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Shi F, Zhang X, Wang Z, Wang X, Zou C. Unveiling molecular mechanisms of pepper resistance to Phytophthora capsici through grafting using iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4789. [PMID: 38413819 PMCID: PMC10899238 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55596-3] [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: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Phytophthora blight severely threatens global pepper production. Grafting bolsters plant disease resistance, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we used P. capsici-resistant strain 'ZCM334' and susceptible strain 'Early Calwonder' for grafting. Compared to self-rooted 'Early Calwonder' plants, 'ZCM334' grafts exhibited delayed disease onset, elevated resistance, and reduced leaf cell damage, showcasing the potential of grafting in enhancing pepper resistance to P. capsici. Proteomic analysis via the iTRAQ technology unveiled 478 and 349 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in the leaves and roots, respectively, between the grafts and self-rooted plants. These DEPs were linked to metabolism and cellular processes, stimulus responses, and catalytic activity and were significantly enriched in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, carbon fixation in photosynthetic organizations, and pyruvate metabolism pathways. Twelve DEPs exhibiting consistent expression trends in both leaves and roots, including seven related to P. capsici resistance, were screened. qRT-PCR analysis confirmed a significant correlation between the protein and transcript levels of DEPs after P. capsici inoculation. This study highlights the molecular mechanisms whereby grafting enhances pepper resistance to Phytophthora blight. Identification of key genes provides a foundation for studying the regulatory network governing the resistance of pepper to P. capsici.
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- Fengyan Shi
- Vegetable Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 84 Dongling Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 84 Dongling Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 84 Dongling Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 84 Dongling Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110161, China.
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Silencing a Simple Extracellular Leucine-Rich Repeat Gene OsI-BAK1 Enhances the Resistance of Rice to Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212182. [PMID: 34830062 PMCID: PMC8622231 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Many plant proteins with extracellular leucine-rich repeat (eLRR) domains play an important role in plant immunity. However, the role of one class of eLRR plant proteins—the simple eLRR proteins—in plant defenses against herbivores remains largely unknown. Here, we found that a simple eLRR protein OsI-BAK1 in rice localizes to the plasma membrane. Its expression was induced by mechanical wounding, the infestation of gravid females of brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens or white-backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera and treatment with methyl jasmonate or abscisic acid. Silencing OsI-BAK1 (ir-ibak1) in rice enhanced the BPH-induced transcript levels of three defense-related WRKY genes (OsWRKY24, OsWRKY53 and OsWRKY70) but decreased the induced levels of ethylene. Bioassays revealed that the hatching rate was significantly lower in BPH eggs laid on ir-ibak1 plants than wild-type (WT) plants; moreover, gravid BPH females preferred to oviposit on WT plants over ir-ibak1 plants. The exogenous application of ethephon on ir-ibak1 plants eliminated the BPH oviposition preference between WT and ir-ibak1 plants but had no effect on the hatching rate of BPH eggs. These findings suggest that OsI-BAK1 acts as a negative modulator of defense responses in rice to BPH and that BPH might exploit this modulator for its own benefit.
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Yuchun RAO, Ran JIAO, Sheng WANG, Xianmei WU, Hanfei YE, Chenyang PAN, Sanfeng LI, Dedong X, Weiyong ZHOU, Gaoxing DAI, Juan HU, Deyong REN, Yuexing WANG. SPL36 Encodes a Receptor-like Protein Kinase that Regulates Programmed Cell Death and Defense Responses in Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 14:34. [PMID: 33825994 PMCID: PMC8026784 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-021-00475-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Lesion mimic mutants spontaneously produce disease spots in the absence of biotic or abiotic stresses. Analyzing lesion mimic mutants' sheds light on the mechanisms underlying programmed cell death and defense-related responses in plants. Here, we isolated and characterized the rice (Oryza sativa) spotted leaf 36 (spl36) mutant, which was identified from an ethyl methanesulfonate-mutagenized japonica cultivar Yundao population. spl36 displayed spontaneous cell death and enhanced resistance to rice bacterial pathogens. Gene expression analysis suggested that spl36 functions in the disease response by upregulating the expression of defense-related genes. Physiological and biochemical experiments indicated that more cell death occurred in spl36 than the wild type and that plant growth and development were affected in this mutant. We isolated SPL36 by map-based cloning. A single base substitution was detected in spl36, which results in a cysteine-to-arginine substitution in SPL36. SPL36 is predicted to encode a receptor-like protein kinase containing leucine-rich domains that may be involved in stress responses in rice. spl36 was more sensitive to salt stress than the wild type, suggesting that SPL36 also negatively regulates the salt-stress response. These findings suggest that SPL36 regulates the disease resistance response in rice by affecting the expression of defense- and stress-related genes.
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- R A O Yuchun
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530000, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530000, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic Plants, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
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Li C, Wang Z, Nong Q, Lin L, Xie J, Mo Z, Huang X, Song X, Malviya MK, Solanki MK, Li Y. Physiological changes and transcriptome profiling in Saccharum spontaneum L. leaf under water stress and re-watering conditions. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5525. [PMID: 33750876 PMCID: PMC7943799 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85072-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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As the polyploidy progenitor of modern sugarcane, Saccharum spontaneum is considered to be a valuable resistance source to various biotic and abiotic stresses. However, little has been reported on the mechanism of drought tolerance in S. spontaneum. Herein, the physiological changes of S. spontaneum GXS87-16 at three water-deficit levels (mild, moderate, and severe) and after re-watering during the elongation stage were investigated. RNA sequencing was utilized for global transcriptome profiling of GXS87-16 under severe drought and re-watered conditions. There were significant alterations in the physiological parameters of GXS87-16 in response to drought stress and then recovered differently after re-watering. A total of 1569 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with water stress and re-watering were identified. Notably, the majority of the DEGs were induced by stress. GO functional annotations and KEGG pathway analysis assigned the DEGs to 47 GO categories and 93 pathway categories. The pathway categories were involved in various processes, such as RNA transport, mRNA surveillance, plant hormone signal transduction, and plant-pathogen interaction. The reliability of the RNA-seq results was confirmed by qRT-PCR. This study shed light on the regulatory processes of drought tolerance in S. spontaneum and identifies useful genes for genetic improvement of drought tolerance in sugarcane.
