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Matthus E, Ning Y, Shafiq F, Davies JM. Phosphate-deprivation and damage signalling by extracellular ATP. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1098146. [PMID: 36714742 PMCID: PMC9879614 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1098146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Phosphate deprivation compromises plant productivity and modulates immunity. DAMP signalling by extracellular ATP (eATP) could be compromised under phosphate deprivation by the lowered production of cytosolic ATP and the need to salvage eATP as a nutritional phosphate source. Phosphate-starved roots of Arabidopsis can still sense eATP, indicating robustness in receptor function. However, the resultant cytosolic free Ca2+ signature is impaired, indicating modulation of downstream components. This perspective on DAMP signalling by extracellular ATP (eATP) addresses the salvage of eATP under phosphate deprivation and its promotion of immunity, how Ca2+ signals are generated and how the Ca2+ signalling pathway could be overcome to allow beneficial fungal root colonization to fulfill phosphate demands. Safe passage for an endophytic fungus allowing root colonization could be achieved by its down-regulation of the Ca2+ channels that act downstream of the eATP receptors and by also preventing ROS accumulation, thus further impairing DAMP signalling.
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- Elsa Matthus
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Favery B, Dubreuil G, Chen MS, Giron D, Abad P. Gall-Inducing Parasites: Convergent and Conserved Strategies of Plant Manipulation by Insects and Nematodes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 58:1-22. [PMID: 32853101 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-010820-012722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Gall-inducing insects and nematodes engage in sophisticated interactions with their host plants. These parasites can induce major morphological and physiological changes in host roots, leaves, and other tissues. Sedentary endoparasitic nematodes, root-knot and cyst nematodes in particular, as well as gall-inducing and leaf-mining insects, manipulate plant development to form unique organs that provide them with food from feeding cells. Sometimes, infected tissues may undergo a developmental switch resulting in the formation of aberrant and spectacular structures (clubs or galls). We describe here the complex interactions between these plant-reprogramming sedentary endoparasites and their infected hosts, focusing on similarities between strategies of plant manipulation. We highlight progress in our understanding of the host plant response to infection and focus on the nematode and insect molecules secreted in planta. We suggest thatlooking at similarities may identify convergent and conserved strategies and shed light on the promise they hold for the development of new management strategies in agriculture and forestry.
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- Bruno Favery
- INRAE, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, ISA, F-06600 Sophia-Antipolis, France;
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- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, CNRS, Université de Tours, UMR 7261, 37200 Tours, France;
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- USDA-ARS and Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, CNRS, Université de Tours, UMR 7261, 37200 Tours, France;
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- INRAE, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, ISA, F-06600 Sophia-Antipolis, France;
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Green leaves and seeds alcoholic extract controls Sporobulus indicus germination in laboratory conditions. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1599. [PMID: 32005841 PMCID: PMC6994682 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58321-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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High seed production makes Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis a difficult to control invasive grassland plant. The objective of the present study was to investigate the bioactivity of Cyperus rotundus, Phyllanthus tenellus and Ricinus communis green leaf extracts and of Carica papaya seeds on S. indicus germination without breaking dormancy, simulating the field conditions. The ethanolic extract bioactivity of C. rotundus, P. tenellus, R. communis green leaves and C. papaya seeds, at concentrations of 25, 50 and 75% in S. indicus germination was evaluated. Carotenoids, flavonoids, soluble phenolic compounds and total tannins were quantified in the extracts. The chemical component concentrations varied between alcoholic extracts. The P. tenellus extracts at all dilutions and those of R. communis and C. papaya at 75% completely suppressed S. indicus seed germination at five and ten days which can be attributed to their high tannin concentration, total phenolic compounds and flavonoids.
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Matthus E, Sun J, Wang L, Bhat MG, Mohammad-Sidik AB, Wilkins KA, Leblanc-Fournier N, Legué V, Moulia B, Stacey G, Davies JM. DORN1/P2K1 and purino-calcium signalling in plants: making waves with extracellular ATP. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2020; 124:1227-1242. [PMID: 31904093 PMCID: PMC6943698 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcz135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Extracellular ATP governs a range of plant functions, including cell viability, adaptation and cross-kingdom interactions. Key functions of extracellular ATP in leaves and roots may involve an increase in cytosolic free calcium as a second messenger ('calcium signature'). The main aim here was to determine to what extent leaf and root calcium responses require the DORN1/P2K1 extracellular ATP receptor in Arabidopsis thaliana. The second aim was to test whether extracellular ATP can generate a calcium wave in the root. METHODS Leaf and root responses to extracellular ATP were reviewed for their possible links to calcium signalling and DORN1/P2K1. Leaves and roots of wild type and dorn1 plants were tested for cytosolic calcium increase in response to ATP, using aequorin. The spatial abundance of DORN1/P2K1 in the root was estimated using green fluorescent protein. Wild type roots expressing GCaMP3 were used to determine the spatial variation of cytosolic calcium increase in response to extracellular ATP. KEY RESULTS Leaf and root ATP-induced calcium signatures differed markedly. The leaf signature was only partially dependent on DORN1/P2K1, while the root signature was fully dependent. The distribution of DORN1/P2K1 in the root supports a key role in the generation of the apical calcium signature. Root apical and sub-apical calcium signatures may operate independently of each other but an apical calcium increase can drive a sub-apical increase, consistent with a calcium wave. CONCLUSION DORN1 could underpin several calcium-related responses but it may not be the only receptor for extracellular ATP in Arabidopsis. The root has the capacity for a calcium wave, triggered by extracellular ATP at the apex.
