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Foyer CH, Noctor G. Redox regulation in photosynthetic organisms: signaling, acclimation, and practical implications. Antioxid Redox Signal 2009; 11:861-905. [PMID: 19239350 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 729] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have multifaceted roles in the orchestration of plant gene expression and gene-product regulation. Cellular redox homeostasis is considered to be an "integrator" of information from metabolism and the environment controlling plant growth and acclimation responses, as well as cell suicide events. The different ROS forms influence gene expression in specific and sometimes antagonistic ways. Low molecular antioxidants (e.g., ascorbate, glutathione) serve not only to limit the lifetime of the ROS signals but also to participate in an extensive range of other redox signaling and regulatory functions. In contrast to the low molecular weight antioxidants, the "redox" states of components involved in photosynthesis such as plastoquinone show rapid and often transient shifts in response to changes in light and other environmental signals. Whereas both types of "redox regulation" are intimately linked through the thioredoxin, peroxiredoxin, and pyridine nucleotide pools, they also act independently of each other to achieve overall energy balance between energy-producing and energy-utilizing pathways. This review focuses on current knowledge of the pathways of redox regulation, with discussion of the somewhat juxtaposed hypotheses of "oxidative damage" versus "oxidative signaling," within the wider context of physiological function, from plant cell biology to potential applications.
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- Christine H Foyer
- School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Agriculture Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
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Broz AK, Manter DK, Bowman G, Müller-Schärer H, Vivanco JM. Plant origin and ploidy influence gene expression and life cycle characteristics in an invasive weed. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:33. [PMID: 19309502 PMCID: PMC2670832 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2008] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ecological, evolutionary and physiological studies have thus far provided an incomplete picture of why some plants become invasive; therefore we used genomic resources to complement and advance this field. In order to gain insight into the invasive mechanism of Centaurea stoebe we compared plants of three geo-cytotypes, native Eurasian diploids, native Eurasian tetraploids and introduced North American tetraploids, grown in a common greenhouse environment. We monitored plant performance characteristics and life cycle habits and characterized the expression of genes related to constitutive defense and genome stability using quantitative PCR. RESULTS Plant origin and ploidy were found to have a significant effect on both life cycle characteristics and gene expression, highlighting the importance of comparing appropriate taxonomic groups in studies of native and introduced plant species. We found that introduced populations of C. stoebe exhibit reduced expression of transcripts related to constitutive defense relative to their native tetraploid counterparts, as might be expected based on ideas of enemy release and rapid evolution. Measurements of several vegetative traits were similar for all geo-cytotypes; however, fecundity of tetraploids was significantly greater than diploids, due in part to their polycarpic nature. A simulation of seed production over time predicts that introduced tetraploids have the highest fecundity of the three geo-cytotypes. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that characterizing gene expression in an invasive species using populations from both its native and introduced range can provide insight into the biology of plant invasion that can complement traditional measurements of plant performance. In addition, these results highlight the importance of using appropriate taxonomic units in ecological genomics investigations.
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- Amanda K Broz
- Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, USA
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
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- Département de Biologie/Ecologie & Evolution, Université de Fribourg/Pérolles, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Département de Biologie/Ecologie & Evolution, Université de Fribourg/Pérolles, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, USA
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, USA
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The plant phenolic compound p-coumaric acid represses gene expression in the Dickeya dadantii type III secretion system. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 75:1223-8. [PMID: 19114532 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02015-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a major virulence factor in many gram-negative bacterial pathogens. This secretion system translocates effectors directly into the cytosol of eukaryotic host cells, where the effector proteins facilitate bacterial pathogenesis by interfering with host cell signal transduction and other cellular processes. Plants defend themselves against bacterial pathogens by recognizing either the type 3 effectors or their actions and initiating a cascade of defense responses that often results in programmed cell death of the plant cell being attacked. Here we show that a plant phenolic compound, p-coumaric acid (PCA), represses the expression of T3SS genes of the plant pathogen Dickeya dadantii, suggesting that plants can also defend against bacterial pathogens by manipulating the expression of the T3SS. PCA repressed the expression of T3SS regulatory genes through the HrpX/Y two-component system, a core regulator of the T3SS, rather than through the global regulator GacS/A, which indirectly regulates the T3SS. A further analysis of several PCA analogs suggests that the para positioning of the hydroxyl group in the phenyl ring and the double bond of PCA may be important for its biological activity.
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Akram A, Ongena M, Duby F, Dommes J, Thonart P. Systemic resistance and lipoxygenase-related defence response induced in tomato by Pseudomonas putida strain BTP1. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 8:113. [PMID: 19000301 PMCID: PMC2596797 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-8-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies showed the ability of Pseudomonas putida strain BTP1 to promote induced systemic resistance (ISR) in different host plants. Since ISR is long-lasting and not conducive for development of resistance of the targeted pathogen, this phenomenon can take part of disease control strategies. However, in spite of the numerous examples of ISR induced by PGPR in plants, only a few biochemical studies have associated the protective effect with specific host metabolic changes. RESULTS In this study, we showed the protective effect of this bacterium in tomato against Botrytis cinerea. Following treatment by P. putida BTP1, analyses of acid-hydrolyzed leaf extracts showed an accumulation of antifungal material after pathogen infection. The fungitoxic compounds thus mainly accumulate as conjugates from which active aglycones may be liberated through the activity of hydrolytic enzymes. These results suggest that strain BTP1 can elicit systemic phytoalexin accumulation in tomato as one defence mechanism. On another hand, we have shown that key enzymes of the lipoxygenase pathway are stimulated in plants treated with the bacteria as compared with control plants. Interestingly, this stimulation is observed only after pathogen challenge in agreement with the priming concept almost invariably associated with the ISR phenomenon. CONCLUSION Through the demonstration of phytoalexin accumulation and LOX pathway stimulation in tomato, this work provides new insights into the diversity of defence mechanisms that are inducible by non-pathogenic bacteria in the context of ISR.
