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Bhandari DD, Brandizzi F. Logistics of defense: The contribution of endomembranes to plant innate immunity. J Cell Biol 2024; 223:e202307066. [PMID: 38551496 PMCID: PMC10982075 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202307066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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Phytopathogens cause plant diseases that threaten food security. Unlike mammals, plants lack an adaptive immune system and rely on their innate immune system to recognize and respond to pathogens. Plant response to a pathogen attack requires precise coordination of intracellular traffic and signaling. Spatial and/or temporal defects in coordinating signals and cargo can lead to detrimental effects on cell development. The role of intracellular traffic comes into a critical focus when the cell sustains biotic stress. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of the post-immune activation logistics of plant defense. Specifically, we focus on packaging and shipping of defense-related cargo, rerouting of intracellular traffic, the players enabling defense-related traffic, and pathogen-mediated subversion of these pathways. We highlight the roles of the cytoskeleton, cytoskeleton-organelle bridging proteins, and secretory vesicles in maintaining pathways of exocytic defense, acting as sentinels during pathogen attack, and the necessary elements for building the cell wall as a barrier to pathogens. We also identify points of convergence between mammalian and plant trafficking pathways during defense and highlight plant unique responses to illustrate evolutionary adaptations that plants have undergone to resist biotic stress.
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- Deepak D. Bhandari
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Yuen ELH, Shepherd S, Bozkurt TO. Traffic Control: Subversion of Plant Membrane Trafficking by Pathogens. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 61:325-350. [PMID: 37186899 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021622-123232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Membrane trafficking pathways play a prominent role in plant immunity. The endomembrane transport system coordinates membrane-bound cellular organelles to ensure that immunological components are utilized effectively during pathogen resistance. Adapted pathogens and pests have evolved to interfere with aspects of membrane transport systems to subvert plant immunity. To do this, they secrete virulence factors known as effectors, many of which converge on host membrane trafficking routes. The emerging paradigm is that effectors redundantly target every step of membrane trafficking from vesicle budding to trafficking and membrane fusion. In this review, we focus on the mechanisms adopted by plant pathogens to reprogram host plant vesicle trafficking, providing examples of effector-targeted transport pathways and highlighting key questions for the field to answer moving forward.
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- Enoch Lok Him Yuen
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; , ,
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; , ,
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; , ,
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Shepherd S, Yuen ELH, Carella P, Bozkurt TO. The wheels of destruction: Plant NLR immune receptors are mobile and structurally dynamic disease resistance proteins. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 74:102372. [PMID: 37172365 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins are intracellular immune receptors that restrict plant invasion by pathogens. Most NLRs operate in intricate networks to detect pathogen effectors in a robust and efficient manner. NLRs are not static sensors; rather, they exhibit remarkable mobility and structural plasticity during the innate immune response. Inactive NLRs localize to diverse subcellular compartments where they are poised to sense pathogen effectors. During pathogen attack, some NLRs relocate toward the plant-pathogen interface, possibly to ensure their timely activation. Activated NLRs reorganize into wheel-shaped oligomers, some of which then form plasma membrane pores that promote calcium influx and programmed cell death. The emerging paradigm is that this variable and dynamic nature underpins effective NLR-mediated immunity.
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- Samuel Shepherd
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
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Bernoux M, Chen J, Zhang X, Newell K, Hu J, Deslandes L, Dodds P. Subcellular localization requirements and specificities for plant immune receptor Toll-interleukin-1 receptor signaling. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 36932864 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Recent work shed light on how plant intracellular immune receptors of the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) family are activated upon pathogen effector recognition to trigger immune responses. Activation of Toll-interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain-containing NLRs (TNLs) induces receptor oligomerization and close proximity of the TIR domain, which is required for TIR enzymatic activity. TIR-catalyzed small signaling molecules bind to EDS1 family heterodimers and subsequently activate downstream helper NLRs, which function as Ca2+ permeable channel to activate immune responses eventually leading to cell death. Subcellular localization requirements of TNLs and signaling partners are not well understood, although they are required to understand fully the mechanisms underlying NLR early signaling. TNLs show diverse subcellular localization while EDS1 shows nucleocytosolic localization. Here, we studied the impact of TIR and EDS1 mislocalization on the signaling activation of different TNLs. In Nicotiana benthamiana, our results suggest that close proximity of TIR domains isolated from flax L6 and Arabidopsis RPS4 and SNC1 TNLs drives signaling activation from different cell compartments. Nevertheless, both Golgi-membrane anchored L6 and nucleocytosolic RPS4 have the same requirements for EDS1 subcellular localization in Arabidopsis thaliana. By using mislocalized variants of EDS1, we found that autoimmune L6 and RPS4 TIR domain can induce seedling cell death when EDS1 is present in the cytosol. However, when EDS1 is restricted to the nucleus, both induce a stunting phenotype but no cell death. Our data point out the importance of thoroughly investigating the dynamics of TNLs and signaling partners subcellular localization to understand TNL signaling fully.
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- Maud Bernoux
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), UMR 2594/441 CNRS, INRAE, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), UMR 2594/441 CNRS, INRAE, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Ge W, Lv M, Feng H, Wang X, Zhang B, Li K, Zhang J, Zou J, Ji R. Analysis of the role of BrRPP1 gene in Chinese cabbage infected by Plasmodiophora brassicae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1082395. [PMID: 36760653 PMCID: PMC9905630 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1082395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae (P. brassicae) poses a serious threat to the economic value of cruciferous crops, which is a serious problem to be solved worldwide. Some resistance genes to clubroot disease in Brassica rapa L. ssp pekinensis cause by P. brassicae have been located on different chromosomes. Among them, Rcr1 and Rcr2 were mapped to the common candidate gene Bra019410, but its resistance mechanism is not clear yet. METHODS In this experiment, the differences of BrRPP1 between the resistant and susceptible material of Chinese cabbage were analyzed by gene cloning and qRT-PCR. The gene function was verified by Arabidopsis homologous mutants. The expression site of BrRPP1 gene in cells was analyzed by subcellular localization. Finally, the candidate interaction protein of BrRPP1 was screened by yeast two-hybrid library. RESULTS The results showed that the cDNA sequence, upstream promoter sequence and expression level of BrRPP1 were quite different between the resistant and susceptible material. The resistance investigation found that the Arabidopsis mutant rpp1 was more susceptible to clubroot disease than the wild type, which suggested that the deletion of rpp1 reduces resistance of plant to clubroot disease. Subcellular location analysis confirmed that BrRPP1 was located in the nucleus. The interaction proteins of BrRPP1 screened from cDNA Yeast Library by yeast two-hybrid are mainly related to photosynthesis, cell wall modification, jasmonic acid signal transduction and programmed cell death. DISCUSSION BrRPP1 gene contains TIR-NBS-LRR domain and belongs to R gene. The cDNA and promoter sequence of BrRPP1 in resistant varieties was different from that in susceptible varieties led to the significant difference of the gene expression of BrRPP1 between the resistant varieties and the susceptible varieties. The high expression of BrRPP1 gene in resistant varieties enhanced the resistance of Chinese cabbage to P. brassicae, and the interaction proteins of BrRPP1 are mainly related to photosynthesis, cell wall modification, jasmonic acid signal transduction and programmed cell death. These results provide important clues for understanding the mechanism of BrRPP1 in the resistance of B. rapa to P. brassicae.
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Zönnchen J, Gantner J, Lapin D, Barthel K, Eschen-Lippold L, Erickson JL, Villanueva SL, Zantop S, Kretschmer C, Joosten MHAJ, Parker JE, Guerois R, Stuttmann J. EDS1 complexes are not required for PRR responses and execute TNL-ETI from the nucleus in Nicotiana benthamiana. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 236:2249-2264. [PMID: 36151929 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Heterodimeric complexes incorporating the lipase-like proteins EDS1 with PAD4 or SAG101 are central hubs in plant innate immunity. EDS1 functions encompass signal relay from TIR domain-containing intracellular NLR-type immune receptors (TNLs) towards RPW8-type helper NLRs (RNLs) and, in Arabidopsis thaliana, bolstering of signaling and resistance mediated by cell-surface pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Increasing evidence points to the activation of EDS1 complexes by small molecule binding. We used CRISPR/Cas-generated mutant lines and agroinfiltration-based complementation assays to interrogate functions of EDS1 complexes in Nicotiana benthamiana. We did not detect impaired PRR signaling in N. benthamiana lines deficient in EDS1 complexes or RNLs. Intriguingly, in assays monitoring functions of SlEDS1-NbEDS1 complexes in N. benthamiana, mutations within the SlEDS1 catalytic triad could abolish or enhance TNL immunity. Furthermore, nuclear EDS1 accumulation was sufficient for N. benthamiana TNL (Roq1) immunity. Reinforcing PRR signaling in Arabidopsis might be a derived function of the TNL/EDS1 immune sector. Although Solanaceae EDS1 functionally depends on catalytic triad residues in some contexts, our data do not support binding of a TNL-derived small molecule in the triad environment. Whether and how nuclear EDS1 activity connects to membrane pore-forming RNLs remains unknown.
