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Chia KS, Kourelis J, Teulet A, Vickers M, Sakai T, Walker JF, Schornack S, Kamoun S, Carella P. The N-terminal domains of NLR immune receptors exhibit structural and functional similarities across divergent plant lineages. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:2491-2511. [PMID: 38598645 PMCID: PMC11218826 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins are a prominent class of intracellular immune receptors in plants. However, our understanding of plant NLR structure and function is limited to the evolutionarily young flowering plant clade. Here, we describe an extended spectrum of NLR diversity across divergent plant lineages and demonstrate the structural and functional similarities of N-terminal domains that trigger immune responses. We show that the broadly distributed coiled-coil (CC) and toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain families of nonflowering plants retain immune-related functions through translineage activation of cell death in the angiosperm Nicotiana benthamiana. We further examined a CC subfamily specific to nonflowering lineages and uncovered an essential N-terminal MAEPL motif that is functionally comparable with motifs in resistosome-forming CC-NLRs. Consistent with a conserved role in immunity, the ectopic activation of CCMAEPL in the nonflowering liverwort Marchantia polymorpha led to profound growth inhibition, defense gene activation, and signatures of cell death. Moreover, comparative transcriptomic analyses of CCMAEPL activity delineated a common CC-mediated immune program shared across evolutionarily divergent nonflowering and flowering plants. Collectively, our findings highlight the ancestral nature of NLR-mediated immunity during plant evolution that dates its origin to at least ∼500 million years ago.
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- Khong-Sam Chia
- Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Liu Q, Zheng L, Wang Y, Zhou Y, Gao F. AmDHN4, a winter accumulated SKn-type dehydrin from Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, and regulated by AmWRKY45, enhances the tolerance of Arabidopsis to low temperature and osmotic stress. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 266:131020. [PMID: 38521330 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, a rare temperate evergreen broadleaf shrub, exhibits remarkable tolerance to low temperature and drought stress in winter. Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins, a kind of hydrophilic protein with a protective function, play significant roles in enhancing plant tolerance to abiotic stress. In this present study, we analyzed the evolution and expression of LEA genes in A. mongolicus, and investigated the function and regulatory mechanism of dehydrin under abiotic stresses. Evolutionary analysis revealed that 14 AmLEA genes underwent tandem duplication events, and 36 AmLEA genes underwent segmental duplication events Notably, an expansion in SKn-type dehydrins was observed. Expression analysis showed that AmDHN4, a SKn-type dehydrin, was up-regulated in winter and under low temperature and osmotic stresses. Functional analysis showcased that the heterologous expression of the AmDHN4 enhanced the tolerance of yeast and tobacco to low temperature stress. Additionally, the overexpression of AmDHN4 significantly improved the tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis to low temperature, drought, and osmotic stress. Further investigations identified AmWRKY45, a downstream transcription factor in the jasmonic acid signaling pathway, binding to the AmDHN4 promoter and positively regulating its expression. In summary, these findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the functional and regulatory mechanisms of dehydrin.
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- Qi Liu
- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas (Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing 100081, China; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China.
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Morey K, Khakhar A. Exploring the frontier of rapid prototyping technologies for plant synthetic biology and what could lie beyond. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 242:903-908. [PMID: 38426415 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Realizing the full potential of plant synthetic biology both to elucidate the relationship between genotype and phenotype and to apply these insights to engineer traits requires rapidly iterating through design-build-test cycles. However, the months-long process of transgenesis, the long generation times, and the size-based limitations on experimentation have stymied progress by limiting the speed and scale of these cycles. Herein, we review a representative sample of recent studies that demonstrate a variety of rapid prototyping technologies that overcome some of these bottlenecks and accelerate progress. However, each of them has caveats that limit their broad utility. Their complementary strengths and weaknesses point to the intriguing possibility that these strategies could be combined in the future to enable rapid and scalable deployment of synthetic biology in plants.
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- Kevin Morey
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80525, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80525, USA
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Zhang X, Cheng Z, Fan G, Zhu D, Tan B, Jiang T, Chen S. Transcription Factor McHB7 Improves Ice Plant Drought Tolerance through ABA Signaling Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4569. [PMID: 38674154 PMCID: PMC11050535 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25084569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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As global climate change continues, drought episodes have become increasingly frequent. Studying plant stress tolerance is urgently needed to ensure food security. The common ice plant is one of the model halophyte plants for plant stress biology research. This study aimed to investigate the functions of a newly discovered transcription factor, Homeobox 7 (HB7), from the ice plant in response to drought stress. An efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method was established in the ice plant, where ectopic McHB7 expression may be sustained for four weeks. The McHB7 overexpression (OE) plants displayed drought tolerance, and the activities of redox enzymes and chlorophyll content in the OE plants were higher than the wild type. Quantitative proteomics revealed 1910 and 495 proteins significantly changed in the OE leaves compared to the wild type under the control and drought conditions, respectively. Most increased proteins were involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, photosynthesis, glycolysis, pyruvate metabolism, and oxidative phosphorylation pathways. Some were found to participate in abscisic acid signaling or response. Furthermore, the abscisic acid levels increased in the OE compared with the wild type. McHB7 was revealed to bind to the promoter motifs of Early Responsive to Dehydration genes and abscisic acid-responsive genes, and protein-protein interaction analysis revealed candidate proteins responsive to stresses and hormones (e.g., abscisic acid). To conclude, McHB7 may contribute to enhance plant drought tolerance through abscisic acid signaling.
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- Xuemei Zhang
- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China; (X.Z.); (Z.C.)
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; (G.F.); (T.J.)
- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (D.Z.); (B.T.)
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China; (X.Z.); (Z.C.)
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; (G.F.); (T.J.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; (G.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (D.Z.); (B.T.)
- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (D.Z.); (B.T.)
- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; (G.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (D.Z.); (B.T.)
- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA
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Shen Q, Hasegawa K, Oelerich N, Prakken A, Tersch LW, Wang J, Reichhardt F, Tersch A, Choo JC, Timmers T, Hofmann K, Parker JE, Chai J, Maekawa T. Cytoplasmic calcium influx mediated by plant MLKLs confers TNL-triggered immunity. Cell Host Microbe 2024; 32:453-465.e6. [PMID: 38513655 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The plant homolog of vertebrate necroptosis inducer mixed-lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) contributes to downstream steps in Toll-interleukin-1 receptor domain NLR (TNL)-receptor-triggered immunity. Here, we show that Arabidopsis MLKL1 (AtMLKL1) clusters into puncta at the plasma membrane upon TNL activation and that this sub-cellular reorganization is dependent on the TNL signal transducer, EDS1. We find that AtMLKLs confer TNL-triggered immunity in parallel with RPW8-type HeLo-domain-containing NLRs (RNLs) and that the AtMLKL N-terminal HeLo domain is indispensable for both immunity and clustering. We show that the AtMLKL HeLo domain mediates cytoplasmic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]cyt) influx in plant and human cells, and AtMLKLs are responsible for sustained [Ca2+]cyt influx during TNL-triggered, but not CNL-triggered, immunity. Our study reveals parallel immune signaling functions of plant MLKLs and RNLs as mediators of [Ca2+]cyt influx and a potentially common role of the HeLo domain fold in the Ca2+-signal relay of diverse organisms.
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- Qiaochu Shen
- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, NRW, Germany; Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, NRW, Germany; Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne, NRW, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, NRW, Germany; Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne, NRW, Germany.
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Talbi N, Blekemolen MC, Janevska S, Zendler D, van Tilbeurgh H, Fudal I, Takken FLW. Facilitation of Symplastic Effector Protein Mobility by Paired Effectors Is Conserved in Different Classes of Fungal Pathogens. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2024; 37:304-314. [PMID: 37782126 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-23-0103-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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It has been discovered that plant pathogens produce effectors that spread via plasmodesmata (PD) to allow modulation of host processes in distal uninfected cells. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) facilitates effector translocation by expansion of the size-exclusion limit of PD using the Six5/Avr2 effector pair. How other fungal pathogens manipulate PD is unknown. We recently reported that many fungal pathogens belonging to different families carry effector pairs that resemble the SIX5/AVR2 gene pair from Fol. Here, we performed structural predictions of three of these effector pairs from Leptosphaeria maculans (Lm) and tested their ability to manipulate PD and to complement the virulence defect of a Fol SIX5 knockout mutant. We show that the AvrLm10A homologs are structurally related to FolSix5 and localize at PD when they are expressed with their paired effectors. Furthermore, these effectors were found to complement FolSix5 function in cell-to-cell mobility assays and in fungal virulence. We conclude that distantly related fungal species rely on structurally related paired effector proteins to manipulate PD and facilitate effector mobility. The wide distribution of these effector pairs implies Six5-mediated effector translocation to be a conserved propensity among fungal plant pathogens. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Nacera Talbi
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Winters NP, Wafula EK, Knollenberg BJ, Hämälä T, Timilsena PR, Perryman M, Zhang D, Sheaffer LL, Praul CA, Ralph PE, Prewitt S, Leandro-Muñoz ME, Delgadillo-Duran DA, Altman NS, Tiffin P, Maximova SN, dePamphilis CW, Marden JH, Guiltinan MJ. A combination of conserved and diverged responses underlies Theobroma cacao's defense response to Phytophthora palmivora. BMC Biol 2024; 22:38. [PMID: 38360697 PMCID: PMC10870529 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01831-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Plants have complex and dynamic immune systems that have evolved to resist pathogens. Humans have worked to enhance these defenses in crops through breeding. However, many crops harbor only a fraction of the genetic diversity present in wild relatives. Increased utilization of diverse germplasm to search for desirable traits, such as disease resistance, is therefore a valuable step towards breeding crops that are adapted to both current and emerging threats. Here, we examine diversity of defense responses across four populations of the long-generation tree crop Theobroma cacao L., as well as four non-cacao Theobroma species, with the goal of identifying genetic elements essential for protection against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora palmivora. RESULTS We began by creating a new, highly contiguous genome assembly for the P. palmivora-resistant genotype SCA 6 (Additional file 1: Tables S1-S5), deposited in GenBank under accessions CP139290-CP139299. We then used this high-quality assembly to combine RNA and whole-genome sequencing data to discover several genes and pathways associated with resistance. Many of these are unique, i.e., differentially regulated in only one of the four populations (diverged 40 k-900 k generations). Among the pathways shared across all populations is phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, a metabolic pathway with well-documented roles in plant defense. One gene in this pathway, caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE), was upregulated across all four populations following pathogen treatment, indicating its broad importance for cacao's defense response. Further experimental evidence suggests this gene hydrolyzes caffeoyl shikimate to create caffeic acid, an antimicrobial compound and known inhibitor of Phytophthora spp. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate most expression variation associated with resistance is unique to populations. Moreover, our findings demonstrate the value of using a broad sample of evolutionarily diverged populations for revealing the genetic bases of cacao resistance to P. palmivora. This approach has promise for further revealing and harnessing valuable genetic resources in this and other long-generation plants.