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- Changning Li
- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- College of Biology and Pharmacy, Yulin Normal University, Yulin, 537000, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530007, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Department of Food Quality and Safety, The Volcani Center, Institute for Post-Harvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, 530007, China.
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Caddell DF, Park CJ, Thomas NC, Canlas PE, Ronald PC. Silencing of the Rice Gene LRR1 Compromises Rice Xa21 Transcript Accumulation and XA21-Mediated Immunity. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 10:23. [PMID: 28534133 PMCID: PMC5440417 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-017-0162-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The rice immune receptor XA21 confers resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), the causal agent of bacterial leaf blight. We previously demonstrated that an auxilin-like protein, XA21 BINDING PROTEIN 21 (XB21), positively regulates resistance to Xoo. RESULTS To further investigate the function of XB21, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screen. We identified 22 unique XB21 interacting proteins, including LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEIN 1 (LRR1), which we selected for further analysis. Silencing of LRR1 in the XA21 genetic background (XA21-LRR1Ri) compromises resistance to Xoo compared with control XA21 plants. XA21-LRR1Ri plants have reduced Xa21 transcript levels and reduced expression of genes that serve as markers of XA21-mediated activation. Overexpression of LRR1 is insufficient to alter resistance to Xoo in rice lines lacking XA21. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our results indicate that LRR1 is required for wild-type Xa21 transcript expression and XA21-mediated immunity.
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- Daniel F. Caddell
- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Present Address: Department of Bioresources Engineering and PERI, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Present Address: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Kim S, Park J, Yeom SI, Kim YM, Seo E, Kim KT, Kim MS, Lee JM, Cheong K, Shin HS, Kim SB, Han K, Lee J, Park M, Lee HA, Lee HY, Lee Y, Oh S, Lee JH, Choi E, Choi E, Lee SE, Jeon J, Kim H, Choi G, Song H, Lee J, Lee SC, Kwon JK, Lee HY, Koo N, Hong Y, Kim RW, Kang WH, Huh JH, Kang BC, Yang TJ, Lee YH, Bennetzen JL, Choi D. New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication. Genome Biol 2017; 18:210. [PMID: 29089032 DOI: 10.1007/s13580-019-00157-1] [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: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Transposable elements are major evolutionary forces which can cause new genome structure and species diversification. The role of transposable elements in the expansion of nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich-repeat proteins (NLRs), the major disease-resistance gene families, has been unexplored in plants. RESULTS We report two high-quality de novo genomes (Capsicum baccatum and C. chinense) and an improved reference genome (C. annuum) for peppers. Dynamic genome rearrangements involving translocations among chromosomes 3, 5, and 9 were detected in comparison between C. baccatum and the two other peppers. The amplification of athila LTR-retrotransposons, members of the gypsy superfamily, led to genome expansion in C. baccatum. In-depth genome-wide comparison of genes and repeats unveiled that the copy numbers of NLRs were greatly increased by LTR-retrotransposon-mediated retroduplication. Moreover, retroduplicated NLRs are abundant across the angiosperms and, in most cases, are lineage-specific. CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals that retroduplication has played key roles for the massive emergence of NLR genes including functional disease-resistance genes in pepper plants.
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- Seungill Kim
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Plant Science, Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejon, 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Vegetable Breeding Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 54896, South Korea
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-7223, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Vegetable Breeding Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Vegetable Breeding Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejon, 34141, South Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejon, 34141, South Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejon, 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Plant Science, Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Vegetable Breeding Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
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Cheng W, Xiao Z, Cai H, Wang C, Hu Y, Xiao Y, Zheng Y, Shen L, Yang S, Liu Z, Mou S, Qiu A, Guan D, He S. A novel leucine-rich repeat protein, CaLRR51, acts as a positive regulator in the response of pepper to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2017; 18:1089-1100. [PMID: 27438958 PMCID: PMC6638248 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
The leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins play important roles in the recognition of corresponding ligands and signal transduction networks in plant defence responses. Herein, a novel LRR protein from Capsicum annuum, CaLRR51, was identified and characterized. It was localized to the plasma membrane and transcriptionally up-regulated by Ralstonia solanacearum infection (RSI), as well as the exogenous application of salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA) and ethephon (ETH). Virus-induced gene silencing of CaLRR51 significantly increased the susceptibility of pepper to RSI. By contrast, transient overexpression of CaLRR51 in pepper plants activated hypersensitive response (HR)-like cell death, and up-regulated the defence-related marker genes, including PO2, HIR1, PR1, DEF1 and ACO1. Moreover, ectopic overexpression of CaLRR51 in transgenic tobacco plants significantly enhanced the resistance to RSI. Transcriptional expression of the corresponding defence-related marker genes in transgenic tobacco plants was also found to be enhanced by the overexpression of CaLRR51, which was potentiated by RSI. These loss- and gain-of-function assays suggest that CaLRR51 acts as a positive regulator in the response of pepper to RSI. In addition, the putative signal peptide and transmembrane region were found to be required for plasma membrane targeting of CaLRR51, which is indispensable for the role of CaLRR51 in plant immunity.