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- Adam Akram
- Wallon Centre for Industrial Biology, University of Liège, Belgium
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- Bioindustry Unit, Gembloux Agricultural University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of plant molecular biology and biotechnology, University of Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of plant molecular biology and biotechnology, University of Liège, Belgium
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- Wallon Centre for Industrial Biology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Choi JJ, Alkharouf NW, Schneider KT, Matthews BF, Frederick RD. Expression patterns in soybean resistant to Phakopsora pachyrhizi reveal the importance of peroxidases and lipoxygenases. Funct Integr Genomics 2008; 8:341-59. [PMID: 18414911 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0080-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow is a devastating foliar disease that has spread to most soybean growing regions throughout the world, including the USA. Four independent rust resistance genes, Rpp1-Rpp4, have been identified in soybean that recognize specific isolates of P. pachyrhizi. A suppressive subtraction hybridization (SSH) complementary DNA (cDNA) library was constructed from the soybean accession PI200492, which contains Rpp1, after inoculation with two different isolates of P. pachyrhizi that result in susceptible or immune reactions. Both forward and reverse SSH were performed using cDNA from messenger RNA pooled from 1, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h post-inoculation. A total of 1,728 SSH clones were sequenced and compared to sequences in GenBank for similarity. Microarray analyses were conducted on a custom 7883 soybean-cDNA clone array encompassing all of the soybean-rust SSH clones and expressed sequence tags from four other soybean cDNA libraries. Results of the microarray revealed 558 cDNA clones differentially expressed in the immune reaction. The majority of the upregulated cDNA clones fell into the functional category of defense. In particular, cDNA clones with similarity to peroxidases and lipoxygenases were prevalent. Downregulated cDNA clones included those with similarity to cell-wall-associated protein, such as extensins, proline-rich proteins, and xyloglucan endotransglycosylases.
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- J J Choi
- Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, 1301 Ditto Avenue, Fort Detrick, MD, 21702, USA.
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Przybyla D, Göbel C, Imboden A, Hamberg M, Feussner I, Apel K. Enzymatic, but not non-enzymatic, 1O2-mediated peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids forms part of the EXECUTER1-dependent stress response program in the flu mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 54:236-48. [PMID: 18182022 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The conditional flu mutant of Arabidopsis accumulates excess amounts of protochlorophyllide within plastid membranes in the dark and generates singlet oxygen upon light exposure. By varying the length of the dark period, the level of the photosensitizer protochlorophyllide may be modulated, and conditions have been established that either endorse the cytotoxicity of (1)O(2) or reveal its signaling role. Two criteria have been used to distinguish between these two modes of activity of (1)O(2): the impact of the EXECUTER1 mutation and the prevalence of either non-enzymatic or enzymatic lipid peroxidation. During illumination of etiolated flu seedlings, toxic effects of (1)O(2) prevail and non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation proceeds rapidly. In contrast, in light-grown flu plants that were subjected to an 8 h dark/light shift, lipid peroxidation occurred almost exclusively enzymatically. The resulting oxidation product, 13-hydroperoxy octadecatrienoic acid (13-HPOT), serves as a substrate for synthesis of 12-oxo phytodienoic acid (OPDA) and jasmonic acid (JA), both of which are known to control various metabolic and developmental processes in plants. Inactivation of the EXECUTER1 protein abrogates not only (1)O(2)-mediated cell death and growth inhibition of flu plants, but also enzymatic lipid peroxidation. However, inactivation of jasmonate biosynthesis in the aos/flu double mutant does not affect (1)O(2)-mediated growth inhibition and cell death. Hence, JA and OPDA do not act as second messengers during (1)O(2) signaling, but form an integral part of a stress-related signaling cascade activated by (1)O(2) that encompasses several signaling pathways known to be activated by abiotic and biotic stressors.
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- Dominika Przybyla
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Plant Sciences, Universitätsstrasse 2, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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cDNA-AFLP analysis of plant and pathogen genes expressed in grapevine infected with Plasmopara viticola. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:142. [PMID: 18366764 PMCID: PMC2292706 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background The oomycete Plasmopara viticola (Berk. and Curt.) Berl. and de Toni causes downy mildew in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). This pathogen is strictly biotrophic, thus completely dependent on living host cells for its survival. The molecular basis of compatibility and disease development in this system is poorly understood. We have carried out a large-scale cDNA-AFLP analysis to identify grapevine and P. viticola genes associated with the infection process. Results We carried out cDNA-AFLP analysis on artificially infected leaves of the susceptible cultivar Riesling at the oil spot stage, on water-treated leaves and on a sample of pure sporangia as controls. Selective amplifications with 128 primer combinations allowed the visualization of about 7000 transcript-derived fragments (TDFs) in infected leaves, 1196 of which (17%) were differentially expressed. We sequenced 984 fragments, 804 of which were identified as grapevine transcripts after homology searching, while 96 were homologous to sequences in Phytophthora spp. databases and were attributed to P. viticola. There were 82 orphan TDFs. Many grapevine genes spanning almost all functional categories were downregulated during infection, especially genes involved in photosynthesis. Grapevine genes homologous to known resistance genes also tended to be repressed, as were several resistance gene analogs and carbonic anhydrase (recently implicated in pathogen resistance). In contrast, genes encoding cytoskeletal components, enzymes of the phenylpropanoid and beta-oxidation pathways, and pathogenesis related proteins were primarily upregulated during infection. The majority of P. viticola transcripts expressed in planta showed homology to genes of unknown function or to genomic Phytophthora sequences, but genes related to metabolism, energy production, transport and signal transduction were also identified. Conclusion This study provides the first global catalogue of grapevine and P. viticola genes expressed during infection, together with their functional annotations. This will help to elucidate the molecular basis of the infection process and identify genes and chemicals that could help to inhibit the pathogen.
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Seong ES, Choi D, Cho HS, Lim CK, Cho HJ, Wang MH. Characterization of a stress-responsive ankyrin repeat-containing zinc finger protein of Capsicum annuum (CaKR1). BMB Rep 2008; 40:952-8. [PMID: 18047791 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2007.40.6.952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We isolated many genes induced from pepper cDNA microarray data following their infection with the soybean pustule pathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines 8ra. A full-length cDNA clone of the Capsicum annuum ankyrin-repeat domain C(3)H(1) zinc finger protein (CaKR1) was identified in a chili pepper using the expressed sequence tag (EST) database. The deduced amino acid sequence of CaKR1 showed a significant sequence similarity (46%) to the ankyrin-repeat protein in very diverse family of proteins of Arabidopsis. The gene was induced in response to various biotic and abiotic stresses in the pepper leaves, as well as by an incompatible pathogen, such as salicylic acid (SA) and ethephon. CaKR1 expression was highest in the root and flower, and its expression was induced by treatment with agents such as NaCl and methyl viologen, as well as by cold stresses. These results showed that CaKR1 fusion with soluble, modified green fluorescent protein (smGFP) was localized to the cytosol in Arabidopsis protoplasts, suggesting that CaKR1 might be involved in responses to both biotic and abiotic stresses in pepper plants.