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- Noah P Winters
- IGDP Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, 422 Huck Life Sciences Building, University Park, PA, 16803, USA
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- IGDP Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- IGDP Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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Aalders TR, de Sain M, Gawehns F, Oudejans N, Jak YD, Dekker HL, Rep M, van den Burg HA, Takken FL. Specific members of the TOPLESS family are susceptibility genes for Fusarium wilt in tomato and Arabidopsis. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2024; 22:248-261. [PMID: 37822043 PMCID: PMC10754003 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Vascular wilt diseases caused by Fusarium oxysporum are a major threat to many agriculturally important crops. Genetic resistance is rare and inevitably overcome by the emergence of new races. To identify potentially durable and non-race-specific genetic resistance against Fusarium wilt diseases, we set out to identify effector targets in tomato that mediate susceptibility to the fungus. For this purpose, we used the SIX8 effector protein, an important and conserved virulence factor present in many pathogenic F. oxysporum isolates. Using protein pull-downs and yeast two-hybrid assays, SIX8 was found to interact specifically with two members of the tomato TOPLESS family: TPL1 and TPL2. Loss-of-function mutations in TPL1 strongly reduced disease susceptibility to Fusarium wilt and a tpl1;tpl2 double mutant exerted an even higher level of resistance. Similarly, Arabidopsis tpl;tpr1 mutants became significantly less diseased upon F. oxysporum inoculation as compared to wildtype plants. We conclude that TPLs encode susceptibility genes whose mutation can confer resistance to F. oxysporum.
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- Thomas R. Aalders
- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Mass Spectrometry of BiomoleculesSwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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Zhang Y, Ru Y, Shi Z, Wang H, Zhang J, Wu J, Pang H, Feng H. Effects of different light conditions on transient expression and biomass in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Open Life Sci 2023; 18:20220732. [PMID: 37854318 PMCID: PMC10579877 DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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In the process of the production of recombinant proteins by using an Agrobacterium-mediated transient gene expression system, the effectiveness of the control of light conditions pre- and post-agroinfiltration on efficiency of transient expression is worth being evaluated. In this study, Nicotiana benthamiana plants were used as a bioreactor to investigate the effects of different light conditions pre- and post-agroinfiltration on the transient expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP). The results showed that the plants grown under light condition for 5 weeks had the highest level of transient expression among those grown for 4-8 weeks. In the pre-agroinfiltration, the level of transient expression of GFP was obviously decreased by the increase in light intensity or by the shortening of the photoperiod. Although the shortening of the photoperiod post-agroinfiltration also decreased the level of transient expression, moderate light intensity post-agroinfiltration was needed for higher level of transient expression efficiency. However, there was no strong correlation between the transient expression efficiency and plant growth. The results suggested that light condition was an important factor affecting the level of transient expression in plants. Hence, light conditions should be optimized to obtain higher productivity of recombinant protein from transient expression systems.
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- Yuejing Zhang
- College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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- Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Lanzhou730046, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
- New Rural Development Research Institute, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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- New Rural Development Research Institute, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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- New Rural Development Research Institute, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
- New Rural Development Research Institute, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, China
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Blekemolen MC, Liu Z, Stegman M, Zipfel C, Shan L, Takken FLW. The PTI-suppressing Avr2 effector from Fusarium oxysporum suppresses mono-ubiquitination and plasma membrane dissociation of BIK1. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:1273-1286. [PMID: 37391937 PMCID: PMC10502843 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Plant pathogens use effector proteins to target host processes involved in pathogen perception, immune signalling, or defence outputs. Unlike foliar pathogens, it is poorly understood how root-invading pathogens suppress immunity. The Avr2 effector from the tomato root- and xylem-colonizing pathogen Fusarium oxysporum suppresses immune signalling induced by various pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). It is unknown how Avr2 targets the immune system. Transgenic AVR2 Arabidopsis thaliana phenocopies mutants in which the pattern recognition receptor (PRR) co-receptor BRI1-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE (BAK1) or its downstream signalling kinase BOTRYTIS-INDUCED KINASE 1 (BIK1) are knocked out. We therefore tested whether these kinases are Avr2 targets. Flg22-induced complex formation of the PRR FLAGELLIN SENSITIVE 2 and BAK1 occurred in the presence and absence of Avr2, indicating that Avr2 does not affect BAK1 function or PRR complex formation. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays showed that Avr2 and BIK1 co-localize in planta. Although Avr2 did not affect flg22-induced BIK1 phosphorylation, mono-ubiquitination was compromised. Furthermore, Avr2 affected BIK1 abundance and shifted its localization from nucleocytoplasmic to the cell periphery/plasma membrane. Together, these data imply that Avr2 may retain BIK1 at the plasma membrane, thereby suppressing its ability to activate immune signalling. Because mono-ubiquitination of BIK1 is required for its internalization, interference with this process by Avr2 could provide a mechanistic explanation for the compromised BIK1 mobility upon flg22 treatment. The identification of BIK1 as an effector target of a root-invading vascular pathogen identifies this kinase as a conserved signalling component for both root and shoot immunity.
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- Mila C. Blekemolen
- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life ScienceUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry & BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- The Sainsbury LaboratoryUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUK
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Phytopathology, School of Life SciencesTechnical University of MunichFreisingGermany
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- The Sainsbury LaboratoryUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUK
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich‐Basel Plant Science CenterUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry & BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life ScienceUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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Gutsch A, Berni R, Hausman JF, Sutera FM, Dehsorkhi A, Torabi-Pour N, Saffie-Siebert S, Guerriero G. A Study on the Use of the Phyto-Courier Technology in Tobacco Leaves Infected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14153. [PMID: 37762454 PMCID: PMC10531687 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Climate change results in exceptional environmental conditions and drives the migration of pathogens to which local plants are not adapted. Biotic stress disrupts plants' metabolism, fitness, and performance, ultimately impacting their productivity. It is therefore necessary to develop strategies for improving plant resistance by promoting stress responsiveness and resilience in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way. The aim of this study was to investigate whether priming tobacco plants with a formulation containing silicon-stabilised hybrid lipid nanoparticles functionalised with quercetin (referred to as GS3 phyto-courier) can protect against biotic stress triggered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens leaf infiltration. Tobacco leaves were primed via infiltration or spraying with the GS3 phyto-courier, as well as with a buffer (B) and free quercetin (Q) solution serving as controls prior to the biotic stress. Leaves were then sampled four days after bacterial infiltration for gene expression analysis and microscopy. The investigated genes increased in expression after stress, both in leaves treated with the phyto-courier and control solutions. A trend towards lower values was observed in the presence of the GS3 phyto-courier for genes encoding chitinases and pathogenesis-related proteins. Agroinfiltrated leaves sprayed with GS3 confirmed the significant lower expression of the pathogenesis-related gene PR-1a and showed higher expression of peroxidase and serine threonine kinase. Microscopy revealed swelling of the chloroplasts in the parenchyma of stressed leaves treated with B; however, GS3 preserved the chloroplasts' mean area under stress. Furthermore, the UV spectrum of free Q solution and of quercetin freshly extracted from GS3 revealed a different spectral signature with higher values of maximum absorbance (Amax) of the flavonoid in the latter, suggesting that the silicon-stabilised hybrid lipid nanoparticles protect quercetin against oxidative degradation.
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- Annelie Gutsch
- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (R.B.); (J.-F.H.)
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- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (R.B.); (J.-F.H.)
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- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (R.B.); (J.-F.H.)
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- SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, UK; (F.M.S.); (A.D.); (N.T.-P.)
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- SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, UK; (F.M.S.); (A.D.); (N.T.-P.)
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- SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, UK; (F.M.S.); (A.D.); (N.T.-P.)
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- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (R.B.); (J.-F.H.)
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Oh S, Kim K, Kang YJ, Hwang H, Kim Y, Hinterdorfer P, Kim MK, Ko K, Lee YK, Kim DS, Myung SC, Ko K. Co-transient expression of PSA-Fc and PAP-Fc fusion protein in plant as prostate cancer vaccine candidates and immune responses in mice. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2023; 42:1203-1215. [PMID: 37269373 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-023-03028-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE PAP-FcK and PSA-FcK prostate cancer antigenic proteins transiently co-expressed in plant induce their specific humoral immune responses in mice. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) have been considered as immunotherapeutic antigens for prostate cancer. The use of a single antigenic agent is unlikely to be effective in eliciting immunotherapeutic responses due to the heterogeneous and multifocal nature of prostate cancer. Thus, multiple antigens have been combined to enhance their anti-cancer effects. In the current study, PSA and PAP were fused to the crystallizable region (Fc region) of immunoglobulin G1 and tagged with KDEL, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal motif, to generate PSA-FcK and PAP-FcK, respectively, and were transiently co-expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. Western blot analysis confirmed the co-expression of PSA-FcK and PAP-FcK (PSA-FcK + PAP-FcK) with a 1:3 ratios in the co-infiltrated plants. PSA-FcK, PAP-FcK, and PSA-FcK + PAP-FcK proteins were successfully purified from N. benthamiana by protein A affinity chromatography. ELISA showed that anti-PAP and anti-PSA antibodies successfully detected PAP-FcK and PSA-FcK, respectively, and both detected PSA-FcK + PAP-FcK. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analysis confirmed the binding affinity of the plant-derived Fc fusion proteins to FcγRI/CD64. Furthermore, we also confirmed that mice injected with PSA-FcK + PAP-FcK produced both PSA- and PAP-specific IgGs, demonstrating their immunogenicity. This study suggested that the transient plant expression system can be applied to produce the dual-antigen Fc fusion protein (PSA-FcK + PAP-FcK) for prostate cancer immunotherapy.
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- Soyeon Oh
- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Plasma Technology, Korea Institute of Fusion Energy, 37 Dongjangsan-ro, Gunsan-si, 54004, South Korea
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- Vegetable Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Screening of Candidate Effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae by In Vitro Secretomic Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043189. [PMID: 36834598 PMCID: PMC9962664 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast, one of the most serious diseases of rice worldwide. Secreted proteins play essential roles during a M. oryzae-rice interaction. Although much progress has been made in recent decades, it is still necessary to systematically explore M. oryzae-secreted proteins and to analyze their functions. This study employs a shotgun-based proteomic analysis to investigate the in vitro secretome of M. oryzae by spraying fungus conidia onto the PVDF membrane to mimic the early stages of infection, during which 3315 non-redundant secreted proteins were identified. Among these proteins, 9.6% (319) and 24.7% (818) are classified as classically or non-classically secreted proteins, while the remaining 1988 proteins (60.0%) are secreted through currently unknown secretory pathway. Functional characteristics analysis show that 257 (7.8%) and 90 (2.7%) secreted proteins are annotated as CAZymes and candidate effectors, respectively. Eighteen candidate effectors are selected for further experimental validation. All 18 genes encoding candidate effectors are significantly up- or down-regulated during the early infection process. Sixteen of the eighteen candidate effectors cause the suppression of BAX-mediated cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana by using an Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression assay, suggesting their involvement in pathogenicity related to secretion effectors. Our results provide high-quality experimental secretome data of M. oryzae and will expand our knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of M. oryzae pathogenesis.
