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Szatmári Á, Móricz ÁM, Schwarczinger I, Kolozsváriné Nagy J, Alberti Á, Pogány M, Bozsó Z. A pattern-triggered immunity-related phenolic, acetosyringone, boosts rapid inhibition of a diverse set of plant pathogenic bacteria. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:153. [PMID: 33765920 PMCID: PMC7992983 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-02928-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acetosyringone (3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyacetophenone, AS) is a syringyl-type phenolic compound rarely found in plants in free form. It has been shown earlier to inhibit the growth of Pseudomonas bacteria in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and peroxidase (AS mix). RESULTS We detected elevated levels of free AS in Nicotiana tabacum and N. benthamiana plants after inducing pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) by injecting bacterial elicitor flg22, or pathogenicity-mutant Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61 hrcC- bacteria; but not after inoculations with compatible or incompatible pathogens at the time of PTI onset. In this study, we demonstrate that the antibacterial effect of the AS mix is general, as growth of several Gram-negative and -positive phytopathogenic bacteria was characteristically inhibited. The inhibition of bacterial metabolism by the AS mix was rapid, shown by the immediate drop of luminescence intensity of P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 lx strain after addition of AS mix. The mechanism of the bacteriostatic effect was investigated using fluorescent reporter dye assays. SYTOX Green experiments supported others' previous findings that the AS mix does not result in membrane permeabilization. Moreover, we observed that the mode of action could be depolarization of the bacterial cell membrane, as shown by assays carried out with the voltage sensitive dye DIBAC4(3). CONCLUSIONS Level of free acetosyringone is elevated during plant PTI responses in tobacco leaves (N. tabacum and N. benthamiana). When combined with hydrogen peroxide and peroxidase (AS mix), components of the mix act synergistically to inhibit bacterial metabolism and proliferation rapidly in a wide range of plant pathogens. This effect is related to depolarization rather than to permeabilization of the bacterial cell membrane. Similar AS mixture to the in vivo model might form locally at sites of invading bacterial attachment to the plant cells and the presence of acetosyringone might have an important role in the inhibition of bacterial proliferation during PTI.
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- Ágnes Szatmári
- Plant Protection Institute, ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó St. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary.
- Present address: Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, ELKH Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, Budapest, 1117, Hungary.
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- Plant Protection Institute, ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó St. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó St. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó St. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Semmelweis University, Üllői St. 26, Budapest, 1085, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó St. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Ottó St. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary.
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Kim Y, Miyashita M, Miyagawa H. Early signaling events induced by the peptide elicitor PIP-1 necessary for acetosyringone accumulation in tobacco cells. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 80:1054-7. [PMID: 26924306 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1151342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A peptide elicitor PIP-1 induces defense-related secondary metabolites such as phytoalexin capsidiol in tobacco cells. In this study, we identified one of other metabolites induced by PIP-1 as acetosyringone. Unlike capsidiol accumulation that requires long-term stimulation with PIP-1, acetosyringone was induced by short-term stimulation with PIP-1. The importance of NADPH oxidase in the acetosyringone induction was also demonstrated.
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- Yonghyun Kim
- a Division of Applied Life Sciences , Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University , Kyoto , Japan
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- a Division of Applied Life Sciences , Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University , Kyoto , Japan
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- a Division of Applied Life Sciences , Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University , Kyoto , Japan
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Khalil MNA, Brandt W, Beuerle T, Reckwell D, Groeneveld J, Hänsch R, Gaid MM, Liu B, Beerhues L. O-Methyltransferases involved in biphenyl and dibenzofuran biosynthesis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 83:263-76. [PMID: 26017378 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Biphenyls and dibenzofurans are the phytoalexins of the Malinae involving apple and pear. Biosynthesis of the defence compounds includes two O-methylation reactions. cDNAs encoding the O-methyltransferase (OMT) enzymes were isolated from rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) cell cultures after treatment with an elicitor preparation from the scab-causing fungus, Venturia inaequalis. The preferred substrate for SaOMT1 was 3,5-dihydroxybiphenyl, supplied by the first pathway-specific enzyme, biphenyl synthase (BIS). 3,5-Dihydroxybiphenyl underwent a single methylation reaction in the presence of S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM). The second enzyme, SaOMT2, exhibited its highest affinity for noraucuparin, however the turnover rate was greater with 5-hydroxyferulic acid. Both substrates were only methylated at the meta-positioned hydroxyl group. The substrate specificities of the OMTs and the regiospecificities of their reactions were rationalized by homology modeling and substrate docking. Interaction of the substrates with SAM also took place at a position other than the sulfur group. Expression of SaOMT1, SaOMT2 and SaBIS3 was transiently induced in rowan cell cultures by the addition of the fungal elicitor. While the immediate SaOMT1 products were not detectable in elicitor-treated cell cultures, noraucuparin and noreriobofuran accumulated transiently, followed by increasing levels of the SaOMT2 products aucuparin and eriobofuran. SaOMT1, SaOMT2 and SaBIS3 were N- and C-terminally fused with the super cyan fluorescent protein and a modified yellow fluorescent protein, respectively. All the fluorescent reporter fusions were localized to the cytoplasm of Nicotiana benthamiana leaf epidermis cells. A revised biosynthetic pathway of biphenyls and dibenzofurans in the Malinae is presented.
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- Mohammed N A Khalil
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Humboldtstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr 1, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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