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- Eun Soo Seong
- School of Biotechnology, Kangwon National Uiversity, Chuncheon, Kangwon-do 200-701, Korea
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Fung RWM, Gonzalo M, Fekete C, Kovacs LG, He Y, Marsh E, McIntyre LM, Schachtman DP, Qiu W. Powdery mildew induces defense-oriented reprogramming of the transcriptome in a susceptible but not in a resistant grapevine. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 146:236-49. [PMID: 17993546 PMCID: PMC2230561 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.108712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Grapevines exhibit a wide spectrum of resistance to the powdery mildew fungus (PM), Erysiphe necator (Schw.) Burr., but little is known about the transcriptional basis of the defense to PM. Our microscopic observations showed that PM produced less hyphal growth and induced more brown-colored epidermal cells on leaves of PM-resistant Vitis aestivalis 'Norton' than on leaves of PM-susceptible Vitis vinifera 'Cabernet sauvignon'. We found that endogenous salicylic acid levels were higher in V. aestivalis than in V. vinifera in the absence of the fungus and that salicylic acid levels increased in V. vinifera at 120 h postinoculation with PM. To test the hypothesis that gene expression differences would be apparent when V. aestivalis and V. vinifera were mounting a response to PM, we conducted a comprehensive Vitis GeneChip analysis. We examined the transcriptome at 0, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 h postinoculation with PM. We found only three PM-responsive transcripts in V. aestivalis and 625 in V. vinifera. There was a significant increase in the abundance of transcripts encoding ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY1, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase, WRKY, PATHOGENESIS-RELATED1, PATHOGENESIS-RELATED10, and stilbene synthase in PM-infected V. vinifera, suggesting an induction of the basal defense response. The overall changes in the PM-responsive V. vinifera transcriptome also indicated a possible reprogramming of metabolism toward the increased synthesis of the secondary metabolites. These results suggested that resistance to PM in V. aestivalis was not associated with overall reprogramming of the transcriptome. However, PM induced defense-oriented transcriptional changes in V. vinifera.
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- Raymond W M Fung
- Department of Agriculture, Missouri State University, Mountain Grove, MO 65711, USA
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Obied HK, Prenzler PD, Ryan D, Servili M, Taticchi A, Esposto S, Robards K. Biosynthesis and biotransformations of phenol-conjugated oleosidic secoiridoids from Olea europaea L. Nat Prod Rep 2008; 25:1167-79. [DOI: 10.1039/b719736e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Haas-Stapleton EJ, Lu Y, Hong S, Arita M, Favoreto S, Nigam S, Serhan CN, Agabian N. Candida albicans modulates host defense by biosynthesizing the pro-resolving mediator resolvin E1. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1316. [PMID: 18091990 PMCID: PMC2134765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Accepted: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans that resides commensally on epithelial surfaces, but can cause inflammation when pathogenic. Resolvins are a class of anti-inflammatory lipids derived from omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) that attenuate neutrophil migration during the resolution phase of inflammation. In this report we demonstrate that C. albicans biosynthesizes resolvins that are chemically identical to those produced by human cells. In contrast to the trans-cellular biosynthesis of human Resolvin E1 (RvE1), RvE1 biosynthesis in C. albicans occurs in the absence of other cellular partners. C. albicans biosynthesis of RvE1 is sensitive to lipoxygenase and cytochrome P450 monoxygenase inhibitors. We show that 10nM RvE1 reduces neutrophil chemotaxis in response to IL-8; 1nM RvE1 enhanced phagocytosis of Candida by human neutrophils, as well as intracellular ROS generation and killing, while having no direct affect on neutrophil motility. In a mouse model of systemic candidiasis, RvE1 stimulated clearance of the fungus from circulating blood. These results reveal an inter-species chemical signaling system that modulates host immune functions and may play a role in balancing host carriage of commensal and pathogenic C. albicans.
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- Eric J. Haas-Stapleton
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Eicosanoid and Lipid Research Division, Centre for Experimental Gynecology and Breast Research, Charité-University Medical Centre Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Brodhagen M, Tsitsigiannis DI, Hornung E, Goebel C, Feussner I, Keller NP. Reciprocal oxylipin-mediated cross-talk in the Aspergillus-seed pathosystem. Mol Microbiol 2007; 67:378-91. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06045.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kourtchenko O, Andersson MX, Hamberg M, Brunnström A, Göbel C, McPhail KL, Gerwick WH, Feussner I, Ellerström M. Oxo-phytodienoic acid-containing galactolipids in Arabidopsis: jasmonate signaling dependence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 145:1658-69. [PMID: 17951463 PMCID: PMC2151682 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.104752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The jasmonate family of phytohormones, as represented by 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA), dinor-phytodienoic acid (dn-OPDA), and jasmonic acid in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), has been implicated in a vast array of different developmental processes and stress responses. Recent reports indicate that OPDA and dn-OPDA occur not only as free acids in Arabidopsis, but also as esters with complex lipids, so-called arabidopsides. Recently, we showed that recognition of the two bacterial effector proteins AvrRpm1 and AvrRpt2 induced high levels of a molecule consisting of two OPDAs and one dn-OPDA esterified to a monogalactosyl diacylglycerol moiety, named arabidopside E. In this study, we demonstrate that the synthesis of arabidopsides is mainly independent of the prokaryotic lipid biosynthesis pathway in the chloroplast, and, in addition to what previously has been reported, arabidopside E as well as an all-OPDA analog, arabidopside G, described here accumulated during the hypersensitive response and in response to wounding. We also show that different signaling pathways lead to the formation of arabidopsides during the hypersensitive response and the wounding response, respectively. However, the formation of arabidopsides during both responses is dependent on an intact jasmonate signaling pathway. Additionally, we report inhibition of growth of the fungal necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea and in planta release of free jasmonates in a time frame that overlaps with the observed reduction of arabidopside levels. Thus, arabidopsides may have a dual function: as antipathogenic substances and as storage compounds that allow the slow release of free jasmonates.
