (VAMPs) are required for formation of the symbiotic membrane interface in both interactions. Silencing of these Medicago VAMP72 genes has a minor effect on nonsymbiotic plant development and nodule formation. However, it blocks symbiosome as well as arbuscule formation, whereas root colonization by the microbes is not affected. Identification of these VAMP72s as common symbiotic regulators in exocytotic vesicle trafficking suggests that the ancient exocytotic pathway forming the periarbuscular membrane compartment has also been coopted in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
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- Sergey Ivanov
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universita’ di Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy; and
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universita’ di Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Ke D, Fang Q, Chen C, Zhu H, Chen T, Chang X, Yuan S, Kang H, Ma L, Hong Z, Zhang Z. The small GTPase ROP6 interacts with NFR5 and is involved in nodule formation in Lotus japonicus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:131-43. [PMID: 22434040 PMCID: PMC3375957 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.197269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Nod Factor Receptor5 (NFR5) is an atypical receptor-like kinase, having no activation loop in the protein kinase domain. It forms a heterodimer with NFR1 and is required for the early plant responses to Rhizobium infection. A Rho-like small GTPase from Lotus japonicus was identified as an NFR5-interacting protein. The amino acid sequence of this Rho-like GTPase is closest to the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) ROP6 and Medicago truncatula ROP6 and was designated as LjROP6. The interaction between Rop6 and NFR5 occurred both in vitro and in planta. No interaction between Rop6 and NFR1 was observed. Green fluorescent protein-tagged ROP6 was localized at the plasma membrane and cytoplasm. The interaction between ROP6 and NFR5 appeared to take place at the plasma membrane. The expression of the ROP6 gene could be detected in vascular tissues of Lotus roots. After inoculation with Mesorhizobium loti, elevated levels of ROP6 expression were found in the root hairs, root tips, vascular bundles of roots, nodule primordia, and young nodules. In transgenic hairy roots expressing ROP6 RNA interference constructs, Rhizobium entry into the root hairs did not appear to be affected, but infection thread growth through the root cortex were severely inhibited, resulting in the development of fewer nodules per plant. These data demonstrate a role of ROP6 as a positive regulator of infection thread formation and nodulation in L. japonicus.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (D.K., Q.F., C.C., H.Z., T.C., X.C., S.Y., H.K., L.M., Z.Z.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–2339 (Z.H.)
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de Zélicourt A, Diet A, Marion J, Laffont C, Ariel F, Moison M, Zahaf O, Crespi M, Gruber V, Frugier F. Dual involvement of a Medicago truncatula NAC transcription factor in root abiotic stress response and symbiotic nodule senescence. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 70:220-30. [PMID: 22098255 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Legume crops related to the model plant Medicago truncatula can adapt their root architecture to environmental conditions, both by branching and by establishing a symbiosis with rhizobial bacteria to form nitrogen-fixing nodules. Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress affecting plant yield and root growth. Previous transcriptomic analyses identified several transcription factors linked to the M. truncatula response to salt stress in roots, including NAC (NAM/ATAF/CUC)-encoding genes. Over-expression of one of these transcription factors, MtNAC969, induced formation of a shorter and less-branched root system, whereas RNAi-mediated MtNAC969 inactivation promoted lateral root formation. The altered root system of over-expressing plants was able to maintain its growth under high salinity, and roots in which MtNAC969 was down-regulated showed improved growth under salt stress. Accordingly, expression of salt stress markers was decreased or induced in MtNAC969 over-expressing or RNAi roots, respectively, suggesting a repressive function for this transcription factor in the salt-stress response. Expression of MtNAC969 in central symbiotic nodule tissues was induced by nitrate treatment, and antagonistically affected by salt in roots and nodules, similarly to senescence markers. MtNAC969 RNAi nodules accumulated amyloplasts in the nitrogen-fixing zone, and were prematurely senescent. Therefore, the MtNAC969 transcription factor, which is differentially affected by environmental cues in root and nodules, participates in several pathways controlling adaptation of the M. truncatula root system to the environment.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- In Situ Hybridization
- Medicago truncatula/genetics
- Medicago truncatula/growth & development
- Medicago truncatula/microbiology
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plant Growth Regulators/pharmacology
- Plant Proteins/classification
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plant Roots/genetics
- Plant Roots/growth & development
- Plant Roots/microbiology
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- RNA Interference
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Root Nodules, Plant/genetics
- Root Nodules, Plant/microbiology
- Root Nodules, Plant/ultrastructure
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sinorhizobium meliloti/physiology
- Sodium Chloride/pharmacology
- Stress, Physiological
- Symbiosis
- Transcription Factors/classification
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- Axel de Zélicourt
- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Okubo T, Tsukui T, Maita H, Okamoto S, Oshima K, Fujisawa T, Saito A, Futamata H, Hattori R, Shimomura Y, Haruta S, Morimoto S, Wang Y, Sakai Y, Hattori M, Aizawa SI, Nagashima KVP, Masuda S, Hattori T, Yamashita A, Bao Z, Hayatsu M, Kajiya-Kanegae H, Yoshinaga I, Sakamoto K, Toyota K, Nakao M, Kohara M, Anda M, Niwa R, Jung-Hwan P, Sameshima-Saito R, Tokuda SI, Yamamoto S, Yamamoto S, Yokoyama T, Akutsu T, Nakamura Y, Nakahira-Yanaka Y, Hoshino YT, Hirakawa H, Mitsui H, Terasawa K, Itakura M, Sato S, Ikeda-Ohtsubo W, Sakakura N, Kaminuma E, Minamisawa K. Complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. S23321: insights into symbiosis evolution in soil oligotrophs. Microbes Environ 2012; 27:306-15. [PMID: 22452844 PMCID: PMC4036050 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me11321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bradyrhizobium sp. S23321 is an oligotrophic bacterium isolated from paddy field soil. Although S23321 is phylogenetically close to Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110, a legume symbiont, it is unable to induce root nodules in siratro, a legume often used for testing Nod factor-dependent nodulation. The genome of S23321 is a single circular chromosome, 7,231,841 bp in length, with an average GC content of 64.3%. The genome contains 6,898 potential protein-encoding genes, one set of rRNA genes, and 45 tRNA genes. Comparison of the genome structure between S23321 and USDA110 showed strong colinearity; however, the symbiosis islands present in USDA110 were absent in S23321, whose genome lacked a chaperonin gene cluster (groELS3) for symbiosis regulation found in USDA110. A comparison of sequences around the tRNA-Val gene strongly suggested that S23321 contains an ancestral-type genome that precedes the acquisition of a symbiosis island by horizontal gene transfer. Although S23321 contains a nif (nitrogen fixation) gene cluster, the organization, homology, and phylogeny of the genes in this cluster were more similar to those of photosynthetic bradyrhizobia ORS278 and BTAi1 than to those on the symbiosis island of USDA110. In addition, we found genes encoding a complete photosynthetic system, many ABC transporters for amino acids and oligopeptides, two types (polar and lateral) of flagella, multiple respiratory chains, and a system for lignin monomer catabolism in the S23321 genome. These features suggest that S23321 is able to adapt to a wide range of environments, probably including low-nutrient conditions, with multiple survival strategies in soil and rhizosphere.