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- Josua Zönnchen
- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Crop Physiology, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne-Düsseldorf Cluster of Excellence in Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
- Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany
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Mitu SA, Stewart P, Tran TD, Reddell PW, Cummins SF, Ogbourne SM. Identification of Gene Biomarkers for Tigilanol Tiglate Content in Fontainea picrosperma. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27133980. [PMID: 35807225 PMCID: PMC9268252 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27133980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Tigilanol tiglate (EBC-46) is a small-molecule natural product under development for the treatment of cancers in humans and companion animals. The drug is currently produced by purification from the Australian rainforest tree Fontainea picrosperma (Euphorbiaceae). As part of a selective-breeding program to increase EBC-46 yield from F. picrosperma plantations, we investigated potential gene biomarkers associated with biosynthesis of EBC-46. Initially, we identified individual plants that were either high (>0.039%) or low EBC-46 (<0.008%) producers, then assessed their differentially expressed genes within the leaves and roots of these two groups by quantitative RNA sequencing. Compared to low EBC-46 producers, high-EBC-46-producing plants were found to have 145 upregulated genes and 101 downregulated genes in leaves and 53 upregulated genes and 82 downregulated genes in roots. Most of these genes were functionally associated with defence, transport, and biosynthesis. Genes identified as expressed exclusively in either the high or low EBC-46-producing plants were further validated by quantitative PCR, showing that cytochrome P450 94C1 in leaves and early response dehydration 7.1 and 2-alkenal reductase in roots were consistently and significantly upregulated in high-EBC-46 producers. In summary, this study has identified biomarker genes that may be used in the selective breeding of F. picrosperma.
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- Shahida A Mitu
- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia; (S.A.M.); (T.D.T.); (S.F.C.)
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia;
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- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia;
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia; (S.A.M.); (T.D.T.); (S.F.C.)
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia;
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia; (S.A.M.); (T.D.T.); (S.F.C.)
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia;
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia; (S.A.M.); (T.D.T.); (S.F.C.)
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia;
- Correspondence:
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Agre PA, Darkwa K, Olasanmi B, Kolade O, Mournet P, Bhattacharjee R, Lopez-Montes A, De Koeyer D, Adebola P, Kumar L, Asiedu R, Asfaw A. Identification of QTLs Controlling Resistance to Anthracnose Disease in Water Yam (Dioscorea alata). Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13020347. [PMID: 35205389 PMCID: PMC8872494 DOI: 10.3390/genes13020347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Anthracnose disease caused by a fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is the primary cause of yield loss in water yam (Dioscorea alata), the widely cultivated species of yam. Resistance to yam anthracnose disease (YAD) is a prime target in breeding initiatives to develop durable-resistant cultivars for sustainable management of the disease in water yam cultivation. This study aimed at tagging quantitative trait loci (QTL) for anthracnose disease resistance in a bi-parental mapping population of D. alata. Parent genotypes and their recombinant progenies were genotyped using the Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS) platform and phenotyped in two crop cycles for two years. A high-density genetic linkage map was built with 3184 polymorphic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (NSP) markers well distributed across the genome, covering 1460.94 cM total length. On average, 163 SNP markers were mapped per chromosome with 0.58 genetic distances between SNPs. Four QTL regions related to yam anthracnose disease resistance were identified on three chromosomes. The proportion of phenotypic variance explained by these QTLs ranged from 29.54 to 39.40%. The QTL regions identified showed genes that code for known plant defense responses such as GDSL-like Lipase/Acylhydrolase, Protein kinase domain, and F-box protein. The results from the present study provide valuable insight into the genetic architecture of anthracnose resistance in water yam. The candidate markers identified herewith form a relevant resource to apply marker-assisted selection as an alternative to a conventional labor-intensive screening for anthracnose resistance in water yam.
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- Paterne Angelot Agre
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
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- Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Tamale P.O. Box TL 52, Ghana;
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria;
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
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- Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, 34398 Montpellier, France;
- Amelioration Génétic et Adoption des Plants Méditerranéennes et Tropical AGAP, Universisté de Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
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- International Trade Centre (ITC), Addison House International Trade Fair Center, FAGE, Accra GA145, Ghana;
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB 20280, Canada;
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan 5320, Nigeria; (P.A.A.); (O.K.); (R.B.); (P.A.); (L.K.); (R.A.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +234-8039-784-287
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Yan T, Zhou Z, Wang R, Bao D, Li S, Li A, Yu R, Wuriyanghan H. A cluster of atypical resistance genes in soybean confers broad-spectrum antiviral activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:1277-1293. [PMID: 34730802 PMCID: PMC8825445 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a severe soybean (Glycine max) pathogen. Here we characterize a soybean SMV resistance cluster (SRC) that comprises five resistance (R) genes. SRC1 encodes a Toll/interleukin-1 receptor and nucleotide-binding site (TIR-NBS [TN]) protein, SRC4 and SRC6 encode TIR proteins with a short EF-hand domain, while SRC7 and SRC8 encode TNX proteins with a noncanonical basic secretory protein (BSP) domain at their C-termini. We mainly studied SRC7, which contains a noncanonical BSP domain and gave full resistance to SMV. SRC7 possessed broad-spectrum antiviral activity toward several plant viruses including SMV, plum pox virus, potato virus Y, and tobacco mosaic virus. The TIR domain alone was both necessary and sufficient for SRC7 immune signaling, while the NBS domain enhanced its activity. Nuclear oligomerization via the interactions of both TIR and NBS domains was essential for SRC7 function. SRC7 expression was transcriptionally inducible by SMV infection and salicylic acid (SA) treatment, and SA was required for SRC7 triggered virus resistance. SRC7 expression was posttranscriptionally regulated by miR1510a and miR2109, and the SRC7-miR1510a/miR2109 regulatory network appeared to contribute to SMV-soybean interactions in both resistant and susceptible soybean cultivars. In summary, we report a soybean R gene cluster centered by SRC7 that is regulated at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels, possesses a yet uncharacterized BSP domain, and has broad-spectrum antiviral activities. The SRC cluster is special as it harbors several functional R genes encoding atypical TIR-NBS-LRR (TNL) type R proteins, highlighting its importance in SMV-soybean interaction and plant immunity.
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- Ting Yan
- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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Giglione C, Meinnel T. Mapping the myristoylome through a complete understanding of protein myristoylation biochemistry. Prog Lipid Res 2021; 85:101139. [PMID: 34793862 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2021.101139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Protein myristoylation is a C14 fatty acid modification found in all living organisms. Myristoylation tags either the N-terminal alpha groups of cysteine or glycine residues through amide bonds or lysine and cysteine side chains directly or indirectly via glycerol thioester and ester linkages. Before transfer to proteins, myristate must be activated into myristoyl coenzyme A in eukaryotes or, in bacteria, to derivatives like phosphatidylethanolamine. Myristate originates through de novo biosynthesis (e.g., plants), from external uptake (e.g., human tissues), or from mixed origins (e.g., unicellular organisms). Myristate usually serves as a molecular anchor, allowing tagged proteins to be targeted to membranes and travel across endomembrane networks in eukaryotes. In this review, we describe and discuss the metabolic origins of protein-bound myristate. We review strategies for in vivo protein labeling that take advantage of click-chemistry with reactive analogs, and we discuss new approaches to the proteome-wide discovery of myristate-containing proteins. The machineries of myristoylation are described, along with how protein targets can be generated directly from translating precursors or from processed proteins. Few myristoylation catalysts are currently described, with only N-myristoyltransferase described to date in eukaryotes. Finally, we describe how viruses and bacteria hijack and exploit myristoylation for their pathogenicity.
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- Carmela Giglione
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Chen H, Qian X, Chen X, Yang T, Feng M, Chen J, Cheng R, Hong H, Zheng Y, Mei Y, Shen D, Xu Y, Zhu M, Ding XS, Tao X. Cytoplasmic and nuclear Sw-5b NLR act both independently and synergistically to confer full host defense against tospovirus infection. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 231:2262-2281. [PMID: 34096619 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Plant intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors play critical roles in mediating host immunity to pathogen attack. We use tomato Sw-5b::tospovirus as a model system to study the specific role of the compartmentalized plant NLR in dictating host defenses against the virus at different infection steps. We demonstrated here that tomato NLR Sw-5b distributes to the cytoplasm and nucleus, respectively, to play different roles in inducing host resistances against tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) infection. The cytoplasmic-enriched Sw-5b induces a strong cell death response to inhibit TSWV replication. This host response is, however, insufficient to block viral intercellular and long-distance movement. The nuclear-enriched Sw-5b triggers a host defense that weakly inhibits viral replication but strongly impedes virus intercellular and systemic movement. Furthermore, the cytoplasmic and nuclear Sw-5b act synergistically to dictate a full host defense of TSWV infection. We further demonstrated that the extended N-terminal Solanaceae domain (SD) of Sw-5b plays critical roles in cytoplasm/nucleus partitioning. Sw-5b NLR controls its cytoplasm localization. Strikingly, the SD but not coil-coil domain is crucial for Sw-5b receptor to import into the nucleus to trigger the immunity. The SD was found to interact with importins. Silencing both importin α and β expression disrupted Sw-5b nucleus import and host immunity against TSWV systemic infection. Collectively, our findings suggest that Sw-5b bifurcates disease resistances by cytoplasm/nucleus partitioning to block different infection steps of TSWV. The findings also identified a new regulatory role of extra domain of a plant NLR in mediating host innate immunity.