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- Olga Kourtchenko
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Göteborg University, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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van de Mortel M, Recknor JC, Graham MA, Nettleton D, Dittman JD, Nelson RT, Godoy CV, Abdelnoor RV, Almeida AMR, Baum TJ, Whitham SA. Distinct biphasic mRNA changes in response to Asian soybean rust infection. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2007; 20:887-99. [PMID: 17722693 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-20-8-0887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Asian soybean rust (ASR), caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is now established in all major soybean-producing countries. Currently, there is little information about the molecular basis of ASR-soybean interactions, which will be needed to assist future efforts to develop effective resistance. Toward this end, abundance changes of soybean mRNAs were measured over a 7-day ASR infection time course in mock-inoculated and infected leaves of a soybean accession (PI230970) carrying the Rpp2 resistance gene and a susceptible genotype (Embrapa-48). The expression profiles of differentially expressed genes (ASR-infected compared with the mock-inoculated control) revealed a biphasic response to ASR in each genotype. Within the first 12 h after inoculation (hai), which corresponds to fungal germination and penetration of the epidermal cells, differential gene expression changes were evident in both genotypes. mRNA expression of these genes mostly returned to levels found in mock-inoculated plants by 24 hai. In the susceptible genotype, gene expression remained unaffected by rust infection until 96 hai, a time period when rapid fungal growth began. In contrast, gene expression in the resistant genotype diverged from the mock-inoculated control earlier, at 72 h, demonstrating that Rpp2-mediated defenses were initiated prior to this time. These data suggest that ASR initially induces a nonspecific response that is transient or is suppressed when early steps in colonization are completed in both soybean genotypes. The race-specific resistance phenotype of Rpp2 is manifested in massive gene expression changes after the initial response prior to the onset of rapid fungal growth that occurs in the susceptible genotype.
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Fagard M, Dellagi A, Roux C, Périno C, Rigault M, Boucher V, Shevchik VE, Expert D. Arabidopsis thaliana expresses multiple lines of defense to counterattack Erwinia chrysanthemi. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2007; 20:794-805. [PMID: 17601167 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-20-7-0794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Many taxonomically diverse plant species are attacked by Erwinia chrysanthemi, a member of the causal agents of soft-rotting diseases. Symptom development is due to the collective action of pectin-degrading enzymes secreted by the bacterium through a type II secretion system (T2SS). Using Arabidopsis thaliana as a susceptible host, we show that plants respond to E. chrysanthemi 3937 by expressing cell-wall reactions, production of an oxidative burst, and activation of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) or ethylene (ET) signaling pathways. We found that the oxidative burst is mainly generated via the expression of the AtrbohD gene, constitutes a barrier of resistance to bacterial attack, and acts independently of the SA-mediated response. To determine the importance of T2SS-secreted proteins in elicitation of these defenses, we used a T2SS deficient mutant and purified enzymatic preparations of representative members of strain 3937 pectate lyase activity. The T2SS-secreted proteins were responsible only partially for the activation of SA and JA or ET signaling pathways observed after infection with the wild-type bacterium and were not involved in the expression of other identified defense reactions. Our study shows the differential role played by pectate lyases isoenzymes in this process and highlights the complexity of the host immune network, which is finely controlled by the bacterium.
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- Mathilde Fagard
- Laboratoire Interactions Plantes-Pathogènes, UMR 217 INRA/INA P-G/Universitè Paris 6 and CNRS, 16 rue Claude Bernard, Paris 75005, France
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Stepanova AN, Yun J, Likhacheva AV, Alonso JM. Multilevel interactions between ethylene and auxin in Arabidopsis roots. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:2169-85. [PMID: 17630276 PMCID: PMC1955696 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.052068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Hormones play a central role in the coordination of internal developmental processes with environmental signals. Herein, a combination of physiological, genetic, cellular, and whole-genome expression profiling approaches has been employed to investigate the mechanisms of interaction between two key plant hormones: ethylene and auxin. Quantification of the morphological effects of ethylene and auxin in a variety of mutant backgrounds indicates that auxin biosynthesis, transport, signaling, and response are required for the ethylene-induced growth inhibition in roots but not in hypocotyls of dark-grown seedlings. Analysis of the activation of early auxin and ethylene responses at the cellular level, as well as of global changes in gene expression in the wild type versus auxin and ethylene mutants, suggests a simple mechanistic model for the interaction between these two hormones in roots, according to which ethylene and auxin can reciprocally regulate each other's biosyntheses, influence each other's response pathways, and/or act independently on the same target genes. This model not only implies existence of several levels of interaction but also provides a likely explanation for the strong ethylene response defects observed in auxin mutants.
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- Anna N Stepanova
- Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Balaji V, Gibly A, Debbie P, Sessa G. Transcriptional analysis of the tomato resistance response triggered by recognition of the Xanthomonas type III effector AvrXv3. Funct Integr Genomics 2007; 7:305-16. [PMID: 17582538 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-007-0050-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 05/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The type III effector AvrXv3 from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (Xcv) elicits a resistance response in the tomato line Hawaii 7981. To test whether similar genes participate in responses triggered by recognition of different avirulence proteins, we examined the effect of AvrXv3 expression on the plant transcriptome as compared to that of other avirulence proteins. By microarray analysis we monitored expression of approximately 8,600 tomato genes upon inoculation with isogenic Xcv strains differing only by the avrXv3 gene. Changes in transcript levels of 139 genes were observed within 8 h, and a massive shift in expression of 1,294 genes was detected at 12 h. Recognition of AvrXv3 modulated a large number of genes encoding transcription factors and signaling components. In addition, genes involved in defense and stress responses, lipid metabolism, protein degradation, and secondary metabolism were mainly up-regulated. Conversely, genes related to photosynthesis and protein synthesis were generally down-regulated. Many novel genes encoding proteins of unknown function were also identified. A comparison between AvrXv3-modulated genes and those differentially expressed in tomato plants recognizing other bacterial effectors revealed partial overlap and similar distribution in functional classes. The identification of tomato genes modulated by AvrXv3 expression paves the way for dissecting defense networks activated by recognition of this effector in resistant plants.