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- Elsa Matthus
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Institute of Integrative Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Divisions of Plant Science and Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Baral B, Teixeira da Silva JA, Izaguirre-Mayoral ML. Early signaling, synthesis, transport and metabolism of ureides. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 193:97-109. [PMID: 26967003 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2016.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The symbiosis between α nitrogen (N2)-fixing Proteobacteria (family Rhizobiaceae) and legumes belonging to the Fabaceae (a single phylogenetic group comprising three subfamilies: Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae) results in the formation of a novel root structure called a nodule, where atmospheric N2 is fixed into NH3(+). In the determinate type of nodules harbored by Rhizobium-nodulated Fabaceae species, newly synthesized NH3(+) is finally converted into allantoin (C4H6N4O3) and allantoic acid (C4H8N4O4) (ureides) through complex pathways involving at least 20 different enzymes that act synchronously in two types of nodule cells with contrasting ultrastructure, including the tree nodule cell organelles. Newly synthesized ureides are loaded into the network of nodule-root xylem vessels and transported to aerial organs by the transpirational water current. Once inside the leaves, ureides undergo an enzymatically driven reverse process to yield NH4(+) that is used for growth. This supports the role of ureides as key nitrogen (N)-compounds for the growth and yield of legumes nodulated by Rhizobium that grow in soils with a low N content. Thus, a concrete understanding of the mechanisms underlying ureide biogenesis and catabolism in legumes may help agrobiologists to achieve greater agricultural discoveries. In this review we focus on the transmembranal and transorganellar symplastic and apoplastic movement of N-precursors within the nodules, as well as on the occurrence, localization and properties of enzymes and genes involved in the biogenesis and catabolism of ureides. The synthesis and transport of ureides are not unique events in Rhizobium-nodulated N2-fixing legumes. Thus, a brief description of the synthesis and catabolism of ureides in non-legumes was included for comparison. The establishment of the symbiosis, nodule organogenesis and the plant's control of nodule number, synthesis and translocation of ureides via feed-back inhibition mechanisms are also reviewed.
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- Bikash Baral
- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, Latokartanonkaari 7, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Biological Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
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Guiguet A, Dubreuil G, Harris MO, Appel HM, Schultz JC, Pereira MH, Giron D. Shared weapons of blood- and plant-feeding insects: Surprising commonalities for manipulating hosts. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 84:4-21. [PMID: 26705897 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Insects that reprogram host plants during colonization remind us that the insect side of plant-insect story is just as interesting as the plant side. Insect effectors secreted by the salivary glands play an important role in plant reprogramming. Recent discoveries point to large numbers of salivary effectors being produced by a single herbivore species. Since genetic and functional characterization of effectors is an arduous task, narrowing the field of candidates is useful. We present ideas about types and functions of effectors from research on blood-feeding parasites and their mammalian hosts. Because of their importance for human health, blood-feeding parasites have more tools from genomics and other - omics than plant-feeding parasites. Four themes have emerged: (1) mechanical damage resulting from attack by blood-feeding parasites triggers "early danger signals" in mammalian hosts, which are mediated by eATP, calcium, and hydrogen peroxide, (2) mammalian hosts need to modulate their immune responses to the three "early danger signals" and use apyrases, calreticulins, and peroxiredoxins, respectively, to achieve this, (3) blood-feeding parasites, like their mammalian hosts, rely on some of the same "early danger signals" and modulate their immune responses using the same proteins, and (4) blood-feeding parasites deploy apyrases, calreticulins, and peroxiredoxins in their saliva to manipulate the "danger signals" of their mammalian hosts. We review emerging evidence that plant-feeding insects also interfere with "early danger signals" of their hosts by deploying apyrases, calreticulins and peroxiredoxins in saliva. Given emerging links between these molecules, and plant growth and defense, we propose that these effectors interfere with phytohormone signaling, and therefore have a special importance for gall-inducing and leaf-mining insects, which manipulate host-plants to create better food and shelter.
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- Antoine Guiguet
- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261 CNRS - Université François-Rabelais de Tours, 37200 Tours, France; Département de Biologie, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261 CNRS - Université François-Rabelais de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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- Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA; Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, 45000 Orléans, France
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- Life Science Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Life Science Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, 45000 Orléans, France; Laboratório de Fisiologia de Insectos Hematófagos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261 CNRS - Université François-Rabelais de Tours, 37200 Tours, France.
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Tanaka K, Choi J, Cao Y, Stacey G. Extracellular ATP acts as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) signal in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:446. [PMID: 25232361 PMCID: PMC4153020 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants have evolved effective mechanisms to protect themselves from environmental stresses. Damaged (i.e., wounded) plants recognize a variety of endogenous molecules as danger signals, referred to as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). ATP is among the molecules that are released by cell damage, and recent evidence suggests that ATP can serve as a DAMP. Although little studied in plants, extracellular ATP is well known for its signaling roles in animals, including acting as a DAMP during the inflammatory response and wound healing. If ATP acts outside the cell, then it is reasonable to expect that it is recognized by a plasma membrane-localized receptor. Recently, DORN1, a lectin receptor kinase, was shown to recognize extracellular ATP in Arabidopsis. DORN1 is the founding member of a new purinoceptor subfamily, P2K (P2 receptor kinase), which is plant-specific. P2K1 (DORN1) is required for ATP-induced cellular responses (e.g., cytosolic Ca(2+) elevation, MAPK phosphorylation, and gene expression). Genetic analysis of loss-of-function mutants and overexpression lines showed that P2K1 participates in the plant wound response, consistent with the role of ATP as a DAMP. In this review, we summarize past research on the roles and mechanisms of extracellular ATP signaling in plants, and discuss the direction of future research on extracellular ATP as a DAMP signal.
