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Zhang C, Tetteh C, Luo S, Jin P, Hao X, Sun M, Fang N, Liu Y, Zhang H. Exogenous application of pectin triggers stomatal closure and immunity in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13438. [PMID: 38393695 PMCID: PMC10887356 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
Abstract
Pectin has been extensively studied in animal immunity, and exogenous pectin as a food additive can provide protection against inflammatory bowel disease. However, the utility of pectin to improve immunity in plants is still unstudied. Here, we found exogenous application of pectin triggered stomatal closure in Arabidopsis in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Additionally, pectin activated peroxidase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), which subsequently increased cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+ ]cyt ) and was followed by nitric oxide (NO) production, leading to stomatal closure in an abscisic acid (ABA) and salicylic acid (SA) signalling-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, pectin enhanced the disease resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000) with mitogen-activated protein kinases (MPKs) MPK3/6 activated and upregulated expression of defence-responsive genes in Arabidopsis. These results suggested that exogenous pectin-induced stomatal closure was associated with ROS and NO production regulated by ABA and SA signalling, contributing to defence against Pst DC3000 in Arabidopsis.
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- Cheng Zhang
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory of Agri‐products Quality and Biosafety, Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant Protection, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefeiAnhuiChina
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Malhotra B, Kumar P, Bisht NC. Defense versus growth trade-offs: Insights from glucosinolates and their catabolites. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:2964-2984. [PMID: 36207995 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Specialized metabolites are a structurally diverse group of naturally occurring compounds that facilitate plant-environment interactions. Their synthesis and maintenance in plants is overall a resource-demanding process that occurs at the expense of growth and reproduction and typically incurs several costs. Evidence emerging on different specialized compounds suggests that they serve multiple auxiliary functions to influence and moderate primary metabolism in plants. These new functionalities enable them to mediate trade-offs from defenses to growth and also to offset their production and maintenance costs in plants. Recent research on glucosinolates (GSLs), which are specialized metabolites of Brassicales, demonstrates their emerging multifunctionalities to fine-tune plant growth and development under variable environments. Herein, we present findings from the septennium on individual GSLs and their catabolites (GHPs) per se, that work as mobile signals within plants to mediate precise regulations of their primary physiological functions. Both GSLs and GHPs calibrate growth-defense trade-off interactions either synergistically or directly when they function as storage compounds, abiotic stress alleviators, and one-to-one regulators of growth pathways in plants. We finally summarize the overall lessons learned from GSLs and GHPs as a model and raise the most pressing questions to address the molecular-genetic intricacies of specialized metabolite-based trade-offs in plants.
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- Bhanu Malhotra
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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Aihara Y, Maeda B, Goto K, Takahashi K, Nomoto M, Toh S, Ye W, Toda Y, Uchida M, Asai E, Tada Y, Itami K, Sato A, Murakami K, Kinoshita T. Identification and improvement of isothiocyanate-based inhibitors on stomatal opening to act as drought tolerance-conferring agrochemicals. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2665. [PMID: 37188667 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38102-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Stomatal pores in the plant epidermis open and close to regulate gas exchange between leaves and the atmosphere. Upon light stimulation, the plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase is phosphorylated and activated via an intracellular signal transduction pathway in stomatal guard cells, providing a primary driving force for the opening movement. To uncover and manipulate this stomatal opening pathway, we screened a chemical library and identified benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC), a Brassicales-specific metabolite, as a potent stomatal-opening inhibitor that suppresses PM H+-ATPase phosphorylation. We further developed BITC derivatives with multiple isothiocyanate groups (multi-ITCs), which demonstrate inhibitory activity on stomatal opening up to 66 times stronger, as well as a longer duration of the effect and negligible toxicity. The multi-ITC treatment inhibits plant leaf wilting in both short (1.5 h) and long-term (24 h) periods. Our research elucidates the biological function of BITC and its use as an agrochemical that confers drought tolerance on plants by suppressing stomatal opening.
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- Yusuke Aihara
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- JST PRESTO, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo, 669-1337, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo, 669-1337, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- JST PRESTO, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-0076, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Department of Environmental Bioscience, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, 261325, Weifang, China
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Phytometrics Co., Ltd., Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 435-0036, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
- JST PRESTO, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-0076, Japan.
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo, 669-1337, Japan.
