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Lee CY, Harper CP, Lee SG, Qi Y, Clay T, Aoi Y, Jez JM, Kasahara H, Blodgett JAV, Kunkel BN. Investigating the biosynthesis and roles of the auxin phenylacetic acid during Pseudomonas syringae- Arabidopsis thaliana pathogenesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1408833. [PMID: 39091312 PMCID: PMC11291249 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1408833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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Several plant-associated microbes synthesize the auxinic plant growth regulator phenylacetic acid (PAA) in culture; however, the role of PAA in plant-pathogen interactions is not well understood. In this study, we investigated the role of PAA during interactions between the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae strain PtoDC3000 (PtoDC3000) and the model plant host, Arabidopsis thaliana. Previous work demonstrated that indole-3-acetaldehyde dehydrogenase A (AldA) of PtoDC3000 converts indole-3-acetaldehyde (IAAld) to the auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Here, we further demonstrated the biochemical versatility of AldA by conducting substrate screening and steady-state kinetic analyses, and showed that AldA can use both IAAld and phenylacetaldehyde as substrates to produce IAA and PAA, respectively. Quantification of auxin in infected plant tissue showed that AldA-dependent synthesis of either IAA or PAA by PtoDC3000 does not contribute significantly to the increase in auxin levels in infected A. thaliana leaves. Using available arogenate dehydratase (adt) mutant lines of A. thaliana compromised for PAA synthesis, we observed that a reduction in PAA-Asp and PAA-Glu is correlated with elevated levels of IAA and increased susceptibility. These results provide evidence that PAA/IAA homeostasis in A. thaliana influences the outcome of plant-microbial interactions.
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- Chia-Yun Lee
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Roychowdhury R, Mishra S, Anand G, Dalal D, Gupta R, Kumar A, Gupta R. Decoding the molecular mechanism underlying salicylic acid (SA)-mediated plant immunity: an integrated overview from its biosynthesis to the mode of action. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2024; 176:e14399. [PMID: 38894599 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Salicylic acid (SA) is an important phytohormone, well-known for its regulatory role in shaping plant immune responses. In recent years, significant progress has been made in unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying SA biosynthesis, perception, and downstream signalling cascades. Through the concerted efforts employing genetic, biochemical, and omics approaches, our understanding of SA-mediated defence responses has undergone remarkable expansion. In general, following SA biosynthesis through Avr effectors of the pathogens, newly synthesized SA undergoes various biochemical changes to achieve its active/inactive forms (e.g. methyl salicylate). The activated SA subsequently triggers signalling pathways associated with the perception of pathogen-derived signals, expression of defence genes, and induction of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to tailor the intricate regulatory networks that coordinate plant immune responses. Nonetheless, the mechanistic understanding of SA-mediated plant immune regulation is currently limited because of its crosstalk with other signalling networks, which makes understanding this hormone signalling more challenging. This comprehensive review aims to provide an integrated overview of SA-mediated plant immunity, deriving current knowledge from diverse research outcomes. Through the integration of case studies, experimental evidence, and emerging trends, this review offers insights into the regulatory mechanisms governing SA-mediated immunity and signalling. Additionally, this review discusses the potential applications of SA-mediated defence strategies in crop improvement, disease management, and sustainable agricultural practices.
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- Rajib Roychowdhury
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati Central University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
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Li X, Guo Z, Zhou Y, Zhang B, Ruan H, Chen W. Three new discovery effector proteins from Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus psy62 inhibit plant defense through interaction with AtCAT3 and AtGAPA. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2024; 43:130. [PMID: 38652336 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03220-z] [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: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE We identify three SDEs that inhibiting host defence from Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus psy62, which is an important supplement to the pathogenesis of HLB. Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) is the main pathogen of citrus Huanglongbing (HLB). 38 new possible sec-dependent effectors (SDEs) of CLas psy62 were predicted by updated predictor SignalP 5.0, which 12 new SDEs were found using alkaline phosphate assay. Among them, SDE4310, SDE4435 and SDE4955 inhibited hypersensitivity reactions (HR) in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis, At) and Nicotiana benthamiana leaves induced by pathogens, which lead to a decrease in cell death and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. And the expression levels of SDE4310, SDE4435, and SDE4955 genes elevated significantly in mild symptom citrus leaves. When SDE4310, SDE4435 and SDE4955 were overexpressed in Arabidopsis, HR pathway key genes pathogenesis-related 2 (PR2), PR5, nonexpressor of pathogenesis-related 1 (NPR1) and isochorismate synthase 1 (ICS1) expression significantly decreased and the growth of pathogen was greatly increased relative to control with Pst DC3000/AvrRps4 treatment. Our findings also indicated that SDE4310, SDE4435 and SDE4955 interacted with AtCAT3 (catalase 3) and AtGAPA (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase A). In conclusion, our results suggest that SDE4310, SDE4435 and SDE4955 are CLas psy62 effector proteins that may have redundant functions. They inhibit ROS burst and cell death by interacting with AtCAT3 and AtGAPA to negatively regulate host defense.
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- Xue Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
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Shinde R, Ayyanath MM, Shukla M, El Kayal W, Saxena PK, Subramanian J. Salicylic and Jasmonic Acid Synergism during Black Knot Disease Progression in Plums. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:292. [PMID: 38256845 PMCID: PMC10818911 DOI: 10.3390/plants13020292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Black knot (BK) is a deadly disease of European (Prunus domestica) and Japanese (Prunus salicina) plums caused by the hemibiotrophic fungus Apiosporina morbosa. Generally, phytopathogens hamper the balance of primary defense phytohormones, such as salicylic acid (SA)-jasmonic acid (JA) balance, for disease progression. Thus, we quantified the important phytohormone titers in tissues of susceptible and resistant genotypes belonging to European and Japanese plums at five different time points. Our previous results suggested that auxin-cytokinins interplay driven by A. morbosa appeared to be vital in disease progression by hampering the plant defense system. Here, we further show that such hampering of disease progression is likely mediated by perturbance in SA, JA, and, to some extent, gibberellic acid. The results further indicate that SA and JA in plant defense are not always necessarily antagonistic as most of the studies suggest but can be different, especially in woody perennials. Together, our results suggest that the changes in phytohormone levels, especially in terms of SA and JA content due to BK infection and progression in plums, could be used as phytohormonal markers in the identification of BK-resistant cultivars.
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- Ranjeet Shinde
- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Edmond C. Bovey Building, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; (R.S.); (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.K.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Edmond C. Bovey Building, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; (R.S.); (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.K.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Edmond C. Bovey Building, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; (R.S.); (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.K.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 4890 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada;
- Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Edmond C. Bovey Building, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; (R.S.); (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.K.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 4890 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada;
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Nagarajan N, Khan M, Djamei A. Manipulation of Auxin Signaling by Smut Fungi during Plant Colonization. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:1184. [PMID: 38132785 PMCID: PMC10744876 DOI: 10.3390/jof9121184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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A common feature of many plant-colonizing organisms is the exploitation of plant signaling and developmental pathways to successfully establish and proliferate in their hosts. Auxins are central plant growth hormones, and their signaling is heavily interlinked with plant development and immunity responses. Smuts, as one of the largest groups in basidiomycetes, are biotrophic specialists that successfully manipulate their host plants and cause fascinating phenotypes in so far largely enigmatic ways. This review gives an overview of the growing understanding of how and why smut fungi target the central and conserved auxin growth signaling pathways in plants.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany; (N.N.); (M.K.)
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Shinde R, Ayyanath MM, Shukla M, El Kayal W, Saxena P, Subramanian J. Hormonal Interplay Leading to Black Knot Disease Establishment and Progression in Plums. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3638. [PMID: 37896101 PMCID: PMC10609688 DOI: 10.3390/plants12203638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Black Knot (BK) is a deadly disease of European (Prunus domestics) and Japanese (Prunus salicina) plums caused by the hemibiotrophic fungus Apiosporina morbosa. After infection, the appearance of warty black knots indicates a phytohormonal imbalance in infected tissues. Based on this hypothesis, we quantified phytohormones such as indole-3-acetic acid, tryptophan, indoleamines (N-acetylserotonin, serotonin, and melatonin), and cytokinins (zeatin, 6-benzyladenine, and 2-isopentenyladenine) in temporally collected tissues of susceptible and resistant genotypes belonging to European and Japanese plums during of BK progression. The results suggested auxin-cytokinins interplay driven by A. morbosa appears to be vital in disease progression by hampering the plant defense system. Taken together, our results indicate the possibility of using the phytohormone profile as a biomarker for BK resistance in plums.