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- Vasudevan Balaji
- Department of Plant Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 69978, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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This review examines the connections between circadian and metabolic rhythms. Examples from a wide variety of well-studied organisms are used to illustrate some of the genetic and molecular pathways linking circadian timekeeping to metabolism. The principles underlying biological timekeeping by intrinsic circadian clocks are discussed briefly. Genetic and molecular studies have unambiguously identified the importance of gene expression feedback circuits to the generation of overt circadian rhythms. This is illustrated particularly well by the results of genome-wide expression studies, which have uncovered hundreds of clock-controlled genes in cyanobacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. The potential connections between circadian oscillations in gene expression and circadian oscillations in metabolic activity are a major focus of this review.
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- Herman Wijnen
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4328, USA.
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Tsitsigiannis DI, Keller NP. Oxylipins as developmental and host-fungal communication signals. Trends Microbiol 2007; 15:109-18. [PMID: 17276068 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Revised: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pathogenic microbes and their hosts have acquired complex signalling mechanisms to appraise themselves of the environmental milieu in the ongoing battle for survival. Several recent studies have implicated oxylipins as a novel class of host-microbe signalling molecules. Oxylipins represent a vast and diverse family of secondary metabolites that originate from the oxidation or further conversion of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Among the microbial oxylipins, the fungal oxylipins are best characterized and function as hormone-like signals that modulate the timing and balance between asexual and sexual spore development in addition to toxin production. Coupled with other studies that implicate a role for fungal oxylipins in pathogenesis by Aspergillus and Candida spp., these results suggest that host and microbial oxylipins might interfere with the metabolism, perception or signalling processes of each other.
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- Dimitrios I Tsitsigiannis
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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Clément B, Perot J, Geoffroy P, Legrand M, Zon J, Otten L. Abnormal accumulation of sugars and phenolics in tobacco roots expressing the Agrobacterium T-6b oncogene and the role of these compounds in 6b-induced growth. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2007; 20:53-62. [PMID: 17249422 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-20-0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The Agrobacterium T-DNA oncogene 6b induces tumors and modifies the growth of transgenic plants by an unknown mechanism. We have investigated changes in roots of tobacco seedlings that express a dexamethasone-inducible T-6b (dex-T-6b) gene. On induction medium with sucrose, intact or isolated dex-T-6b roots accumulated sucrose, glucose, and fructose and changed their growth, contrary to noninduced roots. Root fragments bridging agar blocks with or without sucrose accumulated sugars at the site of sucrose uptake, resulting in local growth. Induced root fragments showed enhanced uptake of 14C-labeled sucrose, glucose, and fructose. When seedlings were placed on sucrose-free induction medium, sugar levels strongly decreased in roots and increased in cotyledons. Collectively, these results demonstrate that 6b stimulates sugar uptake and retention with drastic effects on growth. Apart from sugars, phenolic compounds also have been found to accumulate in 6b tissues and have been proposed earlier to play a role in 6b-induced growth. Induced dex-T-6b roots accumulated high levels of 5-caffeoylquinic acid (or chlorogenic acid [CGA]), but only under conditions where endogenous sugars increased. Inhibition of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase with the competitive inhibitor 2-aminoindan-2-phosphonic acid (AIP) abolished CGA accumulation without modifying sugar accumulation or affecting the 6b phenotype. We conclude that the absorption, retention, and abnormal accumulation of sugars are essential factors in 6b-induced growth changes, whereas phenylpropanoids only marginally contribute to the 6b seedling phenotype.
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- Bernadette Clément
- Department of Cell Biology, Plant Molecular Biology Institute of the C. N. R. S., Rue du Général Zimmer 12, Strasbourg 67084, France
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Andersson MX, Hamberg M, Kourtchenko O, Brunnstro¨m Å, McPhail KL, Gerwick WH, Go¨bel C, Feussner I, Ellerstro¨m M. Oxylipin Profiling of the Hypersensitive Response in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)84066-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Andersson MX, Hamberg M, Kourtchenko O, Brunnström A, McPhail KL, Gerwick WH, Göbel C, Feussner I, Ellerström M. Oxylipin profiling of the hypersensitive response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Formation of a novel oxo-phytodienoic acid-containing galactolipid, arabidopside E. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:31528-37. [PMID: 16923817 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604820200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Oxidation products of unsaturated fatty acids, collectively known as oxylipins, function as signaling molecules in plants during development, wounding, and insect and pathogen attack. Certain oxylipins are also known to have direct cytotoxic effects on pathogens. We used inducible expression of bacterial avirulence proteins in planta to study the involvement of oxylipins in race-specific defense against bacterial pathogens. We demonstrate that recognition of the Pseudomonas syringae avirulence protein AvrRpm1 induces 9- and 13-lipoxygenase-dependent oxylipin synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. The major oxylipins accumulated were jasmonic acid, 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, and dinor-oxo-phytodienoic acid. The majority of the newly formed oxylipins (>90%) was found to be esterified to glycerolipids, whereby 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid and dinor-oxo-phytodienoic acid were found to be esterified to a novel galactolipid. The structure of the substance was determined as a monogalactosyldiacylglycerol containing two 12-oxo-phytodienoic acids and one dinor-oxo-phytodienoic acid acyl chain and was given the trivial name arabidopside E. This substance accumulated to surprisingly high levels, 7-8% of total lipid content, and was shown to inhibit growth of a bacterial pathogen in vitro. Arabidopside E was formed also after recognition of the avirulence protein AvrRpt2, suggesting that this could be a conserved feature of defense reactions against bacterial pathogens. In conclusion, the data presented suggest a role of enzymatically formed oxylipins, especially the octadecanoids and arabidopside E in race-specific resistance against bacterial pathogens.
