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Kolbert Z, Barroso JB, Boscari A, Corpas FJ, Gupta KJ, Hancock JT, Lindermayr C, Palma JM, Petřivalský M, Wendehenne D, Loake GJ. Interorgan, intraorgan and interplant communication mediated by nitric oxide and related species. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 39223868 DOI: 10.1111/nph.20085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Plant survival to a potential plethora of diverse environmental insults is underpinned by coordinated communication amongst organs to help shape effective responses to these environmental challenges at the whole plant level. This interorgan communication is supported by a complex signal network that regulates growth, development and environmental responses. Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as a key signalling molecule in plants. However, its potential role in interorgan communication has only recently started to come into view. Direct and indirect evidence has emerged supporting that NO and related species (S-nitrosoglutathione, nitro-linolenic acid) are mobile interorgan signals transmitting responses to stresses such as hypoxia and heat. Beyond their role as mobile signals, NO and related species are involved in mediating xylem development, thus contributing to efficient root-shoot communication. Moreover, NO and related species are regulators in intraorgan systemic defence responses aiming an effective, coordinated defence against pathogens. Beyond its in planta signalling role, NO and related species may act as ex planta signals coordinating external leaf-to-leaf, root-to-leaf but also plant-to-plant communication. Here, we discuss these exciting developments and emphasise how their manipulation may provide novel strategies for crop improvement.
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- Zsuzsanna Kolbert
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, H6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signalling in Nitric Oxide, University of Jaén, Campus Universitario 'Las Lagunillas' s/n, E-23071, Jaén, Spain
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- Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, UMR INRAE 1355, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS 7254, 400 route des Chappes, BP 167, 06903, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Stress, Development and Signaling in Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK
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- Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Munich/Neuherberg, Germany
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- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Stress, Development and Signaling in Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Univiversité de Bourgogne, 21000, Dijon, France
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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Villar I, Larrainzar E, Milazzo L, Pérez-Rontomé C, Rubio MC, Smulevich G, Martínez JI, Wilson MT, Reeder B, Huertas R, Abbruzzetti S, Udvardi M, Becana M. A Plant Gene Encoding One-Heme and Two-Heme Hemoglobins With Extreme Reactivities Toward Diatomic Gases and Nitrite. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:600336. [PMID: 33329665 PMCID: PMC7710986 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.600336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In plants, symbiotic hemoglobins act as carriers and buffers of O2 in nodules, whereas nonsymbiotic hemoglobins or phytoglobins (Glbs) are ubiquitous in tissues and may perform multiple, but still poorly defined, functions related to O2 and/or nitric oxide (NO). Here, we have identified a Glb gene of the model legume Medicago truncatula with unique properties. The gene, designated MtGlb1-2, generates four alternative splice forms encoding Glbs with one or two heme domains and 215-351 amino acid residues. This is more than double the size of any hemoglobin from plants or other organisms described so far. A combination of molecular, cellular, biochemical, and biophysical methods was used to characterize these novel proteins. RNA-sequencing showed that the four splice variants are expressed in plant tissues. MtGlb1-2 is transcriptionally activated by hypoxia and its expression is further enhanced by an NO source. The gene is preferentially expressed in the meristems and vascular bundles of roots and nodules. Two of the proteins, bearing one or two hemes, were characterized using mutants in the distal histidines of the hemes. The Glbs are extremely reactive toward the physiological ligands O2, NO, and nitrite. They show very high O2 affinities, NO dioxygenase activity (in the presence of O2), and nitrite reductase (NiR) activity (in the absence of O2) compared with the hemoglobins from vertebrates and other plants. We propose that these Glbs act as either NO scavengers or NO producers depending on the O2 tension in the plant tissue, being involved in the fast and fine tuning of NO concentration in the cytosol in response to sudden changes in O2 availability.
