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Proteomic Analysis of Proteins Related to Defense Responses in Arabidopsis Plants Transformed with the rolB Oncogene. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24031880. [PMID: 36768198 PMCID: PMC9915171 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24031880] [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: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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During Agrobacterium rhizogenes-plant interaction, the rolB gene is transferred into the plant genome and is stably inherited in the plant's offspring. Among the numerous effects of rolB on plant metabolism, including the activation of secondary metabolism, its effect on plant defense systems has not been sufficiently studied. In this work, we performed a proteomic analysis of rolB-expressing Arabidopsis thaliana plants with particular focus on defense proteins. We found a total of 77 overexpressed proteins and 64 underexpressed proteins in rolB-transformed plants using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and MALDI mass spectrometry. In the rolB-transformed plants, we found a reduced amount of scaffold proteins RACK1A, RACK1B, and RACK1C, which are known as receptors for activated C-kinase 1. The proteomic analysis showed that rolB could suppress the plant immune system by suppressing the RNA-binding proteins GRP7, CP29B, and CP31B, which action are similar to the action of type-III bacterial effectors. At the same time, rolB plants induce the massive biosynthesis of protective proteins VSP1 and VSP2, as well as pathogenesis-related protein PR-4, which are markers of the activated jasmonate pathway. The increased contents of glutathione-S-transferases F6, F2, F10, U19, and DHAR1 and the osmotin-like defense protein OSM34 were found. The defense-associated protein PCaP1, which is required for oligogalacturonide-induced priming and immunity, was upregulated. Moreover, rolB-transformed plants showed the activation of all components of the PYK10 defense complex that is involved in the metabolism of glucosinolates. We hypothesized that various defense systems activated by rolB protect the host plant from competing phytopathogens and created an effective ecological niche for A. rhizogenes. A RolB → RACK1A signaling module was proposed that might exert most of the rolB-mediated effects on plant physiology. Our proteomics data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD037959.
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Nerva L, Garcia JF, Favaretto F, Giudice G, Moffa L, Sandrini M, Cantu D, Zanzotto A, Gardiman M, Velasco R, Gambino G, Chitarra W. The hidden world within plants: metatranscriptomics unveils the complexity of wood microbiomes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:2682-2697. [PMID: 35106548 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The importance of plants as complex entities influenced by genomes of the associated microorganisms is now seen as a new source of variability for a more sustainable agriculture, also in the light of ongoing climate change. For this reason, we investigated through metatranscriptomics whether the taxa profile and behaviour of microbial communities associated with the wood of 20-year-old grapevine plants are influenced by the health status of the host. We report for the first time a metatranscriptome from a complex tissue in a real environment, highlighting that this approach is able to define the microbial community better than referenced transcriptomic approaches. In parallel, the use of total RNA enabled the identification of bacterial taxa in healthy samples that, once isolated from the original wood tissue, displayed potential biocontrol activities against a wood-degrading fungal taxon. Furthermore, we revealed an unprecedented high number of new viral entities (~120 new viral species among 180 identified) associated with a single and limited environment and with potential impact on the whole holobiont. Taken together, our results suggest a complex multitrophic interaction in which the viral community also plays a crucial role in raising new ecological questions for the exploitation of microbial-assisted sustainable agriculture.
