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Sun Y, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Hasan N, Yang N, Xie Y, Tang C. Identification and characterization of the Bicupin domain family and functional analysis of GhBCD11 in response to verticillium wilt in cotton. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 337:111875. [PMID: 37769874 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Bicupin domain protein (BCD) family, an important component of Cupin domain superfamily, plays important roles in oxalic acid (OA) degradation and stress responses in high plants. However, no studies have been reported on the Cupin domain family in cotton up till now. In our study, a total 110 proteins including Cupin domain were identified from the upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Among them, 17 proteins contained Bicupin domain. Subsequently, we found that V. dahliae produces OA leading to cotton leaf wilting. RT-qPCR analysis of GhBCDs revealed that OA and V. dahliae Vd080 significantly enhanced the expression of GhBCD11. The Virus-induced gene silencing and overexpression analysis showed that GhBCD11 positively regulates plant resistance to V. dahliae. Subcellular localization showed GhBCD11 located on the plasma membrane. The analysis of expression pattern showed that GhBCD11 can be induced via hormone-mediated signal pathway including salicylic acid (SA), ethephon (ET), methyl jasmonate (JA) and abscisic acid (ABA). In addition, we identified an interaction between 60 S ribosomal protein GhRPL12-3 and GhBCD11 by yeast double hybridization. Overall, this is the first study, where we identified Cupin domain family in cotton, clarified the role of GhBCD11 in cotton for resistance to V. dahliae and found an interaction between GhRPL12-3 and GhBCD11.
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- Ying Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang 455000, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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Niu L, Wu Z, Liu J, Xiang Q, Bai Y. Enhancement effect of carvacrol on yeast inactivation by mild pressure carbon dioxide. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:353. [PMID: 37815591 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03689-4] [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: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the common spoilage microorganisms in fruit juices. This paper investigated the influences of carvacrol on S. cerevisiae inactivation by mild pressure carbon dioxide (MPCO2). The results demonstrated that carvacrol synergistically enhanced the antifungal activity against S. cerevisiae of MPCO2. With the increase of carvacrol concentration (20-160 µg/mL), CO2 pressure (1.5-3.5 MPa), process temperature (20-40 °C), and treatment time (15-60 min), the inactivation effect of carvacrol combined with MPCO2 on S. cerevisiae was gradually increased and significantly stronger than either single treatment. In the presence of carvacrol, MPCO2 severely disordered the plasma membrane of S. cerevisiae, including the increase of membrane permeability, and the loss of membrane potential and integrity. MPCO2 and carvacrol in combination also aggravated the mitochondrial depolarization of S. cerevisiae and reduced intracellular ATP and protein content. This study suggests the potential of carvacrol and pressurized CO2 as an alternative technology for food pasteurization.
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- Liyuan Niu
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Processing and Safety Control (Zhengzhou University of Light Industry), Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Processing and Safety Control (Zhengzhou University of Light Industry), Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Processing and Safety Control (Zhengzhou University of Light Industry), Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China.
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Li P, Liu C, Luo Y, Shi H, Li Q, PinChu C, Li X, Yang J, Fan W. Oxalate in Plants: Metabolism, Function, Regulation, and Application. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:16037-16049. [PMID: 36511327 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Characterized by strong acidity, chelating ability, and reducing ability, oxalic acid, a low molecular weight dicarboxylic organic acid, plays important roles in the regulation of plant growth and development, the response to both biotic and abiotic stresses such as plant defense and heavy metals detoxification, and food quality. The metabolism of oxalic acid has been well-studied in microorganisms, fungi, and animals but remains less understood in plants. However, excessive accumulation of oxalic acid is detrimental to plants. Therefore, the level of oxalic acid has to be precisely controlled in plant tissues. In this review, we summarize the metabolism, function, and regulation of oxalic acid in plants, and we discuss solutions such as agricultural practices and plant biotechnology to manipulate oxalic acid metabolism to regulate plant responses to both external stimuli and internal developmental cues.
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- Pengfei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Landscape and Horticulture, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Landscape and Horticulture, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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Mahdy SR, Awadallah‐F A, Khalil SA. Radiation initiated synthesis of (carboxymethyl cellulose/polyacryalmide) hydrogels with polyprotic acid moieties and their utilization in nicotinic acid release. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.5821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Sanna R. Mahdy
- Radiation Chemistry Department National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Cairo Egypt
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- Radiation Research of Polymer Department National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Cairo Egypt
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- Radiation Chemistry Department National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Cairo Egypt
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Yu YY, Si FJ, Wang N, Wang T, Jin Y, Zheng Y, Yang W, Luo YM, Niu DD, Guo JH, Jiang CH. Bacillus-Secreted Oxalic Acid Induces Tomato Resistance Against Gray Mold Disease Caused by Botrytis cinerea by Activating the JA/ET Pathway. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:659-671. [PMID: 36043906 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-21-0289-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Bacillus spp. are known for their ability to control plant diseases; however, the mechanism of disease control by Bacillus spp. is still unclear. Previously, bacterial organic acids have been implicated in the process of disease suppression. We extracted the total organic acid from Bacillus cereus AR156 culture filtrate and identified oxalic acid (OA) as the programmed cell death-inducing factor. OA strongly suppressed the lesion caused by Botrytis cinerea without significant antagonism against the fungus. Low concentration of OA produced by Bacillus spp. inhibited cell death caused by high concentrations of OA in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Pretreatment with a low concentration of OA led to higher accumulation of active oxygen-scavenging enzymes in tomato leaves and provoked the expression of defense-related genes. The activation of gene expression relied on the jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathway but not the salicylic acid (SA) pathway. The disease suppression capacity of OA was confirmed on wild-type tomato and its SA accumulation-deficient line, while the control effect was diminished in JA synthesis-deficient mutant, suggesting that the OA-triggered resistance relied on JA and ethylene (ET) signaling transduction. OA secretion ability was widely distributed among the tested Bacillus strains and the final environmental OA concentration was under strict regulation by a pH-sensitive degradation mechanism. This study provides the first systematic analysis on the role of low-concentration OA secreted and maintained by Bacillus spp. in suppression of gray mold disease and determines the dependence of OA-mediated resistance on the JA/ET signaling pathway. [Formula: see text] The author(s) have dedicated the work to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law, 2022.
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- Yi-Yang Yu
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Regional Modern Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Regional Modern Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Disease and Pests, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
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Niu L, Zhang Y, Jie M, Cheng Y, Xiang Q, Zhang Z, Bai Y. Synergetic effect of
petit
‐high pressure carbon dioxide combined with cinnamon (
Cinnamomum cassia
) essential oil against
Salmonella typhimurium. Int J Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.15613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Liyuan Niu
- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control Zhengzhou China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Production and Safety Henan Province Zhengzhou China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control Zhengzhou China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Production and Safety Henan Province Zhengzhou China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control Zhengzhou China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Production and Safety Henan Province Zhengzhou China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control Zhengzhou China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Production and Safety Henan Province Zhengzhou China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering Zhengzhou University of Light Industry Zhengzhou China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control Zhengzhou China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Production and Safety Henan Province Zhengzhou China
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Towards Understanding the Involvement of H +-ATPase in Programmed Cell Death of Psammosilene tunicoides after Oxalic Acid Application. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26226957. [PMID: 34834048 PMCID: PMC8622363 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26226957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Psammosilene tunicoides is a unique perennial medicinal plant species native to the Southwestern regions of China. Its wild population is rare and endangered due to over-excessive collection and extended growth (4–5 years). This research shows that H+-ATPase activity was a key factor for oxalate-inducing programmed cell death (PCD) of P. tunicoides suspension cells. Oxalic acid (OA) is an effective abiotic elicitor that enhances a plant cell’s resistance to environmental stress. However, the role of OA in this process remains to be mechanistically unveiled. The present study evaluated the role of OA-induced cell death using an inverted fluorescence microscope after staining with Evans blue, FDA, PI, and Rd123. OA-stimulated changes in K+ and Ca2+ trans-membrane flows using a patch-clamp method, together with OA modulation of H+-ATPase activity, were further examined. OA treatment increased cell death rate in a dosage-and duration-dependent manner. OA significantly decreased the mitochondria activity and damaged its electron transport chain. The OA treatment also decreased intracellular pH, while the FC increased the pH value. Simultaneously, NH4Cl caused intracellular acidification. The OA treatment independently resulted in 90% and the FC led to 25% cell death rates. Consistently, the combined treatments caused a 31% cell death rate. Furthermore, treatment with EGTA caused a similar change in intracellular pH value to the La3+ and OA application. Combined results suggest that OA-caused cell death could be attributed to intracellular acidification and the involvement of OA in the influx of extracellular Ca2+, thereby leading to membrane depolarization. Here we explore the resistance mechanism of P. tunicoides cells against various stresses endowed by OA treatment.