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Cui Z, Wu W, Fan F, Wang F, Liu D, Di D, Wang H. Transcriptome analysis of Lr19-virulent mutants provides clues for the AvrLr19 of Puccinia triticina. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1062548. [PMID: 37032911 PMCID: PMC10073493 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1062548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt) remains one of the most destructive diseases of common wheat worldwide. Understanding the pathogenicity mechanisms of Pt is important to control wheat leaf rust. Methods The urediniospores of Pt race PHNT (wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr19-avirulent isolate) were mutagenized with ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS), and two Lr19-virulent mutants named M1 and M2 were isolated. RNA sequencing was performed on samples collected from wheat cultivars Chinese Spring and TcLr19 infected with wild-type (WT) PHNT, M1, and M2 isolates at 14 days post-inoculation (dpi), respectively. Screening AvrLr19 candidates by quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qPCR) and Agrobacterium-mediated transient assays in Nicotiana benthamiana. Results 560 genes with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions or deletions (Indels) from non-differentially expressed genes were identified. Among them, 10 secreted proteins were screened based on their fragments per kilobase of exon model per million mapped reads (FPKM) values in the database. qPCR results showed that the expression profiles of 7 secreted proteins including PTTG_27471, PTTG_12441, PTTG_28324, PTTG_26499, PTTG_06910, PTTG_26516, and PTTG_03570 among 10 secreted proteins in mutants were significantly different with that in wild-type isolate after infection wheat TcLr19 and might be related to the recognition between Lr19 and AvrLr19. In addition, a total of 216 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained from three different sample comparisons including M1-vs-WT, M2-vs-WT, and M1-vs-M2. Among 216 DEGs, 15 were predicted to be secreted proteins. One secreted protein named PTTG_04779 could inhibit programmed progress of cell death (PCD) induced by apoptosis-controlling genes B-cell lymphoma-2 associated X protein (BAX) on Nicotiana benthamiana, indicating that it might play a virulence function in plant. Taken together, total 8 secreted proteins, PTTG_04779, PTTG_27471, PTTG_12441, PTTG_28324, PTTG_26499, PTTG_06910, PTTG_26516, PTTG_03570 are identified as AvrLr19 candidates. Discussion Our results showed that a large number of genes participate in the interaction between Pt and TcLr19, which will provide valuable resources for the identification of AvrLr19 candidates and pathogenesis-related genes.
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- Zhongchi Cui
- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control of Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control of Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control of Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control of Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control of Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- Plant Protection Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Baoding, Hebei, China
- *Correspondence: Dianping Di,
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control of Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
- Haiyan Wang,
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Helm M, Singh R, Hiles R, Jaiswal N, Myers A, Iyer-Pascuzzi AS, Goodwin SB. Candidate Effector Proteins from the Maize Tar Spot Pathogen Phyllachora maydis Localize to Diverse Plant Cell Compartments. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:2538-2548. [PMID: 35815936 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-22-0181-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Most fungal pathogens secrete effector proteins into host cells to modulate their immune responses, thereby promoting pathogenesis and fungal growth. One such fungal pathogen is the ascomycete Phyllachora maydis, which causes tar spot disease on leaves of maize (Zea mays). Sequencing of the P. maydis genome revealed 462 putatively secreted proteins, of which 40 contain expected effector-like sequence characteristics. However, the subcellular compartments targeted by P. maydis effector candidate (PmEC) proteins remain unknown, and it will be important to prioritize them for further functional characterization. To test the hypothesis that PmECs target diverse subcellular compartments, cellular locations of super yellow fluorescent protein-tagged PmEC proteins were identified using a Nicotiana benthamiana-based heterologous expression system. Immunoblot analyses showed that most of the PmEC-fluorescent protein fusions accumulated protein in N. benthamiana, indicating that the candidate effectors could be expressed in dicot leaf cells. Laser-scanning confocal microscopy of N. benthamiana epidermal cells revealed that most of the P. maydis putative effectors localized to the nucleus and cytosol. One candidate effector, PmEC01597, localized to multiple subcellular compartments including the nucleus, nucleolus, and plasma membrane, whereas an additional putative effector, PmEC03792, preferentially labelled both the nucleus and nucleolus. Intriguingly, one candidate effector, PmEC04573, consistently localized to the stroma of chloroplasts as well as stroma-containing tubules (stromules). Collectively, these data suggest that effector candidate proteins from P. maydis target diverse cellular organelles and could thus provide valuable insights into their putative functions, as well as host processes potentially manipulated by this fungal pathogen.
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- Matthew Helm
- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Rocafort M, Bowen JK, Hassing B, Cox MP, McGreal B, de la Rosa S, Plummer KM, Bradshaw RE, Mesarich CH. The Venturia inaequalis effector repertoire is dominated by expanded families with predicted structural similarity, but unrelated sequence, to avirulence proteins from other plant-pathogenic fungi. BMC Biol 2022; 20:246. [PMID: 36329441 PMCID: PMC9632046 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01442-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Scab, caused by the biotrophic fungus Venturia inaequalis, is the most economically important disease of apples worldwide. During infection, V. inaequalis occupies the subcuticular environment, where it secretes virulence factors, termed effectors, to promote host colonization. Consistent with other plant-pathogenic fungi, many of these effectors are expected to be non-enzymatic proteins, some of which can be recognized by corresponding host resistance proteins to activate plant defences, thus acting as avirulence determinants. To develop durable control strategies against scab, a better understanding of the roles that these effector proteins play in promoting subcuticular growth by V. inaequalis, as well as in activating, suppressing, or circumventing resistance protein-mediated defences in apple, is required. Results We generated the first comprehensive RNA-seq transcriptome of V. inaequalis during colonization of apple. Analysis of this transcriptome revealed five temporal waves of gene expression that peaked during early, mid, or mid-late infection. While the number of genes encoding secreted, non-enzymatic proteinaceous effector candidates (ECs) varied in each wave, most belonged to waves that peaked in expression during mid-late infection. Spectral clustering based on sequence similarity determined that the majority of ECs belonged to expanded protein families. To gain insights into function, the tertiary structures of ECs were predicted using AlphaFold2. Strikingly, despite an absence of sequence similarity, many ECs were predicted to have structural similarity to avirulence proteins from other plant-pathogenic fungi, including members of the MAX, LARS, ToxA and FOLD effector families. In addition, several other ECs, including an EC family with sequence similarity to the AvrLm6 avirulence effector from Leptosphaeria maculans, were predicted to adopt a KP6-like fold. Thus, proteins with a KP6-like fold represent another structural family of effectors shared among plant-pathogenic fungi. Conclusions Our study reveals the transcriptomic profile underpinning subcuticular growth by V. inaequalis and provides an enriched list of ECs that can be investigated for roles in virulence and avirulence. Furthermore, our study supports the idea that numerous sequence-unrelated effectors across plant-pathogenic fungi share common structural folds. In doing so, our study gives weight to the hypothesis that many fungal effectors evolved from ancestral genes through duplication, followed by sequence diversification, to produce sequence-unrelated but structurally similar proteins. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12915-022-01442-9.
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- Mercedes Rocafort
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology/Bioprotection Aotearoa, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Mount Albert Research Centre, Auckland, 1025, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology/Bioprotection Aotearoa, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Bioprotection Aotearoa, School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Mount Albert Research Centre, Auckland, 1025, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology/Bioprotection Aotearoa, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBiosciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia
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- Bioprotection Aotearoa, School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology/Bioprotection Aotearoa, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand.
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Nie Y, Li G, Li J, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Shi Q, Zhou X, Li H, Chen XL, Li Y. A novel elicitor MoVcpo is necessary for the virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae and triggers rice defense responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1018616. [PMID: 36325552 PMCID: PMC9619064 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1018616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most important diseases of rice. Elicitors secreted by M. oryzae play important roles in the interaction with rice to facilitate fungal infection and disease development. In recent years, several elicitor proteins have been identified in M. oryzae, and their functions and importance are increasingly appreciated. In this study, we purified a novel elicitor-activity protein from M. oryzae, which was further identified as a vanadium chloroperoxidase (MoVcpo) by MAIDL TOF/TOF MS. The purified MoVcpo induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in host cells, up-regulated the expression of multiple defense-related genes, thus significantly enhancing rice resistance against M. oryzae. These results suggested that MoVcpo functions as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) to trigger rice immunity. Furthermore, MoVcpo was highly expressed in the early stage of M. oryzae infection. Deletion of MoVcpo affected spore formation, conidia germination, cell wall integrity, and sensitivity to osmotic stress, but not fungal growth. Interestingly, compared with the wild-type, inoculation with MoVcpo deletion mutant on rice led to markedly induced ROS accumulation, increased expression of defense-related genes, but also lower disease severity, suggesting that MoVcpo acts as both an elicitor activating plant immune responses and a virulence factor facilitating fungal infection. These findings reveal a novel role for vanadium chloroperoxidase in fungal pathogenesis and deepen our understanding of M. oryzae-rice interactions.
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- Yanfang Nie
- College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Yan T, Zhou X, Li J, Li G, Zhao Y, Wang H, Li H, Nie Y, Li Y. FoCupin1, a Cupin_1 domain-containing protein, is necessary for the virulence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1001540. [PMID: 36110302 PMCID: PMC9468701 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1001540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) is an important soilborne fungal pathogen that causes the most devastating banana disease. Effectors secreted by microbes contribute to pathogen virulence on host plants in plant-microbe interactions. However, functions of Foc TR4 effectors remain largely unexplored. In this study, we characterized a novel cupin_1 domain-containing protein (FoCupin1) from Foc TR4. Sequence analysis indicated that the homologous proteins of FoCupin1 in phytopathogenic fungi were evolutionarily conserved. Furthermore, FoCupin1 could suppress BAX-mediated cell death and significantly downregulate the expression of defense-related genes in tobacco by using the Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression system. FoCupin1 was highly induced in the early stage of Foc TR4 infection. The deletion of FoCupin1 gene did not affect Foc TR4 growth and conidiation. However, FoCupin1 deletion significantly reduced Foc TR4 virulence on banana plants, which was further confirmed by biomass assay. The expression of the defense-related genes in banana was significantly induced after inoculation with FoCupin1 mutants. These results collectively indicate FoCupin1 is a putative effector protein that plays an essential role in Foc TR4 pathogenicity. These findings suggest a novel role for cupin_1 domain-containing proteins and deepen our understanding of effector-mediated Foc TR4 pathogenesis.
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- Tiantian Yan
- College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Huaping Li,
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- College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Yanfang Nie,
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Yunfeng Li,
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Blekemolen MC, Cao L, Tintor N, de Groot T, Papp D, Faulkner C, Takken FLW. The primary function of Six5 of Fusarium oxysporum is to facilitate Avr2 activity by together manipulating the size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:910594. [PMID: 35968143 PMCID: PMC9373983 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.910594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pathogens produce effector proteins to manipulate their hosts. While most effectors act autonomously, some fungal effectors act in pairs and rely on each other for function. During the colonization of the plant vasculature, the root-infecting fungus Fusarium oxysporum (Fo) produces 14 so-called Secreted in Xylem (SIX) effectors. Two of these effector genes, Avr2 (Six3) and Six5, form a gene pair on the pathogenicity chromosome of the tomato-infecting Fo strain. Avr2 has been shown to suppress plant defense responses and is required for full pathogenicity. Although Six5 and Avr2 together manipulate the size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata to facilitate cell-to-cell movement of Avr2, it is unclear whether Six5 has additional functions as well. To investigate the role of Six5, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis lines expressing Six5. Notably, increased susceptibility during the early stages of infection was observed in these Six5 lines, but only to Fo strains expressing Avr2 and not to wild-type Arabidopsis-infecting Fo strains lacking this effector gene. Furthermore, neither PAMP-triggered defense responses, such as ROS accumulation and callose deposition upon treatment with Flg22, necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide 1-like protein (NLP), or chitosan, nor susceptibility to other plant pathogens, such as the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae or the fungus Verticilium dahlia, were affected by Six5 expression. Further investigation of the ability of the Avr2/Six5 effector pair to manipulate plasmodesmata (PD) revealed that it not only permits cell-to-cell movement of Avr2, but also facilitates the movement of two additional effectors, Six6 and Six8. Moreover, although Avr2/Six5 expands the size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata (i.e., gating) to permit the movement of a 2xFP fusion protein (53 kDa), a larger variant, 3xFP protein (80 kDa), did not move to the neighboring cells. The PD manipulation mechanism employed by Avr2/Six5 did not involve alteration of callose homeostasis in these structures. In conclusion, the primary function of Six5 appears to function together with Avr2 to increase the size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata by an unknown mechanism to facilitate cell-to-cell movement of Fo effectors.