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- Luca Nerva
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, CNR, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95618, USA
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
- University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Animals, Food, Natural Resources and Environment (DAFNAE), Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
- University of Milano, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (DiSAA), Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
- University of Udine, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
- University of Udine, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95618, USA
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, CNR, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015 Conegliano (TV), Italy
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, CNR, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy
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Bassal M, Abukhalaf M, Majovsky P, Thieme D, Herr T, Ayash M, Tabassum N, Al Shweiki MR, Proksch C, Hmedat A, Ziegler J, Lee J, Neumann S, Hoehenwarter W. Reshaping of the Arabidopsis thaliana Proteome Landscape and Co-regulation of Proteins in Development and Immunity. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:1709-1732. [PMID: 33007468 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Proteome remodeling is a fundamental adaptive response, and proteins in complexes and functionally related proteins are often co-expressed. Using a deep sampling strategy we define core proteomes of Arabidopsis thaliana tissues with around 10 000 proteins per tissue, and absolutely quantify (copy numbers per cell) nearly 16 000 proteins throughout the plant lifecycle. A proteome-wide survey of global post-translational modification revealed amino acid exchanges pointing to potential conservation of translational infidelity in eukaryotes. Correlation analysis of protein abundance uncovered potentially new tissue- and age-specific roles of entire signaling modules regulating transcription in photosynthesis, seed development, and senescence and abscission. Among others, the data suggest a potential function of RD26 and other NAC transcription factors in seed development related to desiccation tolerance as well as a possible function of cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRKs) as ROS sensors in senescence. All of the components of ribosome biogenesis factor (RBF) complexes were found to be co-expressed in a tissue- and age-specific manner, indicating functional promiscuity in the assembly of these less-studied protein complexes in Arabidopsis.Furthermore, we characterized detailed proteome remodeling in basal immunity by treating Arabidopsis seeldings with flg22. Through simultaneously monitoring phytohormone and transcript changes upon flg22 treatment, we obtained strong evidence of suppression of jasmonate (JA) and JA-isoleucine (JA-Ile) levels by deconjugation and hydroxylation by IAA-ALA RESISTANT3 (IAR3) and JASMONATE-INDUCED OXYGENASE 2 (JOX2), respectively, under the control of JASMONATE INSENSITIVE 1 (MYC2), suggesting an unrecognized role of a new JA regulatory switch in pattern-triggered immunity. Taken together, the datasets generated in this study present extensive coverage of the Arabidopsis proteome in various biological scenarios, providing a rich resource available to the whole plant science community.
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- Mona Bassal
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Plant Interactions Department, Proteome Biology of Plant Interactions Research Group, Weinberg 3, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany.
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Differential Alternative Splicing Genes and Isoform Regulation Networks of Rapeseed ( Brassica napus L.) Infected with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11070784. [PMID: 32668742 PMCID: PMC7397149 DOI: 10.3390/genes11070784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Alternative splicing (AS) is a post-transcriptional level of gene expression regulation that increases transcriptome and proteome diversity. How the AS landscape of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) changes in response to the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is unknown. Here, we analyzed 18 RNA-seq libraries of mock-inoculated and S. sclerotiorum-inoculated susceptible and tolerant B. napus plants. We found that infection increased AS, with intron retention being the main AS event. To determine the key genes functioning in the AS response, we performed a differential AS (DAS) analysis. We identified 79 DAS genes, including those encoding splicing factors, defense response proteins, crucial transcription factors and enzymes. We generated coexpression networks based on the splicing isoforms, rather than the genes, to explore the genes’ diverse functions. Using this weighted gene coexpression network analysis alongside a gene ontology enrichment analysis, we identified 11 modules putatively involved in the pathogen defense response. Within these regulatory modules, six DAS genes (ascorbate peroxidase 1, ser/arg-rich protein 34a, unknown function 1138, nitrilase 2, v-atpase f, and amino acid transporter 1) were considered to encode key isoforms involved in the defense response. This study provides insight into the post-transcriptional response of B. napus to S. sclerotiorum infection.
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Identifying the Genes Regulated by AtWRKY6 Using Comparative Transcript and Proteomic Analysis under Phosphorus Deficiency. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18051046. [PMID: 28498313 PMCID: PMC5454958 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18051046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Phosphorus (P) is an important mineral nutrient for plant growth and development. Overexpressing AtWRKY6 (35S:WRKY6-9) was more sensitive and wrky6 (wrky6-1) was more resistant under low Pi conditions. To better understand the function of AtWRKY6 under low phosphate stress conditions, we applied two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) to analyse differentially expressed proteins in the shoots and roots between wild type, 35S:WRKY6-9 and wrky6-1 after phosphorus deficiency treatment for three days. The results showed 88 differentially abundant protein spots, which were identified between the shoots and roots of 35S:WRKY6-9 and wrky6-1 plants. In addition, 59 differentially expressed proteins were identified in the leaves and roots of 35S:WRKY6-9 plants. After analysis, 9 genes with W-box elements in their promoter sequences were identified in the leaves, while 6 genes with W-box elements in their promoter sequences were identified in the roots. A total of 8 genes were identified as potential target genes according to the quantitative PCR (QPCR) and two dimension difference gel electrophoresis, (2D-DIGE) results, including ATP synthase, gln synthetase, nitrilase, 14-3-3 protein, carbonic anhydrases 2, and tryptophan synthase. These results provide important information concerning the AtWRKY6 regulation network and reveal potential vital target genes of AtWRKY6 under low phosphorus stress. two dimension difference gel electrophoresis, 2D-DIGE.
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