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- Wei Cheng
- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Life ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Life ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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- National Education Ministry, Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement and Comprehensive Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
- College of Crop ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujian350002China
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Liao Y, Hu C, Zhang X, Cao X, Xu Z, Gao X, Li L, Zhu J, Chen R. Isolation of a novel leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (OsLRR2) gene from rice and analysis of its relation to abiotic stress responses. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2016.1242377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Yongrong Liao
- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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Zhai H, Wang F, Si Z, Huo J, Xing L, An Y, He S, Liu Q. A myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase gene, IbMIPS1, enhances salt and drought tolerance and stem nematode resistance in transgenic sweet potato. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2016; 14:592-602. [PMID: 26011089 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase (MIPS) is a key rate limiting enzyme in myo-inositol biosynthesis. The MIPS gene has been shown to improve tolerance to abiotic stresses in several plant species. However, its role in resistance to biotic stresses has not been reported. In this study, we found that expression of the sweet potato IbMIPS1 gene was induced by NaCl, polyethylene glycol (PEG), abscisic acid (ABA) and stem nematodes. Its overexpression significantly enhanced stem nematode resistance as well as salt and drought tolerance in transgenic sweet potato under field conditions. Transcriptome and real-time quantitative PCR analyses showed that overexpression of IbMIPS1 up-regulated the genes involved in inositol biosynthesis, phosphatidylinositol (PI) and ABA signalling pathways, stress responses, photosynthesis and ROS-scavenging system under salt, drought and stem nematode stresses. Inositol, inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3 ), phosphatidic acid (PA), Ca(2+) , ABA, K(+) , proline and trehalose content was significantly increased, whereas malonaldehyde (MDA), Na(+) and H2 O2 content was significantly decreased in the transgenic plants under salt and drought stresses. After stem nematode infection, the significant increase of inositol, IP3 , PA, Ca(2+) , ABA, callose and lignin content and significant reduction of MDA content were found, and a rapid increase of H2 O2 levels was observed, peaked at 1 to 2 days and thereafter declined in the transgenic plants. This study indicates that the IbMIPS1 gene has the potential to be used to improve the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants.
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- Hong Zhai
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Choi HW, Hwang BK. Molecular and cellular control of cell death and defense signaling in pepper. PLANTA 2015; 241:1-27. [PMID: 25252816 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2171-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) provides a good experimental system for studying the molecular and functional genomics underlying the ability of plants to defend themselves against microbial pathogens. Cell death is a genetically programmed response that requires specific host cellular factors. Hypersensitive response (HR) is defined as rapid cell death in response to a pathogen attack. Pepper plants respond to pathogen attacks by activating genetically controlled HR- or disease-associated cell death. HR cell death, specifically in incompatible interactions between pepper and Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria, is mediated by the molecular genetics and biochemical machinery that underlie pathogen-induced cell death in plants. Gene expression profiles during the HR-like cell death response, virus-induced gene silencing and transient and transgenic overexpression approaches are used to isolate and identify HR- or disease-associated cell death genes in pepper plants. Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, cytosolic calcium ion and defense-related hormones such as salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, ethylene and abscisic acid are involved in the execution of pathogen-induced cell death in plants. In this review, we summarize recent molecular and cellular studies of the pepper cell death-mediated defense response, highlighting the signaling events of cell death in disease-resistant pepper plants. Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the cellular functions of pepper cell death response genes will aid the development of novel practical approaches to enhance disease resistance in pepper, thereby helping to secure the future supply of safe and nutritious pepper plants worldwide.
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- Hyong Woo Choi
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul, 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Martínez-Cortés T, Pomar F, Merino F, Novo-Uzal E. A proteomic approach to Physcomitrella patens rhizoid exudates. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 171:1671-8. [PMID: 25179523 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Revised: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The interaction between plants and the surrounding environment has been widely studied, specially the defence reactions and the plant-plant interactions. One of the most remarkable metabolic features of plant roots is the ability to secrete a vast array of compounds into the rhizosphere, not only of low molecular weight but also polysaccharides and proteins. Here, we took advantage of proteomics to study the rhizoid exudates of Physcomitrella patens at early and late development stages (7 and 28 days of culture in liquid medium). Samples were extracted, separated and detected with nanoLC-MALDI-TOF/TOF MS/MS, identifying 47 proteins at the development stage of 7 days, and 66 proteins at 28 days. Moreover, 21 proteins were common to the two analyzed periods. All the identified proteins were classified into 8 functional categories: response to stress, response to stimulus, oxido-reduction, cell wall modification, photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism, transport, DNA metabolic process and regulation/signalling. Our results show important differences in the protein expression profile along the development of P. patens, mainly at the level of regulation- and senescence-related proteins. Defence-related proteins, such as chitinases, thaumatins and peroxidases have a major role in the interaction of P. patens with the environment.
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- Teresa Martínez-Cortés
- Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology. University of A Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain; Present address: IBMC. University of Porto, E- 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology. University of A Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology. University of A Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology. University of Murcia. E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
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Zhou T, Fan M, Irfan M, Wang H, Wang D, Wang L, Zhang C, Feng L. Phylogenetic analysis of STK gene family and Usp domain in maize. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:8273-84. [PMID: 25326719 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Serine and threonine kinase STK1 and STK2 play an important regulatory role in the process of pollen development in maize. Six homologous sequences which were similar with STK1 and STK2 having more than 80 % similarity were found at NCBI, and they all belong to STK gene family. Phylogenetic analysis showed that STK family in maize might belong to RLK family. In STK family, gene duplication event was occurred during evolutionary process, and experienced purifying selection after gene duplication and the time of gene duplication was about 12 million years ago. The domains of STK family belongs to single transmembrane protein, which have intracellular conserved kinase catalytic domain and extracellular receptor domain on N-terminal. The evolution of intracellular selection was faster than extracellular selection, and positive selection or weak purifying selection play an important role. Analyzing its unique Usp domain we found that it was located between sensor domain at N-terminal and catalytic domain at C-terminal, which belongs to hydrophobic protein with several phosphorylation sites, acting on serine and threonine protein phosphorylation. The kinship of Usp domain in STK family was close to 35-like protein containing U-box domain, predicting that they might belong to the same family with a similar structure and function, so that we can predict the function of Usp domain in STK family.