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- Mats X Andersson
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Göteborg University, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
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Xu M, Dong J, Zhu M. Nitric oxide mediates the fungal elicitor-induced puerarin biosynthesis in Pueraria thomsonii Benth. suspension cells through a salicylic acid (SA)-dependent and a jasmonic acid (JA)-dependent signal pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 49:379-89. [PMID: 16989284 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-006-2010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as a key signaling molecule in plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis recently. In order to investigate the molecular basis of NO signaling in elicitor-induced secondary metabolite biosynthesis of plant cells, we determined the contents of NO, salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), and puerarin in Pueraria thomsonii Benth. suspension cells treated with the elicitors prepared from cell walls of Penicillium citrinum. The results showed that the fungal elicitor induced NO burst, SA accumulation and puerarin production of P. thomsonii Benth. cells. The elicitor-induced SA accumulation and puerarin production was suppressed by nitric oxide specific scavenger cPITO, indicating that NO was essential for elicitor-induced SA and puerarin biosynthesis in P. thomsonii Benth. cells. In transgenic NahG P. thomsonii Benth. cells, the fungal elicitor also induced puerarin biosynthesis, NO burst, and JA accumulation, though the SA biosynthesis was impaired. The elicitor-induced JA accumulation in transgenic cells was blocked by cPITO, which suggested that JA acted downstream of NO and its biosynthesis was controlled by NO. External application of NO via its donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) enhanced puerarin biosynthesis in transgenic NahG P. thomsonii Benth. cells, and the NO-triggered puerarin biosynthesis was suppressed by JA inhibitors IBU and NDGA, which indicated that NO induced puerarin production through a JA-dependent signal pathway in the transgenic cells. Exogenous application of SA suppressed the elicitor-induced JA biosynthesis and reversed the inhibition of IBU and NDGA on elicitor-induced puerarin accumulation in transgenic cells, which indicated that SA inhibited JA biosynthesis in the cells and that SA might be used as a substitute for JA to mediate the elicitor- and NO-induced puerarin biosynthesis. It was, therefore, concluded that NO might mediate the elicitor-induced puerarin biosynthesis through SA- and JA-dependent signal pathways in wildtype P. thomsonii Benth. cells and transgenic NahG cells respectively.
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- Maojun Xu
- Department of Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310035, China.
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Tian L, Dixon RA. Engineering isoflavone metabolism with an artificial bifunctional enzyme. PLANTA 2006; 224:496-507. [PMID: 16482434 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0233-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2005] [Accepted: 01/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plant secondary metabolism has been a focus of research in recent years due to its significant roles in plant defense and in human medicine and nutrition. A protein engineering strategy was designed to more effectively manipulate plant secondary metabolite (isoflavonoid) biosynthesis. A bifunctional isoflavone synthase/chalcone isomerase (IFS/CHI) enzyme was constructed by in-frame gene fusion, and expressed in yeast and tobacco. The fusion protein was targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and the individual enzymatic functions of its component fragments were retained when assayed in yeast. Petals and young leaves of IFS/CHI transgenic tobacco plants produced higher levels of the isoflavone genistein and genistein glycosides as a ratio of total flavonoids produced than did plants transformed with IFS alone. Thus, through a combined molecular modeling, in vitro protein engineering and in planta metabolic engineering approach, it was possible to increase the potential for accumulation of isoflavonoid compounds in non-legume plants. Construction of bifunctional enzymes will simplify the transformation of plants with multiple pathway genes, and such enzymes may find broad uses for enzyme (e.g., cytochrome P450 family) and biochemical pathway engineering.
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- L Tian
- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA
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Kim YC, Kim SY, Paek KH, Choi D, Park JM. Suppression of CaCYP1, a novel cytochrome P450 gene, compromises the basal pathogen defense response of pepper plants. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 345:638-45. [PMID: 16696948 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A putative cytochrome P450 gene from chili pepper, Capsicum annuum L. Bukang cytochrome P450 (CaCYP1), was identified using cDNA microarray analysis of gene expression following induction of the leaf hypersensitive response by inoculation of pepper plants with the non-host pathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines 8ra. The full-length cDNA of CaCYP1 encoded a protein of 514 amino acid residues, which contained a putative hydrophobic membrane anchoring domain in the N-terminal region, and a heme-binding motif in the C-terminal region. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence of CaCYP1 revealed that it has high homology to Arabidopsis CYP89A5, the function of which is unknown. Expression of CaCYP1 was preferentially increased in pepper plants in response to non-host pathogen inoculation and also during the host resistance response. CaCYP1 expression also increased following treatment with salicylic acid and abscisic acid, while treatment with ethylene had a mild effect. Using a virus-induced gene silencing-based reverse genetics approach, we demonstrated that suppression of CaCYP1 results in enhanced susceptibility to bacterial pathogens. Interestingly, gene silencing of CaCYP1 in pepper plants resulted in the reduced expression of the defense-related genes CaLTP1, CaSIG4, and Cadhn. Our results indicated that CaCYP1, a novel cytochrome P450 in pepper plants, may play a role in plant defense response pathways that involve salicylic acid and abscisic acid signaling pathways.
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- Young-Cheol Kim
- Plant Genome Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea
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Gális I, Simek P, Narisawa T, Sasaki M, Horiguchi T, Fukuda H, Matsuoka K. A novel R2R3 MYB transcription factor NtMYBJS1 is a methyl jasmonate-dependent regulator of phenylpropanoid-conjugate biosynthesis in tobacco. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 46:573-92. [PMID: 16640595 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02719.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Target metabolic and large-scale transcriptomic analyses of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells were employed to identify novel gene(s) involved in methyl jasmonate (MJ)-dependent function in plants. At the metabolic level, we describe the specific accumulation of several phenylpropanoid-polyamine conjugates in MJ-treated BY-2 cells. Furthermore, global gene expression analysis of MJ-treated cells using a 16K cDNA microarray containing expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from BY-2 cells revealed 828 genes that were upregulated by MJ treatment within 48 h. Using time-course expression data we identified a novel MJ-inducible R2R3 MYB-type transcription factor (NtMYBJS1) that was co-expressed in a close temporal pattern with the core phenylpropanoid genes phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and 4-coumarate:CoA ligase (4CL). Overexpression of NtMYBJS1 in tobacco BY-2 cells caused accumulation of specific phenylpropanoid conjugates in the cells. Subsequent microarray analysis of NtMYBJS1 transgenic lines revealed that a limited number of genes, including PAL and 4CL, were specifically induced in the presence of the NtMYBJS1 transgene. These results, together with results of both antisense expression analysis and of gel mobility shift assays, strongly indicate that the NtMYBJS1 protein functions in tobacco MJ signal transduction, inducing phenylpropanoid biosynthetic genes and the accumulation of phenylpropanoid-polyamine conjugates during stress.