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- Irene Villar
- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Applied Biology, Campus Arrosadía, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff", Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff", Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, Essex University, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, Essex University, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- Noble Research Institute LLC, Ardmore, OK, United States
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
- *Correspondence: Manuel Becana,
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Zhang C, Howlader P, Liu T, Sun X, Jia X, Zhao X, Shen P, Qin Y, Wang W, Yin H. Alginate Oligosaccharide (AOS) induced resistance to Pst DC3000 via salicylic acid-mediated signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 225:115221. [PMID: 31521273 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Alginate Oligosaccharide (AOS) is a natural biological carbohydrate extracted from seaweed. In our study, Arabidopsis thaliana was used to evaluate the AOS-induced resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000). Resistance was vitally enhanced at 25 mg/L in wild type (WT), showing the decreased disease index and bacteria colonies, burst of ROS and NO, high transcription expression of resistance genes PR1 and increased content of salicylic acid (SA). In SA deficient mutant (sid2), AOS-induced disease resistance dropped obviously compared to WT. The disease index was significantly higher than WT and the expression of recA and avrPtoB are two and four times lower than WT, implying that AOS induces disease resistance injecting Pst DC3000 after three days treatment by arousing the SA pathway. Our results provide a reference for the profound research and application of AOS in agriculture.
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- Chunguang Zhang
- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China; School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China; College of Food Science and Engineering, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Seaweed Fertilizers, Qingdao Brightmoon Seaweed Group Co Ltd., Qingdao, China
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Seaweed Fertilizers, Qingdao Brightmoon Seaweed Group Co Ltd., Qingdao, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
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Demecsová L, Tamás L. Reactive oxygen species, auxin and nitric oxide in metal-stressed roots: toxicity or defence. Biometals 2019; 32:717-744. [PMID: 31541378 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-019-00214-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The presented review is a summary on the current knowledge about metal induced stress response in plants, focusing on the roles of reactive oxygen species, auxin and nitric oxide in roots. The article focuses mainly on the difference between defence and toxicity symptoms of roots during metal-induced stress. Nowadays, pollution of soils by heavy metals is a rapidly growing issue, which affects agriculture and human health. In order to deal with these problems, we must first understand the basic mechanisms and responses to environmental conditions in plants growing under such conditions. Studies so far show somewhat conflicting data, interpreting the same stress responses as both symptoms of defence and toxicity. Therefore, the aim of this review is to give a report about current knowledge of heavy metal-induced stress research, and also to differentiate between toxicity and defence, and outline the challenges of research, focusing on reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, auxin, and the interplay among them. There are still remaining questions on how reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, as well as auxin, can activate either symptoms of toxicity or defence, and adaptation responses.
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- Loriana Demecsová
- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84523, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84523, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Boulain H, Legeai F, Guy E, Morlière S, Douglas NE, Oh J, Murugan M, Smith M, Jaquiéry J, Peccoud J, White FF, Carolan JC, Simon JC, Sugio A. Fast Evolution and Lineage-Specific Gene Family Expansions of Aphid Salivary Effectors Driven by Interactions with Host-Plants. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:1554-1572. [PMID: 29788052 PMCID: PMC6012102 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Effector proteins play crucial roles in plant-parasite interactions by suppressing plant defenses and hijacking plant physiological responses to facilitate parasite invasion and propagation. Although effector proteins have been characterized in many microbial plant pathogens, their nature and role in adaptation to host plants are largely unknown in insect herbivores. Aphids rely on salivary effector proteins injected into the host plants to promote phloem sap uptake. Therefore, gaining insight into the repertoire and evolution of aphid effectors is key to unveiling the mechanisms responsible for aphid virulence and host plant specialization. With this aim in mind, we assembled catalogues of putative effectors in the legume specialist aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, using transcriptomics and proteomics approaches. We identified 3,603 candidate effector genes predicted to be expressed in A. pisum salivary glands (SGs), and 740 of which displayed up-regulated expression in SGs in comparison to the alimentary tract. A search for orthologs in 17 arthropod genomes revealed that SG-up-regulated effector candidates of A. pisum are enriched in aphid-specific genes and tend to evolve faster compared with the whole gene set. We also found that a large fraction of proteins detected in the A. pisum saliva belonged to three gene families, of which certain members show evidence consistent with positive selection. Overall, this comprehensive analysis suggests that the large repertoire of effector candidates in A. pisum constitutes a source of novelties promoting plant adaptation to legumes.