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
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Ueda A, Aihara Y, Sato S, Kano K, Mishiro-Sato E, Kitano H, Sato A, Fujimoto KJ, Yanai T, Amaike K, Kinoshita T, Itami K. Discovery of 2,6-Dihalopurines as Stomata Opening Inhibitors: Implication of an LRX-Mediated H +-ATPase Phosphorylation Pathway. ACS Chem Biol 2023; 18:347-355. [PMID: 36638821 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Stomata are pores in the leaf epidermis of plants and their opening and closing regulate gas exchange and water transpiration. Stomatal movements play key roles in both plant growth and stress responses. In recent years, small molecules regulating stomatal movements have been used as a powerful tool in mechanistic studies, as well as key players for agricultural applications. Therefore, the development of new molecules regulating stomatal movement and the elucidation of their mechanisms have attracted much attention. We herein describe the discovery of 2,6-dihalopurines, AUs, as a new stomatal opening inhibitor, and their mechanistic study. Based on biological assays, AUs may involve in the pathway related with plasma membrane H+-ATPase phosphorylation. In addition, we identified leucine-rich repeat extensin proteins (LRXs), LRX3, LRX4 and LRX5 as well as RALF, as target protein candidates of AUs by affinity based pull down assay and molecular dynamics simulation. The mechanism of stomatal movement related with the LRXs-RALF is an unexplored pathway, and therefore further studies may lead to the discovery of new signaling pathways and regulatory factors in the stomatal movement.
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- Ayaka Ueda
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Park JC, Yoo Y, Lim H, Yun S, Win KTYS, Kim KM, Lee GS, Cho MH, Lee TH, Sano H, Lee SW. Intracellular Ca 2+ accumulation triggered by caffeine provokes resistance against a broad range of biotic stress in rice. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:1049-1064. [PMID: 35098547 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14273] [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] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Chemical pesticides are still frequently overused to diminish such crop loss caused by biotic stress despite the threat to humans and the environment. Thus, it is urgent to find safer and more effective defense strategies. In this study, we report that caffeine, implanted through a transgenic approach, enhances resistance against variable biotic stresses in rice without fitness cost. Caffeine-producing rice (CPR) was generated by introducing three N-methyltransferase genes involved in the biosynthesis of caffeine in coffee plants. The CPR plants have no differences in morphology and growth compared to their wild-type counterparts, but they show strongly enhanced resistance to both bacterial leaf blight, rice blast, and attack of white-backed planthoppers. Caffeine acts as a repellent agent against rice pathogens. Moreover, caffeine triggers a series of Ca2+ signalling-like processes to synthesize salicylic acid (SA), a hormone associated with plant resistance. In CPR, phosphodiesterase was inhibited by caffeine, cAMP and cGMP increased, intracellular Ca2+ increased, phenylalanine lyase (PAL) was activated by OsCPK1, and SA synthesis was activated. This finding is a novel strategy to improve resistance against the biotic stresses of crops with a special type of defense inducer.
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- Jong-Chan Park
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Crop Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Crop Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Forest Bioresources Department, National Institute of Forest Science, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Division of Plant Biosciences, School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Crop Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Plant Biosciences, School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Genomics Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Research and Education Center for Genetic Information, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Crop Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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Rhaman MS, Imran S, Karim MM, Chakrobortty J, Mahamud MA, Sarker P, Tahjib-Ul-Arif M, Robin AHK, Ye W, Murata Y, Hasanuzzaman M. 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated plant adaptive responses to abiotic stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2021; 40:1451-1469. [PMID: 33839877 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-021-02690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) modulates various defense systems in plants and confers abiotic stress tolerance. Enhancement of crop production is a challenge due to numerous abiotic stresses such as, salinity, drought, temperature, heavy metals, and UV. Plants often face one or more abiotic stresses in their life cycle because of the challenging growing environment which results in reduction of growth and yield. Diverse studies have been conducted to discern suitable mitigation strategies to enhance crop production by minimizing abiotic stress. Exogenous application of different plant growth regulators is a well-renowned approach to ameliorate adverse effects of abiotic stresses on crop plants. Among the numerous plant growth regulators, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a novel plant growth regulator, also well-known to alleviate the injurious effects of abiotic stresses in plants. ALA enhances abiotic stress tolerance as well as growth and yield by regulating photosynthetic and antioxidant machineries and nutrient uptake in plants. However, the regulatory roles of ALA in plants under different stresses have not been studied and assembled systematically. Also, ALA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms have not been fully elucidated yet. Therefore, this review discusses the role of ALA in crop growth enhancement as well as its ameliorative role in abiotic stress mitigation and also discusses the ALA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms and its limitation and future promises for sustainable crop production.