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- Takashi Okubo
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
- Laboratory for Plant Genome Informatics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2–6–7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292–0818, Japan
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- Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), 2–11–16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0032, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5–1–5, Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277–8561, Japan
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- Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization for Information and Systems, Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411–85, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology 2200–2 Toyosawa, Fukuroi, Shizuoka 437–8555, Japan
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- Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3–5–1 Jyohoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432–8561, Japan
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- Attic Lab, 1–6–2–401 Komegafukuro, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–0813, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1–1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192–0397, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5–1–5, Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277–8561, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 562 Nanatsuka, Shobara, Hiroshima 727–0023, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1–1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192–0397, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Attic Lab, 1–6–2–401 Komegafukuro, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–0813, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), 2–11–16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0032, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, Chiba 271–8510, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2–24–16, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184–8588, Japan
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- Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), 2–11–16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0032, Japan
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- Laboratory for Plant Genome Informatics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2–6–7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292–0818, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422–8529, Japan
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- National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3–1–1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8666, Japan
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- Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization for Information and Systems, Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411–85, Japan
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- Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3–5–1 Jyohoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432–8561, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo university of Agriculture and Technology, 3–5–8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183–8509, Japan
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- Laboratory for Plant Genome Informatics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2–6–7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292–0818, Japan
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- Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization for Information and Systems, Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411–85, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environment Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1–1–1 Ten-noudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8572, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan
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- Laboratory for Plant Genome Informatics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2–6–7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292–0818, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
- Laboratory for Plant Genome Informatics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2–6–7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292–0818, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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- Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization for Information and Systems, Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411–85, Japan
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- Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization for Information and Systems, Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411–85, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2–1–1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980–8577, Japan
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Chen T, Zhu H, Ke D, Cai K, Wang C, Gou H, Hong Z, Zhang Z. A MAP kinase kinase interacts with SymRK and regulates nodule organogenesis in Lotus japonicus. THE PLANT CELL 2012; 24:823-38. [PMID: 22353370 PMCID: PMC3315249 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.095984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The symbiosis receptor kinase, SymRK, is required for root nodule development. A SymRK-interacting protein (SIP2) was found to form protein complex with SymRK in vitro and in planta. The interaction between SymRK and SIP2 is conserved in legumes. The SIP2 gene was expressed in all Lotus japonicus tissues examined. SIP2 represents a typical plant mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) and exhibited autophosphorylation and transphosphorylation activities. Recombinant SIP2 protein could phosphorylate casein and the Arabidopsis thaliana MAP kinase MPK6. SymRK and SIP2 could not use one another as a substrate for phosphorylation. Instead, SymRK acted as an inhibitor of SIP2 kinase when MPK6 was used as a substrate, suggesting that SymRK may serve as a negative regulator of the SIP2 signaling pathway. Knockdown expression of SIP2 via RNA interference (RNAi) resulted in drastic reduction of nodules formed in transgenic hairy roots. A significant portion of SIP2 RNAi hairy roots failed to form a nodule. In these roots, the expression levels of SIP2 and three marker genes for infection thread and nodule primordium formation were downregulated drastically, while the expression of two other MAPKK genes were not altered. These observations demonstrate an essential role of SIP2 in the early symbiosis signaling and nodule organogenesis.