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- Ting Zhou
- Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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Deshmukh R, Singh VK, Singh BD. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of genome-wide Mlo gene family members from Glycine max and Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Genet Genomics 2014; 289:345-59. [PMID: 24469270 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0811-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Powdery mildew locus O (Mlo) gene family is one of the largest seven transmembrane protein-encoding gene families. The Mlo proteins act as negative regulators of powdery mildew resistance and a loss-of-function mutation in Mlo is known to confer broad-spectrum resistance to powdery mildew. In addition, the Mlo gene family members are known to participate in various developmental and biotic and abiotic stress response-related pathways. Therefore, a genome-wide similarity search using the characterized Mlo protein sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana was carried out to identify putative Mlo genes in soybean (Glycine max) genome. This search identified 39 Mlo domain containing protein-encoding genes that were distributed on 15 of the 20 G. max chromosomes. The putative promoter regions of these Mlo genes contained response elements for different external stimuli, including different hormones and abiotic stresses. Of the 39 GmMlo proteins, 35 were rich (8.7-13.1 %) in leucine, while five were serine-rich (9.2-11.9 %). Furthermore, all the GmMlo members were localized in the plasma membrane. Phylogenetic analysis of the GmMlo and the AtMlo proteins classified them into three main clusters, and the cluster I comprised two sub-clusters. Multiple sequence alignment visualized the location of seven transmembrane domains, and a conserved CaM-binding domain. Some of the GmMlo proteins (GmMlo10, 20, 22, 23, 32, 36, 37) contained less than seven transmembrane domains. The motif analysis yielded 27 motifs; out of these, motif 2, the only motif present in all the GmMlos, was highly conserved and three amino acid residues were essentially invariant. Five of the GmMlo members were much smaller in size; presumably they originated through deletion following a gene duplication event. The presence of a large number of GmMlo members in the G. max genome may be due to its paleopolyploid nature and the large genome size as compared to that of Arabidopsis. The findings of this study may further help in characterization and isolation of individual GmMlo members.
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- Reena Deshmukh
- Faculty of Science, School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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Sabater-Jara AB, Almagro L, Pedreño MA. Induction of extracellular defense-related proteins in suspension cultured-cells of Daucus carota elicited with cyclodextrins and methyl jasmonate. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 77:133-139. [PMID: 24589476 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Suspension cultured-cells (SCC) of Daucus carota were used to evaluate the effect of methyl jasmonate and cyclodextrins, separately or in combination, on the induction of defense responses, particularly the accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins. A comparative study of the extracellular proteome (secretome) between control and elicited carrot SCC pointed to the presence of amino acid sequences homologous to glycoproteins which have inhibitory activity against the cell-wall-degrading enzymes secreted by pathogens and/or are induced when carrot cells are exposed to a pathogen elicitor. Other amino acid sequences were homologous to Leucine-Rich Repeat domain-containing proteins, which play an essential role in defense against pathogens, as well as in the recognition of microorganisms, making them important players in the innate immunity of this plant. Also, some tryptic peptides were shown to be homologous to a thaumatin-like protein, showing high specificity to abiotic stress and to different reticuline oxidase-like proteins that displayed high levels of antifungal activity, suggesting that methyl jasmonate and cyclodextrins could play a role in mediating defense-related gene product expression in SCC of D. carota. Apart from these elicitor-inducible proteins, we observed the presence of PR-proteins in both control and elicited carrot SCC, suggesting that their expression is mainly constitutive. These PR-proteins are putative class IV chitinases, which also have inhibitory activity against pathogen growth and the class III peroxidases that participate in response to environmental stress (e.g. pathogen attack and oxidative), meaning that they are involved in defense responses triggered by both biotic and abiotic factors.
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- Ana B Sabater-Jara
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
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Hwang IS, Choi DS, Kim NH, Kim DS, Hwang BK. Pathogenesis-related protein 4b interacts with leucine-rich repeat protein 1 to suppress PR4b-triggered cell death and defense response in pepper. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 77:521-33. [PMID: 24304389 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Revised: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To control defense and cell-death signaling, plants contain an abundance of pathogen recognition receptors such as leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins. Here we show that pepper (Capsicum annuum) LRR1 interacts with the pepper pathogenesis-related (PR) protein 4b, PR4b, in yeast and in planta. PR4b is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum, interacts with LRR1 in the plasma membrane, and is secreted to the apoplast via the plasma membrane. Binding of PR4b to LRR1 requires the chitin-binding domain of PR4b. Purified PR4b protein inhibits spore germination and mycelial growth of plant fungal pathogens. Transient expression of PR4b triggers hypersensitive cell death. This cell death is compromised by co-expression of LRR1 as a negative regulator in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. LRR1/PR4b silencing in pepper and PR4b over-expression in Arabidopsis thaliana demonstrated that LRR1 and PR4b are necessary for defense responses to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa) infection. The mutant of the PR4b Arabidopsis ortholog, pr4, showed enhanced susceptibility to Hpa infection. Together, our results suggest that PR4b functions as a positive modulator of plant cell death and defense responses. However, the activity of PR4b is suppressed by interaction with LRR1.