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- Mila C. Blekemolen
- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- The John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Sun X, Fang X, Wang D, Jones DA, Ma L. Transcriptome Analysis of Fusarium–Tomato Interaction Based on an Updated Genome Annotation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Identifies Novel Effector Candidates That Suppress or Induce Cell Death in Nicotiana benthamiana. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8070672. [PMID: 35887429 PMCID: PMC9316272 DOI: 10.3390/jof8070672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) causes vascular wilt disease in tomato. Upon colonization of the host, Fol secretes many small effector proteins into the xylem sap to facilitate infection. Besides known SIX (secreted in xylem) proteins, the identity of additional effectors that contribute to Fol pathogenicity remains largely unexplored. We performed a deep RNA-sequencing analysis of Fol race 2-infected tomato, used the sequence data to annotate a published genome assembly generated via PacBio SMRT sequencing of the Fol race 2 reference strain Fol4287, and analysed the resulting transcriptome to identify Fol effector candidates among the newly annotated genes. We examined the Fol-infection expression profiles of all 13 SIX genes present in Fol race 2 and identified 27 new candidate effector genes that were likewise significantly upregulated upon Fol infection. Using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, we tested the ability of 22 of the new candidate effector genes to suppress or induce cell death in leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. One effector candidate designated Fol-EC19, encoding a secreted guanyl-specific ribonuclease, was found to trigger cell death and two effector candidates designated Fol-EC14 and Fol-EC20, encoding a glucanase and a secreted trypsin, respectively, were identified that can suppress Bax-mediated cell death. Remarkably, Fol-EC14 and Fol-EC20 were also found to suppress I-2/Avr2- and I/Avr1-mediated cell death. Using the yeast secretion trap screening system, we showed that these three biologically-active effector candidates each contain a functional signal peptide for protein secretion. Our findings provide a basis for further understanding the virulence functions of Fol effectors.
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- Xizhe Sun
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (X.S.); (D.W.)
- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, the Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Pathology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (X.S.); (D.W.)
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Pathology, College of Life Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, the Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
- Correspondence: (D.A.J.); (L.M.)
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China; (X.S.); (D.W.)
- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, the Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
- College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
- Correspondence: (D.A.J.); (L.M.)
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Sethi L, Sherpa T, Kumari K, Dey N. Further Characterization of MUAS35SCP and FUAS35SCP Recombinant Promoters and Their Implication in Translational Research. Mol Biotechnol 2022; 64:1356-1366. [PMID: 35641838 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-022-00513-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recombinant promoters are of high value in translational research. Earlier, we developed two recombinant promoters, namely MUAS35SCP and FUAS35SCP, and their transcriptional activities were found to be stronger than that of the most widely used CaMV35S promoter in dicot plants. Presently, we are reporting constitutive expression of both GUS and GFP reporters under the control of these promoters in several monocots, including rice, wheat, and pearl millet. We observed that these promoters could express the reporter genes constitutively, and their expression abilities were almost equal to that of the CaMV35S2 promoter. Plant-derived enriched PaDef (Persea americana var. drymifolia defensin) and NsDef2 (Nigella sativa L. defensin 2) antimicrobial peptides expressed under the control of these promoters arrest the growth of devastating phytopathogens like Pseudomonas syringae, Rhodococcus fascians, and Alternaria alternata. We observed that plant-derived NsDef2 and PaDef under control of these promoters showed approximately 80-90% inhibitory activity against Pseudomonas syringae. Hence, these promoters were constitutive and universal, as they can drive the expression of transgenes in both dicot and monocot plants. Alongside, these promoters could become a valuable tool for raising genetically modified plants with in-built resistance toward phytopathogens.
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- Lini Sethi
- Division of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, NALCO Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, National Capital Region Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana (NCR Delhi), 121001, India
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- Division of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, NALCO Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, National Capital Region Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana (NCR Delhi), 121001, India
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- Division of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, NALCO Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, National Capital Region Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana (NCR Delhi), 121001, India
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- Division of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, NALCO Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.
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A New Approach for Environmental Risk Assessments of Living Modified Organisms in South Korea. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12094397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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As the development and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) steadily increase, new risk assessment methods that reflect domestic natural ecosystems are being developed. Although LM plants are fundamentally necessary for environmental risk assessment, the introduced gene products and LMO proteins can replace transgenic plants. However, their use is problematic because of instability and indirect assessment data issues. This study proposes a risk assessment tool and scheme for introducing LMO proteins into genetically modified crops. The agroinfiltration method for transient LMO gene expression in plants is a practical tool which can be used to rapidly verify the putative risks of LMO proteins against insects using an LM crop mimic plant with a stably expressed LMO protein. This study used Nicotiana tabacum leaves, which transiently but stably expressed the insecticidal LMO protein Vip3Aa, for LMO risk assessments against Spodoptera litura. The Vip3Aa protein was stably expressed for 5 d in the agroinfiltrated plants, and the protein was active against target insects for environmental LMO risk assessments. In the toxicity evaluation of Vip3Aa-expressing plants against S. litura, the number of deaths was higher in the Vip3Aa-infiltrated N. tabacum-fed group than that in the recombinant Vip3Aa-fed group. In addition, the cumulative number of deaths in the infiltration leaf-fed group was approximately 12-fold higher than that in the protein-fed group under low dosage conditions. This study aimed to develop a transient expression model which can be used to evaluate whether the overall risk of LMO protein is acceptable for use. These results support the usefulness of the transient expression model using an agroinfiltration method as a rapid risk validation tool for LMO proteins against herbivorous insects before producing transgenic plants.
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Dagvadorj B, Outram MA, Williams SJ, Solomon PS. The necrotrophic effector ToxA from Parastagonospora nodorum interacts with wheat NHL proteins to facilitate Tsn1-mediated necrosis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:407-418. [PMID: 35061310 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The plant pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum secretes necrotrophic effectors to promote disease. These effectors induce cell death on wheat cultivars carrying dominant susceptibility genes in an inverse gene-for-gene manner. However, the molecular mechanisms underpinning these interactions and resulting cell death remain unclear. Here, we used a yeast two-hybrid library approach to identify wheat proteins that interact with the necrotrophic effector ToxA. Using this strategy, we identified an interaction between ToxA and a wheat transmembrane NDR/HIN1-like protein (TaNHL10) and confirmed the interaction using in planta co-immunoprecipitation and confocal microscopy co-localization analysis. We showed that the C-terminus of TaNHL10 is extracellular whilst the N-terminus is localized in the cytoplasm. Further analyses using yeast two-hybrid and confocal microscopy co-localization showed that ToxA interacts with the C-terminal LEA2 extracellular domain of TaNHL10. Random mutagenesis was then used to identify a ToxA mutant, ToxAN109D , which was unable to interact with TaNHL10 in yeast two-hybrid assays. Subsequent heterologous expression and purification of ToxAN109D in Nicotiania benthamiana revealed that the mutated protein was unable to induce necrosis on Tsn1-dominant wheat cultivars, confirming that the interaction of ToxA with TaNHL10 is required to induce cell death. Collectively, these data advance our understanding on how ToxA induces cell death during infection and further highlight the importance of host cell surface interactions in necrotrophic pathosystems.
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- Bayantes Dagvadorj
- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Fosp9, a novel secreted protein, is essential for full virulence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense on banana ( Musa spp.). Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0060421. [PMID: 35108093 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00604-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The banana vascular wilt pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, delivers a number of different secreted proteins into host plant tissues during infection. Until now, only a few of the secreted proteins from this fungus have been shown to be virulence effectors. Here, the product of fosp9, which is a gene from this pathogen, was found to be a novel virulence effector. The fosp9 gene encodes a hypothetical 185 amino acid protein which has a functional signal peptide, but contains no known motifs or domains. The fosp9 disruptants displayed a significant reduction in producing wilt symptoms on bananas, indicating that fosp9 is essential for the full virulence of this pathogen towards banana. These disruptants did not exhibit a change in either saprophytic growth or conidiation on potato dextrose agar medium, but their invasive growth in the rhizomes of banana was markedly compromised, suggesting a pivotal role for fosp9 in the colonization of banana rhizome tissues by this fungus. Live-cell imaging revealed that the Fosp9:GFP fusion protein accumulated in the apoplast of the plant cells. Moreover, transcriptome profiling revealed that a number of virulence-associated genes were differentially expressed in the fosp9 disruptant relative to the wild-type. Taken together, these findings suggest that Fosp9 is a genuine effector of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense. IMPORTANCE Fusarium wilt of bananas (also known as Panama disease) caused by the fungus F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense is one of the most devastating banana diseases worldwide. The understanding of molecular mechanism of its pathogenicity is very limited until now. We demonstrated that the secreted protein Fosp9 from this fungus contributed to its virulence against banana hosts, and was essential for colonization of banana rhizome tissues by this fungus. Especially, Fosp9 contains no any known domains or motifs, and has no functionally characterized homologs, implying that it is a novel secreted effector involved in F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense- banana interactions. This work provides insight into molecular mechanisms of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense pathogenicity, and the fosp9 gene characterized would facilitates us develop transgenic banana and plantain resistant to this disease by silencing of this effector gene through host-induced gene silencing or other strategies in future.
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Huang Z, Li H, Zhou Y, Bao Y, Duan Z, Wang C, Powell CA, Chen B, Zhang M, Yao W. Predication of the Effector Proteins Secreted by Fusarium sacchari Using Genomic Analysis and Heterogenous Expression. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8010059. [PMID: 35049998 PMCID: PMC8780550 DOI: 10.3390/jof8010059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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One of the causative agents of pokkah boeng disease (PBD), which affects sugarcane crops globally, is the fungus Fusarium sacchari. These fungal infections reduce sugar quality and yield, resulting in severe economic losses. Effector proteins play important roles in the interactions between pathogenic fungi and plants. Here, we used bioinformatic prediction approaches to identify 316 candidate secreted effector proteins (CSEPs) in the complete genome of F. sacchari. In total, 95 CSEPs contained known conserved structures, representing 40 superfamilies and 18 domains, while an additional 91 CSEPs contained seven known motifs. Of the 130 CSEPs containing no known domains or motifs, 14 contained one of four novel motifs. A heterogeneous expression system in Nicotiana benthamiana was used to investigate the functions of 163 CSEPs. Seven CSEPs suppressed BAX-triggered programmed cell death in N. benthamiana, while four caused cell death in N. benthamiana. The expression profiles of these eleven CSEPs during F. sacchari infection suggested that they may be involved in sugarcane-F. sacchari interaction. Our results establish a basis for further studies of the role of effector molecules in pathogen–sugarcane interactions, and provide a framework for future predictions of pathogen effector molecules.