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- Ivan Gális
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku,Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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Davoine C, Falletti O, Douki T, Iacazio G, Ennar N, Montillet JL, Triantaphylidès C. Adducts of oxylipin electrophiles to glutathione reflect a 13 specificity of the downstream lipoxygenase pathway in the tobacco hypersensitive response. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 140:1484-93. [PMID: 16500992 PMCID: PMC1435824 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.074690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2005] [Revised: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 02/10/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The response to reactive electrophile species (RES) is now considered as part of the plant response to pathogen and insect attacks. Thanks to a previously established high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry methodology, we have investigated the production of oxylipin RES adducts to glutathione (GSH) during the hypersensitive response (HR) of plants. We have observed that RES conjugation to GSH in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaves is facile and nonspecific. In cryptogein-elicited tobacco leaves, we show that the oxylipin RES adducts to GSH are produced in correlation with GSH consumption, increase in glutathione S-transferase activity, and the appearance of the cell death symptoms. In this model, the adducts arise mainly from the downstream 13 lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolism, although the induced 9 LOX pathway leads massively to the accumulation of upstream metabolites. The main adducts were obtained from 2-hexenal and 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid. They accumulate transiently as 1-hexanol-3-GSH, a reduced adduct, and 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid-GSH, respectively. RES conjugation does not initiate cell death but explains part of the GSH depletion that accompanies HR cell death. The nature of these GSH conjugates shows the key role played by the 13 LOX pathway in RES signaling in the tobacco HR.
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- Céline Davoine
- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie Végétale, DSV-Département d'Ecophysiologie Végétale et de Microbiologie, CEA-Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul Lez Durance cedex, France
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Truman W, de Zabala MT, Grant M. Type III effectors orchestrate a complex interplay between transcriptional networks to modify basal defence responses during pathogenesis and resistance. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 46:14-33. [PMID: 16553893 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02672.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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To successfully infect a plant, bacterial pathogens inject a collection of Type III effector proteins (TTEs) directly into the plant cell that function to overcome basal defences and redirect host metabolism for nutrition and growth. We examined (i) the transcriptional dynamics of basal defence responses between Arabidopsis thaliana and Pseudomonas syringae and (ii) how basal defence is subsequently modulated by virulence factors during compatible interactions. A set of 96 genes displaying an early, sustained induction during basal defence was identified. These were also universally co-regulated following other bacterial basal resistance and non-host responses or following elicitor challenges. Eight hundred and eighty genes were conservatively identified as being modulated by TTEs within 12 h post-inoculation (hpi), 20% of which represented transcripts previously induced by the bacteria at 2 hpi. Significant over-representation of co-regulated transcripts encoding leucine rich repeat receptor proteins and protein phosphatases were, respectively, suppressed and induced 12 hpi. These data support a model in which the pathogen avoids detection through diminution of extracellular receptors and attenuation of kinase signalling pathways. Transcripts associated with several metabolic pathways, particularly plastid based primary carbon metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and aromatic amino acid metabolism, were significantly modified by the bacterial challenge at 12 hpi. Superimposed upon this basal response, virulence factors (most likely TTEs) targeted genes involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, consistent with the abrogation of lignin deposition and other wall modifications likely to restrict the passage of nutrients and water to the invading bacteria. In contrast, some pathways associated with stress tolerance are transcriptionally induced at 12 hpi by TTEs.
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- William Truman
- Department of Agricultural Science, Imperial College London, Wye Campus, High Street, Wye TN25 5AH, UK
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Wasternack C, Stenzel I, Hause B, Hause G, Kutter C, Maucher H, Neumerkel J, Feussner I, Miersch O. The wound response in tomato--role of jasmonic acid. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 163:297-306. [PMID: 16368162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2005.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Accepted: 10/10/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Plants respond to mechanical wounding or herbivore attack with a complex scenario of sequential, antagonistic or synergistic action of different signals leading to defense gene expression. Tomato plants were used as a model system since the peptide systemin and the lipid-derived jasmonic acid (JA) were recognized as essential signals in wound-induced gene expression. In this review recent data are discussed with emphasis on wound-signaling in tomato. The following aspects are covered: (i) systemin signaling, (ii) JA biosynthesis and action, (iii) orchestration of various signals such as JA, H2O2, NO, and salicylate, (iv) local and systemic response, and (v) amplification in wound signaling. The common occurrence of JA biosynthesis and systemin generation in the vascular bundles suggest JA as the systemic signal. Grafting experiments with JA-deficient, JA-insensitive and systemin-insensitive mutants strongly support this assumption.
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- Claus Wasternack
- Department of Natural Product Biotechnology, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Prost I, Dhondt S, Rothe G, Vicente J, Rodriguez MJ, Kift N, Carbonne F, Griffiths G, Esquerré-Tugayé MT, Rosahl S, Castresana C, Hamberg M, Fournier J. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activities of plant oxylipins supports their involvement in defense against pathogens. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 139:1902-13. [PMID: 16299186 PMCID: PMC1310568 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.066274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Plant oxylipins are a large family of metabolites derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids. The characterization of mutants or transgenic plants affected in the biosynthesis or perception of oxylipins has recently emphasized the role of the so-called oxylipin pathway in plant defense against pests and pathogens. In this context, presumed functions of oxylipins include direct antimicrobial effect, stimulation of plant defense gene expression, and regulation of plant cell death. However, the precise contribution of individual oxylipins to plant defense remains essentially unknown. To get a better insight into the biological activities of oxylipins, in vitro growth inhibition assays were used to investigate the direct antimicrobial activities of 43 natural oxylipins against a set of 13 plant pathogenic microorganisms including bacteria, oomycetes, and fungi. This study showed unequivocally that most oxylipins are able to impair growth of some plant microbial pathogens, with only two out of 43 oxylipins being completely inactive against all the tested organisms, and 26 oxylipins showing inhibitory activity toward at least three different microbes. Six oxylipins strongly inhibited mycelial growth and spore germination of eukaryotic microbes, including compounds that had not previously been ascribed an antimicrobial activity, such as 13-keto-9(Z),11(E),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid and 12-oxo-10,15(Z)-phytodienoic acid. Interestingly, this first large-scale comparative assessment of the antimicrobial effects of oxylipins reveals that regulators of plant defense responses are also the most active oxylipins against eukaryotic microorganisms, suggesting that such oxylipins might contribute to plant defense through their effects both on the plant and on pathogens, possibly through related mechanisms.