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- Tao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences and Program of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-2339
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Hakoyama T, Niimi K, Yamamoto T, Isobe S, Sato S, Nakamura Y, Tabata S, Kumagai H, Umehara Y, Brossuleit K, Petersen TR, Sandal N, Stougaard J, Udvardi MK, Tamaoki M, Kawaguchi M, Kouchi H, Suganuma N. The integral membrane protein SEN1 is required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus nodules. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:225-36. [PMID: 22123791 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Legume plants establish a symbiotic association with bacteria called rhizobia, resulting in the formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules. A Lotus japonicus symbiotic mutant, sen1, forms nodules that are infected by rhizobia but that do not fix nitrogen. Here, we report molecular identification of the causal gene, SEN1, by map-based cloning. The SEN1 gene encodes an integral membrane protein homologous to Glycine max nodulin-21, and also to CCC1, a vacuolar iron/manganese transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and VIT1, a vacuolar iron transporter of Arabidopsis thaliana. Expression of the SEN1 gene was detected exclusively in nodule-infected cells and increased during nodule development. Nif gene expression as well as the presence of nitrogenase proteins was detected in rhizobia from sen1 nodules, although the levels of expression were low compared with those from wild-type nodules. Microscopic observations revealed that symbiosome and/or bacteroid differentiation are impaired in the sen1 nodules even at a very early stage of nodule development. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that SEN1 belongs to a protein clade specific to legumes. These results indicate that SEN1 is essential for nitrogen fixation activity and symbiosome/bacteroid differentiation in legume nodules.
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- Tsuneo Hakoyama
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Antolín-Llovera M, Ried MK, Binder A, Parniske M. Receptor kinase signaling pathways in plant-microbe interactions. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2012; 50:451-73. [PMID: 22920561 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) function in diverse signaling pathways, including the responses to microbial signals in symbiosis and defense. This versatility is achieved with a common overall structure: an extracytoplasmic domain (ectodomain) and an intracellular protein kinase domain involved in downstream signal transduction. Various surfaces of the leucine-rich repeat (LRR) ectodomain superstructure are utilized for interaction with the cognate ligand in both plant and animal receptors. RLKs with lysin-motif (LysM) ectodomains confer recognitional specificity toward N-acetylglucosamine-containing signaling molecules, such as chitin, peptidoglycan (PGN), and rhizobial nodulation factor (NF), that induce immune or symbiotic responses. Signaling downstream of RLKs does not follow a single pattern; instead, the detailed analysis of brassinosteroid (BR) signaling, innate immunity, and symbiosis revealed at least three largely nonoverlapping pathways. In this review, we focus on RLKs involved in plant-microbe interactions and contrast the signaling pathways leading to symbiosis and defense.
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Hayashi M, Saeki Y, Haga M, Harada K, Kouchi H, Umehara Y. Rj (rj) genes involved in nitrogen-fixing root nodule formation in soybean. BREEDING SCIENCE 2012; 61:544-53. [PMID: 23136493 PMCID: PMC3406786 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.61.544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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It has long been known that formation of symbiotic root nodules in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is controlled by several host genes referred to as Rj (rj) genes, but molecular cloning of these genes has been hampered by soybean's complicated genome structure and large genome size. Progress in molecular identification of legume genes involved in root nodule symbiosis have been mostly achieved by using two model legumes, Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula, that have relatively simple and small genomes and are capable of molecular transfection. However, recent development of resources for soybean molecular genetic research, such as genome sequencing, large EST databases, and high-density linkage maps, have enabled us to isolate several Rj genes. This progress has been achieved in connection with systematic utilization of the information obtained from molecular genetics of the model legumes. In this review, we summarize the current status of knowledge of host-controlled nodulation in soybean based on information from recent studies on Rj genes, and discuss the future research prospects.
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- Masaki Hayashi
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
- Corresponding author (e-mail: )
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Fukushima Prefecture Ken-chu Agriculture and Forestry Office, 1-1-1 Hayama, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8540, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Shimoda Y, Han L, Yamazaki T, Suzuki R, Hayashi M, Imaizumi-Anraku H. Rhizobial and fungal symbioses show different requirements for calmodulin binding to calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in Lotus japonicus. THE PLANT CELL 2012; 24:304-21. [PMID: 22253228 PMCID: PMC3289572 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.092197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Revised: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Ca(2+)/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase (CCaMK) is a key regulator of root nodule and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses and is believed to be a decoder for Ca(2+) signals induced by microbial symbionts. However, it is unclear how CCaMK is activated by these microbes. Here, we investigated in vivo activation of CCaMK in symbiotic signaling, focusing mainly on the significance of and epistatic relationships among functional domains of CCaMK. Loss-of-function mutations in EF-hand motifs revealed the critical importance of the third EF hand for CCaMK activation to promote infection of endosymbionts. However, a gain-of-function mutation (T265D) in the kinase domain compensated for these loss-of-function mutations in the EF hands. Mutation of the CaM binding domain abolished CaM binding and suppressed CCaMK(T265D) activity in rhizobial infection, but not in mycorrhization, indicating that the requirement for CaM binding to CCaMK differs between root nodule and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses. Homology modeling and mutagenesis studies showed that the hydrogen bond network including Thr265 has an important role in the regulation of CCaMK. Based on these genetic, biochemical, and structural studies, we propose an activation mechanism of CCaMK in which root nodule and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses are distinguished by differential regulation of CCaMK by CaM binding.