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Caliskan B, Caliskan AC. Electron paramagnetic resonance study of the paramagnetic centers in gamma-irradiated oxalic acid dihydrate single crystal. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Monazzah M, Tahmasebi Enferadi S, Rabiei Z, De Nobili M. Proteome Changes in Stem Tissues of Sunflower Lines Inoculated with Culture Filtrate of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 19:e2722. [PMID: 34825012 PMCID: PMC8590719 DOI: 10.30498/ijb.2021.223625.2722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary cause a deleterious disease on sunflower plants. Oxalic acid is the main pathogenicity factor of S. sclerotiorum. Two dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry have been used in several studies to investigate molecular changes that occur in the plants in response to S. sclerotiorum infection. Comparing responses of resistant and susceptible lines upon pathogen infection provided novel information regarding defense mechanisms against this necrotrophic pathogen. OBJECTIVES The present study reports proteome changes of partially resistant and susceptible sunflower lines under pathogen's culture filtrate treatment, resulting in the characterization of up- and down- regulated proteins. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sunflower partially resistant and susceptible lines with two true leaves were exposed to fungus culture filtrate. The stems of treated and untreated plants were sampled at 24, 48 and 72 hours after treatment for two-dimensional electrophoresis. Twenty spots showed more than 1.5-fold change in abundance were subjected to MALDI/TOF-TOF MS for further analysis. RESULTS The identified proteins were categorized into several classes including carbohydrate and energy metabolism (25%), cellular metabolic process (15%), stress response (15%), plant cell wall biogenesis (10%), photosynthesis (10%), protein metabolism (10%), unknown function (10%) and redox homeostasis (5%). CONCLUSIONS Our proteomic investigation demonstrates an increase in the expression of proteins only in partially resistant line, such as proteins involved in carbohydrate metabolism and plant defense responses (malate dehydrogenase and peroxidase), metabolic process (adenosine kinase), regulating cell redox homeostasis (disulfide isomerase) and lignin biosynthetic process (laccase). Moreover, the expression of pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase, involved in proline biosynthesis, was significantly changed in both sunflower lines in response to pathogen culture filtrate. Proteins which were only up-regulated in the partially resistant lines might have a significant role in mediating the defense against Sclerotinia and could be considered for enhancing resistance against this devastating pathogen.
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- Maryam Monazzah
- Department of Plant Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Udine, Italy
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Zhao T, Arbelet-Bonnin D, Tran D, Monetti E, Lehner A, Meimoun P, Kadono T, Dauphin A, Errakhi R, Reboutier D, Cangémi S, Kawano T, Mancuso S, El-Maarouf-Bouteau H, Laurenti P, Bouteau F. Biphasic activation of survival and death pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana cultured cells by sorbitol-induced hyperosmotic stress. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 305:110844. [PMID: 33691971 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hyperosmotic stresses represent some of the most serious abiotic factors that adversely affect plants growth, development and fitness. Despite their central role, the early cellular events that lead to plant adaptive responses remain largely unknown. In this study, using Arabidopsis thaliana cultured cells we analyzed early cellular responses to sorbitol-induced hyperosmotic stress. We observed biphasic and dual responses of A. thaliana cultured cells to sorbitol-induced hyperosmotic stress. A first set of events, namely singlet oxygen (1O2) production and cell hyperpolarization due to a decrease in anion channel activity could participate to signaling and osmotic adjustment allowing cell adaptation and survival. A second set of events, namely superoxide anion (O2-) production by RBOHD-NADPH-oxidases and SLAC1 anion channel activation could participate in programmed cell death (PCD) of a part of the cell population. This set of events raises the question of how a survival pathway and a death pathway could be induced by the same hyperosmotic condition and what could be the meaning of the induction of two different behaviors in response to hyperosmotic stress.
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- Tingting Zhao
- Université de Paris, Laboratoire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France; former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; Université de Paris, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI), Paris, France
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- former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
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- former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan; University of Florence LINV Kitakyushu Research Center (LINV@Kitakyushu), Kitakyushu, Japan; Université de Paris, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI), Paris, France
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- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; University of Florence LINV Kitakyushu Research Center (LINV@Kitakyushu), Kitakyushu, Japan; Université de Paris, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI), Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France; former EA3514, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; University of Florence LINV Kitakyushu Research Center (LINV@Kitakyushu), Kitakyushu, Japan.
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Bouteau F, Reboutier D, Tran D, Laurenti P. Ion Transport in Plant Cell Shrinkage During Death. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:566606. [PMID: 33195198 PMCID: PMC7604285 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.566606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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- François Bouteau
- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- UMR 6290-IGDR Expression Génétique et Développement Faculté de Médecine, Rennes, France
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- Agroscope, Institute for Plant Production Systems, Conthey, Switzerland
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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Farmer EE, Gao YQ, Lenzoni G, Wolfender JL, Wu Q. Wound- and mechanostimulated electrical signals control hormone responses. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 227:1037-1050. [PMID: 32392391 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plants in nature are constantly exposed to organisms that touch them and wound them. A highly conserved response to these stimuli is a rapid collapse of membrane potential (i.e. a decrease of electrical field strength across membranes). This can be coupled to the production and/or action of jasmonate or ethylene. Here, the various types of electrical signals in plants are discussed in the context of hormone responses. Genetic approaches are revealing genes involved in wound-induced electrical signalling. These include clade 3 GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE (GLR) genes, Arabidopsis H+ -ATPases (AHAs), RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOGUEs (RBOHs), and genes that determine cell wall properties. We briefly review touch- and wound-induced increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations and their temporal relationship to electrical activities. We then look at the questions that need addressing to link mechanostimulation and wound-induced electrical activity to hormone responses. Utilizing recently published results, we also present a hypothesis for wound-response leaf-to-leaf electrical signalling. This model is based on rapid electro-osmotic coupling between the phloem and xylem. The model suggests that the depolarization of membranes within the vascular matrix triggered by physical stimuli and/or chemical elicitors is linked to changes in phloem turgor and that this plays vital roles in leaf-to-leaf electrical signal propagation.
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- Edward E Farmer
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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Singh NK, Paz E, Kutsher Y, Reuveni M, Lers A. Tomato T2 ribonuclease LE is involved in the response to pathogens. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:895-906. [PMID: 32352631 PMCID: PMC7280031 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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T2 ribonucleases (RNases) are RNA-degrading enzymes that function in various cellular processes, mostly via RNA metabolism. T2 RNase-encoding genes have been identified in various organisms, from bacteria to mammals, and are most diverse in plants. The existence of T2 RNase genes in almost every organism suggests an important biological function that has been conserved through evolution. In plants, T2 RNases are suggested to be involved in phosphate scavenging and recycling, and are implicated in defence responses to pathogens. We investigated the function of the tomato T2 RNase LE, known to be induced by phosphate deficiency and wounding. The possible involvement of LE in pathogen responses was examined. Expression analysis showed LE induction during fungal infection and by stimuli known to be associated with pathogen inoculation, including oxalic acid and hydrogen peroxide. Analysis of LE-suppressed transgenic tomato lines revealed higher susceptibility to oxalic acid, a cell death-inducing factor, compared to the wild type. This elevated sensitivity of LE-suppressed lines was evidenced by visual signs of necrosis, and increased ion leakage and reactive oxygen species levels, indicating acceleration of cell death. Challenge of the LE-suppressed lines with the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea resulted in accelerated development of disease symptoms compared to the wild type, associated with suppressed expression of pathogenesis-related marker genes. The results suggest a role for plant endogenous T2 RNases in antifungal activity.