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- Hongyu Chen
- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Huaiyin Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Xuhuai Region in Jiangsu, Huaian, Jiangsu, 223001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hanghzou, 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Ji S, Liu Z, Wang Y. Trichoderma-Induced Ethylene Responsive Factor MsERF105 Mediates Defense Responses in Malus sieversii. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:708010. [PMID: 34777407 PMCID: PMC8585786 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.708010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Trichoderma can induce plant hormone signal pathways mediating plant defenses, resulting in broad-spectrum resistance to phytopathogens. Herein, Malus sieversii seedlings were treated with Trichoderma biofertilizer and/or Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali, and transcriptome analysis revealed significant differential expression. There was a high similarity between the transcriptome expression profiles of Trichoderma-induced and A. alternata-infected M. sieversii samples for genes related to jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene, and salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathways. Additionally, Trichoderma biofertilizer activated numerous disease-resistant genes (ERF, NAC, bHLH, and STK) and defense response genes (DRP, ABC, and HSP). Among transcription factors, members of the ERF family were the most differentially expressed (18 ERFs), indicating that they may be closely related to defense responses. Among ERFs, differential expression of MsERF105 was the most significant (upregulated 27.6-fold compared to controls). MsERF105 was heterologously expressed in PdPap poplar (Populus davidiana × Populus alba var. pyramidalis Louche), and following infection with A. alternata (Aal), transgenic PdPap-MsERF105s plants displayed lower malondialdehyde (downregulated 41.4%) and reactive oxygen species (ROSs) levels, and higher reductase activities, especially superoxide dismutase (SOD; upregulated 77.5% compared to PdPap-ROK2 plants). Furthermore, the lesion areas of PdPap-MsERF105s leaves were significantly smaller (0.2%) than those of PdPap-ROK2 leaves (∼26.0%), and the cell membrane integrity was superior for PdPap-MsERF105s leaves. Thus, MsERF105 enhanced the resistance of PaPap poplar to Aal, presumably because MsERF105 activates the expression of PR1 and PDF1.2. In conclusion, Trichoderma biofertilizer modulated the differential expression of numerous disease resistance genes and defense response genes in M. sieversii in response to pathogen attack, and MsERF105 played important roles in this process.
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- Shida Ji
- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yucheng Wang, ;
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Huang J, Wu X, Sun K, Gao Z. Structure and function analysis of a CC-NBS-LRR protein AT1G12290. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 534:206-211. [PMID: 33272575 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding site (NBS) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptors (NLRs) play important roles in plant immunity. The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana contains about 150 genes encoding NLR proteins, but few of them have been studied. We transiently expressed a series of NBS-LRR proteins in the leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana, and found that the CC-NBS-LRR protein (AT1G12290) was able to trigger cell death, a characterized function for the activation of an NLR protein. We observed that the YFP-tagged AT1G12290 was localized on the plasma membrane (PM), and the predicted myristoylation site Gly2 is required for the localization and function of the protein. Further structure dissection revealed that the CC domain was enough to activate cell death, and the N-terminal 1-100 amino acid fragment was the minimal region to induce cell death and self-association. Our research provides important clues to elucidate the activation mechanism of AT1G12290.
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- Jianzhong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Heterosis in Indica Rice of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Song W, Forderer A, Yu D, Chai J. Structural biology of plant defence. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:692-711. [PMID: 32880948 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Plants employ the innate immune system to discriminate between self and invaders through two types of immune receptors, one on the plasma membrane and the other in the intracellular space. The immune receptors on the plasma membrane are pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that can perceive pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) or host-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) leading to pattern-triggered immunity (PTI). Particular pathogens are capable of overcoming PTI by secreting specific effectors into plant cells to perturb different components of PTI signalling through various mechanisms. Most of the immune receptors from the intracellular space are the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs), which specifically recognize pathogen-secreted effectors to mediate effector-triggered immunity (ETI). In this review, we will summarize recent progress in structural studies of PRRs, NLRs, and effectors, and discuss how these studies shed light on ligand recognition and activation mechanisms of the two types of immune receptors and the diversified mechanisms used by effectors to manipulate plant immune signalling.
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- Wen Song
- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, 50829, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50923, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, 50829, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50923, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, 50829, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50923, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, 50829, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50923, Germany
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Bhandari DD, Brandizzi F. Plant endomembranes and cytoskeleton: moving targets in immunity. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 58:8-16. [PMID: 33099211 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pathogens attack plant cells to divert resources toward pathogen proliferation. To resist pathogens, plant cells rely on multilayered signaling pathways that hinge upon the secretory pathway for the synthesis and trafficking of pathogen sensors and defense molecules. In recent years, significant strides have been made in the understanding of the functional relationship between pathogen response and membrane traffic. Here we discuss how the plant cytoskeleton and endomembranes are targeted by pathogen effectors and highlight an emerging role of membrane contact sites in biotic stress responses.
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- Deepak D Bhandari
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Pottinger SE, Innes RW. RPS5-Mediated Disease Resistance: Fundamental Insights and Translational Applications. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 58:139-160. [PMID: 32284014 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-010820-012733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Focusing on the discovery and characterization of the Arabidopsis disease resistance protein RPS5 and its guardee PBS1, this review discusses work done in the Innes laboratory from the initial identification of the RPS5 gene in 1995 to the recent deployment of the PBS1 decoy system in crops. This is done through discussion of the structure, function, and signaling environment of RPS5 and PBS1, highlighting collaborations and influential ideas along the way. RPS5, a nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) protein, is activated by the proteolytic cleavage of PBS1. We have shown that the cleavage site within PBS1 can be altered to contain cleavage sites for other proteases, enabling RPS5 activation by these proteases, thereby conferring resistance to different pathogens. This decoy approach has since been translated into crop species using endogenous PBS1 orthologs and holds strong potential for GMO-free development of new genetic resistance against important crop pathogens.
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- Sarah E Pottinger
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA;
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Induced proximity of a TIR signaling domain on a plant-mammalian NLR chimera activates defense in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:18832-18839. [PMID: 32709746 PMCID: PMC7414095 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001185117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Animal NLRs form wheel-like structures called inflammasomes upon perception of pathogen-associated molecules. The induced proximity of the signaling domains at the center of the wheel is hypothesized to recruit caspases for the first step of immune signal transduction. We expressed a plant-animal NLR fusion to demonstrate that induced proximity of TIR signaling domains from plant NLRs is sufficient to activate plant immune signaling. This demonstrates that a signaling-competent inflammasome can be formed from known, minimal components. The intrinsic NADase activity of plant TIRs is necessary for immune signaling, but fusions to a bacterial or a mammalian TIR domain with NADase activity, which also lead to accumulation of NAD+ hydrolysis products (e.g. cyclic ADP-ribose), were unable to activate immune signaling. Plant and animal intracellular nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors detect pathogen-derived molecules and activate defense. Plant NLRs can be divided into several classes based upon their N-terminal signaling domains, including TIR (Toll-like, Interleukin-1 receptor, Resistance protein)- and CC (coiled-coil)-NLRs. Upon ligand detection, mammalian NAIP and NLRC4 NLRs oligomerize, forming an inflammasome that induces proximity of its N-terminal signaling domains. Recently, a plant CC-NLR was revealed to form an inflammasome-like hetero-oligomer. To further investigate plant NLR signaling mechanisms, we fused the N-terminal TIR domain of several plant NLRs to the N terminus of NLRC4. Inflammasome-dependent induced proximity of the TIR domain in planta initiated defense signaling. Thus, induced proximity of a plant TIR domain imposed by oligomerization of a mammalian inflammasome is sufficient to activate authentic plant defense. Ligand detection and inflammasome formation is maintained when the known components of the NLRC4 inflammasome is transferred across kingdoms, indicating that NLRC4 complex can robustly function without any additional mammalian proteins. Additionally, we found NADase activity of a plant TIR domain is necessary for plant defense activation, but NADase activity of a mammalian or a bacterial TIR is not sufficient to activate defense in plants.
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Pottinger SE, Bak A, Margets A, Helm M, Tang L, Casteel C, Innes RW. Optimizing the PBS1 Decoy System to Confer Resistance to Potyvirus Infection in Arabidopsis and Soybean. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2020; 33:932-944. [PMID: 32267815 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-19-0190-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The Arabidopsis resistance protein RPS5 is activated by proteolytic cleavage of the protein kinase PBS1 by the Pseudomonas syringae effector protease AvrPphB. We have previously shown that replacing seven amino acids at the cleavage site of PBS1 with a motif cleaved by the NIa protease of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) enables RPS5 activation upon TuMV infection. However, this engineered resistance conferred a trailing necrosis phenotype indicative of a cell-death response too slow to contain the virus. We theorized this could result from a positional mismatch within the cell between PBS1TuMV, RPS5, and the NIa protease. To test this, we relocalized PBS1TuMV and RPS5 to cellular sites of NIa accumulation. These experiments revealed that relocation of RPS5 away from the plasma membrane compromised RPS5-dependent cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana, even though PBS1 was efficiently cleaved. As an alternative approach, we tested whether overexpression of plasma membrane-localized PBS1TuMV could enhance RPS5 activation by TuMV. Significantly, overexpressing the PBS1TuMV decoy protein conferred complete resistance to TuMV when delivered by either agrobacterium or by aphid transmission, showing that RPS5-mediated defense responses are effective against bacterial and viral pathogens. Lastly, we have now extended this PBS1 decoy approach to soybean by modifying a soybean PBS1 ortholog to be cleaved by the NIa protease of soybean mosaic virus (SMV). Transgenic overexpression of this soybean PBS1 decoy conferred immunity to SMV, demonstrating that we can use endogenous PBS1 proteins in crop plants to engineer economically relevant disease resistant traits.