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- Yoshikazu Shimoda
- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Agrogenomics Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Mochida K, Shinozaki K. Advances in omics and bioinformatics tools for systems analyses of plant functions. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 52:2017-38. [PMID: 22156726 PMCID: PMC3233218 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized sequencing approaches in genomics and have produced opportunities for various emerging analytical applications. Driven by technological advances, several new omics layers such as the interactome, epigenome and hormonome have emerged. Furthermore, in several plant species, the development of omics resources has progressed to address particular biological properties of individual species. Integration of knowledge from omics-based research is an emerging issue as researchers seek to identify significance, gain biological insights and promote translational research. From these perspectives, we provide this review of the emerging aspects of plant systems research based on omics and bioinformatics analyses together with their associated resources and technological advances.
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- Keiichi Mochida
- RIKEN Biomass Engineering Program, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan.
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Op den Camp RH, De Mita S, Lillo A, Cao Q, Limpens E, Bisseling T, Geurts R. A phylogenetic strategy based on a legume-specific whole genome duplication yields symbiotic cytokinin type-A response regulators. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 157:2013-22. [PMID: 22034625 PMCID: PMC3327194 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.187526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Legumes host their Rhizobium spp. symbiont in novel root organs called nodules. Nodules originate from differentiated root cortical cells that dedifferentiate and subsequently form nodule primordia, a process controlled by cytokinin. A whole-genome duplication has occurred at the root of the legume Papilionoideae subfamily. We hypothesize that gene pairs originating from this duplication event and are conserved in distinct Papilionoideae lineages have evolved symbiotic functions. A phylogenetic strategy was applied to search for such gene pairs to identify novel regulators of nodulation, using the cytokinin phosphorelay pathway as a test case. In this way, two paralogous type-A cytokinin response regulators were identified that are involved in root nodule symbiosis. Response Regulator9 (MtRR9) and MtRR11 in medicago (Medicago truncatula) and an ortholog in lotus (Lotus japonicus) are rapidly induced upon Rhizobium spp. Nod factor signaling. Constitutive expression of MtRR9 results in arrested primordia that have emerged from cortical, endodermal, and pericycle cells. In legumes, lateral root primordia are not exclusively formed from pericycle cells but also require the involvement of the root cortical cell layer. Therefore, the MtRR9-induced foci of cell divisions show a strong resemblance to lateral root primordia, suggesting an ancestral function of MtRR9 in this process. Together, these findings provide a proof of principle for the applied phylogenetic strategy to identify genes with a symbiotic function in legumes.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands (R.H.M.O.d.C., S.D.M., A.L., Q.C., E.L., T.B., R.G.); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Montpellier, 34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France (S.D.M.); Department of Biotechnology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Huilongguan Changping District, Beijing, China 102206 (Q.C.); and College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia (T.B.)
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Mochida K, Shinozaki K. Advances in omics and bioinformatics tools for systems analyses of plant functions. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2011. [PMID: 22156726 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized sequencing approaches in genomics and have produced opportunities for various emerging analytical applications. Driven by technological advances, several new omics layers such as the interactome, epigenome and hormonome have emerged. Furthermore, in several plant species, the development of omics resources has progressed to address particular biological properties of individual species. Integration of knowledge from omics-based research is an emerging issue as researchers seek to identify significance, gain biological insights and promote translational research. From these perspectives, we provide this review of the emerging aspects of plant systems research based on omics and bioinformatics analyses together with their associated resources and technological advances.
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- Keiichi Mochida
- RIKEN Biomass Engineering Program, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan.
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Imanishi L, Vayssières A, Franche C, Bogusz D, Wall L, Svistoonoff S. Transformed hairy roots of Discaria trinervis: a valuable tool for studying actinorhizal symbiosis in the context of intercellular infection. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:1317-24. [PMID: 21585269 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-03-11-0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Among infection mechanisms leading to root nodule symbiosis, the intercellular infection pathway is probably the most ancestral but also one of the least characterized. Intercellular infection has been described in Discaria trinervis, an actinorhizal plant belonging to the Rosales order. To decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying intercellular infection with Frankia bacteria, we set up an efficient genetic transformation protocol for D. trinervis based on Agrobacterium rhizogenes. We showed that composite plants with transgenic roots expressing green fluorescent protein can be specifically and efficiently nodulated by Frankia strain BCU110501. Nitrogen fixation rates and feedback inhibition of nodule formation by nitrogen were similar in control and composite plants. In order to challenge the transformation system, the MtEnod11 promoter, a gene from Medicago truncatula widely used as a marker for early infection-related symbiotic events in model legumes, was introduced in D. trinervis. MtEnod11::GUS expression was related to infection zones in root cortex and in the parenchyma of the developing nodule. The ability to study intercellular infection with molecular tools opens new avenues for understanding the evolution of the infection process in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses.