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- Naveen Kumar Singh
- Department of Postharvest Science, Volcani CenterAgricultural Research OrganizationRishon LeZionIsrael
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Volcani CenterAgricultural Research OrganizationRishon LeZionIsrael
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environment SciencesHebrew University of JerusalemRehovotIsrael
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- Plant Science Institute, the Volcani CenterAgricultural Research OrganizationRishon LeZionIsrael
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- Plant Science Institute, the Volcani CenterAgricultural Research OrganizationRishon LeZionIsrael
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Volcani CenterAgricultural Research OrganizationRishon LeZionIsrael
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Zeng L, Yang X, Zhou J. The xanthophyll cycle as an early pathogenic target to deregulate guard cells during Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2020; 15:1691704. [PMID: 31724459 PMCID: PMC7012177 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2019.1691704] [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] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Stomata not only control the important balance between gaseous fluxes and water loss, but also act as a route of invading pathogen entry into the plant. Here, the stomatal opening was observed to be induced by a necrotrophic pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum at the early stages of infection. In contrast to uninfected control, the stomatal pores were still opened in S. sclerotiorum-infected regions after dark adaption. Mutation of violaxanthin de-epoxidase, a key enzyme in the xanthophyll cycle, could partially restore the S. sclerotiorum-induced stomatal opening. Further studies showed that S. sclerotiorum invasion led to a decrease in electron transport rate, but a significant increase in non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). The decay kinetics of NPQ revealed that zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP, also known as ABA1) was continuous deactivation in S. sclerotiorum-infected region. HPLC-MS/MS analysis showed a slight increase of jasmonate acid (JA), but a great decrease of abscisic acid (ABA) content in S. sclerotiorum-inoculated tissue. Exogenous application of ABA but not JA could rescue the abnormal stomatal opening. Together, these results suggested that the S. sclerotiorum-induced decrease of ABA biosynthesis reduced stomatal closing via dysfunction of the xanthophyll cycle during early pathogenesis.
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- Lizhang Zeng
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Xiangbo Yang School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- CONTACT Jun Zhou MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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Tran D, Dauphin A, Meimoun P, Kadono T, Nguyen HTH, Arbelet-Bonnin D, Zhao T, Errakhi R, Lehner A, Kawano T, Bouteau F. Methanol induces cytosolic calcium variations, membrane depolarization and ethylene production in arabidopsis and tobacco. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2018; 122:849-860. [PMID: 29579139 PMCID: PMC6215043 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Background and Aims Methanol is a volatile organic compound released from plants through the action of pectin methylesterases (PMEs), which demethylesterify cell wall pectins. Plant PMEs play a role in developmental processes but also in responses to herbivory and infection by fungal or bacterial pathogens. However, molecular mechanisms that explain how methanol could affect plant defences remain poorly understood. Methods Using cultured cells and seedlings from Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco BY2 expressing the apoaequorin gene, allowing quantification of cytosolic Ca2+, a reactive oxygen species (ROS) probe (CLA, Cypridina luciferin analogue) and electrophysiological techniques, we followed early plant cell responses to exogenously supplied methanol applied as a liquid or as volatile. Key Results Methanol induces cytosolic Ca2+ variations that involve Ca2+ influx through the plasma membrane and Ca2+ release from internal stores. Our data further suggest that these Ca2+ variations could interact with different ROS and support a signalling pathway leading to well known plant responses to pathogens such as plasma membrane depolarization through anion channel regulation and ethylene synthesis. Conclusions Methanol is not only a by-product of PME activities, and our data suggest that [Ca2+]cyt variations could participate in signalling processes induced by methanol upstream of plant defence responses.
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- Daniel Tran
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- Department of Physiology & Cell Information Systems Group, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- Institut Curie, CNRS UMR3215, INSERM U934, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, UMR7622–IBPS, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Aquatic Environmental Science, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- Eurofins Agriscience Service, Marocco
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, EA4358, SFR Normandie végétal, Rouen, France
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- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
- LINV Kitakyushu Research Center, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI), Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
- LINV Kitakyushu Research Center, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Fagundes-Nacarath IRF, Debona D, Rodrigues FA. Oxalic acid-mediated biochemical and physiological changes in the common bean-Sclerotinia sclerotiorum interaction. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 129:109-121. [PMID: 29870862 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The success of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection relies mainly on the production of the non-host selective toxin named oxalic acid (OA). This toxin is known to play multiple roles in a host infected by the fungus, but its effect on photosynthesis and the antioxidant system of common bean plants remain elusive. Therefore, we performed detailed analysis of leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence, activities of antioxidant enzymes, concentrations of reactive oxygen species and photosynthetic pigments to investigate the OA's role during the S. sclerotiorum pathogenesis. To achieve this goal, common bean plants were sprayed with water or with oxalic acid (referred to as -OA and +OA plants, respectively) and either non-challenged or challenged with a wild-type (WT) or an OA-defective mutant (A4) of S. sclerotiorum. Irrespective of OA spray, the WT isolate was more aggressive than the A4 isolate and spraying OA increased OA concentration in the leaflets as well as the aggressiveness of both isolates. Biochemical limitations were behind S. sclerotiorum-induced photosynthetic impairments notably for the +OA plants inoculated with the WT isolate. Inoculated plants were not able to fully capture and exploit the collected energy due to the degradation of photosynthetic pigments. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis and photochemical dysfunctions were potentiated by OA. Higher activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and ascorbate peroxidase besides reductions on catalase activity were noticed for plants inoculated with the WT isolate. OA was able to counteract most of the increases in the activities of antioxidant enzymes thereby increasing the generation of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide and the concurrent damage to the membranes of host cells as evidenced by the high malondialdehyde concentration. In conclusion, OA was found to enhance biochemical limitations to photosynthesis, photochemical dysfunctions and oxidative stress in the leaflets of common bean plants infected by S. sclerotiorum.
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- I R F Fagundes-Nacarath
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Laboratório da Interação Planta-Patógeno, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Laboratório da Interação Planta-Patógeno, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Laboratório da Interação Planta-Patógeno, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, 36570-900, Brazil.
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Cai X, Ge C, Xu C, Wang X, Wang S, Wang Q. Expression Analysis of Oxalate Metabolic Pathway Genes Reveals Oxalate Regulation Patterns in Spinach. Molecules 2018; 23:E1286. [PMID: 29861493 PMCID: PMC6100029 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23061286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is one of most important leafy vegetables because of its high nutritional value and high oxalate content, which can be toxic with negative effects on human nutrition. Ammonium and nitrate can effectively regulate oxalate accumulation, although the mechanisms underlying the oxalate biosynthesis and regulation are still undetermined in plants. In the present study, we identified 25 putative genes that are involved in the oxalate biosynthetic and degradation pathway, before analyzing the oxalate content and the expression levels of the corresponding proteins under normal growth conditions, with or without ammonium and nitrate treatments, using high and low oxalate-accumulated spinach genotypes. The two cultivars exhibited different profiles of total oxalate and soluble oxalate accumulation. The high oxalate concentrations in spinach were as a result of the high transcription levels of the genes that are involved in oxalate biosynthesis under normal growth conditions, such as SoGLO2, SoGLO3, three SoOXACs, SoMLS, SoMDH1, SoMDH2, and SoMDH4. The results revealed that the ammonium and nitrate were able to control the oxalate content in leaves, possibly because of the different transcription levels of the genes. The oxalate content is regulated by complex regulatory mechanisms and is varied in the different varieties of spinach. The results from this research may be used to assist the investigation of the mechanism of oxalate regulation and breeding for reduced oxalate content in spinach.
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- Xiaofeng Cai
- Development and Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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- Development and Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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- Development and Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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- Development and Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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- Development and Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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- Development and Collaborative Innovation Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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Pathirana R, West P, Hedderley D, Eason J. Cell death patterns in Arabidopsis cells subjected to four physiological stressors indicate multiple signalling pathways and cell cycle phase specificity. PROTOPLASMA 2017; 254:635-647. [PMID: 27193098 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-016-0977-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Corpse morphology, nuclear DNA fragmentation, expression of senescence-associated genes (SAG) and cysteine protease profiles were investigated to understand cell death patterns in a cell cycle-synchronised Arabidopsis thaliana cell suspension culture treated with four physiological stressors in the late G2 phase. Within 4 h of treatment, polyethylene glycol (PEG, 20 %), mannose (100 mM) and hydrogen peroxide (2 mM) caused DNA fragmentation coinciding with cell permeability to Evans Blue (EB) and produced corpse morphology corresponding to apoptosis-like programmed cell death (AL-PCD) with cytoplasmic retraction from the cell wall. Ethylene (8 mL per 250-mL flask) caused permeability of cells to EB without concomitant nuclear DNA fragmentation and cytoplasmic retraction, suggesting necrotic cell death. Mannose inducing glycolysis block and PEG causing dehydration resulted in relatively similar patterns of upregulation of SAG suggesting similar cell death signalling pathways for these two stress factors, whereas hydrogen peroxide caused unique patterns indicating an alternate pathway for cell death induced by oxidative stress. Ethylene did not cause appreciable changes in SAG expression, confirming necrotic cell death. Expression of AtDAD, BoMT1 and AtSAG2 genes, previously shown to be associated with plant senescence, also changed rapidly during AL-PCD in cultured cells. The profiles of nine distinct cysteine protease-active bands ranging in size from ca. 21.5 to 38.5 kDa found in the control cultures were also altered after treatment with the four stressors, with mannose and PEG again producing similar patterns. Results also suggest that cysteine proteases may have a role in necrotic cell death.