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- Sarah E Pottinger
- Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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- University of California, Department of Plant Pathology, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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- Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A
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- Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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- University of California, Department of Plant Pathology, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A
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Noman A, Aqeel M, Lou Y. PRRs and NB-LRRs: From Signal Perception to Activation of Plant Innate Immunity. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20081882. [PMID: 30995767 PMCID: PMC6514886 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20081882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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To ward off pathogens and pests, plants use a sophisticated immune system. They use pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), as well as nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) domains, for detecting nonindigenous molecular signatures from pathogens. Plant PRRs induce local and systemic immunity. Plasma-membrane-localized PRRs are the main components of multiprotein complexes having additional transmembrane and cytosolic kinases. Topical research involving proteins and their interactive partners, along with transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation, has extended our understanding of R-gene-mediated plant immunity. The unique LRR domain conformation helps in the best utilization of a surface area and essentially mediates protein–protein interactions. Genome-wide analyses of inter- and intraspecies PRRs and NB-LRRs offer innovative information about their working and evolution. We reviewed plant immune responses with relevance to PRRs and NB-LRRs. This article focuses on the significant functional diversity, pathogen-recognition mechanisms, and subcellular compartmentalization of plant PRRs and NB-LRRs. We highlight the potential biotechnological application of PRRs and NB-LRRs to enhance broad-spectrum disease resistance in crops.
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- Ali Noman
- Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
- Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan.
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Wu Z, Li M, Dong OX, Xia S, Liang W, Bao Y, Wasteneys G, Li X. Differential regulation of TNL-mediated immune signaling by redundant helper CNLs. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:938-953. [PMID: 30585636 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Higher plants utilize nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat domain proteins (NLRs) as intracellular immune receptors to recognize pathogen-derived effectors and trigger a robust defense. The Activated Disease Resistance 1 (ADR1) family of coiled-coil NLRs (CNLs) have evolved as helper NLRs that function downstream of many TIR-type sensor NLRs (TNLs). Close homologs of ADR1s form the N REQUIREMENT GENE 1 (NRG1) family in Arabidopsis, the function of which is unclear. Through CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing methods, we discovered that the tandemly repeated NRG1A and NRG1B are functionally redundant and operate downstream of TNLs with differential strengths. Interestingly, ADR1s and NRG1s function in two distinct parallel pathways contributing to TNL-specific immunity. Synergistic effects on basal and TNL-mediated defense were detected among ADR1s and NRG1s. An intact P-loop of NRG1s is not required for mediating signals from sensor TNLs, whereas auto-active NRG1A exhibits autoimmunity. Importantly, NRG1s localize to the cytosol and endomembrane network regardless of the presence of effectors, suggesting a cytosolic activation mechanism. Taken together, different sensor TNLs differentially use two groups of helper NLRs, ADR1s and NRG1s, to transduce downstream defense signals.
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- Zhongshou Wu
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Kapos P, Devendrakumar KT, Li X. Plant NLRs: From discovery to application. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 279:3-18. [PMID: 30709490 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Plants require a complex immune system to defend themselves against a wide range of pathogens which threaten their growth and development. The nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat proteins (NLRs) are immune sensors that recognize effectors delivered by pathogens. The first NLR was cloned more than twenty years ago. Since this initial discovery, NLRs have been described as key components of plant immunity responsible for pathogen recognition and triggering defense responses. They have now been described in most of the well-studied mulitcellular plant species, with most having large NLR repertoires. As research has progressed so has the understanding of how NLRs interact with their recognition substrates and how they in turn activate downstream signalling. It has also become apparent that NLR regulation occurs at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels. Even before the first NLR was cloned, breeders were utilising such genes to increase crop performance. Increased understanding of the mechanistic details of the plant immune system enable the generation of plants resistant against devastating pathogens. This review aims to give an updated summary of the NLR field.
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- Paul Kapos
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Chakraborty J, Priya P, Dastidar SG, Das S. Physical interaction between nuclear accumulated CC-NB-ARC-LRR protein and WRKY64 promotes EDS1 dependent Fusarium wilt resistance in chickpea. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 276:111-133. [PMID: 30348309 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.08.008] [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: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fusarium wilt is one of the most serious diseases affecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Here, we identified a putative Resistance Gene Analog (CaRGA) from chickpea, encoding a coiled-coil (CC) nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NB-ARC) containing leucine-rich repeat (LRR) protein (CC-NLR protein) that confers resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri race1 (Foc1). Over-expression and silencing of CaRGA in chickpea resulted in enhanced resistance and hyper-susceptibility, respectively against Foc1. Furthermore, defense response to Foc1 depends on CC-NLR interaction with WRKY64 transcription factor. CaRGA mediated wilt resistance largely compromised when WRKY64 was silenced. We also determined in planta intramolecular interactions and self-association of chickpea CC-NLR protein. The study shows CC domain suppressing auto-activation of the full-length CC-NLR protein in the absence of pathogen through self-inhibitory intramolecular interaction with NB-ARC domain, which is attenuated by self-interactions to LRR domain. Chickpea CC-NLR protein forms homocomplexes and then interacts with WRKY64. CC-NLR protein further phosphorylates WRKY64 thereby, ubiquitination and proteasome mediated degradation are protected. Phosphorylated WRKY64 with increased stability binds to EDS1 promoter and stimulates its transcription that induces in planta ectopic cell-death. The detailed analysis of CC-NLR and WRKY interactions provide a better understanding of the immune regulation by NLR proteins under biotic stresses.
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- Joydeep Chakraborty
- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, P-1/12, CIT Scheme-VIIM, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India.
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- Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, P-1/12, CIT Scheme-VIIM, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India.
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- Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, P-1/12, CIT Scheme-VIIM, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, P-1/12, CIT Scheme-VIIM, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India.
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Neupane S, Ma Q, Mathew FM, Varenhorst AJ, Andersen EJ, Nepal MP. Evolutionary Divergence of TNL Disease-Resistant Proteins in Soybean (Glycine max) and Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Biochem Genet 2018; 56:397-422. [PMID: 29500532 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-018-9851-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Disease-resistant genes (R genes) encode proteins that are involved in protecting plants from their pathogens and pests. Availability of complete genome sequences from soybean and common bean allowed us to perform a genome-wide identification and analysis of the Toll interleukin-1 receptor-like nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (TNL) proteins. Hidden Markov model (HMM) profiling of all protein sequences resulted in the identification of 117 and 77 regular TNL genes in soybean and common bean, respectively. We also identified TNL gene homologs with unique domains, and signal peptides as well as nuclear localization signals. The TNL genes in soybean formed 28 clusters located on 10 of the 20 chromosomes, with the majority found on chromosome 3, 6 and 16. Similarly, the TNL genes in common bean formed 14 clusters located on five of the 11 chromosomes, with the majority found on chromosome 10. Phylogenetic analyses of the TNL genes from Arabidopsis, soybean and common bean revealed less divergence within legumes relative to the divergence between legumes and Arabidopsis. Syntenic blocks were found between chromosomes Pv10 and Gm03, Pv07 and Gm10, as well as Pv01 and Gm14. The gene expression data revealed basal level expression and tissue specificity, while analysis of available microRNA data showed 37 predicted microRNA families involved in targeting the identified TNL genes in soybean and common bean.
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- Surendra Neupane
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA.
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Chakraborty J, Jain A, Mukherjee D, Ghosh S, Das S. Functional diversification of structurally alike NLR proteins in plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 269:85-93. [PMID: 29606220 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In due course of evolution many pathogens alter their effector molecules to modulate the host plants' metabolism and immune responses triggered upon proper recognition by the intracellular nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. Likewise, host plants have also evolved with diversified NLR proteins as a survival strategy to win the battle against pathogen invasion. NLR protein indeed detects pathogen derived effector proteins leading to the activation of defense responses associated with programmed cell death (PCD). In this interactive process, genome structure and plasticity play pivotal role in the development of innate immunity. Despite being quite conserved with similar biological functions in all eukaryotes, the intracellular NLR immune receptor proteins happen to be structurally distinct. Recent studies have made progress in identifying transcriptional regulatory complexes activated by NLR proteins. In this review, we attempt to decipher the intracellular NLR proteins mediated surveillance across the evolutionarily diverse taxa, highlighting some of the recent updates on NLR protein compartmentalization, molecular interactions before and after activation along with insights into the finer role of these receptor proteins to combat invading pathogens upon their recognition. Latest information on NLR sensors, helpers and NLR proteins with integrated domains in the context of plant pathogen interactions are also discussed.
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- Joydeep Chakraborty
- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India; Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Centenary Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Germain H, Joly DL, Mireault C, Plourde MB, Letanneur C, Stewart D, Morency M, Petre B, Duplessis S, Séguin A. Infection assays in Arabidopsis reveal candidate effectors from the poplar rust fungus that promote susceptibility to bacteria and oomycete pathogens. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2018; 19:191-200. [PMID: 27868319 PMCID: PMC6638046 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Fungi of the Pucciniales order cause rust diseases which, altogether, affect thousands of plant species worldwide and pose a major threat to several crops. How rust effectors-virulence proteins delivered into infected tissues to modulate host functions-contribute to pathogen virulence remains poorly understood. Melampsora larici-populina is a devastating and widespread rust pathogen of poplar, and its genome encodes 1184 identified small secreted proteins that could potentially act as effectors. Here, following specific criteria, we selected 16 candidate effector proteins and characterized their virulence activities and subcellular localizations in the leaf cells of Arabidopsis thaliana. Infection assays using bacterial (Pseudomonas syringae) and oomycete (Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis) pathogens revealed subsets of candidate effectors that enhanced or decreased pathogen leaf colonization. Confocal imaging of green fluorescent protein-tagged candidate effectors constitutively expressed in stable transgenic plants revealed that some protein fusions specifically accumulate in nuclei, chloroplasts, plasmodesmata and punctate cytosolic structures. Altogether, our analysis suggests that rust fungal candidate effectors target distinct cellular components in host cells to promote parasitic growth.