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- Ranjeet Shinde
- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada;
- Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada (M.-M.A.); (M.S.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada;
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Rodrigues M, Forestan C, Ravazzolo L, Hugueney P, Baltenweck R, Rasori A, Cardillo V, Carraro P, Malagoli M, Brizzolara S, Quaggiotti S, Porro D, Meggio F, Bonghi C, Battista F, Ruperti B. Metabolic and Molecular Rearrangements of Sauvignon Blanc ( Vitis vinifera L.) Berries in Response to Foliar Applications of Specific Dry Yeast. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3423. [PMID: 37836164 PMCID: PMC10574919 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Dry yeast extracts (DYE) are applied to vineyards to improve aromatic and secondary metabolic compound content and wine quality; however, systematic information on the underpinning molecular mechanisms is lacking. This work aimed to unravel, through a systematic approach, the metabolic and molecular responses of Sauvignon Blanc berries to DYE treatments. To accomplish this, DYE spraying was performed in a commercial vineyard for two consecutive years. Berries were sampled at several time points after the treatment, and grapes were analyzed for sugars, acidity, free and bound aroma precursors, amino acids, and targeted and untargeted RNA-Seq transcriptional profiles. The results obtained indicated that the DYE treatment did not interfere with the technological ripening parameters of sugars and acidity. Some aroma precursors, including cys-3MH and GSH-3MH, responsible for the typical aromatic nuances of Sauvignon Blanc, were stimulated by the treatment during both vintages. The levels of amino acids and the global RNA-seq transcriptional profiles indicated that DYE spraying upregulated ROS homeostatic and thermotolerance genes, as well as ethylene and jasmonic acid biosynthetic genes, and activated abiotic and biotic stress responses. Overall, the data suggested that the DYE reduced berry oxidative stress through the regulation of specific subsets of metabolic and hormonal pathways.
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- Marta Rodrigues
- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy;
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), SVQV UMR A1131, University of Strasbourg, 67081 Strasbourg, France; (P.H.); (R.B.)
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- National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), SVQV UMR A1131, University of Strasbourg, 67081 Strasbourg, France; (P.H.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- Crop Science Research Center, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy;
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all ‘Adige, Italy;
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
- Interdepartmental Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology (CIRVE), University of Padova, Via XXVIII Aprile 14, Conegliano, 31015 Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
- Interdepartmental Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology (CIRVE), University of Padova, Via XXVIII Aprile 14, Conegliano, 31015 Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.R.); (L.R.); (A.R.); (V.C.); (P.C.); (M.M.); (S.Q.); (F.M.); (C.B.)
- Interdepartmental Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology (CIRVE), University of Padova, Via XXVIII Aprile 14, Conegliano, 31015 Treviso, Italy
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Bundalovic-Torma C, Lonjon F, Desveaux D, Guttman DS. Diversity, Evolution, and Function of Pseudomonas syringae Effectoromes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 60:211-236. [PMID: 35537470 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021621-121935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Pseudomonas syringae is an evolutionarily diverse bacterial species complex and a preeminent model for the study of plant-pathogen interactions due in part to its remarkably broad host range. A critical feature of P. syringae virulence is the employment of suites of type III secreted effector (T3SE) proteins, which vary widely in composition and function. These effectors act on a variety of plant intracellular targets to promote pathogenesis but can also be avirulence factors when detected by host immune complexes. In this review, we survey the phylogenetic diversity (PD) of the P. syringae effectorome, comprising 70 distinct T3SE families identified to date, and highlight how avoidance of host immune detection has shaped effectorome diversity through functional redundancy, diversification, and horizontal transfer. We present emerging avenues for research and novel insights that can be gained via future investigations of plant-pathogen interactions through the fusion of large-scale interaction screens and phylogenomic approaches.
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ,
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ,
- Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution & Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ,
- Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution & Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yang Y, Chen T, Dai X, Yang D, Wu Y, Chen H, Zheng Y, Zhi Q, Wan X, Tan X. Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed molecular mechanisms of peanut leaves responding to Ralstonia solanacearum and its type III secretion system mutant. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:998817. [PMID: 36090119 PMCID: PMC9453164 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.998817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a serious soil-borne disease that limits peanut production and quality, but the molecular mechanisms of the peanut response to R. solanacearum remain unclear. In this study, we reported the first work analyzing the transcriptomic changes of the resistant and susceptible peanut leaves infected with R. solanacearum HA4-1 and its type III secretion system mutant strains by the cutting leaf method at different timepoints (0, 24, 36, and 72 h post inoculation). A total of 125,978 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified and subsequently classified into six groups to analyze, including resistance-response genes, susceptibility-response genes, PAMPs induced resistance-response genes, PAMPs induced susceptibility-response genes, T3Es induced resistance-response genes, and T3Es induced susceptibility-response genes. KEGG enrichment analyses of these DEGs showed that plant-pathogen interaction, plant hormone signal transduction, and MAPK signaling pathway were the outstanding pathways. Further analysis revealed that CMLs/CDPKs-WRKY module, MEKK1-MKK2-MPK3 cascade, and auxin signaling played important roles in the peanut response to R. solanacearum. Upon R. solanacearum infection (RSI), three early molecular events were possibly induced in peanuts, including Ca2+ activating CMLs/CDPKs-WRKY module to regulate the expression of resistance/susceptibility-related genes, auxin signaling was induced by AUX/IAA-ARF module to activate auxin-responsive genes that contribute to susceptibility, and MEKK1-MKK2-MPK3-WRKYs was activated by phosphorylation to induce the expression of resistance/susceptibility-related genes. Our research provides new ideas and abundant data resources to elucidate the molecular mechanism of the peanut response to R. solanacearum and to further improve the bacterial wilt resistance of peanuts.
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- Yong Yang
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaorong Wan,
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
- Xiaodan Tan,
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Nakano M, Omae N, Tsuda K. Inter-organismal phytohormone networks in plant-microbe interactions. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 68:102258. [PMID: 35820321 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Phytohormones are produced by plants and play central roles in interactions with pathogenic and beneficial microbes as well as plant growth and development. Each phytohormone pathway consists of its biosynthesis, transport, perception, and signaling and is intertwined with each other at various levels to form phytohormone networks in plants. Different kinds of microbes also produce phytohormones that exert physiological roles within microbes and manipulate phytohormone networks in plants by using phytohormones, their mimics, and proteinaceous effectors. In turn, plant-derived phytohormones can directly or indirectly through plant signaling networks affect microbial metabolism and community assembly. Therefore, phytohormone networks in plants and microbes are connected through plant and microbial phytohormones and other molecules to form inter-organismal phytohormone networks. In this review, we summarize recent progress on molecular mechanisms of inter-organismal phytohormone networks and discuss future steps necessary for advancing our understanding of phytohormone networks.
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- Masahito Nakano
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
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Dodueva IE, Lebedeva MA, Lutova LA. Phytopathogens and Molecular Mimicry. RUSS J GENET+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795422060035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang S, Li C, Si J, Han Z, Chen D. Action Mechanisms of Effectors in Plant-Pathogen Interaction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:6758. [PMID: 35743201 PMCID: PMC9224169 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Plant pathogens are one of the main factors hindering the breeding of cash crops. Pathogens, including oomycetes, fungus, and bacteria, secrete effectors as invasion weapons to successfully invade and propagate in host plants. Here, we review recent advances made in the field of plant-pathogen interaction models and the action mechanisms of phytopathogenic effectors. The review illustrates how effectors from different species use similar and distinct strategies to infect host plants. We classify the main action mechanisms of effectors in plant-pathogen interactions according to the infestation process: targeting physical barriers for disruption, creating conditions conducive to infestation, protecting or masking themselves, interfering with host cell physiological activity, and manipulating plant downstream immune responses. The investigation of the functioning of plant pathogen effectors contributes to improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions. This understanding has important theoretical value and is of practical significance in plant pathology and disease resistance genetics and breeding.
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; (S.Z.); (C.L.); (J.S.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; (S.Z.); (C.L.); (J.S.)
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Shi G, Wang S, Wang P, Zhan J, Tang Y, Zhao G, Li F, Ge X, Wu J. Cotton miR393-TIR1 Module Regulates Plant Defense Against Verticillium dahliae via Auxin Perception and Signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:888703. [PMID: 35592575 PMCID: PMC9111529 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.888703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plant auxin is essential in plant growth and development. However, the molecular mechanisms of auxin involvement in plant immunity are unclear. Here, we addressed the function of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) miR393-TIR1 module in plant defense against Verticillium dahliae infection via auxin perception and signaling. GhTIR1 was directedly cleaved by ghr-miR393 according to mRNA degradome data, 5'-RACE analysis, and a GUS reporter assay. Ghr-miR393 knockdown significantly increased plant susceptibility to V. dahliae compared to the control, while ghr-miR393 overexpression and GhTIR1 knockdown significantly increased plant resistance. External indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) application significantly enhanced susceptibility to V. dahliae in ghr-miR393 knockdown and control plants compared to mock treatment, and only slightly increased susceptibility in overexpressing ghr-miR393 and GhTIR1-silenced plants. Application of external PEO-IAA (an auxin antagonist) had a contrary trend with IAA application. Based on yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays, GhTIR1 interacted with GhIAA14 in the nucleus, and GhIAA14 knockdown reduced plant resistance to V. dahliae infection. The results suggested that the ghr-miR393-GhTIR1 module regulates plant defense via auxin perception and signaling. Additionally, simultaneous knockdown of GhTIR1 and GhICS1 significantly increased plant susceptibility to V. dahliae compared to the control, indicating that salicylic acid (SA) accumulation is vital for the ghr-miR393-GhTIR1 module to regulates plant resistance. Transcriptome data also demonstrated that GhTIR1 knockdown significantly downregulated expression of auxin-related genes and upregulated expression of SA-related genes. Overall, the ghr-miR393-GhTIR1 module participates in plant response to V. dahliae infection via IAA perception and signaling partially depending on the SA defense pathway.