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- Ranjith Pathirana
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- NZ Avocado, Level 5 Harrington House, 32 Harington Street, Tauranga, 3110, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Proteometabolomic analysis of transgenic tomato overexpressing oxalate decarboxylase uncovers novel proteins potentially involved in defense mechanism against Sclerotinia. J Proteomics 2016; 143:242-253. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Barka EA, Vatsa P, Sanchez L, Gaveau-Vaillant N, Jacquard C, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Klenk HP, Clément C, Ouhdouch Y, van Wezel GP. Taxonomy, Physiology, and Natural Products of Actinobacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2016; 80:1-43. [PMID: 26609051 PMCID: PMC4711186 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00019-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 952] [Impact Index Per Article: 119.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C DNA content that constitute one of the largest bacterial phyla, and they are ubiquitously distributed in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Many Actinobacteria have a mycelial lifestyle and undergo complex morphological differentiation. They also have an extensive secondary metabolism and produce about two-thirds of all naturally derived antibiotics in current clinical use, as well as many anticancer, anthelmintic, and antifungal compounds. Consequently, these bacteria are of major importance for biotechnology, medicine, and agriculture. Actinobacteria play diverse roles in their associations with various higher organisms, since their members have adopted different lifestyles, and the phylum includes pathogens (notably, species of Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Propionibacterium, and Tropheryma), soil inhabitants (e.g., Micromonospora and Streptomyces species), plant commensals (e.g., Frankia spp.), and gastrointestinal commensals (Bifidobacterium spp.). Actinobacteria also play an important role as symbionts and as pathogens in plant-associated microbial communities. This review presents an update on the biology of this important bacterial phylum.
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- Essaid Ait Barka
- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne, UFR Sciences, UPRES EA 4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Faculté de Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Laboratoire de Biologie et de Biotechnologie des Microorganismes, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Sylvius Laboratories, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Liang X, Moomaw EW, Rollins JA. Fungal oxalate decarboxylase activity contributes to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum early infection by affecting both compound appressoria development and function. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:825-36. [PMID: 25597873 PMCID: PMC6638544 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pathogenesis requires the accumulation of high levels of oxalic acid (OA). To better understand the factors affecting OA accumulation, two putative oxalate decarboxylase (OxDC) genes (Ss-odc1 and Ss-odc2) were characterized. Ss-odc1 transcripts exhibited significant accumulation in vegetative hyphae, apothecia, early stages of compound appressorium development and during plant colonization. Ss-odc2 transcripts, in contrast, accumulated significantly only during mid to late stages of compound appressorium development. Neither gene was induced by low pH or exogenous OA in vegetative hyphae. A loss-of-function mutant for Ss-odc1 (Δss-odc1) showed wild-type growth, morphogenesis and virulence, and was not characterized further. Δss-odc2 mutants hyperaccumulated OA in vitro, were less efficient at compound appressorium differentiation and exhibited a virulence defect which could be fully bypassed by wounding the host plant prior to inoculation. All Δss-odc2 phenotypes were restored to the wild-type by ectopic complementation. An S. sclerotiorum strain overexpressing Ss-odc2 exhibited strong OxDC, but no oxalate oxidase activity. Increasing inoculum nutrient levels increased compound appressorium development, but not penetration efficiency, of Δss-odc2 mutants. Together, these results demonstrate differing roles for S. sclerotiorum OxDCs, with Odc2 playing a significant role in host infection related to compound appressorium formation and function.
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- Xiaofei Liang
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, PO Box 110680, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, MD# 1203, Kennesaw, GA, 30144, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, PO Box 110680, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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Yekkour A, Tran D, Arbelet-Bonnin D, Briand J, Mathieu F, Lebrihi A, Errakhi R, Sabaou N, Bouteau F. Early events induced by the toxin deoxynivalenol lead to programmed cell death in Nicotiana tabacum cells. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 238:148-57. [PMID: 26259183 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a mycotoxin affecting animals and plants. This toxin synthesized by Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium graminearum is currently believed to play a decisive role in the fungal phytopathogenesis as a virulence factor. Using cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum BY2, we showed that DON-induced programmed cell death (PCD) could require transcription and translation processes, in contrast to what was observed in animal cells. DON could induce different cross-linked pathways involving (i) reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation linked, at least partly, to a mitochondrial dysfunction and a transcriptional down-regulation of the alternative oxidase (Aox1) gene and (ii) regulation of ion channel activities participating in cell shrinkage, to achieve PCD.
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- Amine Yekkour
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain, Paris, France; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Kouba, Laboratoire de Biologie de Systèmes Microbiens, Alger, Algeria; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique d'Algérie, Centre de Recherche polyvalent Mehdi Boualem, Alger, Algeria
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain, Paris, France
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- Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Génie Chimique UMR 5503 (CNRS/INPT/UPS), ENSAT/INP de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France
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- Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Génie Chimique UMR 5503 (CNRS/INPT/UPS), ENSAT/INP de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France; Université Moulay Ismail, Marjane 2, BP 298, Meknès, Maroc
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- Université Moulay Ismail, Marjane 2, BP 298, Meknès, Maroc
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Kouba, Laboratoire de Biologie de Systèmes Microbiens, Alger, Algeria
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain, Paris, France.
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Johnson ET, Evans KO, Dowd PF. Antifungal Activity of a Synthetic Cationic Peptide against the Plant Pathogens Colletotrichum graminicola and Three Fusarium Species. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2015; 31:316-321. [PMID: 26361481 PMCID: PMC4564158 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.nt.04.2015.0061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A small cationic peptide (JH8944) was tested for activity against a number of pathogens of agricultural crops. JH8944 inhibited conidium growth in most of the tested plant pathogens with a dose of 50 μg/ml, although one isolate of Fusarium oxysporum was inhibited at 5 μg/ml of JH8944. Most conidia of Fusarium graminearum were killed within 6 hours of treatment with 50 μg/ml of JH8944. Germinating F. graminearum conidia required 238 μg/ml of JH8944 for 90% growth inhibition. The peptide did not cause any damage to tissues surrounding maize leaf punctures when tested at a higher concentration of 250 μg/ml even after 3 days. Liposomes consisting of phosphatidylglycerol were susceptible to leakage after treatment with 25 and 50 μg/ml of JH8944. These experiments suggest this peptide destroys fungal membrane integrity and could be utilized for control of crop fungal pathogens.
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- Eric T. Johnson
- Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604-3902,
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604-3902,
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- Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604-3902,
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Liang X, Liberti D, Li M, Kim YT, Hutchens A, Wilson R, Rollins JA. Oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase gene mutants of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum do not accumulate oxalic acid, but do produce limited lesions on host plants. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:559-71. [PMID: 25285668 PMCID: PMC6638444 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase (OAH, EC 3.7.1.1)-encoding gene Ss-oah1 was cloned and functionally characterized from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Ss-oah1 transcript accumulation mirrored oxalic acid (OA) accumulation with neutral pH induction dependent on the pH-responsive transcriptional regulator Ss-Pac1. Unlike previously characterized ultraviolet (UV)-induced oxalate-deficient mutants ('A' mutants) which retain the capacity to accumulate OA, gene deletion Δss-oah1 mutants did not accumulate OA in culture or during plant infection. This defect in OA accumulation was fully restored on reintroduction of the wild-type (WT) Ss-oah1 gene. The Δss-oah1 mutants were also deficient in compound appressorium and sclerotium development and exhibited a severe radial growth defect on medium buffered at neutral pH. On a variety of plant hosts, the Δss-oah1 mutants established very restricted lesions in which the infectious hyphae gradually lost viability. Cytological comparisons of WT and Δss-oah1 infections revealed low and no OA accumulation, respectively, in subcuticular hyphae. Both WT and mutant hyphae exhibited a transient association with viable host epidermal cells at the infection front. In summary, our experimental data establish a critical requirement for OAH activity in S. sclerotiorum OA biogenesis and pathogenesis, but also suggest that factors independent of OA contribute to the establishment of primary lesions.