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- Hugo Germain
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and PhysicsUniversité du Québec à Trois‐RivièresTrois‐RivièresQCCanadaG9A 5H7
- Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry CentreNatural Resources CanadaSainte‐FoyQCCanadaG1V 4C7
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- Département de BiologieUniversité de MonctonMonctonNBCanadaE1A 3E9
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and PhysicsUniversité du Québec à Trois‐RivièresTrois‐RivièresQCCanadaG9A 5H7
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and PhysicsUniversité du Québec à Trois‐RivièresTrois‐RivièresQCCanadaG9A 5H7
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and PhysicsUniversité du Québec à Trois‐RivièresTrois‐RivièresQCCanadaG9A 5H7
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- Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry CentreNatural Resources CanadaSainte‐FoyQCCanadaG1V 4C7
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- Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry CentreNatural Resources CanadaSainte‐FoyQCCanadaG1V 4C7
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- The Sainsbury LaboratoryNorwich Research ParkNorwichNR4 7UHUK
- Centre INRA Nancy LorraineINRA, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA/Université de LorraineChampenoux54280France
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- Centre INRA Nancy LorraineINRA, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA/Université de LorraineChampenoux54280France
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- Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry CentreNatural Resources CanadaSainte‐FoyQCCanadaG1V 4C7
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Roth C, Lüdke D, Klenke M, Quathamer A, Valerius O, Braus GH, Wiermer M. The truncated NLR protein TIR-NBS13 is a MOS6/IMPORTIN-α3 interaction partner required for plant immunity. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 92:808-821. [PMID: 28901644 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Importin-α proteins mediate the translocation of nuclear localization signal (NLS)-containing proteins from the cytoplasm into the nucleus through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Genetically, Arabidopsis IMPORTIN-α3/MOS6 (MODIFIER OF SNC1, 6) is required for basal plant immunity and constitutive disease resistance activated in autoimmune mutant snc1 (suppressor of npr1-1, constitutive 1), suggesting that MOS6 plays a role in the nuclear import of proteins involved in plant defense signaling. Here, we sought to identify and characterize defense-regulatory cargo proteins and interaction partners of MOS6. We conducted both in silico database analyses and affinity purification of functional epitope-tagged MOS6 from pathogen-challenged stable transgenic plants coupled with mass spectrometry. We show that among the 13 candidate MOS6 interactors we selected for further functional characterization, the TIR-NBS-type protein TN13 is required for resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) DC3000 lacking the type-III effector proteins AvrPto and AvrPtoB. When expressed transiently in N. benthamiana leaves, TN13 co-immunoprecipitates with MOS6, but not with its closest homolog IMPORTIN-α6, and localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), consistent with a predicted N-terminal transmembrane domain in TN13. Our work uncovered the truncated NLR protein TN13 as a component of plant innate immunity that selectively binds to MOS6/IMPORTIN-α3 in planta. We speculate that the release of TN13 from the ER membrane in response to pathogen stimulus, and its subsequent nuclear translocation, is important for plant defense signal transduction.
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- Charlotte Roth
- RG Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- RG Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- RG Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- RG Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Grisebachstrasse 8, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Grisebachstrasse 8, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- RG Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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Expression and regulation of ATL9, an E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in plant defense. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188458. [PMID: 29161311 PMCID: PMC5697834 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Plants are continually exposed to a variety of pathogenic organisms, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. In response to these assaults, plants have developed various defense pathways to protect themselves from pathogen invasion. An understanding of the expression and regulation of genes involved in defense signaling is essential to controlling plant disease. ATL9, an Arabidopsis RING zinc finger protein, is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is induced by chitin and involved in basal resistance to the biotrophic fungal pathogen, Golovinomyces cichoracearum (G. cichoracearum). To better understand the expression and regulation of ATL9, we studied its expression pattern and the functions of its different protein domains. Using pATL9:GUS transgenic Arabidopsis lines we found that ATL9 is expressed in numerous tissues at various developmental stages and that GUS activity was induced rapidly upon wounding. Using a GFP control protein, we showed that ATL9 is a short-lived protein within plant cells and it is degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. ATL9 contains two transmembrane domains (TM), a RING zinc-finger domain, and a PEST domain. Using a series of deletion mutants, we found that the PEST domain and the RING domain have effects on ATL9 degradation. Further infection assays with G. cichoracearum showed that both the RING domain and the TM domains are important for ATL9’s resistance phenotype. Interestingly, the PEST domain was also shown to be significant for resistance to fungal pathogens. This study demonstrates that the PEST domain is directly coupled to plant defense regulation and the importance of protein degradation in plant immunity.
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El Kasmi F, Chung EH, Anderson RG, Li J, Wan L, Eitas TK, Gao Z, Dangl JL. Signaling from the plasma-membrane localized plant immune receptor RPM1 requires self-association of the full-length protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E7385-E7394. [PMID: 28808003 PMCID: PMC5584451 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708288114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Plants evolved intracellular immune receptors that belong to the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family to recognize the presence of pathogen-derived effector proteins. NLRs possess an N-terminal Toll-like/IL-1 receptor (TIR) or a non-TIR domain [some of which contain coiled coils (CCs)], a central nucleotide-binding (NB-ARC) domain, and a C-terminal leucine-rich repeat (LRR). Activation of NLR proteins results in a rapid and high-amplitude immune response, eventually leading to host cell death at the infection site, the so-called hypersensitive response. Despite their important contribution to immunity, the exact mechanisms of NLR activation and signaling remain unknown and are likely heterogenous. We undertook a detailed structure-function analysis of the plasma membrane (PM)-localized CC NLR Resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola 1 (RPM1) using both stable transgenic Arabidopsis and transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana We report that immune signaling is induced only by activated full-length PM-localized RPM1. Our interaction analyses demonstrate the importance of a functional P-loop for in planta interaction of RPM1 with the small host protein RPM1-interacting protein 4 (RIN4), for constitutive preactivation and postactivation self-association of RPM1 and for proper PM localization. Our results reveal an additive effect of hydrophobic conserved residues in the CC domain for RPM1 function and RPM1 self-association and their necessity for RPM1-RIN4 interaction. Thus, our findings considerably extend our understanding of the mechanisms regulating NLR activation at, and signaling from, the PM.
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- Farid El Kasmi
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China 430072
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China 430072;
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280;
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
- Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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The first plant disease resistance (R) genes were identified and cloned more than two decades ago. Since then, many more R genes have been identified and characterized in numerous plant pathosystems. Most of these encode members of the large family of intracellular NLRs (NOD-like receptors), which also includes animal immune receptors. New discoveries in this expanding field of research provide new elements for our understanding of plant NLR function. But what do we know about plant NLR function today? Genetic, structural, and functional analyses have uncovered a number of commonalities and differences in pathogen recognition strategies as well as how NLRs are regulated and activate defense signaling, but many unknowns remain. This review gives an update on the latest discoveries and breakthroughs in this field, with an emphasis on structural findings and some comparison to animal NLRs, which can provide additional insights and paradigms in plant NLR function.
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- Xiaoxiao Zhang
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;
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Allelic diversity in an NLR gene BPH9 enables rice to combat planthopper variation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:12850-12855. [PMID: 27791169 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614862113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens Stål, is one of the most devastating insect pests of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Currently, 30 BPH-resistance genes have been genetically defined, most of which are clustered on specific chromosome regions. Here, we describe molecular cloning and characterization of a BPH-resistance gene, BPH9, mapped on the long arm of rice chromosome 12 (12L). BPH9 encodes a rare type of nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR)-containing protein that localizes to the endomembrane system and causes a cell death phenotype. BPH9 activates salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid-signaling pathways in rice plants and confers both antixenosis and antibiosis to BPH. We further demonstrated that the eight BPH-resistance genes that are clustered on chromosome 12L, including the widely used BPH1, are allelic with each other. To honor the priority in the literature, we thus designated this locus as BPH1/9 These eight genes can be classified into four allelotypes, BPH1/9-1, -2, -7, and -9 These allelotypes confer varying levels of resistance to different biotypes of BPH. The coding region of BPH1/9 shows a high level of diversity in rice germplasm. Homologous fragments of the nucleotide-binding (NB) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains exist, which might have served as a repository for generating allele diversity. Our findings reveal a rice plant strategy for modifying the genetic information to gain the upper hand in the struggle against insect herbivores. Further exploration of natural allelic variation and artificial shuffling within this gene may allow breeding to be tailored to control emerging biotypes of BPH.
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Serrano I, Buscaill P, Audran C, Pouzet C, Jauneau A, Rivas S. A non canonical subtilase attenuates the transcriptional activation of defence responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27685353 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19755.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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Proteases play crucial physiological functions in all organisms by controlling the lifetime of proteins. Here, we identified an atypical protease of the subtilase family [SBT5.2(b)] that attenuates the transcriptional activation of plant defence independently of its protease activity. The SBT5.2 gene produces two distinct transcripts encoding a canonical secreted subtilase [SBT5.2(a)] and an intracellular protein [SBT5.2(b)]. Concomitant to SBT5.2(a) downregulation, SBT5.2(b) expression is induced after bacterial inoculation. SBT5.2(b) localizes to endosomes where it interacts with and retains the defence-related transcription factor MYB30. Nuclear exclusion of MYB30 results in its reduced transcriptional activation and, thus, suppressed resistance. sbt5.2 mutants, with abolished SBT5.2(a) and SBT5.2(b) expression, display enhanced defence that is suppressed in a myb30 mutant background. Moreover, overexpression of SBT5.2(b), but not SBT5.2(a), in sbt5.2 plants reverts the phenotypes displayed by sbt5.2 mutants. Overall, we uncover a regulatory mode of the transcriptional activation of defence responses previously undescribed in eukaryotes.