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- Mohammad Saidur Rhaman
- Department of Seed Science and Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna, 9100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Soil Science, Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna, 9100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna, 9100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
- Department of Bio-Functional Chemistry, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Plant Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Bio-Functional Chemistry, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh.
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Bharath P, Gahir S, Raghavendra AS. Abscisic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure: An Important Component of Plant Defense Against Abiotic and Biotic Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:615114. [PMID: 33746999 PMCID: PMC7969522 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.615114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is a stress hormone that accumulates under different abiotic and biotic stresses. A typical effect of ABA on leaves is to reduce transpirational water loss by closing stomata and parallelly defend against microbes by restricting their entry through stomatal pores. ABA can also promote the accumulation of polyamines, sphingolipids, and even proline. Stomatal closure by compounds other than ABA also helps plant defense against both abiotic and biotic stress factors. Further, ABA can interact with other hormones, such as methyl jasmonate (MJ) and salicylic acid (SA). Such cross-talk can be an additional factor in plant adaptations against environmental stresses and microbial pathogens. The present review highlights the recent progress in understanding ABA's multifaceted role under stress conditions, particularly stomatal closure. We point out the importance of reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive carbonyl species (RCS), nitric oxide (NO), and Ca2+ in guard cells as key signaling components during the ABA-mediated short-term plant defense reactions. The rise in ROS, RCS, NO, and intracellular Ca2+ triggered by ABA can promote additional events involved in long-term adaptive measures, including gene expression, accumulation of compatible solutes to protect the cell, hypersensitive response (HR), and programmed cell death (PCD). Several pathogens can counteract and try to reopen stomata. Similarly, pathogens attempt to trigger PCD of host tissue to their benefit. Yet, ABA-induced effects independent of stomatal closure can delay the pathogen spread and infection within leaves. Stomatal closure and other ABA influences can be among the early steps of defense and a crucial component of plants' innate immunity response. Stomatal guard cells are quite sensitive to environmental stress and are considered good model systems for signal transduction studies. Further research on the ABA-induced stomatal closure mechanism can help us design strategies for plant/crop adaptations to stress.
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Afrin S, Okuma E, Tahjib-Ul-Arif M, Jahan MS, Nakamura T, Nakamura Y, Munemasa S, Murata Y. Stomatal response to isothiocyanates in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:6921-6931. [PMID: 33252127 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) induces stomatal closure accompanied by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and glutathione (GSH) depletion in Arabidopsis thaliana. In this study, stomatal responses to three other isothiocyanates (ITCs), benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC), sulforaphane (SFN), and phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC), were investigated in A. thaliana. All these ITCs significantly induced stomatal closure, where PEITC and BITC were most effective. The selected ITCs also induced ROS accumulation, cytosolic alkalization, and GSH depletion in guard cells. Moreover, all ITCs increased the frequency of cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]cyt) spikes (transient elevation), while PEITC and BITC showed the highest frequency. There was a strong positive correlation between the number of [Ca2+]cyt spikes per guard cell and the decrease in stomatal aperture. Both cytosolic alkalization and GSH content have a positive correlation with the decrease in stomatal aperture, but ROS production did not have a significant correlation with the decrease in stomatal apertures. These results indicate that the molecules with a functional ITC group induce stomatal closure that is accompanied by GSH depletion, cytosolic alkalization, [Ca2+]cyt spikes, and ROS production, and that the former three cellular events, rather than ROS production, are highly correlated with the decrease in stomatal aperture.
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- Sonya Afrin
- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Seed Priming with Phytohormones: An Effective Approach for the Mitigation of Abiotic Stress. PLANTS 2020; 10:plants10010037. [PMID: 33375667 PMCID: PMC7824124 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Plants are often exposed to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, heat, cold, and heavy metals that induce complex responses, which result in reduced growth as well as crop yield. Phytohormones are well known for their regulatory role in plant growth and development, and they serve as important chemical messengers, allowing plants to function during exposure to various stresses. Seed priming is a physiological technique involving seed hydration and drying to improve metabolic processes prior to germination, thereby increasing the percentage and rate of germination and improving seedling growth and crop yield under normal and various biotic and abiotic stresses. Seed priming allows plants to obtain an enhanced capacity for rapidly and effectively combating different stresses. Thus, seed priming with phytohormones has emerged as an important tool for mitigating the effects of abiotic stress. Therefore, this review discusses the potential role of priming with phytohormones to mitigate the harmful effects of abiotic stresses, possible mechanisms for how mitigation is accomplished, and roles of priming on the enhancement of crop production.
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