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- Xiaofei Liang
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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- Nunhems Netherlands BV, PO Box 4005, Haelen, 6080, AA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Environmental Biotechnology Research Centre, 125 Gwahak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-806, South Korea
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- University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 S. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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A Pectate Lyase-Coding Gene Abundantly Expressed during Early Stages of Infection Is Required for Full Virulence in Alternaria brassicicola. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127140. [PMID: 25996954 PMCID: PMC4440746 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Alternaria brassicicola causes black spot disease of Brassica species. The functional importance of pectin digestion enzymes and unidentified phytotoxins in fungal pathogenesis has been suspected but not verified in A. brassicicola. The fungal transcription factor AbPf2 is essential for pathogenicity and induces 106 genes during early pathogenesis, including the pectate lyase-coding gene, PL1332. The aim of this study was to test the importance and roles of PL1332 in pathogenesis. We generated deletion strains of the PL1332 gene, produced heterologous PL1332 proteins, and evaluated their association with virulence. Deletion strains of the PL1332 gene were approximately 30% less virulent than wild-type A. brassicicola, without showing differences in colony expansion on solid media and mycelial growth in nutrient-rich liquid media or minimal media with pectins as a major carbon source. Heterologous PL1332 expressed as fusion proteins digested polygalacturons in vitro. When the fusion proteins were injected into the apoplast between leaf veins of host plants the tissues turned dark brown and soft, resembling necrotic leaf tissue. The PL1332 gene was the first example identified as a general toxin-coding gene and virulence factor among the 106 genes regulated by the transcription factor, AbPf2. It was also the first gene to have its functions investigated among the 19 pectate lyase genes and several hundred putative cell-wall degrading enzymes in A. brassicicola. These results further support the importance of the AbPf2 gene as a key pathogenesis regulator and possible target for agrochemical development.
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Zhou J, Zeng L, Liu J, Xing D. Manipulation of the Xanthophyll Cycle Increases Plant Susceptibility to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004878. [PMID: 25993128 PMCID: PMC4439079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The xanthophyll cycle is involved in dissipating excess light energy to protect the photosynthetic apparatus in a process commonly assessed from non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll fluorescence. Here, it is shown that the xanthophyll cycle is modulated by the necrotrophic pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum at the early stage of infection. Incubation of Sclerotinia led to a localized increase in NPQ even at low light intensity. Further studies showed that this abnormal change in NPQ was closely correlated with a decreased pH caused by Sclerotinia-secreted oxalate, which might decrease the ATP synthase activity and lead to a deepening of thylakoid lumen acidification under continuous illumination. Furthermore, suppression (with dithiothreitol) or a defect (in the npq1-2 mutant) of violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE) abolished the Sclerotinia-induced NPQ increase. HPLC analysis showed that the Sclerotinia-inoculated tissue accumulated substantial quantities of zeaxanthin at the expense of violaxanthin, with a corresponding decrease in neoxanthin content. Immunoassays revealed that the decrease in these xanthophyll precursors reduced de novo abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis and apparently weakened tissue defense responses, including ROS induction and callose deposition, resulting in enhanced plant susceptibility to Sclerotinia. We thus propose that Sclerotinia antagonizes ABA biosynthesis to suppress host defense by manipulating the xanthophyll cycle in early pathogenesis. These findings provide a model of how photoprotective metabolites integrate into the defense responses, and expand the current knowledge of early plant-Sclerotinia interactions at infection sites.
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- Jun Zhou
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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How the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria brassicicola kills plant cells remains an enigma. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2015; 14:335-44. [PMID: 25681268 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00226-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Alternaria species are mainly saprophytic fungi, but some are plant pathogens. Seven pathotypes of Alternaria alternata use secondary metabolites of host-specific toxins as pathogenicity factors. These toxins kill host cells prior to colonization. Genes associated with toxin synthesis reside on conditionally dispensable chromosomes, supporting the notion that pathogenicity might have been acquired several times by A. alternata. Alternaria brassicicola, however, seems to employ a different mechanism. Evidence on the use of host-specific toxins as pathogenicity factors remains tenuous, even after a diligent search aided by full-genome sequencing and efficient reverse-genetics approaches. Similarly, no individual genes encoding lipases or cell wall-degrading enzymes have been identified as strong virulence factors, although these enzymes have been considered important for fungal pathogenesis. This review describes our current understanding of toxins, lipases, and cell wall-degrading enzymes and their roles in the pathogenesis of A. brassicicola compared to those of other pathogenic fungi. It also describes a set of genes that affect pathogenesis in A. brassicicola. They are involved in various cellular functions that are likely important in most organisms and probably indirectly associated with pathogenesis. Deletion or disruption of these genes results in weakly virulent strains that appear to be sensitive to the defense mechanisms of host plants. Finally, this review discusses the implications of a recent discovery of three important transcription factors associated with pathogenesis and the putative downstream genes that they regulate.
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Monetti E, Kadono T, Tran D, Azzarello E, Arbelet-Bonnin D, Biligui B, Briand J, Kawano T, Mancuso S, Bouteau F. Deciphering early events involved in hyperosmotic stress-induced programmed cell death in tobacco BY-2 cells. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1361-75. [PMID: 24420571 PMCID: PMC3969528 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Hyperosmotic stresses represent one of the major constraints that adversely affect plants growth, development, and productivity. In this study, the focus was on early responses to hyperosmotic stress- (NaCl and sorbitol) induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]cyt) increase, ion fluxes, and mitochondrial potential variations, and on their links in pathways leading to programmed cell death (PCD). By using BY-2 tobacco cells, it was shown that both NaCl- and sorbitol-induced PCD seemed to be dependent on superoxide anion (O2·(-)) generation by NADPH-oxidase. In the case of NaCl, an early influx of sodium through non-selective cation channels participates in the development of PCD through mitochondrial dysfunction and NADPH-oxidase-dependent O2·(-) generation. This supports the hypothesis of different pathways in NaCl- and sorbitol-induced cell death. Surprisingly, other shared early responses, such as [Ca(2+)]cyt increase and singlet oxygen production, do not seem to be involved in PCD.
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- Emanuela Monetti
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Bât 630, 91405 Orsay, France
- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
- Laboratory of Crop Science, Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812–8581, Japan
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Bât 630, 91405 Orsay, France
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- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Bât 630, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Bât 630, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Bât 630, 91405 Orsay, France
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- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
- University of Florence LINV Kitakyushu Research Center (LINV@Kitakyushu), Kitakyushu, Japan
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI), Paris, France
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- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- University of Florence LINV Kitakyushu Research Center (LINV@Kitakyushu), Kitakyushu, Japan
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI), Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (UMR8236), Paris, France
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Bât 630, 91405 Orsay, France
- LINV-DiSPAA, Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- University of Florence LINV Kitakyushu Research Center (LINV@Kitakyushu), Kitakyushu, Japan
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Pottosin I, Velarde-Buendía AM, Bose J, Zepeda-Jazo I, Shabala S, Dobrovinskaya O. Cross-talk between reactive oxygen species and polyamines in regulation of ion transport across the plasma membrane: implications for plant adaptive responses. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1271-83. [PMID: 24465010 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Many stresses are associated with increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and polyamines (PAs). PAs act as ROS scavengers, but export of putrescine and/or PAs to the apoplast and their catabolization by amine oxidases gives rise to H2O2 and other ROS, including hydroxyl radicals ((•)OH). PA catabolization-based signalling in apoplast is implemented in plant development and programmed cell death and in plant responses to a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses. Central to ROS signalling is the induction of Ca(2+) influx across the plasma membrane. Different ion conductances may be activated, depending on ROS, plant species, and tissue. Both H2O2 and (•)OH can activate hyperpolarization-activated Ca(2+)-permeable channels. (•)OH is also able to activate both outward K(+) current and weakly voltage-dependent conductance (ROSIC), with a variable cation-to-anion selectivity and sensitive to a variety of cation and anion channel blockers. Unexpectedly, PAs potentiated (•)OH-induced K(+) efflux in vivo, as well as ROSIC in isolated protoplasts. This synergistic effect is restricted to the mature root zone and is more pronounced in salt-sensitive cultivars compared with salt-tolerant ones. ROS and PAs suppress the activity of some constitutively expressed K(+) and non-selective cation channels. In addition, both (•)OH and PAs activate plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase and affect H(+) pumping. Overall, (•)OH and PAs may provoke a substantial remodelling of cation and anion conductance at the plasma membrane and affect Ca(2+) signalling.