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- Irene Serrano
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Fédération de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Fédération de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Serrano I, Buscaill P, Audran C, Pouzet C, Jauneau A, Rivas S. A non canonical subtilase attenuates the transcriptional activation of defence responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27685353 PMCID: PMC5074803 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Proteases play crucial physiological functions in all organisms by controlling the lifetime of proteins. Here, we identified an atypical protease of the subtilase family [SBT5.2(b)] that attenuates the transcriptional activation of plant defence independently of its protease activity. The SBT5.2 gene produces two distinct transcripts encoding a canonical secreted subtilase [SBT5.2(a)] and an intracellular protein [SBT5.2(b)]. Concomitant to SBT5.2(a) downregulation, SBT5.2(b) expression is induced after bacterial inoculation. SBT5.2(b) localizes to endosomes where it interacts with and retains the defence-related transcription factor MYB30. Nuclear exclusion of MYB30 results in its reduced transcriptional activation and, thus, suppressed resistance. sbt5.2 mutants, with abolished SBT5.2(a) and SBT5.2(b) expression, display enhanced defence that is suppressed in a myb30 mutant background. Moreover, overexpression of SBT5.2(b), but not SBT5.2(a), in sbt5.2 plants reverts the phenotypes displayed by sbt5.2 mutants. Overall, we uncover a regulatory mode of the transcriptional activation of defence responses previously undescribed in eukaryotes. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19755.001 Like animals, plants have evolved numerous ways to protect themselves from disease. When a plant detects an invading microbe, it massively changes which genes it expresses to establish a defensive response. This is possible thanks to the action of a type of protein, named transcription factors, which are able to bind to DNA in the cell nucleus and regulate gene expression. However, triggering such a response comes at a cost, and so plants must keep their defensive response in check such that they can allocate resources in a balanced way. In the model plant Arabidopsis, a protein named MYB30 is one transcription factor that is able to promote disease resistance. Previous research identified some proteins that can reduce the activity of this transcription factor to avoid triggering a response when it is not needed, for example, when no infectious microbes are present. However, it was likely that other proteins were also involved in the process. Now, Serrano et al. report that an enzyme called SBT5.2 is an additional negative regulator of MYB30 activity. SBT5.2 belongs to a family of protein-degrading enzymes called subtilases, which are typically localized outside cells. As such, it was unclear how SBT5.2 could interact and regulate a transcription factor that is found inside the nucleus of plant cells. Nevertheless, Serrano et al. found that the gene that encodes SBT5.2 actually gives rise to two distinct proteins. The first is a classical subtilase that is indeed located outside of the cell, and so cannot interact with MYB30 and does not affect its activity. The second protein is an atypical subtilase that localises to bubble-like compartments called vesicles within the cell and is able to highjack MYB30 on its way to the nucleus. When the atypical subtilase interacts with MYB30 at vesicles, it stops MYB30 from entering the nucleus. As a result, MYB30 cannot bind to the DNA nor activate its target genes. This means that the defensive response that normally depends on MYB30 is weakened. The work of Serrano et al. uncovers a new way to regulate the expression of defence-related genes. Further unravelling the molecular mechanisms involved in the fine-tuning of gene expression represents a challenging task for future research. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19755.002
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- Irene Serrano
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Fédération de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Fédération de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Cesari S, Moore J, Chen C, Webb D, Periyannan S, Mago R, Bernoux M, Lagudah ES, Dodds PN. Cytosolic activation of cell death and stem rust resistance by cereal MLA-family CC-NLR proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:10204-9. [PMID: 27555587 PMCID: PMC5018743 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605483113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Plants possess intracellular immune receptors designated "nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat" (NLR) proteins that translate pathogen-specific recognition into disease-resistance signaling. The wheat immune receptors Sr33 and Sr50 belong to the class of coiled-coil (CC) NLRs. They confer resistance against a broad spectrum of field isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, including the Ug99 lineage, and are homologs of the barley powdery mildew-resistance protein MLA10. Here, we show that, similarly to MLA10, the Sr33 and Sr50 CC domains are sufficient to induce cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana Autoactive CC domains and full-length Sr33 and Sr50 proteins self-associate in planta In contrast, truncated CC domains equivalent in size to an MLA10 fragment for which a crystal structure was previously determined fail to induce cell death and do not self-associate. Mutations in the truncated region also abolish self-association and cell-death signaling. Analysis of Sr33 and Sr50 CC domains fused to YFP and either nuclear localization or nuclear export signals in N benthamiana showed that cell-death induction occurs in the cytosol. In stable transgenic wheat plants, full-length Sr33 proteins targeted to the cytosol provided rust resistance, whereas nuclear-targeted Sr33 was not functional. These data are consistent with CC-mediated induction of both cell-death signaling and stem rust resistance in the cytosolic compartment, whereas previous research had suggested that MLA10-mediated cell-death and disease resistance signaling occur independently, in the cytosol and nucleus, respectively.
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- Stella Cesari
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;
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Contributions of host cellular trafficking and organization to the outcomes of plant-pathogen interactions. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2016; 56:163-173. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wang L, Ye, Liu H, Liu X, Wei C, Huang Y, Liu Y, Tu J. Both overexpression and suppression of an Oryza sativa NB-LRR-like gene OsLSR result in autoactivation of immune response and thiamine accumulation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24079. [PMID: 27052628 PMCID: PMC4823736 DOI: 10.1038/srep24079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Tight and accurate regulation of immunity and thiamine biosynthesis is critical for proper defence mechanisms and several primary metabolic cycles in plants. Although thiamine is known to enhance plant defence by priming, the mechanism by which thiamine biosynthesis responds to immune signals remains poorly understood. Here we identified a novel rice (Oryza sativa L.) NB-LRR gene via an insertion mutation, this mutant confesses a low seed setting phenotype and the corresponding genetic locus was named OsLSR (Low seed setting related). Comparing with wildtype plant, both overexpression and suppression of OsLSR lead to the autoactivation of the rice immune system and accumulation of thiamine, which result in a great fitness cost and yield penalty. Moreover, when fused with eGFP at their C terminus, two fragments, OsLSR1-178 and OsLSR464-546, localized to chloroplasts where thiamine is produced. Our result suggests that OsLSR differs from traditional NB-LRR genes. Its expression is closely related to the immune status and thiamine level in plant cells and should be maintained within a narrow range for rice growth.
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- Liangchao Wang
- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Yu-Hang-Tang Road No 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Boyle PC, Schwizer S, Hind SR, Kraus CM, De la Torre Diaz S, He B, Martin GB. Detecting N-myristoylation and S-acylation of host and pathogen proteins in plants using click chemistry. PLANT METHODS 2016; 12:38. [PMID: 27493678 PMCID: PMC4972946 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0138-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The plant plasma membrane is a key battleground in the war between plants and their pathogens. Plants detect the presence of pathogens at the plasma membrane using sensor proteins, many of which are targeted to this lipophilic locale by way of fatty acid modifications. Pathogens secrete effector proteins into the plant cell to suppress the plant's defense mechanisms. These effectors are able to access and interfere with the surveillance machinery at the plant plasma membrane by hijacking the host's fatty acylation apparatus. Despite the important involvement of protein fatty acylation in both plant immunity and pathogen virulence mechanisms, relatively little is known about the role of this modification during plant-pathogen interactions. This dearth in our understanding is due largely to the lack of methods to monitor protein fatty acid modifications in the plant cell. RESULTS We describe a rapid method to detect two major forms of fatty acylation, N-myristoylation and S-acylation, of candidate proteins using alkyne fatty acid analogs coupled with click chemistry. We applied our approach to confirm and decisively demonstrate that the archetypal pattern recognition receptor FLS2, the well-characterized pathogen effector AvrPto, and one of the best-studied intracellular resistance proteins, Pto, all undergo plant-mediated fatty acylation. In addition to providing a means to readily determine fatty acylation, particularly myristoylation, of candidate proteins, this method is amenable to a variety of expression systems. We demonstrate this using both Arabidopsis protoplasts and stable transgenic Arabidopsis plants and we leverage Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves as a means for high-throughput evaluation of candidate proteins. CONCLUSIONS Protein fatty acylation is a targeting tactic employed by both plants and their pathogens. The metabolic labeling approach leveraging alkyne fatty acid analogs and click chemistry described here has the potential to provide mechanistic details of the molecular tactics used at the host plasma membrane in the battle between plants and pathogens.