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- Hélène Boulain
- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France
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- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France.,Inria/IRISA GenScale, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France
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- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.,UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Community Science College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France
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- UMR CNRS 7267 Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, équipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France
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- INRA, UMR1349, Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, Le Rheu, France
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García MJ, Corpas FJ, Lucena C, Alcántara E, Pérez-Vicente R, Zamarreño ÁM, Bacaicoa E, García-Mina JM, Bauer P, Romera FJ. A Shoot Fe Signaling Pathway Requiring the OPT3 Transporter Controls GSNO Reductase and Ethylene in Arabidopsis thaliana Roots. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1325. [PMID: 30254659 PMCID: PMC6142016 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Ethylene, nitric oxide (NO) and glutathione (GSH) increase in Fe-deficient roots of Strategy I species where they participate in the up-regulation of Fe acquisition genes. However, S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), derived from NO and GSH, decreases in Fe-deficient roots. GSNO content is regulated by the GSNO-degrading enzyme S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR). On the other hand, there are several results showing that the regulation of Fe acquisition genes does not solely depend on hormones and signaling molecules (such as ethylene or NO), which would act as activators, but also on the internal Fe content of plants, which would act as a repressor. Moreover, different results suggest that total Fe in roots is not the repressor of Fe acquisition genes, but rather the repressor is a Fe signal that moves from shoots to roots through the phloem [hereafter named LOng Distance Iron Signal (LODIS)]. To look further in the possible interactions between LODIS, ethylene and GSNOR, we compared Arabidopsis WT Columbia and LODIS-deficient mutant opt3-2 plants subjected to different Fe treatments that alter LODIS content. The opt3-2 mutant is impaired in the loading of shoot Fe into the phloem and presents constitutive expression of Fe acquisition genes. In roots of both Columbia and opt3-2 plants we determined 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC, ethylene precursor), expression of ethylene synthesis and signaling genes, and GSNOR expression and activity. The results obtained showed that both 'ethylene' (ACC and the expression of ethylene synthesis and signaling genes) and 'GSNOR' (expression and activity) increased in Fe-deficient WT Columbia roots. Additionally, Fe-sufficient opt3-2 roots had higher 'ethylene' and 'GSNOR' than Fe-sufficient WT Columbia roots. The increase of both 'ethylene' and 'GSNOR' was not related to the total root Fe content but to the absence of a Fe shoot signal (LODIS), and was associated with the up-regulation of Fe acquisition genes. The possible relationship between GSNOR(GSNO) and ethylene is discussed.
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- María J. García
- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Agronomy, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agronomy, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Institute of Botany, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Agronomy, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Tamás L, Demecsová L, Zelinová V. L-NAME decreases the amount of nitric oxide and enhances the toxicity of cadmium via superoxide generation in barley root tip. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 224-225:68-74. [PMID: 29604535 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Exposure of barley roots to mM concentrations of L-NAME for 30 min caused a considerable root growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibition of root growth was higher in seedlings co-treated with Cd and L-NAME, compared with roots treated with Cd alone, despite the fact that L-NAME markedly reduced the uptake of Cd by roots. Treatment of roots with L-NAME evoked a decrease in NO level in both control and Cd-treated root tips only after a relatively long lag period, which overlaps with an increase in superoxide and H2O2 levels and peroxynitrite generation. L-NAME-induced root growth inhibition is alleviated not only by the application of the NO donor SNP but also by the ROS and peroxynitrite scavengers. Our results indicate that L-NAME, a NOS inhibitor in the animal kingdom, indeed evokes NO depletion also in the plant tissues; however, it does not occur due to the action of L-NAME as an inhibitor of NOS or NOS-like activity, but as a consequence of L-NAME-induced enhanced superoxide generation, leading to increased peroxynitrite level in the root tips due to the reaction between superoxide and NO.
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- Ladislav Tamás
- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Chandra S, Chakraborty N, Panda K, Acharya K. Chitosan-induced immunity in Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze against blister blight disease is mediated by nitric-oxide. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 115:298-307. [PMID: 28412634 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Blister blight disease, caused by an obligate biotrophic fungal pathogen, Exobasidium vexans Massee is posing a serious threat for tea cultivation in Asia. As the use of chemical pesticides on tea leaves substantially increases the toxic risks of tea consumption, serious attempts are being made to control such pathogens by boosting the intrinsic natural defense responses against invading pathogens in tea plants. In this study, the nature and durability of resistance offered by chitosan and the possible mechanism of chitosan-induced defense induction in Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze plants against blister blight disease were investigated. Foliar application of 0.01% chitosan solution at 15 days interval not only reduced the blister blight incidence for two seasons, but also maintained the induced expressions of different defense related enzymes and total phenol content compared to the control. Defense responses induced by chitosan were found to be down regulated under nitric oxide (NO) deficient conditions in vivo, indicating that the observed chitosan-induced resistance is probably activated via NO signaling. Such role of NO in host defense response was further established by application of the NO donor, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), which produced similar defense responses accomplished through chitosan treatment. Taken together, our results suggest that increased production of NO in chitosan-treated tea plants may play a critical role in triggering the innate defense responses effective against plant pathogens, including that causing the blister blight disease.