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- Kiwamu Tanaka
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State UniversityPullman, WA, USA
- *Correspondence: Kiwamu Tanaka, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, P.O. BOX 646430, Pullman, WA 99164, USA e-mail:
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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Tanaka K, Choi J, Cao Y, Stacey G. Extracellular ATP acts as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) signal in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014. [PMID: 25232361 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00446.ecollection] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants have evolved effective mechanisms to protect themselves from environmental stresses. Damaged (i.e., wounded) plants recognize a variety of endogenous molecules as danger signals, referred to as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). ATP is among the molecules that are released by cell damage, and recent evidence suggests that ATP can serve as a DAMP. Although little studied in plants, extracellular ATP is well known for its signaling roles in animals, including acting as a DAMP during the inflammatory response and wound healing. If ATP acts outside the cell, then it is reasonable to expect that it is recognized by a plasma membrane-localized receptor. Recently, DORN1, a lectin receptor kinase, was shown to recognize extracellular ATP in Arabidopsis. DORN1 is the founding member of a new purinoceptor subfamily, P2K (P2 receptor kinase), which is plant-specific. P2K1 (DORN1) is required for ATP-induced cellular responses (e.g., cytosolic Ca(2+) elevation, MAPK phosphorylation, and gene expression). Genetic analysis of loss-of-function mutants and overexpression lines showed that P2K1 participates in the plant wound response, consistent with the role of ATP as a DAMP. In this review, we summarize past research on the roles and mechanisms of extracellular ATP signaling in plants, and discuss the direction of future research on extracellular ATP as a DAMP signal.
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- Kiwamu Tanaka
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Pullman, WA, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA
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Roberts NJ, Morieri G, Kalsi G, Rose A, Stiller J, Edwards A, Xie F, Gresshoff PM, Oldroyd GE, Downie JA, Etzler ME. Rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses in Lotus japonicus require lectin nucleotide phosphohydrolase, which acts upstream of calcium signaling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:556-67. [PMID: 23136382 PMCID: PMC3532285 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.206110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Nodulation in legumes requires the recognition of rhizobially made Nod factors. Genetic studies have revealed that the perception of Nod factors involves LysM domain receptor-like kinases, while biochemical approaches have identified LECTIN NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHOHYDROLASE (LNP) as a Nod factor-binding protein. Here, we show that antisense inhibition of LNP blocks nodulation in Lotus japonicus. This absence of nodulation was due to a defect in Nod factor signaling based on the observations that the early nodulation gene NODULE INCEPTION was not induced and that both Nod factor-induced perinuclear calcium spiking and calcium influx at the root hair tip were blocked. However, Nod factor did induce root hair deformation in the LNP antisense lines. LNP is also required for infection by the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices, suggesting that LNP plays a role in the common signaling pathway shared by the rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses. Taken together, these observations indicate that LNP acts at a novel position in the early stages of symbiosis signaling. We propose that LNP functions at the earliest stage of the common nodulation and mycorrhization symbiosis signaling pathway downstream of the Nod factor receptors; it may act either by influencing signaling via changes in external nucleotides or in conjunction with the LysM receptor-like kinases for recognition of Nod factor.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (N.J.R., G.K., A.R., M.E.E.)
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (G.M., A.E., F.X., G.E.D.O., J.A.D.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia (J.S., P.M.G.)
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Okuhata R, Takishima T, Nishimura N, Ueda S, Tsuchiya T, Kanzawa N. Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel ecto-apyrase, MP67, from Mimosa pudica. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 157:464-75. [PMID: 21788364 PMCID: PMC3165892 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.180414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We have previously reported the presence of an apyrase in Mimosa pudica. However, only limited information is available for this enzyme. Thus, in this study, the apyrase was purified to homogeneity. The purified enzyme had a molecular mass of around 67 kD and was able to hydrolyze both nucleotide triphosphate and nucleotide diphosphate as substrates. The ratio of ATP to ADP hydrolysis velocity of the purified protein was 0.01 in the presence of calcium ion, showing extremely high substrate specificity toward ADP. Thus, we designated this novel apyrase as MP67. A cDNA clone of MP67 was obtained using primers designed from the amino acid sequence of trypsin-digested fragments of the protein. In addition, rapid amplification of cDNA ends-polymerase chain reaction was performed to clone a conventional apyrase (MpAPY2). Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences showed that MP67 is similar to ecto-apyrases; however, it was distinct from conventional apyrase based on phylogenetic classification. MP67 and MpAPY2 were expressed in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant proteins were purified. The recombinant MP67 showed high substrate specificity toward ADP rather than ATP. A polyclonal antibody raised against the recombinant MP67 was used to examine the tissue distribution and localization of native MP67 in the plant. The results showed that MP67 was ubiquitously distributed in various tissues, most abundantly in leaves, and was localized to plasma membranes. Thus, MP67 is a novel ecto-apyrase with extremely high substrate specificity for ADP.