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- Zhen Huang
- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
- IRREC-IFAS, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA;
- Correspondence: (M.Z.); (W.Y.)
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab of Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; (Z.H.); (H.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.B.); (Z.D.); (C.W.); (B.C.)
- IRREC-IFAS, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA;
- Correspondence: (M.Z.); (W.Y.)
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Liu C, Tian S, Lv X, Pu Y, Peng H, Fan G, Ma X, Ma L, Sun X. Nicotiana benthamiana asparagine synthetase associates with IP-L and confers resistance against tobacco mosaic virus via the asparagine-induced salicylic acid signalling pathway. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:60-77. [PMID: 34617390 PMCID: PMC8659551 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Asparagine synthetase is a key enzyme that catalyses the conversion of amide groups from glutamine or ammonium to aspartate, which leads to the generation of asparagine. However, the role of asparagine synthetase in plant immunity remains largely unknown. Here, we identified a Nicotiana benthamiana asparagine synthetase B (NbAS-B) that associates with tomato mosaic virus coat protein-interacting protein L (IP-L) using the yeast two-hybrid assay and examined its role in tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) resistance. The association of IP-L with NbAS-B was further confirmed by in vivo co-immunoprecipitation, luciferase complementation imaging, and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays. IP-L and NbAS-B interact in the nucleus and cytosol and IP-L apparently stabilizes NbAS-B, thus enhancing its accumulation. The expressions of IP-L and NbAS-B are continuously induced on TMV-green fluorescent protein (GFP) infection. Co-silencing of IP-L and NbAS-B facilitates TMV-GFP infection. Overexpression of NbAS-B in tobacco reduces TMV-GFP infection by significantly improving the synthesis of asparagine. Furthermore, the external application of asparagine significantly inhibits the infection of TMV-GFP by activating the salicylic acid signalling pathway. These findings hold the potential for the future application of asparagine in the control of TMV.
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- Changyun Liu
- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, AgroscopeNyonSwitzerland
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationCollege of HorticultureHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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Zhao J, Bi W, Zhao S, Su J, Li M, Ma L, Yu X, Wang X. Wheat Apoplast-Localized Lipid Transfer Protein TaLTP3 Enhances Defense Responses Against Puccinia triticina. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:771806. [PMID: 34899796 PMCID: PMC8657149 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.771806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Plant apoplast serves as the frontier battlefield of plant defense in response to different types of pathogens. Many pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins are accumulated in apoplastic space during the onset of plant-pathogen interaction, where they act to suppress pathogen infection. In this study, we found the expression of Triticum aestivum lipid transfer protein 3 (TaLTP3) gene was unregulated during incompatible interaction mediated by leaf rust resistance genes Lr39/41 at the early infection stage. Stable transgenic wheat lines overexpressing TaLTP3 exhibited enhanced resistance to leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina. Transcriptome analysis revealed that overexpression of TaLTP3 specifically activated the transcription of pathogenesis-related protein 1a (TaPR1a) and multiple plant hormone pathways, including salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), and auxin, in response to the infection of the model bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Further investigation indicated that TaLTP3 physically associated with wheat TaPR1a protein in the apoplast. Transgenic wheat lines overexpressing TaLTP3 and TaPR1a showed higher accumulations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during plant defense responses. All these findings suggested that TaLTP3 is involved in wheat resistance against leaf rust pathogen infection and forming a TaLTP3-TaPR1a complex in apoplast against this pathogen, which provides new insights into the functional roles of PR proteins.
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- Jiaojie Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
- College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Liu J, Nie J, Chang Y, Huang L. Nep1-like Proteins from Valsa mali Differentially Regulate Pathogen Virulence and Response to Abiotic Stresses. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:830. [PMID: 34682251 PMCID: PMC8539816 DOI: 10.3390/jof7100830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide 1(Nep1)-like protein (NLP) is well known for its cytotoxicity and immunogenicity on dicotyledonous, and it has attracted large attention due to its gene expansion and functional diversification in numerous phytopathogens. Here, two NLP family proteins, VmNLP1 and VmNLP2, were identified in the pathogenic fungus Valsa mali. We showed that VmNLP2 but not VmNLP1 induced cell death when transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. VmNLP2 was also shown to induce cell death in apple leaves via the treatment of the Escherichia coli-produced recombinant protein. VmNLP1 and VmNLP2 transcripts were drastically induced at the early stage of V. mali infection, whereas only VmNLP2 was shown to be essential for pathogen virulence. We also found that VmNLP1 and VmNLP2 are required for maintaining the integrity of cell membranes, and they differentially contribute to V. mali tolerance to salt- and osmo-stresses. Notably, multiple sequence alignment revealed that the second histidine (H) among the conserved heptapeptide (GHRHDWE) of VmNLP2 is mutated to tyrosine (Y). When this tyrosine (Y) was substituted by histidine (H), the variant displayed enhanced cytotoxicity in N. benthamiana, as well as enhanced virulence on apple leaves, suggesting that the virulence role of VmNLP2 probably correlates to its cytotoxicity activity. We further showed that the peptide among VmNLP2, called nlp25 (VmNLP2), triggered strong immune response in Arabidopsis thaliana. This work demonstrates that NLPs from V. mali involve multiple biological roles, and shed new light on how intricately complex the functions of NLP might be.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, Shaanxi, China; (J.L.); (J.N.); (Y.C.)
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Jasmonic Acid-Dependent MYC Transcription Factors Bind to a Tandem G-Box Motif in the YUCCA8 and YUCCA9 Promoters to Regulate Biotic Stress Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22189768. [PMID: 34575927 PMCID: PMC8468920 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22189768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The indole-3-pyruvic acid pathway is the main route for auxin biosynthesis in higher plants. Tryptophan aminotransferases (TAA1/TAR) and members of the YUCCA family of flavin-containing monooxygenases catalyze the conversion of l-tryptophan via indole-3-pyruvic acid to indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). It has been described that jasmonic acid (JA) locally produced in response to mechanical wounding triggers the de novo formation of IAA through the induction of two YUCCA genes, YUC8 and YUC9. Here, we report the direct involvement of a small number of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors of the MYC family in this process. We show that the JA-mediated regulation of the expression of the YUC8 and YUC9 genes depends on the abundance of MYC2, MYC3, and MYC4. In support of this observation, seedlings of myc knockout mutants displayed a strongly reduced response to JA-mediated IAA formation. Furthermore, transactivation assays provided experimental evidence for the binding of MYC transcription factors to a particular tandem G-box motif abundant in the promoter regions of YUC8 and YUC9, but not in the promoters of the other YUCCA isogenes. Moreover, we demonstrate that plants that constitutively overexpress YUC8 and YUC9 show less damage after spider mite infestation, thereby underlining the role of auxin in plant responses to biotic stress signals.
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Dagvadorj B, Solomon PS. Simple and efficient heterologous expression of necrosis-inducing effectors using the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT DIRECT 2021; 5:e341. [PMID: 34466773 PMCID: PMC8381856 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plant fungal pathogens cause devastating diseases on cereal plants and threaten global food security. During infection, these pathogens secrete proteinaceous effectors that promote disease. Some of these effectors from necrotrophic plant pathogens induce a cell death response (necrosis), which facilitates pathogen growth in planta. Characterization of these effectors typically requires heterologous expression, and microbial expression systems such as bacteria and yeast are the predominantly used. However, microbial expression systems often require optimization for any given effector and are, in general, not suitable for effectors involving cysteine bridges and posttranslational modifications for activity. Here, we describe a simple and efficient method for expressing such effectors in the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Briefly, an effector protein is transiently expressed and secreted into the apoplast of N. benthamiana by Agrobacterium-mediated infiltration. Two to three days subsequent to agroinfiltration, the apoplast from the infiltrated leaves is extracted and can be directly used for phenotyping on host plants. The efficacy of this approach was demonstrated by expressing the ToxA, Tox3, and Tox1 necrosis-inducing effectors from Parastagonospora nodorum. All three effectors produced in N. benthamiana were capable of inducing necrosis in wheat lines, and two of three showed visible bands on Coomassie-stained gel. These data suggest that N. benthamiana-agroinfiltration system is a feasible tool to obtain fungal effectors, especially those that require disulfide bonds and posttranslational modifications. Furthermore, due to the low number of proteins typically observed in the apoplast (compared with intracellular), this simple and high-throughput approach circumvents the requirement to lyse cells and further purifies the target proteins that are required in other heterologous systems. Because of its simplicity and potential for high-throughput, this method is highly amenable to the phenotyping of candidate protein effectors on host plants.
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- Bayantes Dagvadorj
- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberraACTAustralia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberraACTAustralia
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Derevnina L, Contreras MP, Adachi H, Upson J, Vergara Cruces A, Xie R, Skłenar J, Menke FLH, Mugford ST, MacLean D, Ma W, Hogenhout SA, Goverse A, Maqbool A, Wu CH, Kamoun S. Plant pathogens convergently evolved to counteract redundant nodes of an NLR immune receptor network. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001136. [PMID: 34424903 PMCID: PMC8412950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In plants, nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR)-containing proteins can form receptor networks to confer hypersensitive cell death and innate immunity. One class of NLRs, known as NLR required for cell death (NRCs), are central nodes in a complex network that protects against multiple pathogens and comprises up to half of the NLRome of solanaceous plants. Given the prevalence of this NLR network, we hypothesised that pathogens convergently evolved to secrete effectors that target NRC activities. To test this, we screened a library of 165 bacterial, oomycete, nematode, and aphid effectors for their capacity to suppress the cell death response triggered by the NRC-dependent disease resistance proteins Prf and Rpi-blb2. Among 5 of the identified suppressors, 1 cyst nematode protein and 1 oomycete protein suppress the activity of autoimmune mutants of NRC2 and NRC3, but not NRC4, indicating that they specifically counteract a subset of NRC proteins independently of their sensor NLR partners. Whereas the cyst nematode effector SPRYSEC15 binds the nucleotide-binding domain of NRC2 and NRC3, the oomycete effector AVRcap1b suppresses the response of these NRCs via the membrane trafficking-associated protein NbTOL9a (Target of Myb 1-like protein 9a). We conclude that plant pathogens have evolved to counteract central nodes of the NRC immune receptor network through different mechanisms. Coevolution with pathogen effectors may have driven NRC diversification into functionally redundant nodes in a massively expanded NLR network.
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- Lida Derevnina
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Yang Y, Lee JH, Poindexter MR, Shao Y, Liu W, Lenaghan SC, Ahkami AH, Blumwald E, Stewart CN. Rational design and testing of abiotic stress-inducible synthetic promoters from poplar cis-regulatory elements. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1354-1369. [PMID: 33471413 PMCID: PMC8313130 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Abiotic stress resistance traits may be especially crucial for sustainable production of bioenergy tree crops. Here, we show the performance of a set of rationally designed osmotic-related and salt stress-inducible synthetic promoters for use in hybrid poplar. De novo motif-detecting algorithms yielded 30 water-deficit (SD) and 34 salt stress (SS) candidate DNA motifs from relevant poplar transcriptomes. We selected three conserved water-deficit stress motifs (SD18, SD13 and SD9) found in 16 co-expressed gene promoters, and we discovered a well-conserved motif for salt response (SS16). We characterized several native poplar stress-inducible promoters to enable comparisons with our synthetic promoters. Fifteen synthetic promoters were designed using various SD and SS subdomains, in which heptameric repeats of five-to-eight subdomain bases were fused to a common core promoter downstream, which, in turn, drove a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene for reporter assays. These 15 synthetic promoters were screened by transient expression assays in poplar leaf mesophyll protoplasts and agroinfiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana leaves under osmotic stress conditions. Twelve synthetic promoters were induced in transient expression assays with a GFP readout. Of these, five promoters (SD18-1, SD9-2, SS16-1, SS16-2 and SS16-3) endowed higher inducibility under osmotic stress conditions than native promoters. These five synthetic promoters were stably transformed into Arabidopsis thaliana to study inducibility in whole plants. Herein, SD18-1 and SD9-2 were induced by water-deficit stress, whereas SS16-1, SS16-2 and SS16-3 were induced by salt stress. The synthetic biology design pipeline resulted in five synthetic promoters that outperformed endogenous promoters in transgenic plants.