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- In Sun Hwang
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 136-713, Korea
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Choi HW, Kim DS, Kim NH, Jung HW, Ham JH, Hwang BK. Xanthomonas filamentous hemagglutinin-like protein Fha1 interacts with pepper hypersensitive-induced reaction protein CaHIR1 and functions as a virulence factor in host plants. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:1441-54. [PMID: 23931712 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-13-0204-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Pathogens have evolved a variety of virulence factors to infect host plants successfully. We previously identified the pepper plasma-membrane-resident hypersensitive-induced reaction protein (CaHIR1) as a regulator of plant disease- and immunity-associated cell death. Here, we identified the small filamentous hemagglutinin-like protein (Fha1) of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria as an interacting partner of CaHIR1 using yeast two-hybrid screening. Coimmunoprecipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation experiments revealed that Fha1 specifically interacts with CaHIR1 in planta. The endocytic tracker FM4-64 staining showed that the CaHIR1-Fha1 complex localizes in the endocytic vesicle-like structure. The X. campestris pv. vesicatoria Δfha1 mutant strain exhibited significantly increased surface adherence but reduced swarming motility. Mutation of fha1 inhibited the growth of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria and X. campestris pv. vesicatoria ΔavrBsT in tomato and pepper leaves, respectively, suggesting that Fha1 acts as a virulence factor in host plants. Transient expression of fha1 and also infiltration with purified Fha1 proteins induced disease-associated cell death response through the interaction with CaHIR1 and suppressed the expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes. Silencing of CaHIR1 in pepper significantly reduced ΔavrBsT growth and Fha1-triggered susceptibility cell death. Overexpression of fha1 in Arabidopsis retarded plant growth and triggered disease-associated cell death, resulting in altered disease susceptibility. Taken together, these results suggest that the X. campestris pv. vesicatoria virulence factor Fha1 interacts with CaHIR1, induces susceptibility cell death, and suppresses PR gene expression in host plants.
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Zhu FY, Li L, Lam PY, Chen MX, Chye ML, Lo C. Sorghum extracellular leucine-rich repeat protein SbLRR2 mediates lead tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:1549-59. [PMID: 23877877 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A sorghum pathogen-inducible gene predicted to encode a simple extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) protein SbLRR2 was previously isolated. LRR was the only domain identified in SbLRR2 and its homologous sequences. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they are distinct from the simple extracellular LRR proteins reported previously. Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression in tobacco leaf cells demonstrated that the SbLRR2-EYFP (enhanced yellow fluorescent protein) fusion protein was targeted to the extracellular space. Transgenic analysis of SbLRR2 revealed its role in enhancing lead [Pb(II)] tolerance in Arabidopsis. Consequently, SbLRR2-overexpressing lines were found to show alleviated Pb(II)-induced root inhibition, lower levels of Pb(II) accumulation and enhanced transcription of AtPDR12 which encodes a plasma membrane ATP-bind cassette (ABC)-type transporter formerly shown to contribute to Pb(II) detoxification. However, all the Pb(II) tolerance responses were abolished when SbLRR2 was overexpressed in an atpdr12 T-DNA insertion line. The extracellular localization of SbLRR2 was also shown to be essential for the Pb(II) phenotypes and AtPDR12 up-regulation. Taken together, SbLRR2 appears to mediate Pb(II) tolerance through the elevation of AtPDR12 expression in transgenic Arabidopsis, thus activating a glutathione-independent mechanism for detoxification. Further investigations revealed the Pb(II)-induced transcriptional activation of SbLRR2 and several highly conserved AtPDR12 homologs in sorghum seedlings, suggesting the possibility of a common molecular mechanism for Pb(II) tolerance in diverse plant species.
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- Fu-Yuan Zhu
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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Park YH, Choi C, Park EM, Kim HS, Park HJ, Bae SC, Ahn I, Kim MG, Park SR, Hwang DJ. Over-expression of rice leucine-rich repeat protein results in activation of defense response, thereby enhancing resistance to bacterial soft rot in Chinese cabbage. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2012; 31:1845-1850. [PMID: 22717673 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum causes soft rot disease in various plants, including Chinese cabbage. The simple extracellular leucine-rich repeat (eLRR) domain proteins have been implicated in disease resistance. Rice leucine-rich repeat protein (OsLRP), a rice simple eLRR domain protein, is induced by pathogens, phytohormones, and salt. To see whether OsLRP enhances disease resistance to bacterial soft rot, OsLRP was introduced into Chinese cabbage by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Two independent transgenic lines over-expressing OsLRP were generated and further analyzed. Transgenic lines over-expressing OsLRP showed enhanced disease resistance to bacterial soft rot compared to non-transgenic control. Bacterial growth was retarded in transgenic lines over-expressing OsLRP compared to non-transgenic controls. We propose that OsLRP confers enhanced resistance to bacterial soft rot. Monitoring expression of defense-associated genes in transgenic lines over-expressing OsLRP, two different glucanases and Brassica rapa polygalacturonase inhibiting protein 2, PDF1 were constitutively activated in transgenic lines compared to non-transgenic control. Taken together, heterologous expression of OsLRP results in the activation of defense response and enhanced resistance to bacterial soft rot.
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- Young Ho Park
- National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, 441-707, Korea
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Ptcorp gene induced by cold stress was identified by proteomic analysis in leaves of Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:5859-66. [PMID: 22205537 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1396-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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A proteomic approach was employed to investigate the cold stress-responsive proteins in trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.), which is a well-known cold tolerant citrus relative and widely used as rootstock in China. Two-year-old potted seedlings were exposed to freezing temperature (-6°C) for 50 min (nonlethal) and 80 min (lethal), and the total proteins were isolated from leaves of the treated plants. Nine differentially accumulated proteins over 2-fold changes in abundance were identified by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Among these proteins, a resistance protein induced by the nonlethal cold treatment (protein spot #2 from P. trifoliata) was selected as target sequence for degenerated primer design. By using the designed primers, a PCR product of about 700 bp size was amplified from P. trifoliata genomic DNA, which was further cloned and sequenced. A nucleotide sequence of 676 bp was obtained and named Ptcorp. Blast retrieval showed that Ptcorp shared 88% homology with an EST of cold acclimated Bluecrop (Vaccinium corymbosum) library (Accession number: CF811080), indicating that Ptcorp had association with cold acclimation. Semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that Ptcorp gene was up-regulated by cold stress which was consistent with the former result of protein expression profile. As the resistance protein (NBS-LRR disease resistance protein family) gene was up-regulated by cold stress in trifoliate orange and satsuma mandarin, it may imply that NBS-LRR genes might be associated with cold resistance in citrus.