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- Isabelle Prost
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Paul Sabatier, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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La Camera S, Geoffroy P, Samaha H, Ndiaye A, Rahim G, Legrand M, Heitz T. A pathogen-inducible patatin-like lipid acyl hydrolase facilitates fungal and bacterial host colonization in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 44:810-25. [PMID: 16297072 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Genes and proteins related to patatin, the major storage protein of potato tubers, have been identified in many plant species and shown to be induced by a variety of environmental stresses. The Arabidopsis patatin-like gene family (PLPs) comprises nine members, two of which (PLP2 and PLP7) are strongly induced in leaves challenged with fungal and bacterial pathogens. Here we show that accumulation of PLP2 protein in response to Botrytis cinerea or Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (avrRpt2) is dependent on jasmonic acid and ethylene signaling, but is not dependent on salicylic acid. Expression of a PLP2-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein and analysis of recombinant PLP2 indicates that PLP2 encodes a cytoplasmic lipid acyl hydrolase with wide substrate specificity. Transgenic plants with altered levels of PLP2 protein were generated and assayed for pathogen resistance. Plants silenced for PLP2 expression displayed enhanced resistance to B. cinerea, whereas plants overexpressing PLP2 were much more sensitive to this necrotrophic fungus. We also established a positive correlation between the level of PLP2 expression in transgenic plants and cell death or damage in response to paraquat treatment or infection by avirulent P. syringae. Interestingly, repression of PLP2 expression increased resistance to avirulent bacteria, while PLP2-overexpressing plants multiplied avirulent bacteria close to the titers reached by virulent bacteria. Collectively, the data indicate that PLP2-encoded lipolytic activity can be exploited by pathogens with different lifestyles to facilitate host colonization. In particular PLP2 potentiates plant cell death inflicted by Botrytis and reduces the efficiency of the hypersensitive response in restricting the multiplication of avirulent bacteria. Both effects are possibly mediated by providing fatty acid precursors of bioactive oxylipins.
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- Sylvain La Camera
- Institut de Biologie Molèculaire des Plantes (IBMP) du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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Geetha NP, Amruthesh KN, Sharathchandra RG, Shetty HS. Resistance to downy mildew in pearl millet is associated with increased phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2005; 32:267-275. [PMID: 32689130 DOI: 10.1071/fp04068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2004] [Accepted: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activity was studied in pearl millet cultivars with different levels of resistance to the downy mildew disease caused by Sclerospora graminicola, an important oomycete pathogen. PAL activity was elevated in resistant host cultivar and decreased in susceptible cultivars following downy mildew pathogen infection. The enzyme activation varied between cultivars and was correlated with the degree of resistance to downy mildew disease. The induction of PAL as a response to pathogen inoculation was further corroborated by a time-course study in seedlings and cultured cells of pearl millet. The level of PAL activity was highest at 1.5 h in cultured cells and 4 h in seedlings of resistant host cultivar after inoculation with Sclerospora graminicola. Further studies on PAL activity in different tissues of seedlings showed highest enzyme activity in the young growing region of the root of the resistant host cultivars. The accumulation of wall-bound phenolics and lignin was higher in the resistant cultivar seedlings as evidenced by phloroglucinol-HCl staining and p-coumaric acid assay. The temporal changes in lignin concentration and the concentration of soluble phenolics were greater in root tissues of resistant cultivars than in those of susceptible cultivars. Treatment of resistant seedlings with a PAL inhibitor, α-aminooxy-β-phenylpropionic acid, resulted in the enhancement of the enzyme activity, whereas in the presence of 1 mm trans-cinnamic acid the pathogen-induced PAL was completely inhibited. Treatment of pearl millet seedlings with exogenously applied PAL inhibitors induced downy mildew disease susceptibility in the resistant pearl millet cultivar, consistent with direct involvement of PAL in downy mildew resistance. Results are discussed with respect to the presumed importance of host phenolic compounds and lignin accumulation and its relation to PAL activation as a response to the pathogen infection.
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- N P Geetha
- Downy Mildew Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Applied Botany, Seed Pathology and Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570 006, India
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- Downy Mildew Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Applied Botany, Seed Pathology and Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570 006, India
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- Downy Mildew Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Applied Botany, Seed Pathology and Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570 006, India
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- Downy Mildew Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Applied Botany, Seed Pathology and Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570 006, India
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Shah J. Lipids, lipases, and lipid-modifying enzymes in plant disease resistance. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2005; 43:229-60. [PMID: 16078884 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.43.040204.135951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Lipids and lipid metabolites influence pathogenesis and resistance mechanisms associated with plant-microbe interactions. Some microorganisms sense their presence on a host by perceiving plant surface waxes, whereas others produce toxins that target plant lipid metabolism. In contrast, plants have evolved to recognize microbial lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), sphingolipids, and lipid-binding proteins as elicitors of defense response. Recent studies have demonstrated that the plasma membrane provides a surface on which some plant resistance (R) proteins perceive pathogen-derived effectors and thus confer race-specific resistance. Plant cell membranes also serve as reservoirs from which biologically active lipids and precursors of oxidized lipids are released. Some of these oxylipins, for example jasmonic acid (JA), are important signal molecules in plant defense. Arabidopsis thaliana is an excellent model plant to elucidate the biosynthesis and metabolism of lipids and lipid metabolites, and the characterization of signaling mechanisms involved in the modulation of plant defense responses by phytolipids. This review focuses on recent studies that highlight the involvement of lipids and lipid metabolites, and enzymes involved in lipid metabolism and modification in plant disease resistance.
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- Jyoti Shah
- Division of Biology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
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Integration of the tools of genetics, genomics, and biochemistry has provided new approaches for identifying genes responding to herbivory. As a result, a picture of the complexity of plant-defense signaling to different herbivore feeding guilds is emerging. Plant responses to hemipteran insects have substantial overlap with responses mounted against microbial pathogens, as seen in changes in RNA profiles and emission of volatiles. Responses to known defense signals and characterization of the signaling pathways controlled by the first cloned insect R gene (Mi-1) indicate that perception and signal transduction leading to resistance may be similar to plant-pathogen interactions. Additionally, novel signaling pathways are emerging as important components of plant defense to insects. The availability of new tools and approaches will further enhance our understanding of the nature of defense in plant-hemipteran interactions.
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- Isgouhi Kaloshian
- Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0124, USA.
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