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Guarneri N, Willig JJ, Willemsen V, Goverse A, Sterken MG, Nibbering P, Lozano Torres JL, Smant G. WOX11-mediated cell size control in Arabidopsis attenuates growth and fecundity of endoparasitic cyst nematodes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39276334 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Cyst nematodes establish permanent feeding structures called syncytia inside the host root vasculature, disrupting the flow of water and minerals. In response, plants form WOX11-mediated adventitious lateral roots at nematode infection sites. WOX11 adventitious lateral rooting modulates tolerance to nematode infections; however, whether this also benefits nematode parasitism remains unknown. Here, we report on bioassays using a 35S::WOX11-SRDX transcriptional repressor mutant to investigate whether WOX11 adventitious lateral rooting promotes syncytium development and thereby female growth and fecundity. Moreover, we chemically inhibited cellulose biosynthesis to verify if WOX11 directly modulates cell wall plasticity in syncytia. Finally, we performed histochemical analyses to test if WOX11 mediates syncytial cell wall plasticity via reactive oxygen species (ROS). Repression of WOX11-mediated transcription specifically enhanced the radial expansion of syncytial elements, increasing both syncytium size and female offspring. The enhanced syncytial hypertrophy observed in the 35S::WOX11-SRDX mutant could be phenocopied by chemical inhibition of cellulose biosynthesis and was associated with elevated levels of ROS at nematode infection sites. We, therefore, conclude that WOX11 restricts radial expansion of nematode-feeding structures and female growth and fecundity, likely by modulating ROS-mediated cell wall plasticity mechanisms. Remarkably, this novel role of WOX11 in plant cell size control is distinct from WOX11 adventitious lateral rooting underlying disease tolerance.
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- Nina Guarneri
- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, Cluster of Plant Developmental Biology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, the Netherlands
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Proteomic, Transcriptomic, Mutational, and Functional Assays Reveal the Involvement of Both THF and PLP Sites at the GmSHMT08 in Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911278. [PMID: 36232579 PMCID: PMC9570156 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT; E.C. 2.1.2.1) is involved in the interconversion of serine/glycine and tetrahydrofolate (THF)/5,10-methylene THF, playing a key role in one-carbon metabolism, the de novo purine pathway, cellular methylation reactions, redox homeostasis maintenance, and methionine and thymidylate synthesis. GmSHMT08 is the soybean gene underlying soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance at the Rhg4 locus. GmSHMT08 protein contains four tetrahydrofolate (THF) cofactor binding sites (L129, L135, F284, N374) and six pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) cofactor binding/catalysis sites (Y59, G106, G107, H134, S190A, H218). In the current study, proteomic analysis of a data set of protein complex immunoprecipitated using GmSHMT08 antibodies under SCN infected soybean roots reveals the presence of enriched pathways that mainly use glycine/serine as a substrate (glyoxylate cycle, redox homeostasis, glycolysis, and heme biosynthesis). Root and leaf transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes under SCN infection supported the proteomic data, pointing directly to the involvement of the interconversion reaction carried out by the serine hydroxymethyltransferase enzyme. Direct site mutagenesis revealed that all mutated THF and PLP sites at the GmSHMT08 resulted in increased SCN resistance. We have shown the involvement of PLP sites in SCN resistance. Specially, the effect of the two Y59 and S190 PLP sites was more drastic than the tested THF sites. This unprecedented finding will help us to identify the biological outcomes of THF and PLP residues at the GmSHMT08 and to understand SCN resistance mechanisms.
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Tabassum N, Blilou I. Cell-to-Cell Communication During Plant-Pathogen Interaction. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:98-108. [PMID: 34664986 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-21-0221-cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Being sessile, plants are continuously challenged by changes in their surrounding environment and must survive and defend themselves against a multitude of pathogens. Plants have evolved a mode for pathogen recognition that activates signaling cascades such as reactive oxygen species, mitogen-activated protein kinase, and Ca2+ pathways, in coordination with hormone signaling, to execute the defense response at the local and systemic levels. Phytopathogens have evolved to manipulate cellular and hormonal signaling and exploit hosts' cell-to-cell connections in many ways at multiple levels. Overall, triumph over pathogens depends on how efficiently the pathogens are recognized and how rapidly the plant response is initiated through efficient intercellular communication via apoplastic and symplastic routes. Here, we review how intercellular communication in plants is mediated, manipulated, and maneuvered during plant-pathogen interaction.[Formula: see text] The author(s) have dedicated the work to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law, 2022.