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- Leandro Imanishi
- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Argentina
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Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Kondorosi E. Bacteroid development in legume nodules: evolution of mutual benefit or of sacrificial victims? MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:1300-9. [PMID: 21995798 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-11-0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Symbiosomes are organelle-like structures in the cytoplasm of legume nodule cells which are composed of the special, nitrogen-fixing forms of rhizobia called bacteroids, the peribacteroid space and the enveloping peribacteroid membrane of plant origin. The formation of these symbiosomes requires a complex and coordinated interaction between the two partners during all stages of nodule development as any failure in the differentiation of either symbiotic partner, the bacterium or the plant cell prevents the subsequent transcriptional and developmental steps resulting in early senescence of the nodules. Certain legume hosts impose irreversible terminal differentiation onto bacteria. In the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) of legumes, host dominance is achieved by nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides that resemble defensin-like antimicrobial peptides, the known effector molecules of animal and plant innate immunity. This article provides an overview on the bacteroid and symbiosome development including the terminal differentiation of bacteria in IRLC legumes as well as the bacterial and plant genes and proteins participating in these processes.
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Liu W, Kohlen W, Lillo A, Op den Camp R, Ivanov S, Hartog M, Limpens E, Jamil M, Smaczniak C, Kaufmann K, Yang WC, Hooiveld GJ, Charnikhova T, Bouwmeester HJ, Bisseling T, Geurts R. Strigolactone biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula and rice requires the symbiotic GRAS-type transcription factors NSP1 and NSP2. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:3853-65. [PMID: 22039214 PMCID: PMC3229154 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.089771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 10/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Legume GRAS (GAI, RGA, SCR)-type transcription factors NODULATION SIGNALING PATHWAY1 (NSP1) and NSP2 are essential for rhizobium Nod factor-induced nodulation. Both proteins are considered to be Nod factor response factors regulating gene expression after symbiotic signaling. However, legume NSP1 and NSP2 can be functionally replaced by nonlegume orthologs, including rice (Oryza sativa) NSP1 and NSP2, indicating that both proteins are functionally conserved in higher plants. Here, we show that NSP1 and NSP2 are indispensable for strigolactone (SL) biosynthesis in the legume Medicago truncatula and in rice. Mutant nsp1 plants do not produce SLs, whereas in M. truncatula, NSP2 is essential for conversion of orobanchol into didehydro-orobanchol, which is the main SL produced by this species. The disturbed SL biosynthesis in nsp1 nsp2 mutant backgrounds correlates with reduced expression of DWARF27, a gene essential for SL biosynthesis. Rice and M. truncatula represent distinct phylogenetic lineages that split approximately 150 million years ago. Therefore, we conclude that regulation of SL biosynthesis by NSP1 and NSP2 is an ancestral function conserved in higher plants. NSP1 and NSP2 are single-copy genes in legumes, which implies that both proteins fulfill dual regulatory functions to control downstream targets after rhizobium-induced signaling as well as SL biosynthesis in nonsymbiotic conditions.
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- Wei Liu
- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Research International–Bioscience, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Research International–Bioscience, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, 6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Streng A, op den Camp R, Bisseling T, Geurts R. Evolutionary origin of rhizobium Nod factor signaling. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:1510-4. [PMID: 21904113 PMCID: PMC3256379 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.10.17444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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For over two decades now, it is known that the nodule symbiosis between legume plants and nitrogen fixing rhizobium bacteria is set in motion by the bacterial signal molecule named nodulation (Nod) factor. Upon Nod factor perception a signaling cascade is activated that is also essential for endomycorrhizal symbiosis (Fig. 1). This suggests that rhizobium co-opted the evolutionary far more ancient mycorrhizal signaling pathway in order to establish an endosymbiotic interaction with legumes. As arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of the Glomeromycota phylum can establish a symbiosis with the fast majority of land plants, it is most probable that this signaling cascade is wide spread in plant kingdom. However, Nod factor perception generally is considered to be unique to legumes. Two recent breakthroughs on the evolutionary origin of Rhizobium Nod factor signaling demonstrate that this is not the case. The purification of Nod factor-like molecules excreted by the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices and the role of the LysM-type Nod factor receptor PaNFP in the non-legume Parasponia andersonii provide novel understanding on the evolution of rhizobial Nod factor signaling.