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102–8554, Japan
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Movafagh A, Heydary H, Mortazavi-Tabatabaei SA, Azargashb E. The Significance Application of Indigenous Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) Mitogen on Metaphase and Cell Culture Procedure. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH : IJPR 2011; 10:895-903. [PMID: 24250428 PMCID: PMC3813071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) is a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean that binds to the membranes of T-cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc. The object of this research was the comparison between self made PHA (Indigenous) and imported commercial one, following conventional and High Resolution Cell Synchronization technique (HRCS) .From each blood sample of healthy individual donor replicate cell culture with two different PHA (self-made and commercial imported) with same concentration were cultured simultaneously. For culture cells, 3-5 × 106(6) cells were cultured in 4 mL medium( RPMI 1640 supplemented with 15 per cent heat inactivated fetal bovine serum, 0.1 mL Phytohemagglutinin was added and kept at 37°C in an atmosphere containing 5% CO2. The processing of mitotic division from 48 h and 72 h cultures was performed according to the standard and High Resolution Cell Synchronization technique. Cytogenetic studies were performed in 100 normal healthy blood donor individuals. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS (version 16, Inc.USA) software.Our results indicate that the preparation of fresh Phytohemagglutinin at the time of cell division and cell culture procedure reveals satisfactory score. The overall frequency of mitotic index in our study was better when compared with commercial imported Phytohemagglutinin (p < 0.001).The significant differences in the results may be due to fresh preparation. However, cost effective, easy and nearest approach of this indigenous product and high demand for this product among health care services can be considered.
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- Abolfazl Movafagh
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Anatomy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Health Community, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Hamel LP, Beaudoin N. Chitooligosaccharide sensing and downstream signaling: contrasted outcomes in pathogenic and beneficial plant-microbe interactions. PLANTA 2010; 232:787-806. [PMID: 20635098 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1215-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In plants, short chitin oligosaccharides and chitosan fragments (collectively referred to as chitooligosaccharides) are well-known elicitors that trigger defense gene expression, synthesis of antimicrobial compounds, and cell wall strengthening. Recent findings have shed new light on chitin-sensing mechanisms and downstream activation of intracellular signaling networks that mediate plant defense responses. Interestingly, chitin receptors possess several lysin motif domains that are also found in several legume Nod factor receptors. Nod factors are chitin-related molecules produced by nitrogen-fixing rhizobia to induce root nodulation. The fact that chitin and Nod factor receptors share structural similarity suggests an evolutionary conserved relationship between mechanisms enabling recognition of both deleterious and beneficial microorganisms. Here, we will present an update on molecular events involved in chitooligosaccharide sensing and downstream signaling pathways in plants and will discuss how structurally related signals may lead to such contrasted outcomes during plant-microbe interactions.
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- Louis-Philippe Hamel
- Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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De Hoff PL, Brill LM, Hirsch AM. Plant lectins: the ties that bind in root symbiosis and plant defense. Mol Genet Genomics 2009; 282:1-15. [PMID: 19488786 PMCID: PMC2695554 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-009-0460-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 05/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lectins are a diverse group of carbohydrate-binding proteins that are found within and associated with organisms from all kingdoms of life. Several different classes of plant lectins serve a diverse array of functions. The most prominent of these include participation in plant defense against predators and pathogens and involvement in symbiotic interactions between host plants and symbiotic microbes, including mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. Extensive biological, biochemical, and molecular studies have shed light on the functions of plant lectins, and a plethora of uncharacterized lectin genes are being revealed at the genomic scale, suggesting unexplored and novel diversity in plant lectin structure and function. Integration of the results from these different types of research is beginning to yield a more detailed understanding of the function of lectins in symbiosis, defense, and plant biology in general.
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- Peter L De Hoff
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Govindarajulu M, Kim SY, Libault M, Berg RH, Tanaka K, Stacey G, Taylor CG. GS52 ecto-apyrase plays a critical role during soybean nodulation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:994-1004. [PMID: 19036836 PMCID: PMC2633840 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.128728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2008] [Accepted: 11/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Apyrases are non-energy-coupled nucleotide phosphohydrolases that hydrolyze nucleoside triphosphates and nucleoside diphosphates to nucleoside monophosphates and orthophosphates. GS52, a soybean (Glycine soja) ecto-apyrase, was previously shown to be induced very early in response to inoculation with the symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Overexpression of the GS52 ecto-apyrase in Lotus japonicus increased the level of rhizobial infection and enhanced nodulation. These data suggest a critical role for the GS52 ecto-apyrase during nodulation. To further investigate the role of GS52 during nodulation, we used RNA interference to silence GS52 expression in soybean (Glycine max) roots using Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated root transformation. Transcript levels of GS52 were significantly reduced in GS52 silenced roots and these roots exhibited reduced numbers of mature nodules. Development of the nodule primordium and subsequent nodule maturation was significantly suppressed in GS52 silenced roots. Transmission electron micrographs of GS52 silenced root nodules showed that early senescence and infected cortical cells were devoid of symbiosome-containing bacteroids. Application of exogenous adenosine diphosphate to silenced GS52 roots restored nodule development. Restored nodules contained bacteroids, thus indicating that extracellular adenosine diphosphate is important during nodulation. These results clearly suggest that GS52 ecto-apyrase catalytic activity is critical for the early B. japonicum infection process, initiation of nodule primordium development, and subsequent nodule organogenesis in soybean.