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- Gege Shi
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Saini R, Nandi AK. TOPLESS in the regulation of plant immunity. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:1-12. [PMID: 35347548 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01258-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This review presents the multiple ways how topless and topless-related proteins regulate defense activation in plants and help in optimizing the defense-growth tradeoff. Eukaryotic gene expression is tightly regulated at various levels by hormones, transcription regulators, post-translational modifications, and transcriptional coregulators. TOPLESS (TPL)/TOPLESS-related (TPR) corepressors regulate gene expression by interacting with other transcription factors. TPRs regulate auxin, gibberellins, jasmonic acid, strigolactone, and brassinosteroid signaling in plants. In general, except for GA, TPLs suppress these signaling pathways to prevent unwanted activation of hormone signaling. The association of TPL/TPRs in these hormonal signaling reflects a wide role of this class of corepressors in plants' normal and stress physiology. The involvement of TPL in immune responses was first demonstrated a decade ago as a repressor of DND1 and DND2 that are negative regulators of plant immune response. Over the last decade, several research groups have established a larger role of TPL/TPRs in plant immunity during both pattern- and effector-triggered immunity. Very recent research unraveled the significant involvement of TPRs in balancing the growth and defense trade-off. TPRs, along with proteasomal degradation complex, miRNA, and phasiRNA, suppress the activation of autoimmunity in plants under normal conditions and promote defense under pathogen attack.
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- Reena Saini
- 415, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- 415, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Navarrete F, Gallei M, Kornienko AE, Saado I, Khan M, Chia KS, Darino MA, Bindics J, Djamei A. TOPLESS promotes plant immunity by repressing auxin signaling and is targeted by the fungal effector Naked1. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 3:100269. [PMID: 35529945 PMCID: PMC9073326 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In plants, the antagonism between growth and defense is hardwired by hormonal signaling. The perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) from invading microorganisms inhibits auxin signaling and plant growth. Conversely, pathogens manipulate auxin signaling to promote disease, but how this hormone inhibits immunity is not fully understood. Ustilago maydis is a maize pathogen that induces auxin signaling in its host. We characterized a U. maydis effector protein, Naked1 (Nkd1), that is translocated into the host nucleus. Through its native ethylene-responsive element binding factor-associated amphiphilic repression (EAR) motif, Nkd1 binds to the transcriptional co-repressors TOPLESS/TOPLESS-related (TPL/TPRs) and prevents the recruitment of a transcriptional repressor involved in hormonal signaling, leading to the de-repression of auxin and jasmonate signaling and thereby promoting susceptibility to (hemi)biotrophic pathogens. A moderate upregulation of auxin signaling inhibits the PAMP-triggered reactive oxygen species (ROS) burst, an early defense response. Thus, our findings establish a clear mechanism for auxin-induced pathogen susceptibility. Engineered Nkd1 variants with increased expression or increased EAR-mediated TPL/TPR binding trigger typical salicylic-acid-mediated defense reactions, leading to pathogen resistance. This implies that moderate binding of Nkd1 to TPL is a result of a balancing evolutionary selection process to enable TPL manipulation while avoiding host recognition.
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- Fernando Navarrete
- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
- Corresponding author
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Matsumoto A, Schlüter T, Melkonian K, Takeda A, Nakagami H, Mine A. A versatile Tn 7 transposon-based bioluminescence tagging tool for quantitative and spatial detection of bacteria in plants. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 3:100227. [PMID: 35059625 PMCID: PMC8760037 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Investigation of plant-bacteria interactions requires quantification of in planta bacterial titers by means of cumbersome and time-consuming colony-counting assays. Here, we devised a broadly applicable tool for bioluminescence-based quantitative and spatial detection of bacteria in plants. We developed vectors that enable Tn7 transposon-mediated integration of the luxCDABE luciferase operon into a specific genomic location found ubiquitously across bacterial phyla. These vectors allowed for the generation of bioluminescent transformants of various plant pathogenic bacteria from the genera Pseudomonas, Rhizobium (Agrobacterium), and Ralstonia. Direct luminescence measurements of plant tissues inoculated with bioluminescent Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pto-lux) reported bacterial titers as accurately as conventional colony-counting assays in Arabidopsis thaliana, Solanum lycopersicum, Nicotiana benthamiana, and Marchantia polymorpha. We further showed the usefulness of our vectors in converting previously generated Pto derivatives to isogenic bioluminescent strains. Importantly, quantitative bioluminescence assays using these Pto-lux strains accurately reported the effects of plant immunity and bacterial effectors on bacterial growth, with a dynamic range of four orders of magnitude. Moreover, macroscopic bioluminescence imaging illuminated the spatial patterns of Pto-lux growth in/on inoculated plant tissues. In conclusion, our vectors offer untapped opportunities to develop bioluminescence-based assays for a variety of plant-bacteria interactions.
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- Ayumi Matsumoto
- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Basic Immune System of Plants, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne 50829, Germany
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- Basic Immune System of Plants, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne 50829, Germany
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Basic Immune System of Plants, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne 50829, Germany
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
- JST PRESTO, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Su Y, Wang G, Huang Z, Hu L, Fu T, Wang X. Silencing GhIAA43, a member of cotton AUX/IAA genes, enhances wilt resistance via activation of salicylic acid-mediated defenses. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 314:111126. [PMID: 34895552 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Auxin-mediated degradation of Aux/IAA proteins is a crucial step in auxin signaling. Recent researches indicate that Aux/IAA members also play a role in biotic and abiotic stresses. For example, Pseudomonas syringae infection causes Arabidopsis Aux/IAA protein (AXR2, AXR3) turnover. Here, by analyzing RNA-seq data we found that several cotton Aux/IAA genes are responsive to Verticillium dahliae infection, one of these named GhIAA43, was investigated for its role in cotton defense against V. dahliae infection. We demonstrate that the transcript levels of GhIAA43 were responsive to both V. dahliae infection and exogenous IAA application. By producing transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing GhIAA43-GUS fusion, we show that IAA treatment and V. dahliae infection promoted GhIAA43 protein turnover. Silencing GhIAA43 in cotton enhanced wilt resistance, suggesting that GhIAA43 is a negative regulator in cotton defense against V. dahliae attack. By monitoring SA marker gene expression and measurement of SA content in GhIAA43-silenced cotton plants, we found that the enhanced resistance in GhIAA43-silenced cotton plants is due to the activation of SA-related defenses, and the activated defenses specifically occurred in the presence of V. dahliae. Furthermore, exogenous IAA application improve wilt resistance in cotton plants tested. Our results provide novel connection between auxin signaling and SA-related defenses in cotton upon V. dahliae attack.
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- Yaxin Su
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Cotton Germplasm Enhancement and Application Engineering Research Center (Ministry of Education), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Müllender M, Varrelmann M, Savenkov EI, Liebe S. Manipulation of auxin signalling by plant viruses. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:1449-1458. [PMID: 34420252 PMCID: PMC8518663 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Compatible plant-virus interactions result in dramatic changes of the plant transcriptome and morphogenesis, and are often associated with rapid alterations in plant hormone homeostasis and signalling. Auxin controls many aspects of plant organogenesis, development, and growth; therefore, plants can rapidly perceive and respond to changes in the cellular auxin levels. Auxin signalling is a tightly controlled process and, hence, is highly vulnerable to changes in the mRNA and protein levels of its components. There are several core nuclear components of auxin signalling. In the nucleus, the interaction of auxin response factors (ARFs) and auxin/indole acetic acid (Aux/IAA) proteins is essential for the control of auxin-regulated pathways. Aux/IAA proteins are negative regulators, whereas ARFs are positive regulators of the auxin response. The interplay between both is essential for the transcriptional regulation of auxin-responsive genes, which primarily regulate developmental processes but also modulate the plant immune system. Recent studies suggest that plant viruses belonging to different families have developed various strategies to disrupt auxin signalling, namely by (a) changing the subcellular localization of Aux/IAAs, (b) preventing degradation of Aux/IAAs by stabilization, or (c) inhibiting the transcriptional activity of ARFs. These interactions perturb auxin signalling and experimental evidence from various studies highlights their importance for virus replication, systemic movement, interaction with vectors for efficient transmission, and symptom development. In this microreview, we summarize and discuss the current knowledge on the interaction of plant viruses with auxin signalling components of their hosts.