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- Arend Streng
- Department of Plant Sciences; Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Wageningen University; Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Sciences; Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Wageningen University; Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Sciences; Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Wageningen University; Wageningen, The Netherlands
- College of Science; King Saud University; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Sciences; Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Wageningen University; Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Dudeja SS, Giri R, Saini R, Suneja-Madan P, Kothe E. Interaction of endophytic microbes with legumes. J Basic Microbiol 2011; 52:248-60. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transformed Hairy Roots of the actinorhizal shrub Discaria trinervis: a valuable tool for studying actinorhizal symbiosis in the context of intercellular infection. BMC Proc 2011. [PMCID: PMC3240110 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s7-p85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Schnabel EL, Kassaw TK, Smith LS, Marsh JF, Oldroyd GE, Long SR, Frugoli JA. The ROOT DETERMINED NODULATION1 gene regulates nodule number in roots of Medicago truncatula and defines a highly conserved, uncharacterized plant gene family. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 157:328-40. [PMID: 21742814 PMCID: PMC3165882 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.178756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules in legumes is tightly controlled by a long-distance signaling system in which nodulating roots signal to shoot tissues to suppress further nodulation. A screen for supernodulating Medicago truncatula mutants defective in this regulatory behavior yielded loss-of-function alleles of a gene designated ROOT DETERMINED NODULATION1 (RDN1). Grafting experiments demonstrated that RDN1 regulatory function occurs in the roots, not the shoots, and is essential for normal nodule number regulation. The RDN1 gene, Medtr5g089520, was identified by genetic mapping, transcript profiling, and phenotypic rescue by expression of the wild-type gene in rdn1 mutants. A mutation in a putative RDN1 ortholog was also identified in the supernodulating nod3 mutant of pea (Pisum sativum). RDN1 is predicted to encode a 357-amino acid protein of unknown function. The RDN1 promoter drives expression in the vascular cylinder, suggesting RDN1 may be involved in initiating, responding to, or transporting vascular signals. RDN1 is a member of a small, uncharacterized, highly conserved gene family unique to green plants, including algae, that we have named the RDN family.
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D'haeseleer K, Den Herder G, Laffont C, Plet J, Mortier V, Lelandais-Brière C, De Bodt S, De Keyser A, Crespi M, Holsters M, Frugier F, Goormachtig S. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of a NAC1 transcription factor in Medicago truncatula roots. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 191:647-661. [PMID: 21770944 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03719.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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• Legume roots develop two types of lateral organs, lateral roots and nodules. Nodules develop as a result of a symbiotic interaction with rhizobia and provide a niche for the bacteria to fix atmospheric nitrogen for the plant. • The Arabidopsis NAC1 transcription factor is involved in lateral root formation, and is regulated post-transcriptionally by miRNA164 and by SINAT5-dependent ubiquitination. We analyzed in Medicago truncatula the role of the closest NAC1 homolog in lateral root formation and in nodulation. • MtNAC1 shows a different expression pattern in response to auxin than its Arabidopsis homolog and no changes in lateral root number or nodulation were observed in plants affected in MtNAC1 expression. In addition, no interaction was found with SINA E3 ligases, suggesting that post-translational regulation of MtNAC1 does not occur in M. truncatula. Similar to what was found in Arabidopsis, a conserved miR164 target site was retrieved in MtNAC1, which reduced protein accumulation of a GFP-miR164 sensor. Furthermore, miR164 and MtNAC1 show an overlapping expression pattern in symbiotic nodules, and overexpression of this miRNA led to a reduction in nodule number. • This work suggests that regulatory pathways controlling a conserved transcription factor are complex and divergent between M. truncatula and Arabidopsis.
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- Katrien D'haeseleer
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
- Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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Gough C, Cullimore J. Lipo-chitooligosaccharide signaling in endosymbiotic plant-microbe interactions. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:867-78. [PMID: 21469937 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-11-0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and the rhizobia-legume (RL) root endosymbioses are established as a result of signal exchange in which there is mutual recognition of diffusible signals produced by plant and microbial partners. It was discovered 20 years ago that the key symbiotic signals produced by rhizobial bacteria are lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCO), called Nod factors. These LCO are perceived via lysin-motif (LysM) receptors and activate a signaling pathway called the common symbiotic pathway (CSP), which controls both the RL and the AM symbioses. Recent work has established that an AM fungus, Glomus intraradices, also produces LCO that activate the CSP, leading to induction of gene expression and root branching in Medicago truncatula. These Myc-LCO also stimulate mycorrhization in diverse plants. In addition, work on the nonlegume Parasponia andersonii has shown that a LysM receptor is required for both successful mycorrhization and nodulation. Together these studies show that structurally related signals and the LysM receptor family are key components of both nodulation and mycorrhization. LysM receptors are also involved in the perception of chitooligosaccharides (CO), which are derived from fungal cell walls and elicit defense responses and resistance to pathogens in diverse plants. The discovery of Myc-LCO and a LysM receptor required for the AM symbiosis, therefore, not only raises questions of how legume plants discriminate fungal and bacterial endosymbionts but also, more generally, of how plants discriminate endosymbionts from pathogenic microorganisms using structurally related LCO and CO signals and of how these perception mechanisms have evolved.
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- Clare Gough
- Laboratory of Plant-Microbe Interactions, UMR CNRS-INRA 2594-441, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France.