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Sabater-Jara AB, Almagro L, Belchí-Navarro S, Barceló AR, Pedreño MA. Methyl jasmonate induces extracellular pathogenesis-related proteins in cell cultures of Capsicum chinense. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:440-2. [PMID: 21346408 PMCID: PMC3142433 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.3.14451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Suspension cultured cells of Capsicum chinense secrete proteins to the culture medium in both control conditions and under methyl jasmonate treatment. The exogenous application of methyl jasmonate induced the accumulation of putative pathogenesis-related proteins, class I chitinase, leucin-rich repeat protein, NtPRp27-like protein and pectinesterase which were also found in suspension cultured cells of C. annuum elicited with methyl jasmonate. However, a germin-like protein, which has never been described in methyl jasmonate-elicited C. chinense suspension cultured cells, was found. The different effects described as being the result of exogenous application of signalling molecules like methyl jasmonate on the expression of germin-like protein suggest that germin-like proteins may play a variety of roles in protecting plants against pathogen attacks and different stresses. Further studies will be necessary to characterize the differential expression of these pathogenesis-related proteins and to throw light on the complexity of their regulation.
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- Ana Belén Sabater-Jara
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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Choi HW, Kim YJ, Hwang BK. The hypersensitive induced reaction and leucine-rich repeat proteins regulate plant cell death associated with disease and plant immunity. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:68-78. [PMID: 20635864 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-10-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pathogen-induced programmed cell death (PCD) is intimately linked with disease resistance and susceptibility. However, the molecular components regulating PCD, including hypersensitive and susceptible cell death, are largely unknown in plants. In this study, we show that pathogen-induced Capsicum annuum hypersensitive induced reaction 1 (CaHIR1) and leucine-rich repeat 1 (CaLRR1) function as distinct plant PCD regulators in pepper plants during Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria infection. Confocal microscopy and protein gel blot analyses revealed that CaLRR1 and CaHIR1 localize to the extracellular matrix and plasma membrane (PM), respectively. Bimolecular fluorescent complementation and coimmunoprecipitation assays showed that the extracellular CaLRR1 specifically binds to the PM-located CaHIR1 in pepper leaves. Overexpression of CaHIR1 triggered pathogen-independent cell death in pepper and Nicotiana benthamiana plants but not in yeast cells. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of CaLRR1 and CaHIR1 distinctly strengthened and compromised hypersensitive and susceptible cell death in pepper plants, respectively. Endogenous salicylic acid levels and pathogenesis-related gene transcripts were elevated in CaHIR1-silenced plants. VIGS of NbLRR1 and NbHIR1, the N. benthamiana orthologs of CaLRR1 and CaHIR1, regulated Bax- and avrPto-/Pto-induced PCD. Taken together, these results suggest that leucine-rich repeat and hypersensitive induced reaction proteins may act as cell-death regulators associated with plant immunity and disease.
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- Hyong Woo Choi
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Leborgne-Castel N, Adam T, Bouhidel K. Endocytosis in plant-microbe interactions. PROTOPLASMA 2010; 247:177-93. [PMID: 20814704 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0195-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Plants encounter throughout their life all kinds of microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi, or oomycetes, with either friendly or unfriendly intentions. During evolution, plants have developed a wide range of defense mechanisms against attackers. In return, adapted microbes have developed strategies to overcome the plant lines of defense, some of these microbes engaging in mutualistic or parasitic endosymbioses. By sensing microbe presence and activating signaling cascades, the plasma membrane through its dynamics plays a crucial role in the ongoing molecular dialogue between plants and microbes. This review describes the contribution of endocytosis to different aspects of plant-microbe interactions, microbe recognition and development of a basal immune response, and colonization of plant cells by endosymbionts. The putative endocytic routes for the entry of microbe molecules or microbes themselves are explored with a special emphasis on clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Finally, we evaluate recent findings that suggest a link between the compartmentalization of plant plasma membrane into microdomains and endocytosis.
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- Nathalie Leborgne-Castel
- UMR Plante-Microbe-Environnement 1088 INRA/5184 CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, 17 Rue Sully, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France.
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Sabater-Jara AB, Almagro L, Belchí-Navarro S, Ferrer MA, Barceló AR, Pedreño MA. Induction of sesquiterpenes, phytoesterols and extracellular pathogenesis-related proteins in elicited cell cultures of Capsicum annuum. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:1273-81. [PMID: 20594613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Capsicum annuum suspension cell cultures were used to evaluate the effect of cyclodextrins and methyl jasmonate as elicitors of defence responses. The induced defence responses included the accumulation of sesquiterpenes and phytosterols and the activation of pathogenesis-related proteins, leading to reinforcement and modification of the cell wall architecture during elicitation and protection cells against biotic stress. The results showed that the addition of both cyclodextrins and methyl jasmonate induced the biosynthesis of two sesquiterpenes, aromadendrene and solavetivone. This response was clearly synergistic since the increase in the levels of these compounds was much greater in the presence of both elicitors than when they were used separately. The biosynthesis of phytosterols was also induced in the combined treatment, as the result of an additive effect. Likewise, the exogenous application of methyl jasmonate induced the accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins. The analysis of the extracellular proteome showed the presence of amino acid sequences homologous to PR1 and 4, NtPRp27-like proteins and class I chitinases, peroxidases and the hydrolytic enzymes LEXYL1 and 2, arabinosidases, pectinases, nectarin IV and leucin-rich repeat protein, which suggests that methyl jasmonate plays a role in mediating defence-related gene product expression in C. annuum. Apart from these methyl jamonate-induced proteins, other PR proteins were found in both the control and elicited cell cultures of C. annuum. These included class IV chitinases, beta-1,3-glucanases, thaumatin-like proteins and peroxidases, suggesting that their expression is mainly constitutive since they are involved in growth, development and defence processes.