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- Department of PhytopathologyInstitute of Sugar Beet ResearchGöttingenGermany
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- Department of Plant BiologyUppsala BioCenter SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Linnean Center for Plant BiologyUppsalaSweden
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- Department of PhytopathologyInstitute of Sugar Beet ResearchGöttingenGermany
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Biosynthesis and Roles of Salicylic Acid in Balancing Stress Response and Growth in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111672. [PMID: 34769103 PMCID: PMC8584137 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Salicylic acid (SA) is an important plant hormone with a critical role in plant defense against pathogen infection. Despite extensive research over the past 30 year or so, SA biosynthesis and its complex roles in plant defense are still not fully understood. Even though earlier biochemical studies suggested that plants synthesize SA from cinnamate produced by phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), genetic analysis has indicated that in Arabidopsis, the bulk of SA is synthesized from isochorismate (IC) produced by IC synthase (ICS). Recent studies have further established the enzymes responsible for the conversion of IC to SA in Arabidopsis. However, it remains unclear whether other plants also rely on the ICS pathway for SA biosynthesis. SA induces defense genes against biotrophic pathogens, but represses genes involved in growth for balancing defense and growth to a great extent through crosstalk with the growth-promoting plant hormone auxin. Important progress has been made recently in understanding how SA attenuates plant growth by regulating the biosynthesis, transport, and signaling of auxin. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the biosynthesis and the broad roles of SA in regulating plant growth during defense responses. Further understanding of SA production and its regulation of both defense and growth will be critical for developing better knowledge to improve the disease resistance and fitness of crops.
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Wang X, Xu L, Liu X, Xin L, Wu S, Chen X. Development of potent promoters that drive the efficient expression of genes in apple protoplasts. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:211. [PMID: 34593780 PMCID: PMC8484340 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00646-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Protoplast transient expression is a powerful strategy for gene functional characterization, especially in biochemical mechanism studies. We herein developed a highly efficient transient expression system for apple protoplasts. The abilities of the Arabidopsis thaliana and Malus domestica ubiquitin-10 (AtUBQ10 and MdUBQ10) promoters to drive the expression of multiple genes were compared with that of the CaMV 35S promoter, and the results revealed that the AtUBQ10 and MdUBQ10 promoters were more efficient in apple protoplasts. With this system, we demonstrated that active AtMKK7ac could activate MAPK6/3/4 signaling cascades, which further regulated MdWRKY33 phosphorylation and stability in apple. Furthermore, the ligand-induced interaction between the immune receptor AtFLS2 and the coreceptor AtBAK1 was reconstituted in apple protoplasts. We also found that the stability of the bacterial effector AvrRpt2 was regulated by feedback involving auxin and the immune regulator RIN4. The system established herein will serve as a useful tool for the molecular and biochemical analyses of apple genes.
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- Xianpu Wang
- College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, PR China.
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- College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, PR China.
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Kunkel BN, Johnson JMB. Auxin Plays Multiple Roles during Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2021; 13:a040022. [PMID: 33782029 PMCID: PMC8411954 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a040022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The plant hormone auxin governs many aspects of normal plant growth and development. Auxin also plays an important role in plant-microbe interactions, including interactions between plant hosts and pathogenic microorganisms that cause disease. It is now well established that indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), the most well-studied form of auxin, promotes disease in many plant-pathogen interactions. Recent studies have shown that IAA can act both as a plant hormone that modulates host signaling and physiology to increase host susceptibility and as a microbial signal that directly impacts the pathogen to promote virulence, but large gaps in our understanding remain. In this article, we review recent studies on the roles that auxin plays during plant-pathogen interactions and discuss the virulence mechanisms that many plant pathogens have evolved to manipulate host auxin signaling and promote pathogenesis.
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- Barbara N Kunkel
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Gorshkov V, Tsers I. Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant-pathogen interactions. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 97:45-66. [PMID: 34435443 PMCID: PMC9291929 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Plant susceptibility to pathogens is usually considered from the perspective of the loss of resistance. However, susceptibility cannot be equated with plant passivity since active host cooperation may be required for the pathogen to propagate and cause disease. This cooperation consists of the induction of reactions called susceptible responses that transform a plant from an autonomous biological unit into a component of a pathosystem. Induced susceptibility is scarcely discussed in the literature (at least compared to induced resistance) although this phenomenon has a fundamental impact on plant-pathogen interactions and disease progression. This review aims to summarize current knowledge on plant susceptible responses and their regulation. We highlight two main categories of susceptible responses according to their consequences and indicate the relevance of susceptible response-related studies to agricultural practice. We hope that this review will generate interest in this underestimated aspect of plant-pathogen interactions.
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- Vladimir Gorshkov
- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Federal Research Center Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, 420111, Russia.,Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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Viana F, Peringathara SS, Rizvi A, Schroeder GN. Host manipulation by bacterial type III and type IV secretion system effector proteases. Cell Microbiol 2021; 23:e13384. [PMID: 34392594 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Proteases are powerful enzymes, which cleave peptide bonds, leading most of the time to irreversible fragmentation or degradation of their substrates. Therefore they control many critical cell fate decisions in eukaryotes. Bacterial pathogens exploit this power and deliver protease effectors through specialised secretion systems into host cells. Research over the past years revealed that the functions of protease effectors during infection are diverse, reflecting the lifestyles and adaptations to specific hosts; however, only a small number of peptidase families seem to have given rise to most of these protease virulence factors by the evolution of different substrate-binding specificities, intracellular activation and subcellular targeting mechanisms. Here, we review our current knowledge about the enzymology and function of protease effectors, which Gram-negative bacterial pathogens translocate via type III and IV secretion systems to irreversibly manipulate host processes. We highlight emerging concepts such as signalling by protease cleavage products and effector-triggered immunity, which host cells employ to detect and defend themselves against a protease attack. TAKE AWAY: Proteases irreversibly cleave proteins to control critical cell fate decisions. Gram-negative bacteria use type III and IV secretion systems to inject effectors. Protease effectors are integral weapons for the manipulation of host processes. Effectors evolved from few peptidase families to target diverse substrates. Effector-triggered immunity upon proteolytic attack emerges as host defence.
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- Flávia Viana
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Nakamura M, Kondo M, Suzuki A, Hirai H, Che FS. Novel Effector RHIFs Identified From Acidovorax avenae Strains N1141 and K1 Play Different Roles in Host and Non-host Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:716738. [PMID: 34421970 PMCID: PMC8377416 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.716738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant pathogenic bacteria inject effectors into plant cells using type III secretion systems (T3SS) to evade plant immune systems and facilitate infection. In contrast, plants have evolved defense systems called effector-triggered immunity (ETI) that can detect such effectors during co-evolution with pathogens. The rice-avirulent strain N1141 of the bacterial pathogen Acidovorax avenae causes rice ETI, including hypersensitive response (HR) cell death in a T3SS-dependent manner, suggesting that strain N1141 expresses an ETI-inducing effector. By screening 6,200 transposon-tagged N1141 mutants based on their ability to induce HR cell death, we identified 17 mutants lacking this ability. Sequence analysis and T3SS-mediated intracellular transport showed that a protein called rice HR cell death inducing factor (RHIF) is a candidate effector protein that causes HR cell death in rice. RHIF-disrupted N1141 lacks the ability to induce HR cell death, whereas RHIF expression in this mutant complemented this ability. In contrast, RHIF from rice-virulent strain K1 functions as an ETI inducer in the non-host plant finger millet. Furthermore, inoculation of rice and finger millet with either RHIF-deficient N1141 or K1 strains showed that a deficiency of RHIF genes in both strains results in decreased infectivity toward each the host plants. Collectively, novel effector RHIFs identified from A. avenae strains N1141 and K1 function in establishing infection in host plants and in ETI induction in non-host plants.
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- Minami Nakamura
- Graduate School of Biosciences, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
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- Department of Bio-Science, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biosciences, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
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- Department of Bio-Science, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biosciences, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
- Department of Bio-Science, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
- Genome Editing Research Institute, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Japan
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Yuan X, Hulin MT, Sundin GW. Effectors, chaperones, and harpins of the Type III secretion system in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora: a review. JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 103:25-39. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1007/s42161-020-00623-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Kong X, Zhang C, Zheng H, Sun M, Zhang F, Zhang M, Cui F, Lv D, Liu L, Guo S, Zhang Y, Yuan X, Zhao S, Tian H, Ding Z. Antagonistic Interaction between Auxin and SA Signaling Pathways Regulates Bacterial Infection through Lateral Root in Arabidopsis. Cell Rep 2021; 32:108060. [PMID: 32846118 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Pathogen entry into host tissues is a critical and first step in infections. In plants, the lateral roots (LRs) are a potential entry and colonization site for pathogens. Here, using a GFP-labeled pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000 (Pto DC3000), we observe that virulent Pto DC3000 invades plants through emerged LRs in Arabidopsis. Pto DC3000 strongly induced LR formation, a process that was dependent on the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR7 (ARF7)/ARF19-LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES-DOMAIN (LBD) regulatory module. We show that salicylic acid (SA) represses LR formation, and several mutants defective in SA signaling are also involved in Pto DC3000-induced LR development. Significantly, ARF7, a well-documented positive regulator of LR development, directly represses the transcription of PR1 and PR2 to promote LR development. This study indicates that ARF7-mediated auxin signaling antagonizes with SA signaling to control bacterial infection through the regulation of LR development.
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- Xiangpei Kong
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and the Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China.