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Omrane S, Ferrarini A, D'Apuzzo E, Rogato A, Delledonne M, Chiurazzi M. Symbiotic competence in Lotus japonicus is affected by plant nitrogen status: transcriptomic identification of genes affected by a new signalling pathway. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2009; 183:380-394. [PMID: 19500268 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02873.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In leguminous plants, symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation performances and N environmental conditions are linked because nodule initiation, development and functioning are greatly influenced by the amount of available N sources. We demonstrate here that N supply also controls, beforehand, the competence of leguminous plants to perform the nodulation program. Lotus japonicus plants preincubated for 10 d in high-N conditions, and then transferred to low N before the Mesorhizobium loti inoculation, had reduced nodulation. This phenotype was maintained for at least 6 d and a complete reacquisition of the symbiotic competence was observed only after 9 d. The time-course analysis of the change of the symbiotic phenotype was analysed by transcriptomics. The differentially expressed genes identified are mostly involved in metabolic pathways. However, the transcriptional response also includes genes belonging to other functional categories such as signalling, stress response and transcriptional regulation. Some of these genes show a molecular identity and a regulation profile, that suggest a role as possible molecular links between the N-dependent plant response and the nodule organogenesis program.
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- Selim Omrane
- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A. Buzzati Traverso, Via P. Castellino 131, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15 Cà Vignal, I-37134, Verona, Italy
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A. Buzzati Traverso, Via P. Castellino 131, Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A. Buzzati Traverso, Via P. Castellino 131, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15 Cà Vignal, I-37134, Verona, Italy
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A. Buzzati Traverso, Via P. Castellino 131, Napoli, Italy
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Hiraoka Y, Ueda H, Sugimoto Y. Molecular responses of Lotus japonicus to parasitism by the compatible species Orobanche aegyptiaca and the incompatible species Striga hermonthica. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 60:641-50. [PMID: 19088337 PMCID: PMC2651452 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Revised: 11/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Lotus japonicus genes responsive to parasitism by the compatible species Orobanche aegyptiaca and the incompatible species Striga hermonthica were isolated by using the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) strategy. O. aegyptiaca and S. hermonthica parasitism specifically induced the expression of genes involved in jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis and phytoalexin biosynthesis, respectively. Nodulation-related genes were almost exclusively found among the Orobanche-induced genes. Temporal gene expression analyses revealed that 19 out of the 48 Orobanche-induced genes and 5 out of the 48 Striga-induced genes were up-regulated at 1 dai. Four genes, including putative trypsin protease inhibitor genes, exhibited systemic up-regulation in the host plant parasitized by O. aegyptiaca. On the other hand, S. hermonthica attachment did not induce systemic gene expression.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, 657-8501 Kobe, Japan
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Babosha AV. Inducible lectins and plant resistance to pathogens and abiotic stress. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2008; 73:812-25. [PMID: 18707590 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908070109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lectin concentration (activity) increases in plant tissues upon infection by pathogens, in response to abiotic stress, as well as during growth and development of tissues. Such a broad range of events accompanied by accumulation of lectins is indicative of their involvement in regulation of integral processes in plant cells. Data concerning the role of lectins in regulation of oxidative stress and stress-induced cytoskeleton rearrangements are presented.
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- A V Babosha
- Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127276, Russia.
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Riewe D, Grosman L, Fernie AR, Wucke C, Geigenberger P. The potato-specific apyrase is apoplastically localized and has influence on gene expression, growth, and development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 147:1092-109. [PMID: 18480378 PMCID: PMC2442552 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.117564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Apyrases hydrolyze nucleoside triphosphates and diphosphates and are found in all eukaryotes and a few prokaryotes. Although their enzymatic properties have been well characterized, relatively little is known regarding their subcellular localization and physiological function in plants. In this study, we used reverse genetic and biochemical approaches to investigate the role of potato (Solanum tuberosum)-specific apyrase. Silencing of the apyrase gene family with RNA interference constructs under the control of the constitutive 35S promoter led to a strong decrease in apyrase activity to below 10% of the wild-type level. This decreased activity led to phenotypic changes in the transgenic lines, including a general retardation in growth, an increase in tuber number per plant, and differences in tuber morphology. Silencing of apyrase under the control of a tuber-specific promoter led to similar changes in tuber morphology; however, there were no direct effects of apyrase inhibition on tuber metabolism. DNA microarrays revealed that decreased expression of apyrase leads to increased levels of transcripts coding for cell wall proteins involved in growth and genes involved in energy transfer and starch synthesis. To place these results in context, we determined the subcellular localization of the potato-specific apyrase. Using a combination of approaches, we were able to demonstrate that this enzyme is localized to the apoplast. We describe the evidence that underlies both this fact and that potato-specific apyrase has a crucial role in regulating growth and development.
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- David Riewe
- Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Oldroyd GED, Downie JA. Coordinating nodule morphogenesis with rhizobial infection in legumes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 59:519-46. [PMID: 18444906 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 600] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on legumes requires an integration of infection by rhizobia at the root epidermis and the initiation of cell division in the cortex, several cell layers away from the sites of infection. Several recent developments have added to our understanding of the signaling events in the epidermis associated with the perception of rhizobial nodulation factors and the role of plant hormones in the activation of cell division leading to nodule morphogenesis. This review focuses on the tissue-specific nature of the developmental processes associated with nodulation and the mechanisms by which these processes are coordinated during the formation of a nodule.