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- Yongil Yang
- Center for Agricultural Synthetic BiologyUniversity of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
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- Center for Agricultural Synthetic BiologyUniversity of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Center for Agricultural Synthetic BiologyUniversity of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
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- Center for Agricultural Synthetic BiologyUniversity of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
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- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Horticultural ScienceNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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- Center for Agricultural Synthetic BiologyUniversity of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Food ScienceUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)RichlandWAUSA
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- Center for Agricultural Synthetic BiologyUniversity of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
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Bergman ME, Bhardwaj M, Phillips MA. Cytosolic geraniol and citronellol biosynthesis require a Nudix hydrolase in rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 107:493-510. [PMID: 33949016 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Geraniol, citronellol and their esters are high-value acyclic monoterpenes used in food technology, perfumery and cosmetics. A major source of these compounds is the essential oil of rose-scented geraniums of the genus Pelargonium. We provide evidence that their biosynthesis mainly takes place in the cytosol of glandular trichomes via geranyl monophosphate (GP) through the action of a Nudix hydrolase. Protein preparations could convert geranyl diphosphate (GDP) to geraniol in in vitro assays, a process which could be blocked by inorganic phosphatase inhibitors, suggesting a two-step conversion of GDP to geraniol. Pelargonium graveolens chemotypes enriched in either geraniol or (-)-citronellol accumulate GP or citronellyl monophosphate (CP), respectively, the presumed precursors to their monoterpenoid end products. Geranyl monophosphate was highly enriched in isolated glandular trichomes of lines producing high amounts of geraniol. In contrast, (-)-isomenthone-rich lines are depleted in these prenyl monophosphates and monoterpene alcohols and instead feature high levels of GDP, the precursor to plastidic p-menthane biosynthesis. A Nudix hydrolase cDNA from Pelargonium glandular trichomes, dubbed PgNdx1, encoded a cytosolic protein capable of hydrolyzing GDP to GP with a KM of about 750 nm but is only weakly active towards farnesyl diphosphate. In citronellol-rich lines, GDP, GP and CP were detected in nearly equimolar amounts, while citronellyl diphosphate was absent, suggesting that citronellol biosynthesis may proceed by reduction of GP to CP in this species. These findings highlight the cytosol as a compartment that supports monoterpene biosynthesis and expands the roles of Nudix hydrolases in the biosynthesis of plant volatiles.
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- Matthew E Bergman
- Department of Cellular and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G5, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Toronto-Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G5, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto-Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
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Jiang L, Fan Z, Tong R, Yin H, Li J, Zhou X. Flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase of Camellia nitidissima Chi. promotes the synthesis of polyphenols better than flavonoids. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:3903-3912. [PMID: 34052979 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06345-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Camellia nitidissima Chi. is an ornamental plant of the genus Camellia L. Its flowers contain a lot of flavonoids and polyphenols. Flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) plays an important role in the synthesis of flavonoids, polyphenols and anthocyanins. We used PCR amplification, quantitative PCR, High-performance liquid chromatography, subcellular localization, and agrobacterium-mediated leaf disk method to study the the function of CnF3'H. The full length of CnF3'H was 1859 bp (GenBank code: HQ290518.1), with an open reading frame of 1577 bp, and encoded 518 amino acid. A phylogenetic tree analysis showed that CnF3'H was closely related to Camellia sinensis L. and C. sinensis cultivar Zhonghuang. CnF3'H was expressed in flowers, leaves, fruits, sepals, petals and stamens of C. nitidissima, and during the flowering process the expression level in flower decreased initially and then increased. CnF3'H expression was significantly positive correlated with polyphenol contents in C. nitidissima. A CnF3'H-EGFP expression vector was constructed to do the subcellular localization, we found that CnF3'H was obviously localized in the nuclear envelope and cytomembrane. In transgenic tobacco flowers, the total polyphenol content and various polyphenol constituents were significantly increased with high CnF3'H expression level, while total flavonoid contents and some flavonol constituents were increased slightly. These findings suggest that CnF3'H promotes the synthesis of polyphenols better than flavonoids.
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- Lina Jiang
- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China.,State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China.,Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China
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- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China.,Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China
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- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China
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- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China.,State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China.,Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China
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- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China. .,Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400, China.
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- College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350117, China.
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Wang P, Jiang H, Boeren S, Dings H, Kulikova O, Bisseling T, Limpens E. A nuclear-targeted effector of Rhizophagus irregularis interferes with histone 2B mono-ubiquitination to promote arbuscular mycorrhisation. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:1142-1155. [PMID: 33507543 PMCID: PMC8048545 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Arguably, symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have the broadest host range of all fungi, being able to intracellularly colonise root cells in the vast majority of all land plants. This raises the question how AM fungi effectively deal with the immune systems of such a widely diverse range of plants. Here, we studied the role of a nuclear-localisation signal-containing effector from Rhizophagus irregularis, called Nuclear Localised Effector1 (RiNLE1), that is highly and specifically expressed in arbuscules. We showed that RiNLE1 is able to translocate to the host nucleus where it interacts with the plant core nucleosome protein histone 2B (H2B). RiNLE1 is able to impair the mono-ubiquitination of H2B, which results in the suppression of defence-related gene expression and enhanced colonisation levels. This study highlights a novel mechanism by which AM fungi can effectively control plant epigenetic modifications through direct interaction with a core nucleosome component. Homologues of RiNLE1 are found in a range of fungi that establish intimate interactions with plants, suggesting that this type of effector may be more widely recruited to manipulate host defence responses.
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- Peng Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 PBthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 PBthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of BiochemistryWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 WEthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 PBthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 PBthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 PBthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyWageningen University & ResearchWageningen6708 PBthe Netherlands
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Debler JW, Henares BM, Lee RC. Agroinfiltration for transient gene expression and characterisation of fungal pathogen effectors in cool-season grain legume hosts. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2021; 40:805-818. [PMID: 33811500 PMCID: PMC8058004 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-021-02671-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Modified pEAQ-HT-DEST1 vectors were used for agroinfiltration in legumes. We demonstrate protein expression and export in pea, lentil, and faba bean; however, the method for chickpea was not successful. Agroinfiltration is a valuable research method for investigating virulence and avirulence effector proteins from pathogens and pests, where heterologous effector proteins are transiently expressed in plant leaves and hypersensitive necrosis responses and other effector functions can be assessed. Nicotiana benthamiana is widely used for agroinfiltration and the characterisation of broad-spectrum effectors. The method has also been used in other plant species including field pea, but not yet developed for chickpea, lentil, or faba bean. Here, we have modified the pEAQ-HT-DEST1 vector for expression of 6 × histidine-tagged green-fluorescent protein (GFP) and the known necrosis-inducing broad-spectrum effector necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide (Nep1)-like protein (NLP). Modified pEAQ-based vectors were adapted to encode signal peptide sequences for apoplast targeting of expressed proteins. We used confocal microscopy to assess the level of GFP expression in agroinfiltrated leaves. While at 3 days after infiltration in N. benthamiana, GFP was expressed at a relatively high level, expression in field pea and faba bean at the same time point was relatively low. In lentil, an expression level of GFP similar to field pea and faba bean at 3 days was only observed after 5 days. Chickpea leaf cells were transformed at low frequency and agroinfiltration was concluded to not be successful for chickpea. We concluded that the pEAQ vector is suitable for testing host-specific effectors in field pea, lentil, and faba bean, but low transformation efficiency limits the utility of the method for chickpea.
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- Johannes W Debler
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, 1 Kent St, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, 1 Kent St, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, 1 Kent St, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia.
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Liu S, Zhang X, Xiao S, Ma J, Shi W, Qin T, Xi H, Nie X, You C, Xu Z, Wang T, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Li J, Kong J, Aierxi A, Yu Y, Lindsey K, Klosterman SJ, Zhang X, Zhu L. A Single-Nucleotide Mutation in a GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE Gene Confers Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Gossypium hirsutum. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2002723. [PMID: 33854882 PMCID: PMC8025038 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202002723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Fusarium wilt (FW) disease of cotton, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov), causes severe losses in cotton production worldwide. Though significant advancements have been made in development of FW-resistant Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in resistance screening programs, the precise resistance genes and the corresponding molecular mechanisms for resistance to Fov remain unclear. Herein it is reported that Fov7, a gene unlike canonical plant disease-resistance (R) genes, putatively encoding a GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE (GLR) protein, confers resistance to Fov race 7 in Upland cotton. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (C/A) in GhGLR4.8, resulting in an amino acid change (L/I), is associated with Fov resistance. A PCR-based DNA marker (GhGLR4.8SNP(A/C) ) is developed and shown to cosegregate with the Fov resistance. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of Fov7 results in cotton lines extremely susceptible to Fov race 7 with a loss of the ability to induce calcium influx in response to total secreted proteins (SEPs) of Fov. Furthermore, coinfiltration of SEPs with GhGLR4.8A results in a hypersensitive response. This first report of a GLR-encoding gene that functions as an R gene provides a new insight into plant-pathogen interactions and a new handle to develop cotton cultivars with resistance to Fov race 7.
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- Shiming Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- Economic Crop Research InstituteXinjiang Academy of Agricultural ScienceÜrümqiXinjiang830091China
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- Economic Crop Research InstituteXinjiang Academy of Agricultural ScienceÜrümqiXinjiang830091China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agricultural of Xinjiang BingtuanAgricultural CollegeShihezi UniversityShiheziXinjiang832000China
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- Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agricultural of Xinjiang BingtuanAgricultural CollegeShihezi UniversityShiheziXinjiang832000China
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- Cotton Research InstituteShihezi Academy of Agriculture ScienceShiheziXinjiang832000China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- Economic Crop Research InstituteXinjiang Academy of Agricultural ScienceÜrümqiXinjiang830091China
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- Economic Crop Research InstituteXinjiang Academy of Agricultural ScienceÜrümqiXinjiang830091China
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- Cotton Research InstituteXinjiang Academy of Agriculture and Reclamation ScienceShiheziXinjiang832000China
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- Department of BiosciencesDurham UniversityDurhamDH1 3LEUK
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanHubei430070China
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Richard MMS, Knip M, Schachtschabel J, Beijaert MS, Takken FLW. Perturbation of nuclear-cytosolic shuttling of Rx1 compromises extreme resistance and translational arrest of potato virus X transcripts. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 106:468-479. [PMID: 33524169 PMCID: PMC8252585 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Many plant intracellular immune receptors mount a hypersensitive response (HR) upon pathogen perception. The concomitant localized cell death is proposed to trap pathogens, such as viruses, inside infected cells, thereby preventing their spread. Notably, extreme resistance (ER) conferred by the potato immune receptor Rx1 to potato virus X (PVX) does not involve the death of infected cells. It is unknown what defines ER and how it differs from HR-based resistance. Interestingly, Rx1 can trigger an HR, but only upon artificial (over)expression of PVX or its avirulence coat protein (CP). Rx1 has a nucleocytoplasmic distribution and both pools are required for HR upon transient expression of a PVX-GFP amplicon. It is unknown whether mislocalized Rx1 variants can induce ER upon natural PVX infection. Here, we generated transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana producing nuclear- or cytosol-restricted Rx1 variants. We found that these variants can still mount an HR. However, nuclear- or cytosol-restricted Rx1 variants can no longer trigger ER or restricts viral infection. Interestingly, unlike the mislocalized Rx1 variants, wild-type Rx1 was found to compromise CP protein accumulation. We show that the lack of CP accumulation does not result from its degradation but is likely to be linked with translational arrest of its mRNA. Together, our findings suggest that translational arrest of viral genes is a major component of ER and, unlike the HR, is required for resistance to PVX.