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Schreiber KJ, Chau-Ly IJ, Lewis JD. What the Wild Things Do: Mechanisms of Plant Host Manipulation by Bacterial Type III-Secreted Effector Proteins. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1029. [PMID: 34064647 PMCID: PMC8150971 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Phytopathogenic bacteria possess an arsenal of effector proteins that enable them to subvert host recognition and manipulate the host to promote pathogen fitness. The type III secretion system (T3SS) delivers type III-secreted effector proteins (T3SEs) from bacterial pathogens such as Pseudomonas syringae, Ralstonia solanacearum, and various Xanthomonas species. These T3SEs interact with and modify a range of intracellular host targets to alter their activity and thereby attenuate host immune signaling. Pathogens have evolved T3SEs with diverse biochemical activities, which can be difficult to predict in the absence of structural data. Interestingly, several T3SEs are activated following injection into the host cell. Here, we review T3SEs with documented enzymatic activities, as well as T3SEs that facilitate virulence-promoting processes either indirectly or through non-enzymatic mechanisms. We discuss the mechanisms by which T3SEs are activated in the cell, as well as how T3SEs modify host targets to promote virulence or trigger immunity. These mechanisms may suggest common enzymatic activities and convergent targets that could be manipulated to protect crop plants from infection.
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- Karl J. Schreiber
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA; (K.J.S.); (I.J.C.-L.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA; (K.J.S.); (I.J.C.-L.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA; (K.J.S.); (I.J.C.-L.)
- Plant Gene Expression Center, United States Department of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA
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Schurack S, Depotter JRL, Gupta D, Thines M, Doehlemann G. Comparative transcriptome profiling identifies maize line specificity of fungal effectors in the maize-Ustilago maydis interaction. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 106:733-752. [PMID: 33570802 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
The biotrophic pathogen Ustilago maydis causes smut disease on maize (Zea mays) and induces the formation of tumours on all aerial parts of the plant. Unlike in other biotrophic interactions, no gene-for-gene interactions have been identified in the maize-U. maydis pathosystem. Thus, maize resistance to U. maydis is considered a polygenic, quantitative trait. Here, we study the molecular mechanisms of quantitative disease resistance (QDR) in maize, and how U. maydis interferes with its components. Based on quantitative scoring of disease symptoms in 26 maize lines, we performed an RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analysis of six U. maydis-infected maize lines of highly distinct resistance levels. The different maize lines showed specific responses of diverse cellular processes to U. maydis infection. For U. maydis, our analysis identified 406 genes being differentially expressed between maize lines, of which 102 encode predicted effector proteins. Based on this analysis, we generated U. maydis CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out mutants for selected candidate effector sets. After infections of different maize lines with the fungal mutants, RNA-Seq analysis identified effectors with quantitative, maize line-specific virulence functions, and revealed auxin-related processes as a possible target for one of them. Thus, we show that both transcriptional activity and virulence function of fungal effector genes are modified according to the infected maize line, providing insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying QDR in the maize-U. maydis interaction.
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- Selma Schurack
- CEPLAS, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- IMPRS, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- CEPLAS, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt a. M, Germany
- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt a. M, Germany
- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M, Germany
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- CEPLAS, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Mooney BC, Mantz M, Graciet E, Huesgen PF. Cutting the line: manipulation of plant immunity by bacterial type III effector proteases. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:3395-3409. [PMID: 33640987 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Pathogens and their hosts are engaged in an evolutionary arms race. Pathogen-derived effectors promote virulence by targeting components of a host's innate immune system, while hosts have evolved proteins that sense effectors and trigger a pathogen-specific immune response. Many bacterial effectors are translocated into host cells using type III secretion systems. Type III effector proteases irreversibly modify host proteins by cleavage of peptide bonds and are prevalent among both plant and animal bacterial pathogens. In plants, the study of model effector proteases has yielded important insights into the virulence mechanisms employed by pathogens to overcome their host's immune response, as well as into the mechanisms deployed by their hosts to detect these effector proteases and counteract their effects. In recent years, the study of a larger number of effector proteases, across a wider range of pathogens, has yielded novel insights into their functions and recognition. One key limitation that remains is the lack of methods to detect protease cleavage at the proteome-wide level. We review known substrates and mechanisms of plant pathogen type III effector proteases and compare their functions with those of known type III effector proteases of mammalian pathogens. Finally, we discuss approaches to uncover their function on a system-wide level.
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- Brian C Mooney
- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- CECAD, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
- Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- CECAD, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Li DY, Liu YL, Liao XJ, He TT, Sun SS, Nie P, Xie HX. Identification and Characterization of EvpQ, a Novel T6SS Effector Encoded on a Mobile Genetic Element in Edwardsiella piscicida. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:643498. [PMID: 33776977 PMCID: PMC7991086 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.643498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, a hypothetical protein (ORF02740) secreted by Edwardsiella piscicida was identified. We renamed the ORF02740 protein as EvpQ, which is encoded by a mobile genetic element (MGE) in E. piscicida genome. The evpQ gene is spaced by 513 genes from type VI secretion system (T6SS) gene cluster. Low GC content, three tRNA, and three transposase genes nearby evpQ define this MGE that evpQ localizes as a genomic island. Sequence analysis reveals that EvpQ shares a conserved domain of C70 family cysteine protease and shares 23.91% identity with T3SS effector AvrRpt2 of phytopathogenic Erwinia amylovora. Instead, EvpQ of E. piscicida is proved to be secreted at a T6SS-dependent manner, and it can be translocated into host cells. EvpQ is thereof a novel T6SS effector. Significantly decreased competitive index of ΔevpQ strain in blue gourami fish (0.53 ± 0.27 in head kidney and 0.44 ± 0.19 in spleen) indicates that EvpQ contributes to the pathogenesis of E. piscicida. At 8-, 18-, and 24-h post-subculture into DMEM, the transcription of evpQ was found to be negatively regulated by Fur and positively regulated by EsrC, and the steady-state protein levels of EvpQ are negatively controlled by RpoS. Our study lays a foundation for further understanding the pathogenic role of T6SS in edwardsiellosis.
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- Duan You Li
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Yu G, Xian L, Xue H, Yu W, Rufian JS, Sang Y, Morcillo RJL, Wang Y, Macho AP. A bacterial effector protein prevents MAPK-mediated phosphorylation of SGT1 to suppress plant immunity. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008933. [PMID: 32976518 PMCID: PMC7540872 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing (NLR) proteins function as sensors that perceive pathogen molecules and activate immunity. In plants, the accumulation and activation of NLRs is regulated by SUPPRESSOR OF G2 ALLELE OF skp1 (SGT1). In this work, we found that an effector protein named RipAC, secreted by the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, associates with SGT1 to suppress NLR-mediated SGT1-dependent immune responses, including those triggered by another R. solanacearum effector, RipE1. RipAC does not affect the accumulation of SGT1 or NLRs, or their interaction. However, RipAC inhibits the interaction between SGT1 and MAP kinases, and the phosphorylation of a MAPK target motif in the C-terminal domain of SGT1. Such phosphorylation is enhanced upon activation of immune signaling and contributes to the activation of immune responses mediated by the NLR RPS2. Additionally, SGT1 phosphorylation contributes to resistance against R. solanacearum. Our results shed light onto the mechanism of activation of NLR-mediated immunity, and suggest a positive feedback loop between MAPK activation and SGT1-dependent NLR activation.
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- Gang Yu
- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Caruana JC, Dhar N, Raina R. Overexpression of Arabidopsis microRNA167 induces salicylic acid-dependent defense against Pseudomonas syringae through the regulation of its targets ARF6 and ARF8. PLANT DIRECT 2020; 4:e00270. [PMID: 33005858 PMCID: PMC7510475 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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microRNAs are powerful regulators of growth, development, and stress responses in plants. The Arabidopsis thaliana microRNA miR167 was previously found to regulate diverse processes including flower development, root development, and response to osmotic stress by controlling the patterns of expression of its target genes AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 6 (ARF6), ARF8, and IAA-Ala RESISTANT 3. Here, we report that miR167 also modulates defense against pathogens through ARF6 and ARF8. miR167 is differentially expressed in response to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, and overexpression of miR167 confers very high levels of resistance. This resistance appears to be due to suppression of auxin responses and is partially dependent upon salicylic acid signaling, and also depends upon altered stomatal behavior in these plants. Closure of stomata upon the detection of P. syringae is an important aspect of the basal defense response, as it prevents bacterial cells from entering the leaf interior and causing infection. Plants overexpressing miR167 constitutively maintain small stomatal apertures, resulting in very high resistance when the pathogen is inoculated onto the leaf surface. Additionally, the systemic acquired resistance (SAR) response is severely compromised in plants overexpressing miR167, in agreement with previous work showing that the activation of SAR requires intact auxin signaling responses. This work highlights a new role for miR167, and also emphasizes the importance of hormonal balance in short- and long-term defense and of stomata as an initial barrier to pathogen entry.