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- Patrick C. Boyle
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO 63141 USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- Plant Pathology and Plant–Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- Plant Pathology and Plant–Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- College of Pharmacy, Guiyang Medical University, Guiyang, 550004 Guizhou China
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- Plant Pathology and Plant–Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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Wang GF, Balint-Kurti PJ. Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Localizations Are Important for the Hypersensitive Response Conferred by Maize Autoactive Rp1-D21 Protein. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2015; 28:1023-1031. [PMID: 26039083 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-15-0014-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Disease resistance (R) genes have been isolated from many plant species. Most encode nucleotide binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins that trigger a rapid localized programmed cell death called the hypersensitive response (HR) upon pathogen recognition. Despite their structural similarities, different NLR are distributed in a range of subcellular locations, and analogous domains play diverse functional roles. The autoactive maize NLR gene Rp1-D21 derives from an intragenic recombination between two NLR genes, Rp1-D and Rp1-dp2, and confers a HR independent of the presence of a pathogen. Rp1-D21 and its N-terminal coiled coil (CC) domain (CCD21) confer autoactive HR when transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. Rp1-D21 was predominantly localized in cytoplasm with a small amount in the nucleus, while CCD21 was localized in both nucleus and cytoplasm. Targeting of Rp1-D21 or CCD21 predominantly to either the nucleus or the cytoplasm abolished HR-inducing activity. Coexpression of Rp1-D21 or CCD21 constructs confined, respectively, to the nucleus and cytoplasm did not rescue full activity, suggesting nucleocytoplasmic movement was important for HR induction. This work emphasizes the diverse structural and subcellular localization requirements for activity found among plant NLR R genes.
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- Guan-Feng Wang
- 1 Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, U.S.A
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- 1 Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, U.S.A
- 2 USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit, Raleigh, NC 27695, U.S.A
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Boyle PC, Martin GB. Greasy tactics in the plant-pathogen molecular arms race. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:1607-16. [PMID: 25725095 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The modification of proteins by the attachment of fatty acids is a targeting tactic involved in mechanisms of both plant immunity and bacterial pathogenesis. The plant plasma membrane (PM) is a key battleground in the war against disease-causing microbes. This membrane is armed with an array of sensor proteins that function as a surveillance system to detect invading pathogens. Several of these sensor proteins are directed to the plasma membrane through the covalent addition of fatty acids, a process termed fatty acylation. Phytopathogens secrete effector proteins into the plant cell to subvert these surveillance mechanisms, rendering the host susceptible to infection. The targeting of effectors to specific locales within plant cells, particularly the internal face of the host PM, is critical for their virulence function. Several bacterial effectors hijack the host fatty acylation machinery to be modified and directed to this contested locale. To find and fight these fatty acylated effectors the plant leverages lipid-modified intracellular sensors. This review provides examples featuring how fatty acylation is a battle tactic used by both combatants in the molecular arms race between plants and pathogens. Also highlighted is the exploitation of a specific form of host-mediated fatty acid modification, which appears to be exclusively employed by phytopathogenic effector proteins.
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- Patrick C Boyle
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Intracellular immune receptors with nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich domains (NLRs) are found in both plants and animals. Compared to animals, NLR-encoding gene families are expanded, more prevalent and have enriched diversity in higher plants. Strong host defense triggered by the recognition of specific pathogen effectors constitutes a major part of the plant immune response that has long been exploited to breed crops for enhanced resistance. Although the first plant NLR genes were cloned about 20 years ago, their signaling mechanisms remain obscure. Here we review recent progress in plant NLR studies, focusing on their pathogen recognition, homeostasis control and potential signaling activation mechanisms.
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Cui H, Tsuda K, Parker JE. Effector-triggered immunity: from pathogen perception to robust defense. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 66:487-511. [PMID: 25494461 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-040012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 757] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In plant innate immunity, individual cells have the capacity to sense and respond to pathogen attack. Intracellular recognition mechanisms have evolved to intercept perturbations by pathogen virulence factors (effectors) early in host infection and convert it to rapid defense. One key to resistance success is a polymorphic family of intracellular nucleotide-binding/leucine-rich-repeat (NLR) receptors that detect effector interference in different parts of the cell. Effector-activated NLRs connect, in various ways, to a conserved basal resistance network in order to transcriptionally boost defense programs. Effector-triggered immunity displays remarkable robustness against pathogen disturbance, in part by employing compensatory mechanisms within the defense network. Also, the mobility of some NLRs and coordination of resistance pathways across cell compartments provides flexibility to fine-tune immune outputs. Furthermore, a number of NLRs function close to the nuclear chromatin by balancing actions of defense-repressing and defense-activating transcription factors to program cells dynamically for effective disease resistance.
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- Haitao Cui
- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany; , ,
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Ohtsu M, Shibata Y, Ojika M, Tamura K, Hara-Nishimura I, Mori H, Kawakita K, Takemoto D. Nucleoporin 75 is involved in the ethylene-mediated production of phytoalexin for the resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana to Phytophthora infestans. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2014; 27:1318-30. [PMID: 25122483 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-14-0181-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Mature Nicotiana benthamiana shows stable resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Induction of phytoalexin (capsidiol) production is essential for the resistance, which is upregulated via a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade (NbMEK2-WIPK/SIPK) followed by ethylene signaling. In this study, NbNup75 (encodes a nuclear pore protein Nucleoporin75) was identified as an essential gene for resistance of N. benthamiana to P. infestans. In NbNup75-silenced plants, initial events of elicitor-induced responses such as phosphorylation of MAPK and expression of defense-related genes were not affected, whereas induction of later defense responses such as capsidiol production and cell death induction was suppressed or delayed. Ethylene production induced by either INF1 or NbMEK2 was reduced in NbNup75-silenced plants, whereas the expression of NbEAS (a gene for capsidiol biosynthesis) induced by ethylene was not affected, indicating that Nup75 is required for the induction of ethylene production but not for ethylene signaling. Given that nuclear accumulation of polyA RNA was increased in NbNup75-silenced plants, efficient export of mRNA from nuclei via nuclear pores would be important for the timely upregulation of defense responses. Collectively, Nup75 is involved in the induction of a later stage of defense responses, including the ethylene-mediated production of phytoalexin for the resistance of N. benthamiana to P. infestans.
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Matsui H, Fujiwara M, Hamada S, Shimamoto K, Nomura Y, Nakagami H, Takahashi A, Hirochika H. Plasma membrane localization is essential for Oryza sativa Pto-interacting protein 1a-mediated negative regulation of immune signaling in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 166:327-36. [PMID: 24958714 PMCID: PMC4149718 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.243873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Oryza sativa Pto-interacting protein 1a (OsPti1a), an ortholog of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) SlPti1, functions as a negative regulator of innate immunity in rice (Oryza sativa). In ospti1a mutants, the activation of immune responses, including hypersensitive response-like cell death, is caused by loss of the OsPti1a protein; however, it is as yet unclear how OsPti1a suppresses immune responses. Here, we report that OsPti1a localizes to detergent-resistant membrane fractions of the plasma membrane through lipid modification of the protein's amino terminus, which is highly conserved among Pti1 orthologs in several plant species. Importantly, mislocalization of OsPti1a after deletion of its amino terminus reduced its ability to complement the mutant phenotypes, including hypersensitive response-like cell death. Furthermore, complex formation of OsPti1a depends on its amino terminus-mediated membrane localization. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of OsPti1a complex-interacting proteins identified several defense-related proteins. Collectively, these findings indicate that appropriate complex formation by OsPti1a at the plasma membrane is required for the negative regulation of plant immune responses in rice.
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- Hidenori Matsui
- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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- Disease-Resistant Crops Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan (H.M., A.T., H.H.);Plant Global Educational Project (M.F.) and Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (S.H., K.S.), Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; andPlant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan (Y.N., H.N.)
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Marín M, Ott T. Intrinsic disorder in plant proteins and phytopathogenic bacterial effectors. Chem Rev 2014; 114:6912-32. [PMID: 24697726 DOI: 10.1021/cr400488d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Macarena Marín
- Genetics Institute, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich , Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Running MP. The role of lipid post-translational modification in plant developmental processes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:50. [PMID: 24600462 PMCID: PMC3927097 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Most eukaryotic proteins are post-translationally modified, and modification has profound effects on protein function. One key modification is the attachment of a lipid group to certain amino acids; this typically facilitates subcellular targeting (association with a membrane) and protein-protein interactions (by virtue of the large hydrophobic moiety). Most widely recognized are lipid modifications of proteins involved in developmental signaling, but proteins with structural roles are also lipid-modified. The three known types of intracellular protein lipid modifications are S-acylation, N-myristoylation, and prenylation. In plants, genetic analysis of the enzymes involved, along with molecular analysis of select target proteins, has recently shed light on the roles of lipid modification in key developmental processes, such as meristem function, flower development, polar cell elongation, cell differentiation, and hormone responses. In addition, while lipid post-translational mechanisms are generally conserved among eukaryotes, plants differ in the nature and function of target proteins, the effects of lipid modification on target proteins, and the roles of lipid modification in developmental processes.
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- Mark P. Running
- *Correspondence: Mark P. Running, Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA e-mail:
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Takemoto D, Jones DA. Particle bombardment-mediated transient expression to identify localization signals in plant disease resistance proteins and target sites for the proteolytic activity of pathogen effectors. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1127:91-101. [PMID: 24643554 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-986-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Plant pathogens, including fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, aphids, and nematodes, produce a variety of effector proteins to counter plant disease resistance mechanisms. After delivery into the cytosol of the plant cell, effectors may target proteins localized to different compartments within the plant cell. Plants, in turn, have evolved disease resistance (R) proteins to recognize the action of effectors. Elucidation of the subcellular localization of pathogen effectors, the plant proteins they target, and plant disease resistance proteins is essential to fully understand their interactions during pathogen challenge. In recent years, expression of fluorescent protein fusions has been widely used to determine the subcellular localization of plant proteins and pathogen effectors. Use of fluorescent proteins enables researchers to monitor the dynamic behavior of proteins in living cells. Among various methods available for the introduction of genes into plant cells, particle bombardment-mediated transient expression is the most rapid method suitable for both the identification of localization signals in proteins of interest and their dissection via amino acid substitutions generated using site-directed mutagenesis. This chapter describes a rapid procedure for particle bombardment-mediated transient expression in leaf epidermal cells. This method is also applicable to detection of pathogen effector protease activities directed against target proteins in the plant cell and analysis of protease recognition sites within these target proteins.