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- Manon M. S. Richard
- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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Darino M, Chia K, Marques J, Aleksza D, Soto‐Jiménez LM, Saado I, Uhse S, Borg M, Betz R, Bindics J, Zienkiewicz K, Feussner I, Petit‐Houdenot Y, Djamei A. Ustilago maydis effector Jsi1 interacts with Topless corepressor, hijacking plant jasmonate/ethylene signaling. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:3393-3407. [PMID: 33247447 PMCID: PMC8126959 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ustilago maydis is the causal agent of maize smut disease. During the colonization process, the fungus secretes effector proteins that suppress immune responses and redirect the host metabolism in favor of the pathogen. As effectors play a critical role during plant colonization, their identification and functional characterization are essential to understanding biotrophy and disease. Using biochemical, molecular, and transcriptomic techniques, we performed a functional characterization of the U. maydis effector Jasmonate/Ethylene signaling inducer 1 (Jsi1). Jsi1 interacts with several members of the plant corepressor family Topless/Topless related (TPL/TPR). Jsi1 expression in Zea mays and Arabidopsis thaliana leads to transcriptional induction of the ethylene response factor (ERF) branch of the jasmonate/ethylene (JA/ET) signaling pathway. In A. thaliana, activation of the ERF branch leads to biotrophic susceptibility. Jsi1 likely activates the ERF branch via an EAR (ET-responsive element binding-factor-associated amphiphilic repression) motif, which resembles EAR motifs from plant ERF transcription factors, that interacts with TPL/TPR proteins. EAR-motif-containing effector candidates were identified from different fungal species, including Magnaporthe oryzae, Sporisorium scitamineum, and Sporisorium reilianum. Interaction between plant TPL proteins and these effector candidates from biotrophic and hemibiotrophic fungi indicates the convergent evolution of effectors modulating the TPL/TPR corepressor hub.
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- Martin Darino
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)OT Gatersleben06466Germany
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)Vienna1180Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)OT Gatersleben06466Germany
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)OT Gatersleben06466Germany
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
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- Service Unit for Metabolomics and LipidomicsGoettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB)University of GoettingenGoettingenD‐37077Germany
- Department of Plant BiochemistryAlbrecht von Haller Institute and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB)University of GöttingenGöttingenD‐37077Germany
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- Service Unit for Metabolomics and LipidomicsGoettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB)University of GoettingenGoettingenD‐37077Germany
- Department of Plant BiochemistryAlbrecht von Haller Institute and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB)University of GöttingenGöttingenD‐37077Germany
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- UMR BIOGERINRAAgroParisTechUniversité Paris‐SaclayThiverval‐Grignon78850France
- The Sainsbury LaboratoryUniversity of East AngliaNorwich,NR4 7UKUK
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)Vienna BioCenter (VBC)Vienna1030Austria
- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)OT Gatersleben06466Germany
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Department of PhytopathologyInstitute of Crop Science and Resource ConservationUniversity of BonnBonn53115Germany
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Jiang L, Fan Z, Tong R, Zhou X, Li J, Yin H. Functional Diversification of the Dihydroflavonol 4-Reductase from Camellia nitidissima Chi. in the Control of Polyphenol Biosynthesis. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E1341. [PMID: 33198369 PMCID: PMC7696568 DOI: 10.3390/genes11111341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Plant secondary metabolism is complex in its diverse chemical composition and dynamic regulation of biosynthesis. How the functional diversification of enzymes contributes to the diversity is largely unknown. In the flavonoids pathway, dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) is a key enzyme mediating dihydroflavanol into anthocyanins biosynthesis. Here, the DFR homolog was identified from Camellia nitidissima Chi. (CnDFR) which is a unique species of the genus Camellia with golden yellow petals. Sequence analysis showed that CnDFR possessed not only conserved catalytic domains, but also some amino acids peculiar to Camellia species. Gene expression analysis revealed that CnDFR was expressed in all tissues and the expression of CnDFR was positively correlated with polyphenols but negatively with yellow coloration. The subcellular localization of CnDFR by the tobacco infiltration assay showed a likely dual localization in the nucleus and cell membrane. Furthermore, overexpression transgenic lines were generated in tobacco to understand the molecular function of CnDFR. The analyses of metabolites suggested that ectopic expression of CnDFR enhanced the biosynthesis of polyphenols, while no accumulation of anthocyanins was detected. These results indicate a functional diversification of the reductase activities in Camellia plants and provide molecular insights into the regulation of floral color.
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- Lina Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China; (L.J.); (Z.F.); (R.T.)
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China; (L.J.); (Z.F.); (R.T.)
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China; (L.J.); (Z.F.); (R.T.)
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- College of Biology and Pharmacy, Yulin Normal University, Yulin 537000, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China; (L.J.); (Z.F.); (R.T.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China; (L.J.); (Z.F.); (R.T.)
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China
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Guo Y, Dupont P, Mesarich CH, Yang B, McDougal RL, Panda P, Dijkwel P, Studholme DJ, Sambles C, Win J, Wang Y, Williams NM, Bradshaw RE. Functional analysis of RXLR effectors from the New Zealand kauri dieback pathogen Phytophthora agathidicida. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:1131-1148. [PMID: 32638523 PMCID: PMC7411639 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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New Zealand kauri is an ancient, iconic, gymnosperm tree species that is under threat from a lethal dieback disease caused by the oomycete Phytophthora agathidicida. To gain insight into this pathogen, we determined whether proteinaceous effectors of P. agathidicida interact with the immune system of a model angiosperm, Nicotiana, as previously shown for Phytophthora pathogens of angiosperms. From the P. agathidicida genome, we defined and analysed a set of RXLR effectors, a class of proteins that typically have important roles in suppressing or activating the plant immune system. RXLRs were screened for their ability to activate or suppress the Nicotiana plant immune system using Agrobacterium tumefaciens transient transformation assays. Nine P. agathidicida RXLRs triggered cell death or suppressed plant immunity in Nicotiana, of which three were expressed in kauri. For the most highly expressed, P. agathidicida (Pa) RXLR24, candidate cognate immune receptors associated with cell death were identified in Nicotiana benthamiana using RNA silencing-based approaches. Our results show that RXLRs of a pathogen of gymnosperms can interact with the immune system of an angiosperm species. This study provides an important foundation for studying the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions in gymnosperm forest trees, including kauri.
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- Yanan Guo
- Bio‐Protection Research CentreSchool of Fundamental SciencesMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- Bio‐Protection Research CentreSchool of Agriculture and EnvironmentMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- Department of Plant PathologyNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd.)RotoruaNew Zealand
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food ResearchAucklandNew Zealand
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- Bio‐Protection Research CentreSchool of Fundamental SciencesMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- The Sainsbury LaboratoryUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUK
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- Department of Plant PathologyNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd.)RotoruaNew Zealand
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food ResearchAucklandNew Zealand
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- Bio‐Protection Research CentreSchool of Fundamental SciencesMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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Sedaghati B, Haddad R, Bandehpour M. Transient expression of human serum albumin (HSA) in tobacco leaves. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:7169-7177. [PMID: 32642917 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05640-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Today, recombinant human proteins make up a considerable part of FDA-approved biotechnological drugs. The selection of proper expression platform for manufacturing recombinant protein is a vital factor in achieving the optimal yield and quality of a biopharmaceutical in a timely fashion. This experiment was aimed to compare the transient expression level of human serum albumin gene in different tobacco genotype. For this, the Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains LB4404 and GV3101 harboring pBI121-HSA binary vector were infiltered in leaves of three tobacco genotypes, including Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum cv Xanthi and Samsun. The qRT-PCR, SDS-PAGE, western blotting and ELISA analysis were performed to evaluate the expression of HSA gene in transgenic plantlets. Our results illustrated that the expression level of rHSA in tobacco leaves was highly dependent on Agrobacterium strains, plant genotypes and harvesting time. The highest production of recombinant HSA protein was obtained in Samsun leaves infected with A. tumefaciens strain GV3101 after 3 days of infiltration.
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- Behnam Sedaghati
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Heidari-Japelaghi R, Valizadeh M, Haddad R, Dorani-Uliaie E, Jalali-Javaran M. Production of bioactive human IFN-γ protein by agroinfiltration in tobacco. Protein Expr Purif 2020; 173:105616. [PMID: 32179088 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In animals, interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is known as a cytokine involved in antiviral and anticancer activities with a higher biochemical activity in contrast to other IFNs. To produce recombinant human IFN-γ (hIFN-γ) protein in tobacco, factors influencing gene delivery were first evaluated for higher efficiency of transient expression by fluorometric measurement of GUS activity. Higher levels of transient expression were observed in leaves of Nicotiana tabacum cv. Samsun infiltrated with GV3101 strain (optical density equal to 1.0 at 600 nm) under treatment of 200 μM AS at 4 days post agroinfiltration (dpa). The Samsun cv. proved to be amenable with 1.4- and 1.5-fold higher levels of transient expression than Xanthi and N. benthamiana, respectively. In addition, the GV3101 remained the best strain for use in transient assays without any necrotic response in tobacco. The levels of transient hIFN-γ expression were also estimated in the Samsun cv. infiltrated with different Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains carrying various expression constructs. Higher levels of accumulation were obtained with targeting the hIFN-γ protein to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or apoplastic space than those expressed into cytoplasm. Moreover, antiviral bioassay revealed that recombinant hIFN-γ protein produced in tobacco is biologically active and protects the Vero cells from infection generated by vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).