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- Julie C. Caruana
- Department of BiologySyracuse UniversitySyracuseNYUSA
- Naval Research LaboratoryWashingtonDCUSA
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- Department of BiologySyracuse UniversitySyracuseNYUSA
- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavis, SalinasCAUSA
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- Department of BiologySyracuse UniversitySyracuseNYUSA
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Djami-Tchatchou AT, Harrison GA, Harper CP, Wang R, Prigge MJ, Estelle M, Kunkel BN. Dual Role of Auxin in Regulating Plant Defense and Bacterial Virulence Gene Expression During Pseudomonas syringae PtoDC3000 Pathogenesis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2020; 33:1059-1071. [PMID: 32407150 PMCID: PMC7810136 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-20-0047-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Modification of host hormone biology is a common strategy used by plant pathogens to promote disease. For example, the bacterial pathogen strain Pseudomonas syringae DC3000 (PtoDC3000) produces the plant hormone auxin (indole-3-acetic acid [IAA]) to promote PtoDC3000 growth in plant tissue. Previous studies suggest that auxin may promote PtoDC3000 pathogenesis through multiple mechanisms, including both suppression of salicylic acid (SA)-mediated host defenses and via an unknown mechanism that appears to be independent of SA. To test if host auxin signaling is important during pathogenesis, we took advantage of Arabidopsis thaliana lines impaired in either auxin signaling or perception. We found that disruption of auxin signaling in plants expressing an inducible dominant axr2-1 mutation resulted in decreased bacterial growth and that this phenotype was suppressed by introducing the sid2-2 mutation, which impairs SA synthesis. Thus, host auxin signaling is required for normal susceptibility to PtoDC3000 and is involved in suppressing SA-mediated defenses. Unexpectedly, tir1 afb1 afb4 afb5 quadruple-mutant plants lacking four of the six known auxin coreceptors that exhibit decreased auxin perception, supported increased levels of bacterial growth. This mutant exhibited elevated IAA levels and reduced SA-mediated defenses, providing additional evidence that auxin promotes disease by suppressing host defense. We also investigated the hypothesis that IAA promotes PtoDC3000 virulence through a direct effect on the pathogen and found that IAA modulates expression of virulence genes, both in culture and in planta. Thus, in addition to suppressing host defenses, IAA acts as a microbial signaling molecule that regulates bacterial virulence gene expression.
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, University California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, University California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, University California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A
- Corresponding author: B. N. Kunkel;
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Jiang S, Wang N, Chen M, Zhang R, Sun Q, Xu H, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Sui X, Wang S, Fang H, Zuo W, Su M, Zhang J, Fei Z, Chen X. Methylation of MdMYB1 locus mediated by RdDM pathway regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in apple. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:1736-1748. [PMID: 31930634 PMCID: PMC7336386 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Methylation at the MdMYB1 promoter in apple sports has been reported as a regulator of the anthocyanin pathway, but little is known about how the locus is recognized by the methylation machinery to regulate anthocyanin accumulation. In this study, we analysed three differently coloured 'Fuji' apples and found that differences in the transcript levels of MdMYB1, which encodes a key regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis, control the anthocyanin content (and therefore colour) in fruit skin. The CHH methylation levels in the MR3 region (-1246 to -780) of the MdMYB1 promoter were found to be negatively correlated with MdMYB1 expression. Thus, they were ideal materials to study DNA methylation in apple sports. The protein of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway responsible for CHH methylation, MdAGO4, was found to interact with the MdMYB1 promoter. MdAGO4s can interact with MdRDM1 and MdDRM2s to form an effector complex, fulfilling CHH methylation. When MdAGO4s and MdDRM2s were overexpressed in apple calli and Arabidopsis mutants, those proteins increase the CHH methylation of AGO4-binding sites. In electrophoretic mobility shift assays, MdAGO4s were found to specifically bind to sequence containing ATATCAGA. Knockdown of MdNRPE1 did not affect the binding of MdAGO4s to the c3 region of the MdMYB1 promoter in 35S::AGO4 calli. Taken together, our data show that the MdMYB1 locus is methylated through binding of MdAGO4s to the MdMYB1 promoter to regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis by the RdDM pathway.
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- Shenghui Jiang
- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- Chinese Academy of SciencesYantai Institute of Coastal Zone ResearchYantaiChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- Yantai Modern Fruit Industry Development CompanyYantai Modern Fruit Industry Research InstituteYantaiChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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- Boyce Thompson InstituteCornell UniversityIthacaNYUSA
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- College of Horticulture Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Crop BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production in ShandongShandong Agricultural UniversityTai'anChina
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Noman A, Aqeel M, Qari SH, Al Surhanee AA, Yasin G, Alamri S, Hashem M, M Al-Saadi A. Plant hypersensitive response vs pathogen ingression: Death of few gives life to others. Microb Pathog 2020; 145:104224. [PMID: 32360524 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The hypersensitive response (HR) is a defense action against pathogen ingression. Typically, HR is predictable with the appearance of the dead, brown cells along with visible lesions. Although death during HR can be limited to the cells in direct contact with pathogens, yet cell death can also spread away from the infection site. The variety in morphologies of plant cell death proposes involvement of different pathways for triggering HR. It is considered that, despite the differences, HR in plants performs the resembling functions like that of animal programmed cell death (PCD) for confining pathogen progression. HR, in fact, crucially initiates systemic signals for activation of defense in distal plant parts that ultimately results in systemic acquired resistance (SAR). Therefore, HR can be separated from other local immune actions/responses at the infection site. HR comprises of serial events inclusive of transcriptional reprograming, Ca2+ influx, oxidative bursts and phyto-hormonal signaling. Although a lot of work has been done on HR in plants but many questions regarding mechanisms and consequences of HRs remain unaddressed.We have summarized the mechanistic roles and cellular events of plant cells during HR in defense regulation. Roles of different genes during HR have been discussed to clarify genetic control of HR in plants. Generally existing ambiguities about HR and programmed cell death at the reader level has been addressed.
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- Ali Noman
- Department of Botany, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, PR China
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- Biology Department, Al-jumum University College, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Biology Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, 2014, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahau ud din Zakria University, Multan, Pakistan
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- King Khalid University, College of Science, Department of Biology, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia; Research center for advance materials science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, PO Box 9004 Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- King Khalid University, College of Science, Department of Biology, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia; Assuit University, Botany and Microbiology department, Assuit. 71516, Egypt
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Zhang H, Li L, He Y, Qin Q, Chen C, Wei Z, Tan X, Xie K, Zhang R, Hong G, Li J, Li J, Yan C, Yan F, Li Y, Chen J, Sun Z. Distinct modes of manipulation of rice auxin response factor OsARF17 by different plant RNA viruses for infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:9112-9121. [PMID: 32253321 PMCID: PMC7183187 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918254117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant auxin response factor (ARF) transcription factors are an important class of key transcriptional modulators in auxin signaling. Despite the well-studied roles of ARF transcription factors in plant growth and development, it is largely unknown whether, and how, ARF transcription factors may be involved in plant resistance to pathogens. We show here that two fijiviruses (double-stranded RNA viruses) utilize their proteins to disturb the dimerization of OsARF17 and repress its transcriptional activation ability, while a tenuivirus (negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus) directly interferes with the DNA binding activity of OsARF17. These interactions impair OsARF17-mediated antiviral defense. OsARF17 also confers resistance to a cytorhabdovirus and was directly targeted by one of the viral proteins. Thus, OsARF17 is the common target of several very different viruses. This suggests that OsARF17 plays a crucial role in plant defense against different types of plant viruses, and that these viruses use independently evolved viral proteins to target this key component of auxin signaling and facilitate infection.
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- Hehong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 310021 Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 310021 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 310021 Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 310021 Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China;
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Lacault C, Briand M, Jacques MA, Darrasse A. Zucchini Vein Clearing Disease Is Caused by Several Lineages Within Pseudomonas syringae Species Complex. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:744-757. [PMID: 31909688 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-19-0266-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) is worldwide affected by Pseudomonas syringae, inducing vein clearing, stunting, and necroses during plantlet development. A collection of 58 P. syringae strains isolated from diseased zucchini plantlets was characterized by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA). A subset of 23 strains responsible for vein clearing of zucchini (VCZ) was evaluated for pathogenicity on zucchini, and their genomes were sequenced. The host range of six VCZ strains was evaluated on 11 cucurbit species. Most VCZ strains belong to clades 2a and 2b-a within phylogroup 2 of P. syringae species complex and are closely related to other strains previously isolated from cucurbits. Genome analyses revealed diversity among VCZ strains within each clade. One main cluster, once referred to by the invalid pathovar name (peponis), gathers VCZ strains presenting a narrow host range including zucchini and squashes. Other VCZ strains present a large host range including zucchini, squashes, cucumber, melons, and in some cases watermelon. The VCZ strain pathogenic features are strongly associated with type III effector repertoires. The presence of avrRpt2 and absence of hopZ5 are associated with a narrow host range, whereas the presence of hopZ5 and absence of avrRpt2 are most generally associated with a large host range. To better detect the different clusters identified with whole genome sequence and pathogenicity analyses, we used a specific-k-mers approach to refine the MLSA scheme. Using this novel MLSA scheme to type P. syringae isolates from diseased cucurbits would give insight into distribution of worldwide strains and origin of epidemics.