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Guo W, Zuo Z, Cheng X, Sun J, Li H, Li L, Qiu JL. The chloride channel family gene CLCd negatively regulates pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1205-15. [PMID: 24449384 PMCID: PMC3935575 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Chloride channel (CLC) family genes are ubiquitous from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and encode proteins with both channel and transporter activities. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes seven CLC genes, and their products are found in a variety of cellular compartments and have various physiological functions. However, a role for AtCLCs in plant innate immunity has not previously been demonstrated. Here it is reported that AtCLCd is a negative regulator of pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI). T-DNA insertion mutants of AtCLCd exhibited enhanced responses to the elicitor, flg22. The PTI phenotypes of the clcd mutants were rescued by expression of AtCLCd. Overexpression of AtCLCd led to impaired flg22-induced responses. In line with a role for AtCLCd in PTI, the clcd mutants were more resistant to a virulent strain of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 when spray inoculated, while AtCLCd-overexpressing lines displayed increased susceptibility to this pathogen. Interestingly, flg22 treatment was found to repress the expression of AtCLCd. In addition, its expression was elevated in mutants of the flg22 pattern recognition receptor (PRR) FLS2 and the PRR regulatory proteins BAK1 and BKK1, and reduced in an FLS2-overexpressing line. These latter findings indicate that FLS2 complexes regulate the expression of AtCLCd, further supporting a role for AtCLCd in PTI.
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- Wei Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Zhang B, Oakes AD, Newhouse AE, Baier KM, Maynard CA, Powell WA. A threshold level of oxalate oxidase transgene expression reduces Cryphonectria parasitica-induced necrosis in a transgenic American chestnut (Castanea dentata) leaf bioassay. Transgenic Res 2013; 22:973-82. [PMID: 23543108 PMCID: PMC3781299 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9708-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was transformed with a wheat oxalate oxidase (oxo) gene in an effort to degrade the oxalic acid (OA) secreted by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, thus decreasing its virulence. Expression of OxO was examined under two promoters: a strong constitutive promoter, CaMV 35S, and a predominantly vascular promoter, VspB. Oxo gene transcription was quantified by RT-qPCR. Relative expression of OxO varied approximately 200 fold among events produced with the 35S-OxO. The lowest 35S-OxO event expressed approximately 3,000 fold higher than the highest VspB-OxO event. This was potentially due to the tissue-specific nature of the VspB-controlled expression, the strength of the CaMV 35S constitutive promoter, or position effects. Leaf assays measuring necrotic lesion length were conducted to better understand the relationship between OxO expression level and the blight fungus in planta. A threshold response was observed between the OxO expression level and the C. parasitica lesion length. Five events of the 35S-OxO line showed significantly reduced lesion length compared to the blight-susceptible American chestnut. More importantly, the lesion length in these five events was reduced to the same level as the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut, C. mollissima. This is the first report on enhanced pathogen resistance in transgenic American chestnut.
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- Bo Zhang
- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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- Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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SIGNIFICANCE Postharvest pathogens can start its attack process immediately after spores land on wounded tissue, whereas other pathogens can forcibly breach the unripe fruit cuticle and then remain quiescent for months until fruit ripens and then cause major losses. RECENT ADVANCES Postharvest fungal pathogens activate their development by secreting organic acids or ammonia that acidify or alkalinize the host ambient surroundings. CRITICAL ISSUES These fungal pH modulations of host environment regulate an arsenal of enzymes to increase fungal pathogenicity. This arsenal includes genes and processes that compromise host defenses, contribute to intracellular signaling, produce cell wall-degrading enzymes, regulate specific transporters, induce redox protectant systems, and generate factors needed by the pathogen to effectively cope with the hostile environment found within the host. Further, evidence is accumulating that the secreted molecules (organic acids and ammonia) are multifunctional and together with effect of the ambient pH, they activate virulence factors and simultaneously hijack the plant defense response and induce program cell death to further enhance their necrotrophic attack. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Global studies of the effect of secreted molecules on fruit pathogen interaction, will determine the importance of these molecules on quiescence release and the initiation of fungal colonization leading to fruit and vegetable losses.
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- Noam Alkan
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Zhou J, Sun A, Xing D. Modulation of cellular redox status by thiamine-activated NADPH oxidase confers Arabidopsis resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:3261-72. [PMID: 23814275 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum can initially suppress host oxidative burst to aid infection establishment, but later promotes reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation as proliferation advances. Here, it was shown that the cellular redox status can be modulated by thiamine to protect Arabidopsis thaliana against Sclerotinia at the early stages of infection. The initial inhibition of host ROS generation by Sclerotinia-secreted oxalate could effectively be alleviated by thiamine. Thiamine pre-treatment and subsequent wild-type Sclerotinia invasion induced an increase of ascorbate peroxidase activity concomitant with decreased ascorbate/dehydroascorbate ratios, which led to the cellular transition towards oxidative status in infected tissues. Particularly, it was observed that wild-type Sclerotinia, but not oxalate-deficient A2 mutant, could suppress the activity of NADPH oxidase (NOX), which might be an important mechanism underlying the early inhibition of ROS burst. Nevertheless, thiamine pre-treatment followed by wild-type Sclerotinia infection promoted NOX-derived ROS accumulation. Further studies showed that cytosolic Ca(2+) and staurosporine-sensitive protein kinase(s) participated in thiamine-induced activation of NOX. Moreover, thiamine-induced tissue defence responses including callose/lignin deposition and stomatal closure were closely correlated with NOX-derived ROS generation. Additionally, studies with Brassica species indicated that the regulation of thiamine is largely conserved upon Sclerotinia infection. Collectively, it was concluded that thiamine reverses the initial reducing status through activating NOX-dependent ROS signalling to perturb the disease progress of Sclerotinia.
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- Jun Zhou
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, PR China
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Lampl N, Alkan N, Davydov O, Fluhr R. Set-point control of RD21 protease activity by AtSerpin1 controls cell death in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 74:498-510. [PMID: 23398119 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) in plants plays a key role in defense response and is promoted by the release of compartmentalized proteases to the cytoplasm. Yet the exact identity and control of these proteases is poorly understood. Serpins are an important group of proteins that uniquely curb the activity of proteases by irreversible inhibition; however, their role in plants remains obscure. Here we show that during cell death the Arabidopsis serpin protease inhibitor, AtSerpin1, exhibits a pro-survival function by inhibiting its target pro-death protease, RD21. AtSerpin1 accumulates in the cytoplasm and RD21 accumulates in the vacuole and in endoplasmic reticulum bodies. Elicitors of cell death, including the salicylic acid agonist benzothiadiazole and the fungal toxin oxalic acid, stimulated changes in vacuole permeability as measured by the changes in the distribution of marker dye. Concomitantly, a covalent AtSerpin1-RD21 complex was detected indicative of a change in protease compartmentalization. Furthermore, mutant plants lacking RD21 or plants with AtSerpin1 over-expression exhibited significantly less elicitor-stimulated PCD than plants lacking AtSerpin1. The necrotrophic fungi Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotina sclerotiorum secrete oxalic acid as a toxin that stimulates cell death. Consistent with a pro-death function for RD21 protease, the growth of these necrotrophs was compromised in plants lacking RD21 but accelerated in plants lacking AtSerpin1. The results indicate that AtSerpin1 controls the pro-death function of compartmentalized protease RD21 by determining a set-point for its activity and limiting the damage induced during cell death.
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- Nardy Lampl
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Tran D, Kadono T, Molas ML, Errakhi R, Briand J, Biligui B, Kawano T, Bouteau F. A role for oxalic acid generation in ozone-induced signallization in Arabidopis cells. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:569-78. [PMID: 22897345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02596.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Ozone (O(3) ) is an air pollutant with an impact increasingly important in our industrialized world. It affects human health and productivity in various crops. We provide the evidences that treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana with O(3) results in ascorbate-derived oxalic acid production. Using cultured cells of A. thaliana as a model, here we further showed that oxalic acid induces activation of anion channels that trigger depolarization of the cell, increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration, generation of reactive oxygen species and cell death. We confirmed that O(3) reacts with ascorbate in the culture, thus resulting in production of oxalic acid and this could be part of the O(3) -induced signalling pathways that trigger programmed cell death.
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- Daniel Tran
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (IED), Paris, France.