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- Naheed Tabassum
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Holbein J, Franke RB, Marhavý P, Fujita S, Górecka M, Sobczak M, Geldner N, Schreiber L, Grundler FMW, Siddique S. Root endodermal barrier system contributes to defence against plant-parasitic cyst and root-knot nematodes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:221-236. [PMID: 31322300 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause tremendous yield losses worldwide in almost all economically important crops. The agriculturally most important PPNs belong to a small group of root-infecting sedentary endoparasites that includes cyst and root-knot nematodes. Both cyst and root-knot nematodes induce specialized long-term feeding structures in root vasculature from which they obtain their nutrients. A specialized cell layer in roots called the endodermis, which has cell walls reinforced with suberin deposits and a lignin-based Casparian strip (CS), protects the vascular cylinder against abiotic and biotic threats. To date, the role of the endodermis, and especially of suberin and the CS, during plant-nematode interactions was largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the role of suberin and CS during interaction between Arabidopsis plants and two sedentary root-parasitic nematode species, the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii and the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. We found that nematode infection damages the endodermis leading to the activation of suberin biosynthesis genes at nematode infection sites. Although feeding sites induced by both cyst and root-knot nematodes are surrounded by endodermis during early stages of infection, the endodermis is degraded during later stages of feeding site development, indicating periderm formation or ectopic suberization of adjacent tissue. Chemical suberin analysis showed a characteristic suberin composition resembling peridermal suberin in nematode-infected tissue. Notably, infection assays using Arabidopsis lines with CS defects and impaired compensatory suberization, revealed that the CS and suberization impact nematode infectivity and feeding site size. Taken together, our work establishes the role of the endodermal barrier system in defence against a soil-borne pathogen.
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- Julia Holbein
- INRES - Molecular Phytomedicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Ecophysiology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- IZMB - Ecophysiology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- INRES - Molecular Phytomedicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- INRES - Molecular Phytomedicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Li S, Chen Y, Zhu X, Wang Y, Jung KH, Chen L, Xuan Y, Duan Y. The transcriptomic changes of Huipizhi Heidou (Glycine max), a nematode-resistant black soybean during Heterodera glycines race 3 infection. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 220:96-104. [PMID: 29169106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 11/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Glycine max (soybean) is an extremely important crop, representing a major source of oil and protein for human beings. Heterodera glycines (soybean cyst nematode, SCN) infection severely reduces soybean production; therefore, protecting soybean from SCN has become an issue for breeders. Black soybean has exhibited a different grade of resistance to SCN. However, the underlying mechanism of Huipizhi Heidou resistance against SCN remains elusive. The Huipizhi Heidou (ZDD2315) and race 3 of Heterodera glycines were chosen to study the mechanism of resistance via examination of transcriptomic changes. After 5, 10, and 15days of SCN infection, whole roots were sampled for RNA extraction, and uninfected samples were simultaneously collected as a control. 740, 1413, and 4925 genes were isolated by padj (p-value adjusted)<0.05 after 5, 10, and 15days of the infection, respectively, and 225 differentially expressed genes were overlapped at all the time points. We found that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at 5, 10, and 15days after infection were involved in various biological function categories; in particular, induced genes were enriched in defense response, hormone mediated signaling process, and response to stress. To verify the pathways observed in the GO and KEGG enrichment results, effects of hormonal signaling in cyst-nematode infection were further examined via treatment with IAA (indo-3-acetic acid), salicylic acid (SA), gibberellic acid (GA), jasmonic acid (JA), and ethephon, a precursor of ethylene. The results indicate that five hormones led to a significant reduction of J2 number in the roots of Huipizhi Heidou and Liaodou15, representing SCN-resistant and susceptible lines, respectively. Taken together, our analyses are aimed at understanding the resistance mechanism of Huipizhi Heidou against the SCN race 3 via the dissection of transcriptomic changes upon J2 infection. The data presented here will help further research on the basis of soybean and cyst-nematode interaction.
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- Shuang Li
- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866,Shenyang, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866,Shenyang, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866,Shenyang, China
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- College of Biology science and technology, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866, Shenyang, China
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology & Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866,Shenyang, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866,Shenyang, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866,Shenyang, China.