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- Daigo Takemoto
- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Qi D, Dubiella U, Kim SH, Sloss DI, Dowen RH, Dixon JE, Innes RW. Recognition of the protein kinase AVRPPHB SUSCEPTIBLE1 by the disease resistance protein RESISTANCE TO PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE5 is dependent on s-acylation and an exposed loop in AVRPPHB SUSCEPTIBLE1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:340-51. [PMID: 24225654 PMCID: PMC3875812 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.227686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The recognition of pathogen effector proteins by plants is typically mediated by intracellular receptors belonging to the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) family. NLR proteins often detect pathogen effector proteins indirectly by detecting modification of their targets. How NLR proteins detect such modifications is poorly understood. To address these questions, we have been investigating the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) NLR protein RESISTANCE TO PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE5 (RPS5), which detects the Pseudomonas syringae effector protein Avirulence protein Pseudomonas phaseolicolaB (AvrPphB). AvrPphB is a cysteine protease that specifically targets a subfamily of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases, including the Arabidopsis protein kinase AVRPPHB Susceptible1 (PBS1). RPS5 is activated by the cleavage of PBS1 at the apex of its activation loop. Here, we show that RPS5 activation requires that PBS1 be localized to the plasma membrane and that plasma membrane localization of PBS1 is mediated by amino-terminal S-acylation. We also describe the development of a high-throughput screen for mutations in PBS1 that block RPS5 activation, which uncovered four new pbs1 alleles, two of which blocked cleavage by AvrPphB. Lastly, we show that RPS5 distinguishes among closely related kinases by the amino acid sequence (SEMPH) within an exposed loop in the C-terminal one-third of PBS1. The SEMPH loop is located on the opposite side of PBS1 from the AvrPphB cleavage site, suggesting that RPS5 associates with the SEMPH loop while leaving the AvrPphB cleavage site exposed. These findings provide support for a model of NLR activation in which NLR proteins form a preactivation complex with effector targets and then sense a conformational change in the target induced by effector modification.
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (D.Q., U.D., S.H.K., D.I.S., R.W.I.)
- Departments of Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (R.H.D, J.E.D.); and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 (J.E.D.)
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (D.Q., U.D., S.H.K., D.I.S., R.W.I.)
- Departments of Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (R.H.D, J.E.D.); and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 (J.E.D.)
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (D.Q., U.D., S.H.K., D.I.S., R.W.I.)
- Departments of Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (R.H.D, J.E.D.); and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 (J.E.D.)
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Qi D, Innes RW. Recent Advances in Plant NLR Structure, Function, Localization, and Signaling. Front Immunol 2013; 4:348. [PMID: 24155748 PMCID: PMC3801107 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins play a central role in the innate immune systems of plants and vertebrates. In plants, NLR proteins function as intracellular receptors that detect pathogen effector proteins directly, or indirectly by recognizing effector-induced modifications to other host proteins. NLR activation triggers a suite of defense responses associated with programed cell death (PCD). The molecular mechanisms underlying NLR activation, and how activation is translated into defense responses, have been particularly challenging to elucidate in plants. Recent reports, however, are beginning to shed some light. It is becoming clear that plant NLR proteins are targeted to diverse sub-cellular locations, likely depending on the locations where the effectors are detected. These reports also indicate that some NLRs re-localize following effector detection, while others do not, and such relocalization may reflect differences in signaling pathways. There have also been recent advances in understanding the structure of plant NLR proteins, with crystal structures now available for the N-terminal domains of two well-studied NLRs, a coiled-coil (CC) domain and a Toll-interleukin Receptor (TIR). Significant improvements in molecular modeling have enabled more informed structure-function studies, illuminating roles of intra- and inter-molecular interactions in NLR activation regulation. Several independent studies also suggest that intracellular trafficking is involved in NLR-mediated resistance. Lastly, progress is being made on identifying transcriptional regulatory complexes activated by NLRs. Current models for how plant NLR proteins are activated and how they induce defenses are discussed, with an emphasis on what remains to be determined.
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- Dong Qi
- Department of Biology, Indiana University , Bloomington, IN , USA
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Zbierzak AM, Porfirova S, Griebel T, Melzer M, Parker JE, Dörmann P. A TIR-NBS protein encoded by Arabidopsis Chilling Sensitive 1 (CHS1) limits chloroplast damage and cell death at low temperature. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 75:539-52. [PMID: 23617639 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Survival of plants at low temperature depends on mechanisms for limiting physiological damage and maintaining growth. We mapped the chs1-1 (chilling sensitive1-1) mutation in Arabidopsis accession Columbia to the TIR-NBS gene At1g17610. In chs1-1, a single amino acid exchange at the CHS1 N-terminus close to the conserved TIR domain creates a stable mutant protein that fails to protect leaves against chilling stress. The sequence of another TIR-NBS gene (At5g40090) named CHL1 (CHS1-like 1) is related to that of CHS1. Over-expression of CHS1 or CHL1 alleviates chilling damage and enhances plant growth at moderate (24°C) and chilling (13°C) temperatures, suggesting a role for both proteins in growth homeostasis. chs1-1 mutants show induced salicylic acid production and defense gene expression at 13°C, indicative of autoimmunity. Genetic analysis of chs1-1 in combination with defense pathway mutants shows that chs1-1 chilling sensitivity requires the TIR-NBS-LRR and basal resistance regulators encoded by EDS1 and PAD4 but not salicylic acid. By following the timing of metabolic, physiological and chloroplast ultrastructural changes in chs1-1 leaves during chilling, we have established that alterations in photosynthetic complexes and thylakoid membrane integrity precede leaf cell death measured by ion leakage. At 24°C, the chs1-1 mutant appears normal but produces a massive necrotic response to virulent Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infection, although this does not affect bacterial proliferation. Our results suggest that CHS1 acts at an intersection between temperature sensing and biotic stress pathway activation to maintain plant performance over a range of conditions.
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- Anna Maria Zbierzak
- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Matsukawa M, Shibata Y, Ohtsu M, Mizutani A, Mori H, Wang P, Ojika M, Kawakita K, Takemoto D. Nicotiana benthamiana calreticulin 3a is required for the ethylene-mediated production of phytoalexins and disease resistance against oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:880-92. [PMID: 23617417 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-12-0301-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Mature Nicotiana benthamiana shows strong resistance to the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. By screening using virus-induced random gene silencing, we isolated a gene for plant-specific calreticulin NbCRT3a as a required gene for resistance of N. benthamiana against P. infestans. NbCRT3a encodes an endoplasmic reticulum quality-control (ERQC) chaperone for the maturation of glycoproteins, including glycosylated cell-surface receptors. NbCRT3a-silenced plants showed no detectable growth defects but resistance to P. infestans was significantly compromised. Defense responses induced by the treatment with INF1 (a secretory protein of P. infestans), such as production of reactive oxygen species and accumulation of phytoalexins, were suppressed in NbCRT3a-silenced N. benthamiana. Expression of an ethylene-regulated gene for phytoalexin biosynthesis, NbEAS, was reduced in NbCRT3a-silenced plants, whereas the expression of salicylic acid-regulated NbPR-1a was not affected. Consistently, induction of ethylene production by INF1 was suppressed in NbCRT3a-silenced plants. Resistance reactions induced by a hyphal wall components elicitor prepared from P. infestans were also impaired in NbCRT3a-silenced plants. However, cell death induced by active mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (NbMEK2(DD)) was not affected by the silencing of NbCRT3a. Thus, NbCRT3a is required for the initiation of resistance reactions of N. benthamiana in response to elicitor molecules derived from P. infestans.
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Traverso JA, Micalella C, Martinez A, Brown SC, Satiat-Jeunemaître B, Meinnel T, Giglione C. Roles of N-terminal fatty acid acylations in membrane compartment partitioning: Arabidopsis h-type thioredoxins as a case study. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:1056-77. [PMID: 23543785 PMCID: PMC3634677 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.106849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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N-terminal fatty acylations (N-myristoylation [MYR] and S-palmitoylation [PAL]) are crucial modifications affecting 2 to 4% of eukaryotic proteins. The role of these modifications is to target proteins to membranes. Predictive tools have revealed unexpected targets of these acylations in Arabidopsis thaliana and other plants. However, little is known about how N-terminal lipidation governs membrane compartmentalization of proteins in plants. We show here that h-type thioredoxins (h-TRXs) cluster in four evolutionary subgroups displaying strictly conserved N-terminal modifications. It was predicted that one subgroup undergoes only MYR and another undergoes both MYR and PAL. We used plant TRXs as a model protein family to explore the effect of MYR alone or MYR and PAL in the same family of proteins. We used a high-throughput biochemical strategy to assess MYR of specific TRXs. Moreover, various TRX-green fluorescent protein fusions revealed that MYR localized protein to the endomembrane system and that partitioning between this membrane compartment and the cytosol correlated with the catalytic efficiency of the N-myristoyltransferase acting at the N terminus of the TRXs. Generalization of these results was obtained using several randomly selected Arabidopsis proteins displaying a MYR site only. Finally, we demonstrated that a palmitoylatable Cys residue flanking the MYR site is crucial to localize proteins to micropatching zones of the plasma membrane.
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- José A. Traverso
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, C/ Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, Spain
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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