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Car–Parrinello simulation of the vibrational spectra of strong hydrogen bonds with isotopic substitution effects: Application to oxalic acid dihydrate. Chem Phys Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Prusky D, Alkan N, Mengiste T, Fluhr R. Quiescent and necrotrophic lifestyle choice during postharvest disease development. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2013; 51:155-76. [PMID: 23682917 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082712-102349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Insidious fungal infections by postharvest pathogens remain quiescent during fruit growth until, at a particular phase during fruit ripening and senescence, the pathogens switch to the necrotrophic lifestyle and cause decay. During ripening, fruits undergo physiological processes, such as activation of ethylene biosynthesis, cuticular changes, and cell-wall loosening-changes that are accompanied by a decline of antifungal compounds, both those that are preformed and those that are inducible secondary metabolites. Pathogen infection of the unripe host fruit initiates defensive signal-transduction cascades, culminating in accumulation of antifungal proteins that limit fungal growth and development. In contrast, development of the same pathogens during fruit ripening and storage activates a substantially different signaling network, one that facilitates aggressive fungal colonization. This review focuses on responses induced by the quiescent pathogens of postharvest diseases in unripe host fruits. New genome-scale experimental approaches have begun to delineate the complex and multiple networks of host and pathogen responses activated to maintain or to facilitate the transition from the quiescent to the necrotrophic lifestyle.
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- Dov Prusky
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, 50250 Israel.
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Dickman MB, Fluhr R. Centrality of host cell death in plant-microbe interactions. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2013; 51:543-70. [PMID: 23915134 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is essential for proper growth, development, and cellular homeostasis in all eukaryotes. The regulation of PCD is of central importance in plant-microbe interactions; notably, PCD and features associated with PCD are observed in many host resistance responses. Conversely, pathogen induction of inappropriate cell death in the host results in a susceptible phenotype and disease. Thus, the party in control of PCD has a distinct advantage in these battles. PCD processes appear to be of ancient origin, as indicated by the fact that many features of cell death strategy are conserved between animals and plants; however, some of the details of death execution differ. Mammalian core PCD genes, such as caspases, are not present in plant genomes. Similarly, pro- and antiapoptotic mammalian regulatory elements are absent in plants, but, remarkably, when expressed in plants, successfully impact plant PCD. Thus, subtle structural similarities independent of sequence homology appear to sustain operational equivalence. The vacuole is emerging as a key organelle in the modulation of plant PCD. Under different signals for cell death, the vacuole either fuses with the plasmalemma membrane or disintegrates. Moreover, the vacuole appears to play a key role in autophagy; evidence suggests a prosurvival function for autophagy, but other studies propose a prodeath phenotype. Here, we describe and discuss what we know and what we do not know about various PCD pathways and how the host integrates signals to activate salicylic acid and reactive oxygen pathways that orchestrate cell death. We suggest that it is not cell death as such but rather the processes leading to cell death that contribute to the outcome of a given plant-pathogen interaction.
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- Martin B Dickman
- Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Cell Death and Differentiation, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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Montesinos E, Badosa E, Cabrefiga J, Planas M, Feliu L, Bardají E. Antimicrobial Peptides for Plant Disease Control. From Discovery to Application. ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/bk-2012-1095.ch012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Emilio Montesinos
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV-XaRTA, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
- LIPPSO, Department of Chemistry; University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV-XaRTA, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
- LIPPSO, Department of Chemistry; University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV-XaRTA, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
- LIPPSO, Department of Chemistry; University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV-XaRTA, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
- LIPPSO, Department of Chemistry; University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV-XaRTA, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
- LIPPSO, Department of Chemistry; University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV-XaRTA, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain
- LIPPSO, Department of Chemistry; University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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Boursiac Y, Lee SM, Romanowsky S, Blank R, Sladek C, Chung WS, Harper JF. Disruption of the vacuolar calcium-ATPases in Arabidopsis results in the activation of a salicylic acid-dependent programmed cell death pathway. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 154:1158-71. [PMID: 20837703 PMCID: PMC2971596 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.159038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 09/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Calcium (Ca(2+)) signals regulate many aspects of plant development, including a programmed cell death pathway that protects plants from pathogens (hypersensitive response). Cytosolic Ca(2+) signals result from a combined action of Ca(2+) influx through channels and Ca(2+) efflux through pumps and cotransporters. Plants utilize calmodulin-activated Ca(2+) pumps (autoinhibited Ca(2+)-ATPase [ACA]) at the plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, and vacuole. Here, we show that a double knockout mutation of the vacuolar Ca(2+) pumps ACA4 and ACA11 in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) results in a high frequency of hypersensitive response-like lesions. The appearance of macrolesions could be suppressed by growing plants with increased levels (greater than 15 mm) of various anions, providing a method for conditional suppression. By removing plants from a conditional suppression, lesion initials were found to originate primarily in leaf mesophyll cells, as detected by aniline blue staining. Initiation and spread of lesions could also be suppressed by disrupting the production or accumulation of salicylic acid (SA), as shown by combining aca4/11 mutations with a sid 2 (for salicylic acid induction-deficient2) mutation or expression of the SA degradation enzyme NahG. This indicates that the loss of the vacuolar Ca(2+) pumps by itself does not cause a catastrophic defect in ion homeostasis but rather potentiates the activation of a SA-dependent programmed cell death pathway. Together, these results provide evidence linking the activity of the vacuolar Ca(2+) pumps to the control of a SA-dependent programmed cell death pathway in plants.
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Kadono T, Tran D, Errakhi R, Hiramatsu T, Meimoun P, Briand J, Iwaya-Inoue M, Kawano T, Bouteau F. Increased anion channel activity is an unavoidable event in ozone-induced programmed cell death. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13373. [PMID: 20967217 PMCID: PMC2954175 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ozone is a major secondary air pollutant often reaching high concentrations in urban areas under strong daylight, high temperature and stagnant high-pressure systems. Ozone in the troposphere is a pollutant that is harmful to the plant. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS By exposing cells to a strong pulse of ozonized air, an acute cell death was observed in suspension cells of Arabidopsis thaliana used as a model. We demonstrated that O(3) treatment induced the activation of a plasma membrane anion channel that is an early prerequisite of O(3)-induced cell death in A. thaliana. Our data further suggest interplay of anion channel activation with well known plant responses to O(3), Ca(2+) influx and NADPH-oxidase generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mediating the oxidative cell death. This interplay might be fuelled by several mechanisms in addition to the direct ROS generation by O(3); namely, H(2)O(2) generation by salicylic and abscisic acids. Anion channel activation was also shown to promote the accumulation of transcripts encoding vacuolar processing enzymes, a family of proteases previously reported to contribute to the disruption of vacuole integrity observed during programmed cell death. SIGNIFICANCE Collectively, our data indicate that anion efflux is an early key component of morphological and biochemical events leading to O(3)-induced programmed cell death. Because ion channels and more specifically anion channels assume a crucial position in cells, an understanding about the underlying role(s) for ion channels in the signalling pathway leading to programmed cell death is a subject that warrants future investigation.
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- Takashi Kadono
- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka,
Japan
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- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
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- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu
1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka,
Japan
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- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu
1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie des Membranes,
Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Institut de Biologie des Plantes,
Bât 630, Orsay, France
- Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu
1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Yu L, Jiang J, Zhang C, Jiang L, Ye N, Lu Y, Yang G, Liu E, Peng C, He Z, Peng X. Glyoxylate rather than ascorbate is an efficient precursor for oxalate biosynthesis in rice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2010; 61:1625-34. [PMID: 20194922 PMCID: PMC2914580 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Oxalate is widely distributed in the plant kingdom. While excess oxalate in food crops is detrimental to animal and human health, it may play various functional roles in plants, particularly for coping with environmental stresses. Understanding its biosynthetic mechanism in plants, therefore, becomes increasingly important both theoretically and practically. However, it is still a matter of debate as to what precursor and pathway are ultimately used for oxalate biosynthesis in plants. In this study, both physiological and molecular approaches were applied to address these questions. First, it was observed that when glycolate or glyoxylate was fed into detached leaves, both organic acids were equally effective in stimulating oxalate accumulation. In addition, the stimulation could be completely inhibited by cysteine, a glyoxylate scavenger that forms cysteine-glyoxylate adducts. To verify the role of glyoxylate further, various transgenic plants were generated, in which several genes involved in glyoxylate metabolism [i.e. SGAT (serine-glyoxylate aminotransferase), GGAT (glutamate-glyoxylate aminotransferase), HPR (hydroxypyruvate reductase), ICL (isocitrate lyase)], were transcriptionally regulated through RNAi or over-expression. Analyses on these transgenic plants consistently revealed that glyoxylate acted as an efficient precursor for oxalate biosynthesis in rice. Unexpectedly, it was found that oxalate accumulation was not correlated with photorespiration, even though this pathway is known to be a major source of glyoxylate. Further, when GLDH (L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase), a key enzyme gene for ascorbate biosynthesis, was down-regulated, the oxalate abundance remained constant, despite ascorbate having been largely reduced as expected in these transgenic plants. Taken together, our results strongly suggest that glyoxylate rather than ascorbate is an efficient precursor for oxalate biosynthesis, and that oxalate accumulation and regulation do not necessarily depend on photorespiration, possibly due to the occurrence of the anaplerotic reaction that may compensate for glyoxylate formation in rice.