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- Reza Heidari-Japelaghi
- Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Tintor N, Paauw M, Rep M, Takken FLW. The root-invading pathogen Fusarium oxysporum targets pattern-triggered immunity using both cytoplasmic and apoplastic effectors. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 227:1479-1492. [PMID: 32323328 PMCID: PMC7496899 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plant pathogens use effector proteins to promote host colonisation. The mode of action of effectors from root-invading pathogens, such as Fusarium oxysporum (Fo), is poorly understood. Here, we investigated whether Fo effectors suppress pattern-triggered immunity (PTI), and whether they enter host cells during infection. Eight candidate effectors of an Arabidopsis-infecting Fo strain were expressed with and without signal peptide for secretion in Nicotiana benthamiana and their effect on flg22-triggered and chitin-triggered reactive oxidative species (ROS) burst was monitored. To detect uptake, effector biotinylation by an intracellular Arabidopsis-produced biotin ligase was examined following root infection. Four effectors suppressed PTI signalling; two acted intracellularly and two apoplastically. Heterologous expression of a PTI-suppressing effector in Arabidopsis enhanced bacterial susceptibility. Consistent with an intracellular activity, host cell uptake of five effectors, but not of the apoplastically acting ones, was detected in Fo-infected Arabidopsis roots. Multiple Fo effectors targeted PTI signalling, uncovering a surprising overlap in infection strategies between foliar and root pathogens. Extracellular targeting of flg22 signalling by a microbial effector provides a new mechanism on how plant pathogens manipulate their host. Effector translocation appears independent of protein size, charge, presence of conserved motifs or the promoter driving its expression.
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- Nico Tintor
- Molecular Plant PathologySILSUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 942151090 GEAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySILSUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 942151090 GEAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySILSUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 942151090 GEAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant PathologySILSUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 942151090 GEAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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Nicking Endonuclease-Mediated Vector Construction Strategies for Plant Gene Functional Research. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9091090. [PMID: 32854250 PMCID: PMC7570347 DOI: 10.3390/plants9091090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Plant genetic engineering vectors, such as RNA interference (RNAi) and CRISPR/Cas9 vectors, are important tools for plant functional genomics. Efficient construction of these functional vectors can facilitate the study of gene function. Although some methods for vector construction have been reported, their operations are still complicated and costly. Here, we describe a simpler and low-cost vector construction method by nicking endonucleases-mediated DNA assembly (NEMDA), which uses nicking endonucleases to generate single-strand overhanging complementary ends for rapid assembly of DNA fragments into plasmids. Using this approach, we rapidly completed the construction of four RNAi vectors and a CRISPR/Cas9 knockout vector with five single-guide RNA (sgRNA)-expression cassettes for multiplex genome editing, and successfully achieved the goal of decreasing the expression of the target genes and knocking out the target genes at the same time in rice. These results indicate the great potential of NEMDA in assembling DNA fragments and constructing plasmids for molecular biology and functional genomics.
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TaTLP1 interacts with TaPR1 to contribute to wheat defense responses to leaf rust fungus. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008713. [PMID: 32658889 PMCID: PMC7357741 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Thaumatin-like proteins (TLPs), which are defined as pathogenesis-related protein family 5 (PR5) members, are common plant proteins involved in defense responses and confer antifungal activity against many plant pathogens. Our earlier studies have reported that the TaTLP1 gene was isolated from wheat and proved to be involved in wheat defense in response to leaf rust attack. The present study aims to identify the interacting proteins of TaTLP1 and characterize the role of the interaction between wheat and Puccinia triticina (Pt). Pull-down experiments designed to isolate the molecular target of TaTLP1 in tobacco resulted in the identification of TaPR1, a pathogenesis-related protein of family 1, and the interaction between TaTLP1 and TaPR1 was confirmed by yeast two-hybrid experiments (Y2H), bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), and co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP). In vitro, TaTLP1 and TaPR1 together increased antifungal activity against Pt. In vivo, the disease resistance phenotype, histological observations of fungal growth and host responses, and accumulation of H2O2 in TaTLP1-TaPR1 in co-silenced plants indicated that co-silencing significantly enhanced wheat susceptibility compared to single knockdown TaTLP1 or TaPR1 plants. The accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was significantly reduced in co-silenced plants compared to controls during Pt infection, which suggested that the TaTLP1-TaPR1 interaction positively modulates wheat resistance to Pt in an ROS-dependent manner. Our findings provide new insights for understanding the roles of two different PRs, TaTLP1 and TaPR1, in wheat resistance to leaf rust.
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Richard MMS, Knip M, Aalders T, Beijaert MS, Takken FLW. Unlike Many Disease Resistances, Rx1-Mediated Immunity to Potato Virus X Is Not Compromised at Elevated Temperatures. Front Genet 2020; 11:417. [PMID: 32391063 PMCID: PMC7193704 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Specificity in the plant immune system is mediated by Resistance (R) proteins. Most R genes encode intracellular NLR-type immune receptors and these pathogen sensors require helper NLRs to activate immune signaling upon pathogen perception. Resistance conferred by many R genes is temperature sensitive and compromised above 28°C. Many Solanaceae R genes, including the potato NLR Rx1 conferring resistance to Potato Virus X (PVX), have been reported to be temperature labile. Rx1 activity, like many Solanaceae NLRs, depends on helper-NLRs called NRC's. In this study, we investigated Rx1 resistance at elevated temperatures in potato and in Nicotiana benthamiana plants stably expressing Rx1 upon rub-inoculation with GFP-expressing PVX particles. In parallel, we used susceptible plants as a control to assess infectiousness of PVX at a range of different temperatures. Surprisingly, we found that Rx1 confers virus resistance in N. benthamiana up to 32°C, a temperature at which the PVX::GFP lost infectiousness. Furthermore, at 34°C, an Rx1-mediated hypersensitive response could still be triggered in N. benthamiana upon PVX Coat-Protein overexpression. As the Rx1-immune signaling pathway is not temperature compromised, this implies that at least one N. benthamiana helper NRC and its downstream signaling components are temperature tolerant. This finding suggests that the temperature sensitivity for Solanaceous resistances is likely attributable to the sensor NLR and not to its downstream signaling components.
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- Manon M S Richard
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Schumacher S, Grosser K, Voegele RT, Kassemeyer HH, Fuchs R. Identification and Characterization of Nep1-Like Proteins From the Grapevine Downy Mildew Pathogen Plasmopara viticola. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:65. [PMID: 32117400 PMCID: PMC7031652 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The obligate biotrophic oomycete Plasmopara viticola causes tremendous problems in viticulture by evoking grapevine downy mildew. P. viticola, like other plant pathogens, achieves infection by suppression of plant innate immunity by secretion of effector molecules into its host plant. An ever-expanding family of proteins with effector-like characteristics is formed by the "Necrosis and Ethylene inducing peptide 1 (Nep1)-like proteins" (NLPs). NLPs can be divided into two groups by their ability to induce necrosis. While cytotoxic NLPs may act as virulence factors for a necrotrophic or hemibiotrophic plant pathogen, the role of non-cytotoxic NLPs is so far unknown. In this study, we identified eight independent NLPs in P. viticola and selected three for functional analysis. While one was identified as a putative pseudo gene, two contain all so far described critical key elements for necrosis formation except for an N-terminal signal peptide. Further characterization revealed that none of the putative necrosis elicitors was able to actually induce necrosis, neither in several susceptible or resistant Vitis species nor in the dicot model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. This inability exists independently of the presence or absence of a signal peptide. However, any possible mechanism for the suppression of the ability to induce necrosis in planta was not detected. Interestingly, expression analysis of the presumed pseudo gene revealed remarkable differences between pure sporangia solution and sporangia in the presence of leaf material. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this kind of regulation that suggests an important function of so far nonfunctional "pseudo" NLP genes during the first hours of infection.
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- Stefan Schumacher
- Section of Phytopathology and Diagnosis, Department of Biology, State Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Freiburg, Germany
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- Section of Phytopathology and Diagnosis, Department of Biology, State Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Phytopathology, Institute of Phytomedicine (360), Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Section of Phytopathology and Diagnosis, Department of Biology, State Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Freiburg, Germany
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- Section of Phytopathology and Diagnosis, Department of Biology, State Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Freiburg, Germany
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Liu C, Peng H, Li X, Liu C, Lv X, Wei X, Zou A, Zhang J, Fan G, Ma G, Ma L, Sun X. Genome-wide analysis of NDR1/HIN1-like genes in pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) and functional characterization of CaNHL4 under biotic and abiotic stresses. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2020; 7:93. [PMID: 32528705 PMCID: PMC7261774 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-0318-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plant NDR1/HIN1-like (NHL) genes play an important role in triggering plant defenses in response to biotic stresses. In this study, we performed a genome-wide identification of the NHL genes in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and characterized the functional roles of these CaNHL genes in response to abiotic stresses and infection by different pathogens. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that CaNHLs can be classified into five distinct subgroups, with each group containing generic and specific motifs. Regulatory element analysis showed that the majority of the promoter regions of the identified CaNHLs contain jasmonic acid (JA)-responsive and salicylic acid (SA)-responsive elements, and transcriptomic analysis revealed that CaNHL genes are expressed in all the examined tissues of pepper. The CaNHL1, CaNHL4, CaNHL6, CaNHL10, CaNHL11, and CaNHL12 genes were significantly upregulated under abiotic stress as well as in response to different pathogens, such as TMV, Phytophthora capsici and Pseudomonas syringae. In addition, we found that CaNHL4 localizes to the plasma membrane. CaNHL4-silenced pepper plants display significantly increased susceptibility to TMV, Phytophthora capsici and Pseudomonas syringae, exhibiting reduced expression of JA-related and SA-related genes and reduced ROS production. However, transient overexpression of CaNHL4 in pepper increases the expression of JA-related and SA-related genes, enhances the accumulation of ROS, and inhibits the infection of these three pathogens. Collectively, for the first time, we identified the NHL genes in pepper and demonstrated that CaNHL4 is involved in the production of ROS and that it also regulates the expression of JA-related and SA-related genes in response to different pathogens, suggesting that members of the CaNHL family play an essential role in the disease resistance of pepper.
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- Changyun Liu
- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, 071001 Baoding, China
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- Laboratory of plant immunity and ecological control of plant disease, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, 400716 Chongqing, China
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Seifbarghi S, Borhan MH, Wei Y, Ma L, Coutu C, Bekkaoui D, Hegedus DD. Receptor-Like Kinases BAK1 and SOBIR1 Are Required for Necrotizing Activity of a Novel Group of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Necrosis-Inducing Effectors. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1021. [PMID: 32754179 PMCID: PMC7367142 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a characteristic necrotrophic plant pathogen and is dependent on the induction of host cell death for nutrient acquisition. To identify necrosis-inducing effectors, the genome of S. sclerotiorum was scanned for genes encoding small, secreted, cysteine-rich proteins. These potential effectors were tested for their ability to induce necrosis in Nicotiana benthamiana via Agrobacterium-mediated expression and for cellular localization in host cells. Six novel proteins were discovered, of which all but one required a signal peptide for export to the apoplast for necrotizing activity. Virus-induced gene silencing revealed that the five necrosis-inducing effectors with a requirement for secretion also required the plant co-receptor-like kinases Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1-Associated Receptor Kinase 1 (BAK1) and Suppressor of BAK1-Interacting Receptor-like Kinase 1 (SOBIR1) for the induction of necrosis. S. sclerotiorum necrosis-inducing effector 2 (SsNE2) represented a new class of necrosis-inducing proteins as orthologs were identified in several other phytopathogenic fungi that were also capable of inducing necrosis. Substitution of conserved cysteine residues with alanine reduced, but did not abolish, the necrotizing activity of SsNE2 and full-length protein was required for function as peptides spanning the entire protein were unable to induce necrosis. These results illustrate the importance of necrosis-inducing effectors for S. sclerotiorum virulence and the role of host extracellular receptor(s) in effector-triggered susceptibility to this pathogen.
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- Shirin Seifbarghi
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- *Correspondence: Dwayne D. Hegedus,
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