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- Ana Belén Sabater-Jara
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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Zhou L, Cheung MY, Zhang Q, Lei CL, Zhang SH, Sun SSM, Lam HM. A novel simple extracellular leucine-rich repeat (eLRR) domain protein from rice (OsLRR1) enters the endosomal pathway and interacts with the hypersensitive-induced reaction protein 1 (OsHIR1). PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2009; 32:1804-20. [PMID: 19712067 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Receptor-like protein kinases (RLKs) containing an extracellular leucine-rich repeat (eLRR) domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic kinase domain play important roles in plant disease resistance. Simple eLRR domain proteins structurally resembling the extracellular portion of the RLKs may also participate in signalling transduction and plant defence response. Yet the molecular mechanisms and subcellular localization in regulating plant disease resistance of these simple eLRR domain proteins are still largely unclear. We provided the first experimental evidence to demonstrate the subcellular localization and trafficking of a novel simple eLRR domain protein (OsLRR1) in the endosomal pathway, using both confocal and electron microscopy. Yeast two-hybrid and in vitro pull-down assays show that OsLRR1 interacts with the rice hypersensitive-induced response protein 1 (OsHIR1) which is localized on plasma membrane. The interaction between LRR1 and HIR1 homologs was shown to be highly conserved among different plant species, suggesting a close functional relationship between the two proteins. The function of OsLRR1 in plant defence response was examined by gain-of-function tests using transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. The protective effects of OsLRR1 against bacterial pathogen infection were shown by the alleviating of disease symptoms, lowering of pathogen titres and higher expression of defence marker genes.
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- Liang Zhou
- Department of Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Montero-Tavera V, Ruiz-Medrano R, Xoconostle-Cázares B. Systemic nature of drought-tolerance in common bean. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2008; 3:663-6. [PMID: 19704819 PMCID: PMC2634550 DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.9.5776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Accepted: 02/25/2008] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The response to drought at the physiological and molecular levels was studied in two common bean varieties with contrasting susceptibility to drought stress. A number of genes were found to be upregulated in the tolerant variety Pinto Villa relative to the susceptible cultivar, Carioca. The products of these genes fell in different functional categories. Further analyses of selected genes, consisting of their spatial differential expression and in situ mRNA accumulation patterns displayed interesting profiles. The drought-tolerant variety displayed a more developed root vasculature in drought conditions, when compared to the susceptible tropical bean Carioca. The in situ localization of three selected genes indicated the accumulation of their corresponding mRNAs in companion cells, sieve tubes and in developing phloem, suggesting that these, and/or the encoded proteins could constitute phloem-mobile signals. Indeed, a number of transcripts that are induced in response to water deficit accumulate in the phloem in other plant species, suggesting a general phenomenon. Moreover, the analysis of drought stress in plant varieties with contrasting tolerance to such stimulus will help to determine the role of differential expression of specific genes in response to such phenomenon, as well as other biochemical, morphological and physiological features in both cultivars.Drought-tolerant plants likely evolved a system that would allow them to maintain its vascular tissue integrity under stress. A functional phloem would then still function in the transmission of long-range signals, important for the systemic adaptation to the stress. It is expected that plants showing increased tolerance to abiotic stress, such as drought, are able to better protect their conductive tissues. This general strategy might help such plants evolve under stress conditions and colonize successfully new habitats.
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- Víctor Montero-Tavera
- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería; Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional; México DF México
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Bogacki P, Oldach KH, Williams KJ. Expression profiling and mapping of defence response genes associated with the barley-Pyrenophora teres incompatible interaction. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2008; 9:645-60. [PMID: 19018994 PMCID: PMC6640259 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Barley net- and spot-form of net blotch disease are caused by two formae of the hemibiotrophic fungus Pyrenophora teres (P. t. f. teres and P. t. f. maculata). In the present study, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used in combination with quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR to identify and profile the expression of defence response (DR) genes in the early stages of both barley-P. teres incompatible and compatible interactions. From a pool of 307 unique gene transcripts identified by SSH, 45 candidate DR genes were selected for temporal expression profiling in infected leaf epidermis. Differential expression profiles were observed for 28 of the selected candidates, which were grouped into clusters depending on their expression profiles within the first 48 h after inoculation. The expression profiles characteristic of each gene cluster were very similar in both barley-P. t. f. teres and barley-P. t. f. maculata interactions, indicating that resistance to both pathogens could be mediated by induction of the same group of DR genes. Chromosomal map locations for 21 DR genes were identified using four doubled-haploid mapping populations. The mapped DR genes were distributed across all seven barley chromosomes, with at least one gene mapping to within 15 cM of another on chromosomes 1H, 2H, 5H and 7H. Additionally, some DR genes appeared to co-localize with loci harbouring known resistance genes or quantitative trait loci for net blotch resistance on chromosomes 6H and 7H, as well as loci associated with resistance to other barley diseases. The DR genes are discussed with respect to their map locations and potential functional role in contributing to net blotch disease resistance.