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- Le Yu
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Biotechnology, Education Department of Guangdong Province, South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Biotechnology, Education Department of Guangdong Province, South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642, China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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Schmid J, Müller-Hagen D, Bekel T, Funk L, Stahl U, Sieber V, Meyer V. Transcriptome sequencing and comparative transcriptome analysis of the scleroglucan producer Sclerotium rolfsii. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:329. [PMID: 20504312 PMCID: PMC2887420 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The plant pathogenic basidiomycete Sclerotium rolfsii produces the industrially exploited exopolysaccharide scleroglucan, a polymer that consists of (1 --> 3)-beta-linked glucose with a (1 --> 6)-beta-glycosyl branch on every third unit. Although the physicochemical properties of scleroglucan are well understood, almost nothing is known about the genetics of scleroglucan biosynthesis. Similarly, the biosynthetic pathway of oxalate, the main by-product during scleroglucan production, has not been elucidated yet. In order to provide a basis for genetic and metabolic engineering approaches, we studied scleroglucan and oxalate biosynthesis in S. rolfsii using different transcriptomic approaches. RESULTS Two S. rolfsii transcriptomes obtained from scleroglucan-producing and scleroglucan-nonproducing conditions were pooled and sequenced using the 454 pyrosequencing technique yielding approximately 350,000 reads. These could be assembled into 21,937 contigs and 171,833 singletons, for which 6,951 had significant matches in public protein data bases. Sequence data were used to obtain first insights into the genomics of scleroglucan and oxalate production and to predict putative proteins involved in the synthesis of both metabolites. Using comparative transcriptomics, namely Agilent microarray hybridization and suppression subtractive hybridization, we identified approximately 800 unigenes which are differently expressed under scleroglucan-producing and non-producing conditions. From these, candidate genes were identified which could represent potential leads for targeted modification of the S. rolfsii metabolism for increased scleroglucan yields. CONCLUSIONS The results presented in this paper provide for the first time genomic and transcriptomic data about S. rolfsii and demonstrate the power and usefulness of combined transcriptome sequencing and comparative microarray analysis. The data obtained allowed us to predict the biosynthetic pathways of scleroglucan and oxalate synthesis and to identify important genes putatively involved in determining scleroglucan yields. Moreover, our data establish the first sequence database for S. rolfsii, which allows research into other biological processes of S. rolfsii, such as host-pathogen interaction.
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- Jochen Schmid
- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Straubing Centre of Science, Technische Universität München, Schulgasse 16, 94315 Straubing, Germany.
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Terta M, Kettani-Halabi M, Ibenyassine K, Tran D, Meimoun P, M'hand RA, El-Maarouf-Bouteau H, Val F, Ennaji MM, Bouteau F. Arabidopsis thaliana cells: a model to evaluate the virulence of Pectobacterium carotovorum. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:139-43. [PMID: 20064057 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-2-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Pectobacterium carotovorum are economically important plant pathogens that cause plant soft rot. These enterobacteria display high diversity world-wide. Their pathogenesis depends on production and secretion of virulence factors such as plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, type III effectors, a necrosis-inducing protein, and a secreted virulence factor from Xanthomonas spp., which are tightly regulated by quorum sensing. Pectobacterium carotovorum also present pathogen-associated molecular patterns that could participate in their pathogenicity. In this study, by using suspension cells of Arabidopsis thaliana, we correlate plant cell death and pectate lyase activities during coinfection with different P. carotovorum strains. When comparing soft rot symptoms induced on potato slices with pectate lyase activities and plant cell death observed during coculture with Arabidopsis thaliana cells, the order of strain virulence was found to be the same. Therefore, Arabidopsis thaliana cells could be an alternative tool to evaluate rapidly and efficiently the virulence of different P. carotovorum strains.
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- Meriam Terta
- LEM-EA3514-Universite Paris Diderot-Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France
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Colcombet J, Mathieu Y, Peyronnet R, Agier N, Lelièvre F, Barbier-Brygoo H, Frachisse JM. R-type anion channel activation is an essential step for ROS-dependent innate immune response in Arabidopsis suspension cells. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2009; 36:832-843. [PMID: 32688693 DOI: 10.1071/fp09096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Plants are constantly exposed to environmental biotic and abiotic stresses. Plants cells perceive these factors and trigger early responses followed by delayed and complex adaptation processes. Using cell suspensions of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) as a cellular model, we investigated the role of plasma membrane anion channels in Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production and in cell death which occurs during non-host pathogen infection. Protoplasts derived from Arabidopsis suspension cells display two anion currents with characteristics very similar to those of the slow nitrate-permeable (S-type) and rapid sulfate-permeable (R-type) channels previously characterised in hypocotyl cells and other cell types. Using seven inhibitors, we showed that the R-type channel and ROS formation in cell cultures present similar pharmacological profiles. The efficiency of anion channel blockers to inhibit ROS production was independent of the nature of the triggering signal (osmotic stress or general elicitors of plant defence), indicating that the R-type channel represents a crossroad in the signalling pathways leading to ROS production. In a second step, we show that treatment with R-type channel blockers accelerates cell death triggered by the non-specific plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris. Finally, we discuss the hypothesis that the R-type channel is involved in innate immune response allowing cell defence via antibacterial ROS production.
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- Jean Colcombet
- Present address: Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS UPR 2355, 22 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS UPR 2355, 22 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Present address: CNRS-CGM, 14 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS UPR 2355, 22 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS UPR 2355, 22 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS UPR 2355, 22 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Lehner A, Meimoun P, Errakhi R, Madiona K, Barakate M, Bouteau F. Toxic and signalling effects of oxalic acid: Oxalic acid-Natural born killer or natural born protector? PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2008; 3:746-8. [PMID: 19704845 PMCID: PMC2634576 DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.9.6634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/18/2008] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Oxalic acid is thought to be a key factor of the early pathogenic stage in a wide range of necrotrophic fungi. We have recently published that oxalic acid induces Programmed Cell Death (PCD) in Arabidopsis thaliana cells. This cell death results from an early anionic efflux which is a prerequisite for the synthesis of ethylene and the PCD. Complementary experiments have been carried out by using seedlings of A. thaliana. The effects of millimolar concentrations of oxalic acid were analysed on A. thaliana seedlings. A treatment with a 3 mM oxalic acid solution does not alter the development of the plants but induces the transcription of defence related genes which are anion channel dependant. Moreover, our results suggest that a pre-treatment of the seedlings with oxalic acid is able to confer the resistance of A. thaliana against Sclerotium rolfsii. Regarding our results, we suggest that oxalic acid plays two distinct roles, depending on the concentration: a high concentration of oxalic acid induces a large PCD and then contribute to the progression of the fungi. However, at low concentration it is able to induce the establishment of a resistance of the plant against the fungi.
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- Arnaud Lehner
- LEM; EA3514; Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7); Paris, France
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Errakhi R, Dauphin A, Meimoun P, Lehner A, Reboutier D, Vatsa P, Briand J, Madiona K, Rona JP, Barakate M, Wendehenne D, Beaulieu C, Bouteau F. An early Ca2+ influx is a prerequisite to thaxtomin A-induced cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana cells. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:4259-70. [PMID: 19015217 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
The pathogenicity of various Streptomyces scabies isolates involved in potato scab disease was correlated with the production of thaxtomin A. Since calcium is known as an essential second messenger associated with pathogen-induced plant responses and cell death, it was investigated whether thaxtomin A could induce a Ca2+ influx related to cell death and to other putative plant responses using Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cells, which is a convenient model to study plant-microbe interactions. A. thaliana cells were treated with micromolar concentrations of thaxtomin A. Cell death was quantified and ion flux variations were analysed from electrophysiological measurements with the apoaequorin Ca2+ reporter protein and by external pH measurement. Involvement of anion and calcium channels in signal transduction leading to programmed cell death was determined by using specific inhibitors. These data suggest that this toxin induces a rapid Ca2+ influx and cell death in A. thaliana cell suspensions. Moreover, these data provide strong evidence that the Ca2+ influx induced by thaxtomin A is necessary to achieve this cell death and is a prerequisite to early thaxtomin A-induced responses: anion current increase, alkalization of the external medium, and the expression of PAL1 coding for a key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Errakhi
- LEM (EA 3514), Université Paris Diderot-Paris7, 2, place Jussieu, F-75251 Paris cedex 05, France
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