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- Giles E D Oldroyd
- Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Meng D, Newburg DS, Young C, Baker A, Tonkonogy SL, Sartor RB, Walker WA, Nanthakumar NN. Bacterial symbionts induce a FUT2-dependent fucosylated niche on colonic epithelium via ERK and JNK signaling. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 293:G780-7. [PMID: 17673542 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00010.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The intestinal epithelium of the adult gut supports a complex, dynamic microbial ecosystem and expresses highly fucosylated glycans on its surface. Uncolonized gut contains little fucosylated glycan. The transition toward adult colonization, such as during recovery from germ-free status or from antibiotic treatment, increased expression of fucosylated epitopes in the colonic epithelium. This increase in fucosylation is accompanied by induction of fut2 mRNA expression and alpha1,2/3-fucosyltransferase activity. Colonization stimulates ERK and JNK signal transduction pathways, resulting in activation of transcription factors ATF2 and c-Jun, respectively. This increases transcription of fut2 mRNA and expression of alpha1,2/3-fucosyltransferase activity, resulting in a highly fucosylated intestinal mucosa characteristic of the adult mammalian gut. Blocking the ERK and JNK signaling cascade inhibits the ability of colonization to induce elevated fut2 mRNA and fucosyltransferase activity in the mature colon. Thus pioneer-mutualist symbiotic bacteria may utilize the ERK and JNK signaling cascade to induce the high degree of fucosylation characteristic of adult mammalian colon, and we speculate that this fucosylation facilitates colonization by adult microbiota.
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- Di Meng
- Developmental Gastroenterology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital-East, 114 16th St., Rm 3650, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Bucher M. Functional biology of plant phosphate uptake at root and mycorrhiza interfaces. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 173:11-26. [PMID: 17176390 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01935.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is an essential plant nutrient and one of the most limiting in natural habitats as well as in agricultural production world-wide. The control of P acquisition efficiency and its subsequent uptake and translocation in vascular plants is complex. The physiological role of key cellular structures in plant P uptake and underlying molecular mechanisms are discussed in this review, with emphasis on phosphate transport across the cellular membrane at the root and arbuscular-mycorrhizal (AM) interfaces. The tools of molecular genetics have facilitated novel approaches and provided one of the major driving forces in the investigation of the basic transport mechanisms underlying plant P nutrition. Genetic engineering holds the potential to modify the system in a targeted way at the root-soil or AM symbiotic interface. Such approaches should assist in the breeding of crop plants that exhibit improved P acquisition efficiency and thus require lower inputs of P fertilizer for optimal growth. Whether engineering of P transport systems can contribute to enhanced P uptake will be discussed.
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- Marcel Bucher
- ETH Zurich, Institute of Plant Sciences, Experimental Station Eschikon 33, CH-8315 Lindau, Switzerland.
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Jeter CR, Roux SJ. Plant responses to extracellular nucleotides: Cellular processes and biological effects. Purinergic Signal 2006; 2:443-9. [PMID: 18404482 PMCID: PMC2254475 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-005-3981-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Accepted: 08/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Higher plants exhibit cellular responsiveness to the exogenous application of purine nucleotides in a manner consistent with a cell–cell signaling function for these molecules. Like animals, plants respond to extracellular ATP, ADP, and stable analogues (e.g., ATPγS and ADPβS) by increasing the cytoplasmic concentration of calcium. Agonist substrate specificity and concentration dependency suggest receptor mediation of these events, and, although the identity of the plant receptor is currently unknown, pharmacological analysis points to the involvement of a plasma membrane-localized calcium channel. Extracellular ATP can also induce the production of reactive oxygen species and stimulate an increase in the mRNA levels of a number of stress- and calcium-regulated genes, suggesting a role for nucleotide-based signaling in plant wound and defense responses. Furthermore, the growth and development of plants can also be altered by the application of external ATP. Recent studies are only beginning to uncover the complexities of plant signaling networks activated in response to extracellular ATP and how these might interact to affect plant physiological processes.
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- Collene R. Jeter
- Science Park-Research Division, Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957 USA
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- Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, The University of Texas-Austin, University Station A6700, Austin, TX 78712-0183 USA
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Skorpil P, Broughton WJ. Molecular interactions between Rhizobium and legumes. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 41:143-64. [PMID: 16623393 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28221-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Peter Skorpil
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes Supérieures (LBMPS), Sciences III, Université de Genève, 1212 Genève 4, Switzerland
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Komath SS, Kavitha M, Swamy MJ. Beyond carbohydrate binding: new directions in plant lectin research. Org Biomol Chem 2006; 4:973-88. [PMID: 16525538 DOI: 10.1039/b515446d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Although for a long time carbohydrate binding property has been used as the defining feature of lectins, studies carried out mostly during the last two decades or so demonstrate that many plant lectins exhibit specific interactions with small molecules that are predominantly hydrophobic in nature. Such interactions, in most cases, appear to be at specific sites that do not interfere with the ability of the lectins to recognise and bind carbohydrates. Further, several of these ligands have binding affinities comparable to those for the binding of specific carbohydrates to the lectins. Given the ability of lectins to specifically recognise the glycocode (carbohydrate code) on different cell surfaces and distinguish between diseased and normal tissues, these additional sites may be viewed as potential drug carrying sites that could be exploited for targeted delivery to sites of choice. Porphyrin-lectin complexes are especially suited for such targeting since porphyrins are already under investigation in photodynamic therapy for cancer. This review will provide an update on the interactions of plant lectins with non-carbohydrate ligands, with particular emphasis on porphyrin ligands. The implications and potential applications of such studies will also be discussed.
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- Sneha Sudha Komath
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110 067, India.