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- Caroline Lacault
- Agrocampus-Ouest, INRAE, Université d'Angers, IRHS, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- Agrocampus-Ouest, INRAE, Université d'Angers, IRHS, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- Agrocampus-Ouest, INRAE, Université d'Angers, IRHS, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- Agrocampus-Ouest, INRAE, Université d'Angers, IRHS, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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Prokchorchik M, Choi S, Chung EH, Won K, Dangl JL, Sohn KH. A host target of a bacterial cysteine protease virulence effector plays a key role in convergent evolution of plant innate immune system receptors. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:1327-1342. [PMID: 31550400 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Some virulence effectors secreted from pathogens target host proteins and induce biochemical modifications that are monitored by nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors. Arabidopsis RIN4 protein (AtRIN4: RPM1-interacting protein 4) homologs are present in diverse plant species and targeted by several bacterial type III effector proteins including the cysteine protease AvrRpt2. RIN4 is 'guarded' by several independently evolved NLRs from various plant species, including Arabidopsis RPS2. Recently, it was shown that the MR5 NLR from a wild apple relative can recognize the AvrRpt2 effector from Erwinia amylovora, but the details of this recognition remained unclear. The present contribution reports the mechanism of AvrRpt2 recognition by independently evolved NLRs, MR5 from apple and RPS2, both of which require proteolytically processed RIN4 for activation. It shows that the C-terminal cleaved product of apple RIN4 (MdRIN4) but not AtRIN4 is necessary and sufficient for MR5 activation. Additionally, two polymorphic residues in AtRIN4 and MdRIN4 are identified that are crucial in the regulation of and physical association with NLRs. It is proposed that polymorphisms in RIN4 from distantly related plant species allow it to remain an effector target while maintaining compatibility with multiple NLRs.
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- Maxim Prokchorchik
- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
- Bioprotection Research Centre, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4474, New Zealand
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
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- National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science (NIHHS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Naju, 54875, Korea
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
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Gupta A, Sinha R, Fernandes JL, Abdelrahman M, Burritt DJ, Tran LSP. Phytohormones regulate convergent and divergent responses between individual and combined drought and pathogen infection. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2020; 40:320-340. [DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2019.1710459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Aarti Gupta
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
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- Plant Stress Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Fan S, Chang Y, Liu G, Shang S, Tian L, Shi H. Molecular functional analysis of auxin/indole-3-acetic acid proteins (Aux/IAAs) in plant disease resistance in cassava. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 168:88-97. [PMID: 30950065 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Auxin/indole-3-acetic acid proteins (Aux/IAAs) play important roles in auxin signaling pathways, with extensive involvement in plant development and plant response to abiotic and biotic stresses. Manihot esculenta (Cassava) is one of the most important biomass energy crops in tropical regions; however, the information about Aux/IAA proteins remain limited in cassava. In this study, 37 MeAux/IAA gene family members were identified in cassava and a phylogenetic analysis was performed. The transcript levels of MeAux/IAAs were commonly regulated by the pathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv manihotis (Xam), and some of them were specifically localized to the nucleus. Moreover, the overexpression of MeAux/IAAs confers an improved disease resistance against Xam in Nicotiana benthamiana, while MeAux/IAAs-silenced plants show disease sensitivity against Xam in cassava, as evidenced by the leaf phenotype and leaf bacterial population. Consistent with the disease resistance, MeAux/IAAs regulated the transcript levels of PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES (MePRs), reactive oxygen species accumulation and callose development in the plants' defense response. Taken together, gene profile and functional analysis identified several MeAux/IAAs as novel members in plant disease resistance, providing important information for further utilization of MeAux/IAAs.
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- Shuhong Fan
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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Plants are under relentless challenge by pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes, for whom they provide a resource of living space and nutrients. Upon detection of pathogens, plants carry out multiple layers of defense response, orchestrated by a tightly organized network of hormones. In this review, we provide an overview of the phytohormones involved in immunity and the ways pathogens manipulate their biosynthesis and signaling pathways. We highlight recent developments, including the discovery of a defense signaling molecule, new insights into hormone biosynthesis, and the increasing importance of signaling hubs at which hormone pathways intersect.
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- Marco Bürger
- Plant Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Zia SF, Berkowitz O, Bedon F, Whelan J, Franks AE, Plummer KM. Direct comparison of Arabidopsis gene expression reveals different responses to melatonin versus auxin. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:567. [PMID: 31856719 PMCID: PMC6921455 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2158-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) in plants, regulates shoot and root growth and alleviates environmental stresses. Melatonin and the phyto-hormone auxin are tryptophan-derived compounds. However, it largely remains controversial as to whether melatonin and auxin act through similar or overlapping signalling and regulatory pathways. RESULTS Here, we have used a promoter-activation study to demonstrate that, unlike auxin (1-naphthalene acetic acid, NAA), melatonin neither induces Direct repeat 5 DR5 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana roots under normal growth conditions nor suppresses the induction of Alternative oxidase 1a AOX1a in leaves upon Antimycin A treatment, both of which are the hallmarks of auxin action. Additionally, comparative global transcriptome analysis conducted on Arabidopsis treated with melatonin or NAA revealed differences in the number and types of differentially expressed genes. Auxin (4.5 μM) altered the expression of a diverse and large number of genes whereas melatonin at 5 μM had no significant effect but melatonin at 100 μM had a modest effect on transcriptome compared to solvent-treated control. Interestingly, the prominent category of genes differentially expressed upon exposure to melatonin trended towards biotic stress defence pathways while downregulation of key genes related to photosynthesis was observed. CONCLUSION Together these findings indicate that though they are both indolic compounds, melatonin and auxin act through different pathways to alter gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Furthermore, it appears that effects of melatonin enable Arabidopsis thaliana to prioritize biotic stress defence signalling rather than growth. These findings clear the current confusion in the literature regarding the relationship of melatonin and auxin and also have greater implications of utilizing melatonin for improved plant protection.
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- Sajal F Zia
- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
- Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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Xanthomonas translucens commandeers the host rate-limiting step in ABA biosynthesis for disease susceptibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:20938-20946. [PMID: 31575748 PMCID: PMC6800315 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911660116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Pathogenic bacteria acquire new virulence strategies for exploiting their hosts. This work reveals that the bacterial wheat pathogen Xanthomonas translucens uses a transcription activation-like (TAL) effector to promote virulence by directly activating the host gene 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, the rate-limiting enzyme in biosynthesis of abscisic acid that is normally involved in water management within the host plant. Evolutionarily, TAL effectors are a relatively new class of virulence factors limited to a few species of pathogenic bacteria, and this work adds to the diversity of host susceptibility genes that can be exploited by pathogens through TAL effector gene function. Plants are vulnerable to disease through pathogen manipulation of phytohormone levels, which otherwise regulate development, abiotic, and biotic responses. Here, we show that the wheat pathogen Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa elevates expression of the host gene encoding 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (TaNCED-5BS), which catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of the phytohormone abscisic acid and a component of a major abiotic stress-response pathway, to promote disease susceptibility. Gene induction is mediated by a type III transcription activator-like effector. The induction of TaNCED-5BS results in elevated abscisic acid levels, reduced host transpiration and water loss, enhanced spread of bacteria in infected leaves, and decreased expression of the central defense gene TaNPR1. The results represent an appropriation of host physiology by a bacterial virulence effector.
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Goslin K, Eschen-Lippold L, Naumann C, Linster E, Sorel M, Klecker M, de Marchi R, Kind A, Wirtz M, Lee J, Dissmeyer N, Graciet E. Differential N-end Rule Degradation of RIN4/NOI Fragments Generated by the AvrRpt2 Effector Protease. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 180:2272-2289. [PMID: 31227619 PMCID: PMC6670102 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In plants, the protein RPM1-INTERACTING PROTEIN4 (RIN4) is a central regulator of both pattern-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity. RIN4 is targeted by several effectors, including the Pseudomonas syringae protease effector AvrRpt2. Cleavage of RIN4 by AvrRpt2 generates potentially unstable RIN4 fragments, whose degradation leads to the activation of the resistance protein RESISTANT TO P. SYRINGAE2. Hence, identifying the determinants of RIN4 degradation is key to understanding RESISTANT TO P. SYRINGAE2-mediated effector-triggered immunity, as well as virulence functions of AvrRpt2. In addition to RIN4, AvrRpt2 cleaves host proteins from the nitrate-induced (NOI) domain family. Although cleavage of NOI domain proteins by AvrRpt2 may contribute to pattern-triggered immunity regulation, the (in)stability of these proteolytic fragments and the determinants regulating their stability remain unexamined. Notably, a common feature of RIN4, and of many NOI domain protein fragments generated by AvrRpt2 cleavage, is the exposure of a new N-terminal residue that is destabilizing according to the N-end rule. Using antibodies raised against endogenous RIN4, we show that the destabilization of AvrRpt2-cleaved RIN4 fragments is independent of the N-end rule pathway (recently renamed the N-degron pathway). By contrast, several NOI domain protein fragments are genuine substrates of the N-degron pathway. The discovery of this set of substrates considerably expands the number of known proteins targeted for degradation by this ubiquitin-dependent pathway in plants. These results advance our current understanding of the role of AvrRpt2 in promoting bacterial virulence.