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Species living in seasonal environments often adaptively time their reproduction in response to photoperiod cues. We characterized the expression of genes in the flowering-time regulatory network across wild populations of the common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, that we found to be adaptively differentiated for photoperiod response. The observed clinal variation was associated with changes at multiple hierarchical levels in multiple pathways. Paralogue-specific changes in FT homologue expression and tissue-specific changes in SOC1 homologue expression were associated with loss and reversal of plasticity, respectively, suggesting that redundancy and modularity are gene network characteristics easily exploited by natural selection to produce evolutionary innovation. Distinct genetic mechanisms contribute to convergent evolution of photoperiod responses within sunflower, suggesting regulatory network architecture does not impose strong constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.
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Murray JD. Invasion by invitation: rhizobial infection in legumes. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:631-9. [PMID: 21542766 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-08-10-0181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Nodulation of legume roots typically begins with rhizobia attaching to the tip of a growing root-hair cell. The attached rhizobia secrete Nod factors (NF), which are perceived by the plant. This initiates a series of preinfection events that include cytoskeletal rearrangements, curling at the root-hair tip, and formation of radially aligned cytoplasmic bridges called preinfection threads (PIT) in outer cortical cells. Within the root-hair curl, an infection pocket filled with bacteria forms, from which originates a tubular invagination of cell wall and membrane called an infection thread (IT). IT formation is coordinated with nodule development in the underlying root cortex tissues. The IT extends from the infection pocket down through the root hair and into the root cortex, where it passes through PIT and eventually reaches the nascent nodule. As the IT grows, it is colonized by rhizobia that are eventually released into cells within the nodule, where they fix nitrogen. NF can also induce cortical root hairs that appear to originate from PIT and can become infected like normal root hairs. Several genes involved in NF signaling and some of the downstream transcription factors required for infection have been characterized. More recently, several genes with direct roles in infection have been identified, some with roles in actin rearrangement and others with possible roles in protein turnover and secretion. This article provides an overview of the infection process, including the roles of NF signaling, actin, and calcium and the influence of the hormones ethylene and cytokinin.
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The genotype of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase gene (CCaMK) determines bacterial community diversity in rice roots under paddy and upland field conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:4399-405. [PMID: 21551283 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00315-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effects of the Oryza sativa calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase OsCCaMK genotype (dominant homozygous [D], heterozygous [H], recessive homozygous [R]) on rice root-associated bacteria, including endophytes and epiphytes, were examined by using a Tos17 rice mutant line under paddy and upland field conditions. Roots were sampled at the flowering stage and were subjected to clone library analyses. The relative abundance of Alphaproteobacteria was noticeably decreased in R plants under both paddy and upland conditions (0.8% and 3.0%, respectively) relative to those in D plants (10.3% and 17.4%, respectively). Population shifts of the Sphingomonadales and Rhizobiales were mainly responsible for this low abundance in R plants. The abundance of Anaerolineae (Chloroflexi) and Clostridia (Firmicutes) was increased in R plants under paddy conditions. The abundance of a subpopulation of Actinobacteria (Saccharothrix spp. and unclassified Actinosynnemataceae) was increased in R plants under upland conditions. Principal coordinate analysis revealed unidirectional community shifts in relation to OsCCaMK gene dosage under both conditions. In addition, shoot length, tiller number, and plant weight decreased as the OsCCaMK gene dosage decreased under upland conditions. These results suggest significant impacts of OsCCaMK on both the diversity of root-associated bacteria and rice plant growth under both paddy and upland field conditions.
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Reid DE, Ferguson BJ, Gresshoff PM. Inoculation- and nitrate-induced CLE peptides of soybean control NARK-dependent nodule formation. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:606-18. [PMID: 21198362 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-10-0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Systemic autoregulation of nodulation in legumes involves a root-derived signal (Q) that is perceived by a CLAVATA1-like leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase (e.g. GmNARK). Perception of Q triggers the production of a shoot-derived inhibitor that prevents further nodule development. We have identified three candidate CLE peptide-encoding genes (GmRIC1, GmRIC2, and GmNIC1) in soybean (Glycine max) that respond to Bradyrhizobium japonicum inoculation or nitrate treatment. Ectopic overexpression of all three CLE peptide genes in transgenic roots inhibited nodulation in a GmNARK-dependent manner. The peptides share a high degree of amino acid similarity in a 12-amino-acid C-terminal domain, deemed to represent the functional ligand of GmNARK. GmRIC1 was expressed early (12 h) in response to Bradyrhizobium-sp.-produced nodulation factor while GmRIC2 was induced later (48 to 72 h) but was more persistent during later nodule development. Neither GmRIC1 nor GmRIC2 were induced by nitrate. In contrast, GmNIC1 was strongly induced by nitrate (2 mM) treatment but not by Bradyrhizobium sp. inoculation and, unlike the other two GmCLE peptides, functioned locally to inhibit nodulation. Grafting demonstrated a requirement for root GmNARK activity for nitrate regulation of nodulation whereas Bradyrhizobium sp.-induced regulation was contingent on GmNARK function in the shoot.