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Ganusova EE, Rice JH, Carlew TS, Patel A, Perrodin-Njoku E, Hewezi T, Burch-Smith TM. Altered Expression of a Chloroplast Protein Affects the Outcome of Virus and Nematode Infection. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2017; 30:478-488. [PMID: 28323529 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-17-0031-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The chloroplast-resident RNA helicase ISE2 (INCREASED SIZE EXCLUSION LIMIT2) can modulate the formation and distribution of plasmodesmata and intercellular trafficking. We have determined that ISE2 expression is induced by viral infection. Therefore, the responses of Nicotiana benthamiana plants with varying levels of ISE2 expression to infection by Tobacco mosaic virus and Turnip mosaic virus were examined. Surprisingly, increased or decreased ISE2 expression led to faster viral systemic spread and, in some cases, enhanced systemic necrosis. The contributions of RNA silencing and hormone-mediated immune responses to the increased viral susceptibility of these plants were assessed. In addition, Arabidopsis thaliana plants with increased ISE2 expression were found to be more susceptible to infection by the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. Our analyses provide intriguing insights into unexpected functional roles of a chloroplast protein in mediating plant-pathogen interactions. The possible roles of plasmodesmata in determining the outcomes of these interactions are also discussed.
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- Elena E Ganusova
- 1 Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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- 2 Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee; and
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- 1 Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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- 1 Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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- 3 National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, U.S.A
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- 2 Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee; and
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- 1 Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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Rodiuc N, Vieira P, Banora MY, de Almeida Engler J. On the track of transfer cell formation by specialized plant-parasitic nematodes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:160. [PMID: 24847336 PMCID: PMC4017147 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Transfer cells are ubiquitous plant cells that play an important role in plant development as well as in responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. They are highly specialized and differentiated cells playing a central role in the acquisition, distribution and exchange of nutrients. Their unique structural traits are characterized by augmented ingrowths of invaginated secondary wall material, unsheathed by an amplified area of plasma membrane enriched in a suite of solute transporters. Similar morphological features can be perceived in vascular root feeding cells induced by sedentary plant-parasitic nematodes, such as root-knot and cyst nematodes, in a wide range of plant hosts. Despite their close phylogenetic relationship, these obligatory biotrophic plant pathogens engage different approaches when reprogramming root cells into giant cells or syncytia, respectively. Both nematode feeding-cells types will serve as the main source of nutrients until the end of the nematode life cycle. In both cases, these nematodes are able to remarkably maneuver and reprogram plant host cells. In this review we will discuss the structure, function and formation of these specialized multinucleate cells that act as nutrient transfer cells accumulating and synthesizing components needed for survival and successful offspring of plant-parasitic nematodes. Plant cells with transfer-like functions are also a renowned subject of interest involving still poorly understood molecular and cellular transport processes.
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- Natalia Rodiuc
- Laboratório de Interação Molecular Planta-Praga, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEBBrasília, Brasil
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- NemaLab – Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de ÉvoraÉvora, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Interação Molecular Planta-Praga, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEBBrasília, Brasil
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Plant, Health and Environment, Plant-Nematodes Interaction Team, UMR 1355 ISA/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7254 ISA/Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, UMR ISASophia-Antipolis, France
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Bohlmann H, Sobczak M. The plant cell wall in the feeding sites of cyst nematodes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:89. [PMID: 24678316 PMCID: PMC3958752 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plant parasitic cyst nematodes (genera Heterodera and Globodera) are serious pests for many crops. They enter the host roots as migratory second stage juveniles (J2) and migrate intracellularly toward the vascular cylinder using their stylet and a set of cell wall degrading enzymes produced in the pharyngeal glands. They select an initial syncytial cell (ISC) within the vascular cylinder or inner cortex layers to induce the formation of a multicellular feeding site called a syncytium, which is the only source of nutrients for the parasite during its entire life. A syncytium can consist of more than hundred cells whose protoplasts are fused together through local cell wall dissolutions. While the nematode produces a cocktail of cell wall degrading and modifying enzymes during migration through the root, the cell wall degradations occurring during syncytium development are due to the plants own cell wall modifying and degrading proteins. The outer syncytial cell wall thickens to withstand the increasing osmotic pressure inside the syncytium. Furthermore, pronounced cell wall ingrowths can be formed on the outer syncytial wall at the interface with xylem vessels. They increase the surface of the symplast-apoplast interface, thus enhancing nutrient uptake into the syncytium. Processes of cell wall degradation, synthesis and modification in the syncytium are facilitated by a variety of plant proteins and enzymes including expansins, glucanases, pectate lyases and cellulose synthases, which are produced inside the syncytium or in cells surrounding the syncytium.