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- Kevin Goslin
- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Independent Junior Research Group on Protein Recognition and Degradation, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- Independent Junior Research Group on Protein Recognition and Degradation, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- ScienceCampus Halle - Plant-Based Bioeconomy, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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- Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Independent Junior Research Group on Protein Recognition and Degradation, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- ScienceCampus Halle - Plant-Based Bioeconomy, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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Zhao C, Wang H, Lu Y, Hu J, Qu L, Li Z, Wang D, He Y, Valls M, Coll NS, Chen Q, Lu H. Deep Sequencing Reveals Early Reprogramming of Arabidopsis Root Transcriptomes Upon Ralstonia solanacearum Infection. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:813-827. [PMID: 31140930 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-18-0268-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Bacterial wilt caused by the bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the most devastating crop diseases worldwide. The molecular mechanisms controlling the early stage of R. solanacearum colonization in the root remain unknown. Aiming to better understand the mechanism of the establishment of R. solanacearum infection in root, we established four stages in the early interaction of the pathogen with Arabidopsis roots and determined the transcriptional profiles of these stages of infection. A total 2,698 genes were identified as differentially expressed genes during the initial 96 h after infection, with the majority of changes in gene expression occurring after pathogen-triggered root-hair development observed. Further analysis of differentially expressed genes indicated sequential activation of multiple hormone signaling cascades, including abscisic acid (ABA), auxin, jasmonic acid, and ethylene. Simultaneous impairment of ABA receptor genes promoted plant wilting symptoms after R. solanacearum infection but did not affect primary root growth inhibition or root-hair and lateral root formation caused by R. solanacearum. This indicated that ABA signaling positively regulates root defense to R. solanacearum. Moreover, transcriptional changes of genes involved in primary root, lateral root, and root-hair formation exhibited high temporal dynamics upon infection. Taken together, our results suggest that successful infection of R. solanacearum on roots is a highly programmed process involving in hormone crosstalk.
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- Cuizhu Zhao
- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 2 National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750002, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 3 Genetics section, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- 4 Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- 4 Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Wang X, Du Y, Yu D. Trehalose phosphate synthase 5-dependent trehalose metabolism modulates basal defense responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 61:509-527. [PMID: 30058771 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Despite the recent discovery that trehalose synthesis is important for plant development and abiotic stress tolerance, the effects of trehalose on biotic stress responses remain relatively unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that TREHALOSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 5 (TPS5)-dependent trehalose metabolism regulates Arabidopsis thaliana defenses against pathogens (necrotrophic Botrytis cinerea and biotrophic Pseudomonas syringae). Pathogen infection increased trehalose levels and upregulated TPS5 expression. Application of exogenous trehalose significantly improved plant defenses against B. cinerea, but increased the susceptibility of plants to P. syringae. We demonstrate that elevated trehalose biosynthesis, in transgenic plants over-expressing TPS5, also increased the susceptibility to P. syringae, but decreased the disease symptoms caused by B. cinerea. The knockout of TPS5 prevented the accumulation of trehalose and enhanced defense responses against P. syringae. Additionally, we observed that a TPS5-interacting protein (multiprotein bridging factor 1c) was required for induced expression of TPS5 during pathogen infections. Furthermore, we show that trehalose promotes P. syringae growth and disease development, via a mechanism involving suppression of the plant defense gene, Pathogenesis-Related Protein 1. These findings provide insight into the function of TPS5-dependent trehalose metabolism in plant basal defense responses.
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- Xuelan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use,, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use,, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use,, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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Bartho JD, Demitri N, Bellini D, Flachowsky H, Peil A, Walsh MA, Benini S. The structure of Erwinia amylovora AvrRpt2 provides insight into protein maturation and induced resistance to fire blight by Malus × robusta 5. J Struct Biol 2019; 206:233-242. [PMID: 30928616 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The AvrRpt2 protein of the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora (AvrRpt2EA) is a secreted type III effector protein, which is recognised by the FB_MR5 resistance protein of Malus × robusta 5, the only identified resistance protein from a Malus species preventing E. amylovora infection. The crystal structure of the immature catalytic domain of AvrRpt2EA, a C70 family cysteine protease and type III effector, was determined to a resolution of 1.85 Å. The structure provides insights into the cyclophilin-dependent activation of AvrRpt2, and identifies a cryptic leucine of a non-canonical cyclophilin binding motif. The structure also suggests that residue Cys156, responsible for the gene induced resistance, is not involved in substrate determination, and hints that recognition by FB_MR5 is due to direct interaction.
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- Joseph D Bartho
- Bioorganic Chemistry and Bio-Crystallography Laboratory (B(2)Cl), Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste 34149, Italy
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- Diamond Light Source LTD, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom; Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Pillnitzer Platz 3a, D-01326 Dresden, Germany
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- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Pillnitzer Platz 3a, D-01326 Dresden, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source LTD, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom; Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Bioorganic Chemistry and Bio-Crystallography Laboratory (B(2)Cl), Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
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Kadota Y, Liebrand TW, Goto Y, Sklenar J, Derbyshire P, Menke FL, Torres MA, Molina A, Zipfel C, Coaker G, Shirasu K. Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis reveals common regulatory mechanisms between effector- and PAMP-triggered immunity in plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:2160-2175. [PMID: 30300945 PMCID: PMC6367033 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant immunity consists of two arms: pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI), induced by surface-localized receptors, and effector-triggered immunity (ETI), induced by intracellular receptors. Despite the little structural similarity, both receptor types activate similar responses with different dynamics. To better understand phosphorylation events during ETI, we employed a phosphoproteomic screen using an inducible expression system of the bacterial effector avrRpt2 in Arabidopsis thaliana, and identified 109 differentially phosphorylated residues of membrane-associated proteins on activation of the intracellular RPS2 receptor. Interestingly, several RPS2-regulated phosphosites overlap with sites that are regulated during PTI, suggesting that these phosphosites may be convergent points of both signaling arms. Moreover, some of these sites are residues of important defense components, including the NADPH oxidase RBOHD, ABC-transporter PEN3, calcium-ATPase ACA8, noncanonical Gα protein XLG2 and H+ -ATPases. In particular, we found that S343 and S347 of RBOHD are common phosphorylation targets during PTI and ETI. Our mutational analyses showed that these sites are required for the production of reactive oxygen species during both PTI and ETI, and immunity against avirulent bacteria and a virulent necrotrophic fungus. We provide, for the first time, large-scale phosphoproteomic data of ETI, thereby suggesting crucial roles of common phosphosites in plant immunity.
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- Yasuhiro Kadota
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Plant Immunity Research Group, Suehiro-cho 1-7-22 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Plant Immunity Research Group, Suehiro-cho 1-7-22 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus Montegancedo UPM, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040-Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus Montegancedo UPM, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040-Madrid, Spain
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Plant Immunity Research Group, Suehiro-cho 1-7-22 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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Figaj D, Ambroziak P, Przepiora T, Skorko-Glonek J. The Role of Proteases in the Virulence of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20030672. [PMID: 30720762 PMCID: PMC6386880 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20030672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A pathogenic lifestyle is inextricably linked with the constant necessity of facing various challenges exerted by the external environment (both within and outside the host). To successfully colonize the host and establish infection, pathogens have evolved sophisticated systems to combat the host defense mechanisms and also to be able to withstand adverse environmental conditions. Proteases, as crucial components of these systems, are involved in a variety of processes associated with infection. In phytopathogenic bacteria, they play important regulatory roles and modulate the expression and functioning of various virulence factors. Secretory proteases directly help avoid recognition by the plant immune systems, and contribute to the deactivation of the defense response pathways. Finally, proteases are important components of protein quality control systems, and thus enable maintaining homeostasis in stressed bacterial cells. In this review, we discuss the known protease functions and protease-regulated signaling processes associated with virulence of plant pathogenic bacteria.
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- Donata Figaj
- Department of General and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
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- Department of General and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
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- Department of General and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
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Liu L, Xu L, Jia Q, Pan R, Oelmüller R, Zhang W, Wu C. Arms race: diverse effector proteins with conserved motifs. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2019; 14:1557008. [PMID: 30621489 PMCID: PMC6351098 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1557008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Effector proteins play important roles in the infection by pathogenic oomycetes and fungi or the colonization by endophytic and mycorrhizal fungi. They are either translocated into the host plant cells via specific translocation mechanisms and function in the host's cytoplasm or nucleus, or they reside in the apoplast of the plant cells and act at the extracellular host-microbe interface. Many effector proteins possess conserved motifs (such as the RXLR, CRN, LysM, RGD, DELD, EAR, RYWT, Y/F/WXC or CFEM motifs) localized in their N- or C-terminal regions. Analysis of the functions of effector proteins, especially so-called "core effectors", is crucial for the understanding of pathogenicity/symbiosis mechanisms and plant defense strategies, and helps to develop breeding strategies for pathogen-resistant cultivars, and to increase crop yield and quality as well as abiotic stress resistance. This review summarizes current knowledge about these effector proteins with the conversed motifs and their involvement in pathogenic or mutualistic plant/fungal interactions.
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- Liping Liu
- College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Plant Physiology, Matthias-Schleiden-Institute for Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Faculty of Biological Science, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- CONTACT Wenying Zhang Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry/Research Center of Crop Stresses Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China; Chu Wu College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Horticulture & Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Plant Ecology and Environmental Restoration, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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