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- P Bogacki
- Molecular Plant Breeding CRC, South Australian Research and Development Institute, GPO Box 397, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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An SH, Choi HW, Hwang IS, Hong JK, Hwang BK. A novel pepper membrane-located receptor-like protein gene CaMRP1 is required for disease susceptibility, methyl jasmonate insensitivity and salt tolerance. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 67:519-533. [PMID: 18427932 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9337-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 04/09/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Plant receptor proteins are involved in the signaling networks required for defense against pathogens. The novel pepper pathogen-induced gene CaMRP1 was isolated from pepper leaves infected with Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (Xcv). This gene is predicted to encode a membrane-located receptor-like protein that has an N-terminal signal peptide and a C-terminal transmembrane helix. A CaMRP1-GFP fusion protein localized primarily to the plasma membrane of plant cells. Strong and early induction of CaMRP1 expression occurred following exposure of pepper plants to Xcv, Colletotricum coccodes, methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and wounding stress. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of CaMRP1 in pepper conferred enhanced basal resistance to Xcv infection, accompanied by induction of genes encoding basic PR1 (CaBPR1), defensin (CaDEF1) and SAR8.2 (CaSAR82A). In contrast, CaMRP1 overexpression (OX) in transgenic Arabidopsis plants resulted in increased disease susceptibility to Hyaloperonospora parasitica infection. Arabidopsis plants overexpressing CaMRP1 exhibited insensitivity to MeJA by causing reduced expression of MeJA-responsive genes. Overexpression also resulted in tolerance to NaCl and during salt stress, the expression of several abscisic acid-responsive genes was induced. Together, these results suggest that pepper CaMRP1 may belong to a new subfamily of membrane-located receptor-like proteins that regulate disease susceptibility, MeJA-insensitivity and salt tolerance.
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- Soo Hyun An
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Jung HW, Hwang BK. The leucine-rich repeat (LRR) protein, CaLRR1, interacts with the hypersensitive induced reaction (HIR) protein, CaHIR1, and suppresses cell death induced by the CaHIR1 protein. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2007; 8:503-14. [PMID: 20507517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Leucine-rich repeat proteins (LRRs) function in a number of signal transduction pathways via protein-protein interactions. The gene encoding a small protein of pepper, CaLRR1, is specifically induced upon pathogen challenge and treatment with pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). We identified a pepper hypersensitive induced reaction (CaHIR1) protein that interacts with the LRR domain of the CaLRR1 protein using yeast two-hybrid screening. Ectopic expression of the pepper CaHIR1 gene induces cell death in tobacco and Arabidopsis, indicating that the CaHIR1 protein may be a positive regulator of HR-like cell death. Because transformation is very difficult in pepper plants, we over-expressed CaLRR1 and CaHIR1 in Arabidopsis to determine cellular functions of the two genes. The over-expression of the CaHIR1 gene, but not the CaLRR1 gene, in transgenic Arabidopsis confers disease resistance in response to Pseudomonas syringae infection, accompanied by the strong expression of PR genes, the accumulation of both salicylic acid and H(2)O(2), and K(+) efflux in plant cells. In Arabidopsis and tobacco plants over-expressing both CaHIR1 and CaLRR1, the CaLRR1 protein suppresses not only CaHIR1-induced cell death, but also PR gene expression elicited by CaHIR1 via its association with HIR protein. We propose that the CaLRR1 protein functions as a novel negative regulator of CaHIR1-mediated cell death responses in plants.
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- Ho Won Jung
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-713, Korea
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Ouelhadj A, Kuschk P, Humbeck K. Heavy metal stress and leaf senescence induce the barley gene HvC2d1 encoding a calcium-dependent novel C2 domain-like protein. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2006; 170:261-73. [PMID: 16608452 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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By comparing cDNA populations derived from chromium-stressed primary leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) with controls, differentially expressed cDNA fragments could be identified. The deduced amino acid sequence of one of these cDNAs [named 'C2 domain 1' (HvC2d1)] exhibits a motif that is similar to the known C2 domain and a nuclear localization signal (NLS). Expression of this member of a novel class of plant C2 domain-like proteins was studied using real-time PCR, and subcellular localization was investigated using green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion constructs. Calcium binding was analysed using a (45)Ca(2+) overlay assay. HvC2d1 was transiently induced after exposure to different heavy metals and its mRNA accumulated during the phase of leaf senescence. HvC2d1 expression responded to changes in calcium levels caused by the calcium ionophore A23187 and to treatment with methylviologen resulting in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Using overexpressed and purified HvC2d1, the binding of calcium could be confirmed. Chimeric HvC2d1-GFP protein was localized in onion epidermal cells at the plasma membrane, cytoplasm and the nucleus. After addition of calcium ionophore A23187 green fluorescence was only visible in the nucleus. The data suggest a calcium-dependent translocation of HvC2d1 to the nucleus. A possible role of HvC2d1 in stress- and development-dependent signalling in the nucleus is discussed.
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- Akli Ouelhadj
- Institute of Plant Physiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 10, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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Lee SJ, Saravanan RS, Damasceno CMB, Yamane H, Kim BD, Rose JKC. Digging deeper into the plant cell wall proteome. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2004; 42:979-88. [PMID: 15707835 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2004.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2004] [Accepted: 10/18/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The proteome of the plant cell wall/apoplast is less well characterized than those of other subcellular compartments. This largely reflects the many technical challenges involved in extracting and identifying extracellular proteins, many of which resist isolation and identification, and in capturing a population that is both comprehensive and relatively uncontaminated with intracellular proteins. However, a range of disruptive techniques, involving tissue homogenization and subsequent sequential extraction and non-disruptive approaches has been developed. These approaches have been complemented more recently by other genome-scale screens, such as secretion traps that reveal the genes encoding proteins with N-terminal signal peptides that are targeted to the secretory pathway, many of which are subsequently localized in the wall. While the size and complexity of the wall proteome is still unresolved, the combination of experimental tools and computational prediction is rapidly expanding the catalog of known wall-localized proteins, suggesting the unexpected extracellular localization of other polypeptides and providing the basis for further exploration of plant wall structure and function.
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- Sang-Jik Lee
- Department of Plant Biology, 228 Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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