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- Dugald E Reid
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, John Hines Building, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Employing site-specific recombination for conditional genetic analysis in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:3916-22. [PMID: 21515717 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00544-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The ability to remove a genetic function from an organism with good temporal resolution is crucial for characterizing essential genes or genes that act in complex developmental programs. The rhizobium-legume symbiosis involves an elaborate two-organism interaction requiring multiple levels of signal exchange. As an important step toward probing rhizobium genetic functions with temporal resolution, we present the development of a conditional gene deletion system in Sinorhizobium meliloti that employs Cre/loxP site-specific recombination. This system enables chemically inducible and irreversible gene deletion or gene upregulation. Recombinase-mediated excision events can be positively or negatively selected or monitored by a colorimetric assay. The system may be adaptable to various bacterial species, in which recombinase activity may be placed under the control of diverse user-defined promoters. This system also shows promise for uses in promoter trapping and biosensing applications.
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Kawaguchi M. The evolution of symbiotic systems. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:1283-4. [PMID: 21390548 PMCID: PMC11114655 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0647-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Revised: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Masayoshi Kawaguchi
- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan.
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Ikeda S, Anda M, Inaba S, Eda S, Sato S, Sasaki K, Tabata S, Mitsui H, Sato T, Shinano T, Minamisawa K. Autoregulation of nodulation interferes with impacts of nitrogen fertilization levels on the leaf-associated bacterial community in soybeans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:1973-80. [PMID: 21239540 PMCID: PMC3067336 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02567-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The diversities leaf-associated bacteria on nonnodulated (Nod(-)), wild-type nodulated (Nod(+)), and hypernodulated (Nod(++)) soybeans were evaluated by clone library analyses of the 16S rRNA gene. To analyze the impact of nitrogen fertilization on the bacterial leaf community, soybeans were treated with standard nitrogen (SN) (15 kg N ha(-1)) or heavy nitrogen (HN) (615 kg N ha(-1)) fertilization. Under SN fertilization, the relative abundance of Alphaproteobacteria was significantly higher in Nod(-) and Nod(++) soybeans (82% to 96%) than in Nod(+) soybeans (54%). The community structure of leaf-associated bacteria in Nod(+) soybeans was almost unaffected by the levels of nitrogen fertilization. However, differences were visible in Nod(-) and Nod(++) soybeans. HN fertilization drastically decreased the relative abundance of Alphaproteobacteria in Nod(-) and Nod(++) soybeans (46% to 76%) and, conversely, increased those of Gammaproteobacteria and Firmicutes in these mutant soybeans. In the Alphaproteobacteria, cluster analyses identified two operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (Aurantimonas sp. and Methylobacterium sp.) that were especially sensitive to nodulation phenotypes under SN fertilization and to nitrogen fertilization levels. Arbuscular mycorrhizal infection was not observed on the root tissues examined, presumably due to the rotation of paddy and upland fields. These results suggest that a subpopulation of leaf-associated bacteria in wild-type Nod(+) soybeans is controlled in similar ways through the systemic regulation of autoregulation of nodulation, which interferes with the impacts of N levels on the bacterial community of soybean leaves.
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- Seishi Ikeda
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan, Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Attila Kereszt
- Institute for Plant Genomics, Human Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bay Zoltan Foundation for Applied Research, Szeged, Hungary.
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Borjigin N, Furukawa K, Shimoda Y, Tabata S, Sato S, Eda S, Minamisawa K, Mitsui H. Identification of Mesorhizobium loti Genes Relevant to Symbiosis by Using Signature-Tagged Mutants. Microbes Environ 2011; 26:165-71. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me10213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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Ikeda S, Okubo T, Anda M, Nakashita H, Yasuda M, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Eda S, Momiyama A, Terasawa K, Mitsui H, Minamisawa K. Community- and genome-based views of plant-associated bacteria: plant-bacterial interactions in soybean and rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:1398-410. [PMID: 20685969 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Diverse microorganisms are living as endophytes in plant tissues and as epiphytes on plant surfaces in nature. Questions about driving forces shaping the microbial community associated with plants remain unanswered. Because legumes developed systems to attain endosymbioses with rhizobia as well as mycorrhizae during their evolution, the above questions can be addressed using legume mutants relevant to genes for symbiosis. Analytical methods for the microbial community have recently been advanced by enrichment procedures of plant-associated microbes and culture-independent analyses targeting the small subunit of rRNA in microbial ecology. In this review, we first deal with interdisciplinary works on the global diversity of bacteria associated with field-grown soybeans with different nodulation genotypes and nitrogen application. A subpopulation of Proteobacteria in aerial parts of soybean shoots was likely to be regulated through both the autoregulation system for plant-rhizobium symbiosis and the nitrogen signaling pathway, suggesting that legumes accommodate a taxonomically characteristic microbial community through unknown plant-microbe communications. In addition to the community views, we then show multiphasic analysis of a beneficial rice endophyte for comparative bacterial genomics and plant responses. The significance and perspectives of community- and genome-based approaches are discussed to achieve a better understanding of plant-microbe interactions.
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- Seishi Ikeda
- Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Shinsei, Memuro-cho, Kasaigun, Hokkaido 082-0081, Japan
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Kawaguchi M, Minamisawa K. Plant-microbe communications for symbiosis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:1377-80. [PMID: 20841337 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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