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- Holger Bohlmann
- Division of Plant Protection, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life SciencesVienna, Austria
- *Correspondence: Holger Bohlmann, Division of Plant Protection, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, UFT Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Str. 24, Vienna, 3430 Tulln, Austria e-mail:
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- Department of Botany, Warsaw University of Life SciencesWarsaw, Poland
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Kyndt T, Vieira P, Gheysen G, de Almeida-Engler J. Nematode feeding sites: unique organs in plant roots. PLANTA 2013; 238:807-18. [PMID: 23824525 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-1923-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Although generally unnoticed, nearly all crop plants have one or more species of nematodes that feed on their roots, frequently causing tremendous yield losses. The group of sedentary nematodes, which are among the most damaging plant-parasitic nematodes, cause the formation of special organs called nematode feeding sites (NFS) in the root tissue. In this review we discuss key metabolic and cellular changes correlated with NFS development, and similarities and discrepancies between different types of NFS are highlighted.
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- Tina Kyndt
- Department Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University (UGent), Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium,
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Daneshkhah R, Cabello S, Rozanska E, Sobczak M, Grundler FMW, Wieczorek K, Hofmann J. Piriformospora indica antagonizes cyst nematode infection and development in Arabidopsis roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:3763-74. [PMID: 23956413 PMCID: PMC3745735 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The beneficial endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica colonizes the roots of many plant species, including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Its colonization promotes plant growth, development, and seed production as well as resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. In the present work, P. indica was tested as potential antagonist of the sedentary plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii. This biotrophic cyst-forming nematode induces severe host plant damage by changing the morphogenesis and physiology of infected roots. Here it is shown that P. indica colonization, as well as the application of fungal exudates and cell-wall extracts, significantly affects the vitality, infectivity, development, and reproduction of H. schachtii.
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- R. Daneshkhah
- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Plant Protection, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Plant Protection, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Molecular Phytomedicine, University Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Str. 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Plant Protection, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Plant Protection, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Hofmann J, Youssef-Banora M, de Almeida-Engler J, Grundler FMW. The role of callose deposition along plasmodesmata in nematode feeding sites. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:549-57. [PMID: 20367463 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-5-0549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Infective second-stage juveniles of the obligate plant-parasitic root-knot and cyst nematodes invade plant roots to induce specialized feeding structures. Here, we present data on the distribution of plasmodesmata in cell walls of syncytia and giant cells induced by cyst and root-knot nematodes. An Arabidopsis and a tobacco line were used, containing viral movement proteins fused to green fluorescent protein as a localization marker for plasmodesmata. Plasmodesmata were detected in walls between giant cells but also in walls toward neighboring cells. In syncytia, plasmodesmata were mainly detected at later stages. In young syncytia, few plasmodesmata were observed and a specific temporal callose deposition along plasmodesmata indicated impaired symplasmic exchange. In order to study the relevance of callose deposition for successful cyst nematode development in Arabidopsis, two mutant lines inhibited in callose synthesis and degradation, respectively, were used in nematode infection assays. Histological analyses showed that syncytia were smaller when callose degradation was reduced, indicating a significant importance of this process to cyst nematode development.
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- Julia Hofmann
- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU--University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna.
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Goto DB, Fosu-Nyarko J, Sakuma F, Sadler J, Flottman-Reid M, Uehara T, Kondo N, Yamaguchi J, Jones MGK. In planta observation of live fluorescent plant endoparasitic nematodes during early stages of infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.3725/jjn.40.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Szakasits D, Heinen P, Wieczorek K, Hofmann J, Wagner F, Kreil DP, Sykacek P, Grundler FMW, Bohlmann H. The transcriptome of syncytia induced by the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis roots. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 57:771-84. [PMID: 18980640 PMCID: PMC2667683 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03727.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2008] [Revised: 07/10/2008] [Accepted: 09/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana is a host for the sugar beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. Juvenile nematodes invade the roots and induce the development of a syncytium, which functions as a feeding site for the nematode. Here, we report on the transcriptome of syncytia induced in the roots of Arabidopsis. Microaspiration was employed to harvest pure syncytium material, which was then used to prepare RNA for hybridization to Affymetrix GeneChips. Initial data analysis showed that the gene expression in syncytia at 5 and 15 days post-infection did not differ greatly, and so both time points were compared together with control roots. Out of a total of 21 138 genes, 18.4% (3893) had a higher expression level and 15.8% (3338) had a lower expression level in syncytia, as compared with control roots, using a multiple-testing corrected false discovery rate of below 5%. A gene ontology (GO) analysis of up- and downregulated genes showed that categories related to high metabolic activity were preferentially upregulated. A principal component analysis was applied to compare the transcriptome of syncytia with the transcriptome of different Arabidopsis organs (obtained by the AtGenExpress project), and with specific root tissues. This analysis revealed that syncytia are transcriptionally clearly different from roots (and all other organs), as well as from other root tissues.