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McAlvin CB, Stacey G. Transgenic expression of the soybean apyrase in Lotus japonicus enhances nodulation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 137:1456-62. [PMID: 15793071 PMCID: PMC1088334 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.055939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2004] [Revised: 02/01/2005] [Accepted: 02/03/2005] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The soybean apyrase, GS52, was previously characterized as an early nodulin that is expressed in roots and localized to the plasma membrane. Transgenic Lotus japonicus plants were constructed constitutively expressing the GS52 apyrase. Segregation and Southern-blot analysis identified four single-copy sense lines, several double-copy sense lines, and one double-copy antisense line for further analysis. The single- and double-copy sense gs52 L. japonicus lines had enhanced nodulation that correlated with expression of the transgene. The sense transgenic lines were also found to have increased infection thread formation and enhanced infection zone length when infected by Mesorhizobium loti, the natural symbiont of L. japonicus. The data presented show that expression of the GS52 apyrase can enhance nodulation in L. japonicus and points to an important role for this group of enzymes in nodulation.
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- Crystal B McAlvin
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Mitra RM, Long SR. Plant and bacterial symbiotic mutants define three transcriptionally distinct stages in the development of the Medicago truncatula/Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 134:595-604. [PMID: 14739349 PMCID: PMC344536 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.031518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2003] [Revised: 08/27/2003] [Accepted: 10/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In the Medicago truncatula/Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis, the plant undergoes a series of developmental changes simultaneously, creating a root nodule and allowing bacterial entry and differentiation. Our studies of plant genes reveal novel transcriptional regulation during the establishment of the symbiosis and identify molecular markers that distinguish classes of plant and bacterial symbiotic mutants. We have identified three symbiotically regulated plant genes encoding a beta,1-3 endoglucanase (MtBGLU1), a lectin (MtLEC4), and a cysteine-containing protein (MtN31). MtBGLU1 is down-regulated in the plant 24 h after exposure to the bacterial signal, Nod factor. The non-nodulating plant mutant dmi1 is defective in the ability to down-regulate MtBGLU1. MtLEC4 and MtN31 are induced 1 and 2 weeks after bacterial inoculation, respectively. We examined the regulation of these two genes and three previously identified genes (MtCAM1, ENOD2, and MtLB1) in plant symbiotic mutants and wild-type plants inoculated with bacterial symbiotic mutants. Plant (bit1, rit1, and Mtsym1) and bacterial (exoA and exoH) mutants with defects in the initial stages of invasion are unable to induce MtLEC4, MtN31, MtCAM1, ENOD2, and MtLB1. Bacterial mutants (fixJ and nifD) and a subset of plant mutants (dnf2, dnf3, dnf4, dnf6, and dnf7) defective for nitrogen fixation induce the above genes. The bacA bacterial mutant, which senesces upon deposition into plant cells, and two plant mutants with defects in nitrogen fixation (dnf1 and dnf5) induce MtLEC4 and ENOD2 but not MtN31, MtCAM1, or MtLB1. These data suggest the presence of at least three transcriptionally distinct developmental stages during invasion of M. truncatula by S. meliloti.
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- Raka Mustaphi Mitra
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Cannon SB, McCombie WR, Sato S, Tabata S, Denny R, Palmer L, Katari M, Young ND, Stacey G. Evolution and microsynteny of the apyrase gene family in three legume genomes. Mol Genet Genomics 2003; 270:347-61. [PMID: 14598165 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0928-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2003] [Accepted: 09/03/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Apyrases have been suggested to play important roles in plant nutrition, photomorphogenesis, and nodulation. To help trace the evolution of these genes in the legumes--and possibly, the acquisition of new functions for nodulation--apyrase-containing BACs were sequenced from three legume genomes. Genomic sequences from Medicago truncatula, Glycine max and Lotus japonicus were compared to one another and to corresponding regions in Arabidopsis thaliana. A phylogenetic analysis of apyrase homologs from these regions and sequences from other legume species, as well as other plant families, identified a potentially legume-specific clade that contains a well-characterized soybean ( G. soja) apyrase, Gs52, as well as homologs from Dolichos, Lotus, Medicago and Pisum. Sister clades contain homologs from members of Brassicaceae, Solanaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae. Comparisons of rates of change at synonymous and nonsynonymous sites in the Gs52 and sister clades show rapid evolution in the potentially legume-specific Gs52 clade. The genomic organization of the apyrase-containing BACs shows evidence of gene duplication, genomic rearrangement, and gene conversion among Gs52 homologs. Taken together, these results suggest a scenario of local apyrase gene duplication in an ancestor of the legumes, followed by functional diversification and increased rates of change in the new genes, and further duplications in the Galegae (which include the genera Medicago and Pisum). The study also provides a detailed comparison of genomic regions between two model genomes which are now being sequenced ( M. truncatulaand L. japonicus), and a genome from an economically important legume species ( G. max).
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- S B Cannon
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Zimmermann P, Zardi G, Lehmann M, Zeder C, Amrhein N, Frossard E, Bucher M. Engineering the root-soil interface via targeted expression of a synthetic phytase gene in trichoblasts. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2003; 1:353-60. [PMID: 17166134 DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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For biochemical modification of the root-soil interface, the engineered secretion of stable enzymes from trichoblasts (= root hair bearing rhizodermal cells) is proposed. As a reporter activity, we chose to express a synthetic gene encoding a secretory phytase (PHY) directed by a trichoblast-specific promoter in root hair cells of the crop plant potato. Transgenic plants produced and secreted phytase in sufficient amounts to release phosphate from phytate in liquid medium. When grown in an unsterile substrate containing phytate, transgenic plants accumulated 40% more P in leaves than wild-type plants. The improved P nutrition driven by trichoblast-targeted expression and subsequent secretion of PHY illustrates the potential of using trichoblast-targeted expression of suitable enzymes for future applications in plant nutrition, phytoremediation and molecular farming.