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- Dagmar Szakasits
- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- RZPD German Resource Center for Genome ResearchBerlin, Germany
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- WWTF Chair of Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- WWTF Chair of Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
- * For correspondence (fax: +43 1 47654 3359; e-mail )
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Hofmann J, Hess PH, Szakasits D, Blöchl A, Wieczorek K, Daxböck-Horvath S, Bohlmann H, van Bel AJE, Grundler FMW. Diversity and activity of sugar transporters in nematode-induced root syncytia. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:3085-95. [PMID: 19487386 PMCID: PMC2718214 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2009] [Revised: 04/04/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii stimulates plant root cells to form syncytial feeding structures which synthesize all nutrients required for successful nematode development. Cellular re-arrangements and modified metabolism of the syncytia are accompanied by massive intra- and intercellular solute allocations. In this study the expression of all genes annotated as sugar transporters in the Arabidopsis Membrane Protein Library was investigated by Affymetrix gene chip analysis in young and fully developed syncytia compared with non-infected Arabidopsis thaliana roots. The expression of three highly up-regulated (STP12, MEX1, and GTP2) and three highly down-regulated genes (SFP1, STP7, and STP4) was analysed by quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). The most up-regulated gene (STP12) was chosen for further in-depth studies using in situ RT-PCR and a nematode development assay with a T-DNA insertion line revealing a significant reduction of male nematode development. The specific role of STP12 expression in syncytia of male juveniles compared with those of female juveniles was further shown by qRT-PCR. In order to provide evidence for sugar transporter activity across the plasma membrane of syncytia, fluorescence-labelled glucose was used and membrane potential recordings following the application of several sugars were performed. Analyses of soluble sugar pools revealed a highly specific composition in syncytia. The presented work demonstrates that sugar transporters are specifically expressed and active in syncytia, indicating a profound role in inter- and intracelluar transport processes.
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- Julia Hofmann
- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Institute of General Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Senckenbergstr. 17, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Institute of General Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Senckenbergstr. 17, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Molecular Insights in the Susceptible Plant Response to Nematode Infection. CELL BIOLOGY OF PLANT NEMATODE PARASITISM 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85215-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hofmann J, Grundler FM. Starch as a sugar reservoir for nematode-induced syncytia. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2008; 3:961-962. [PMID: 19704419 PMCID: PMC2633742 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2008] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The plant parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii invades the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana to induce nematode feeding structures in the central cylinder. During nematode development, the parasites feed exclusively from these structures. Thus, high sugar import and specific sugar processing of the affected plant cells is crucial for nematode development. In the present work, we found starch accumulation in nematode feeding structures and therefore studied the expression genes involved in the starch metabolic pathway. The importance of starch synthesis was further shown using the Atss1 mutant line. As it is rather surprising to find starch accumulation in cells characterised by a high nutrient loss, we speculate that starch serves as long- and short-term carbohydrate storage to compensate the staggering feeding behaviour of the parasites.
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- Julia Hofmann
- Institute of Plant Protection; Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology; BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna; Vienna Austria
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Molecular Insights in the Susceptible Plant Response to Nematode Infection. PLANT CELL MONOGRAPHS 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/7089_2008_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Hofmann J, Szakasits D, Blöchl A, Sobczak M, Daxböck-Horvath S, Golinowski W, Bohlmann H, Grundler FMW. Starch serves as carbohydrate storage in nematode-induced syncytia. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 146:228-35. [PMID: 17981988 PMCID: PMC2230564 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.107367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The plant parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii induces specific syncytial feeding sites in the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana from where it withdraws all required nutrients. Therefore, syncytia have to be well supplied with assimilates and generate strong sinks in the host plant's transport system. Import mechanisms and consequent accumulation of sucrose in syncytia were described recently. In this work, we studied the starch metabolism of syncytia. Using high-performance liquid chromatography and microscopic analyses, we demonstrated that syncytia store carbohydrates by starch accumulation. Further, we monitored the expression of genes involved in the starch metabolic pathway by gene chip analysis and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. Finally, we provide functional proof of the importance of starch synthesis for nematode development using T-DNA insertion lines. We conclude that syncytia accumulate starch as a carbohydrate buffer to compensate for changing solute uptake by the nematode and as long-term storage during juvenile development.
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- Julia Hofmann
- Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, A-1190, Vienna, Austria
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Ghasempour H, Hojat jala A, Rangin A. Physiological Changes, Proline, Total Protein, Protein Analysis and Potassium of the Sugar Beet Plants in Response to Beet Cyst Nematodes, Heterodera schachtii. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2007.91.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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