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- Philip Zimmermann
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Institute of Plant Sciences, Experimental Station Eschikon, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland
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Steinebrunner I, Wu J, Sun Y, Corbett A, Roux SJ. Disruption of apyrases inhibits pollen germination in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 131:1638-47. [PMID: 12692323 PMCID: PMC166920 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.014308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2002] [Revised: 11/25/2002] [Accepted: 12/23/2002] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In Arabidopsis, we previously identified two highly similar apyrases, AtAPY1 and AtAPY2. Here, T-DNA knockout (KO) mutations of each gene were isolated in a reverse genetic approach. The single KO mutants lacked a discernible phenotype. The double KO mutants, however, exhibited a complete inhibition of pollen germination, and this correlated with positive beta-glucuronidase staining in the pollen of apyrase promoter:beta-glucuronidase fusion transgenic lines. The vast majority of the pollen grains of these mutants were identical to wild type in size, shape, and nuclear state and were viable as assayed by metabolic activity and plasma membrane integrity. Complementation with either AtAPY1 or AtAPY2 cDNA rescued pollen germination, confirming that the phenotype was apyrase specific. Despite the redundancy of the two apyrases in rescue potential, transmission analyses suggested a greater role for AtAPY2 in male gamete success. The effect of mutant apyrase on the transmission through the female gametophyte was only marginal, and embryo development appeared normal in the absence of apyrases. The male-specific double KO mutation is fully penetrant and shows that apyrases play a crucial role in pollen germination.
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- Iris Steinebrunner
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas, 205 West 24th Street, Austin 78712-6700, USA
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Navarro-Gochicoa MT, Camut S, Niebel A, Cullimore JV. Expression of the apyrase-like APY1 genes in roots of Medicago truncatula is induced rapidly and transiently by stress and not by Sinorhizobium meliloti or Nod factors. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 131:1124-36. [PMID: 12644663 PMCID: PMC166876 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.010926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2002] [Revised: 09/30/2002] [Accepted: 11/22/2002] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The model legume Medicago truncatula contains at least six apyrase-like genes, five of which (MtAPY1;1, MtAPY1;2, MtAPY1;3, MtAPY1;4, and MtAPY1;5) are members of a legume-specific family, whereas a single gene (MtAPY2) has closer homologs in Arabidopsis. Phylogenetic analysis has revealed that the proteins encoded by these two plant gene families are more similar to yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) GDA1 and to two proteins encoded by newly described mammalian genes (ENP5 and 6) than they are to mammalian CD39- and CD39-like proteins. Northern analyses and analyses of the frequencies of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in different cDNA libraries suggest that in roots, leaves, and flowers, the more highly expressed genes are MtAPY1;3/MtAPY2, MtAPY1;3/MtAPY1;5 and MtAPY1;2/MtAPY1;3 respectively. In roots, at least four of the MtAPY1 genes are induced transiently within 3 to 6 h by a stress response that seems to be ethylene independent because it occurs after treatment with an ethylene synthesis inhibitor and also in the skl ethylene-insensitive mutant. This response also occurs in roots of the following symbiotic mutants: dmi1, dmi2, dmi3, nsp, hcl, pdl, lin, and skl. No evidence was obtained for a rapid, transient, and specific induction of the MtAPY genes in roots in response to rhizobia or rhizobial lipochitooligosaccharidic Nod factors. Thus, our data suggest that the apyrase-like genes, which in several legumes have been implicated to play a role in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis (with some members being described as early nodulin genes), are not regulated symbiotically by rhizobia in M. truncatula.
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- Maria-Teresa Navarro-Gochicoa
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Relations Plantes-Microorganismes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Boite Postale 27, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France
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D'Haeze W, Holsters M. Nod factor structures, responses, and perception during initiation of nodule development. Glycobiology 2002; 12:79R-105R. [PMID: 12107077 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/12.6.79r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The onset of nodule development, the result of rhizobia-legume symbioses, is determined by the exchange of chemical compounds between microsymbiont and leguminous host plant. Lipo-chitooligosaccharidic nodulation (Nod) factors, secreted by rhizobia, belong to these signal molecules. Nod factors consist of an acylated chitin oligomeric backbone with various substitutions at the (non)reducing-terminal and/or nonterminal residues. They induce the formation and deformation of root hairs, intra- and extracellular alkalinization, membrane potential depolarization, changes in ion fluxes, early nodulin gene expression, and formation of nodule primordia. Nod factors play a key role during nodule initiation and act at nano- to picomolar concentrations. A correct chemical structure is required for induction of a particular plant response, suggesting that Nod factor-receptor interaction(s) precede(s) a Nod factor-induced signal transduction cascade. Current data on Nod factor structures and Nod factor-induced responses are highlighted as well as recent advances in the characterization of proteins, possibly involved in recognition of Nod factors by the host plant.
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- Wim D'Haeze
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Geurts R, Bisseling T. Rhizobium nod factor perception and signalling. THE PLANT CELL 2002; 14 Suppl:S239-49. [PMID: 12045280 PMCID: PMC151258 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.002451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2001] [Accepted: 02/25/2002] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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