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- Swarnendu Chandra
- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India.
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Gaupels F, Durner J, Kogel KH. Production, amplification and systemic propagation of redox messengers in plants? The phloem can do it all! THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 214:554-560. [PMID: 28044323 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Rapid long-distance signalling is an emerging topic in plant research, and is particularly associated with responses to biotic and abiotic stress. Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to pathogen attack is dependent on nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ). By comparison, systemic wound responses (SWRs) and systemic acquired acclimation (SAA) to abiotic stress encounters are triggered by rapid waves of H2 O2 , calcium and electrical signalling. Efforts have been made to decipher the relationship between redox messengers, calcium and other known systemic defence signals. Less is known about possible routes of signal transduction throughout the entire plant. Previously, the phloem has been suggested to be a transport conduit for mobile signals inducing SAR, SWR and SAA. This review highlights the role of the phloem in systemic redox signalling by NO and ROS. A not yet identified calcium-dependent NO source and S-nitrosoglutathione reductase are candidate regulators of NO homeostasis in the phloem, whereas ROS concentrations are controlled by NADPH oxidases and the H2 O2 -scavenging enzyme ascorbate peroxidase. Possible amplification mechanisms in phloem-mediated systemic redox signalling are discussed.
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- Frank Gaupels
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, D-85764, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, D-85764, Germany
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- Institute of Phytopathology, Research Center for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, D-35392, Germany
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Gaupels F, Furch ACU, Zimmermann MR, Chen F, Kaever V, Buhtz A, Kehr J, Sarioglu H, Kogel KH, Durner J. Systemic Induction of NO-, Redox-, and cGMP Signaling in the Pumpkin Extrafascicular Phloem upon Local Leaf Wounding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:154. [PMID: 26904092 PMCID: PMC4751408 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Cucurbits developed the unique extrafascicular phloem (EFP) as a defensive structure against herbivorous animals. Mechanical leaf injury was previously shown to induce a systemic wound response in the EFP of pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima). Here, we demonstrate that the phloem antioxidant system and protein modifications by NO are strongly regulated during this process. Activities of the central antioxidant enzymes dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase and ascorbate reductase were rapidly down-regulated at 30 min with a second minimum at 24 h after wounding. As a consequence levels of total ascorbate and glutathione also decreased with similar bi-phasic kinetics. These results hint toward a wound-induced shift in the redox status of the EFP. Nitric oxide (NO) is another important player in stress-induced redox signaling in plants. Therefore, we analyzed NO-dependent protein modifications in the EFP. Six to forty eight hours after leaf damage total S-nitrosothiol content and protein S-nitrosylation were clearly reduced, which was contrasted by a pronounced increase in protein tyrosine nitration. Collectively, these findings suggest that NO-dependent S-nitrosylation turned into peroxynitrite-mediated protein nitration upon a stress-induced redox shift probably involving the accumulation of reactive oxygen species within the EFP. Using the biotin switch assay and anti-nitrotyrosine antibodies we identified 9 candidate S-nitrosylated and 6 candidate tyrosine-nitrated phloem proteins. The wound-responsive Phloem Protein 16-1 (PP16-1) and Cyclophilin 18 (CYP18) as well as the 26.5 kD isoform of Phloem Protein 2 (PP2) were amenable to both NO modifications and could represent important redox-sensors within the cucurbit EFP. We also found that leaf injury triggered the systemic accumulation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in the EFP and discuss the possible function of this second messenger in systemic NO and redox signaling within the EFP.
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- Frank Gaupels
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-UniversityJena, Germany
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- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-UniversityJena, Germany
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou, China
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Department Lothar Willmitzer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyPotsdam, Germany
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- Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University HamburgHamburg, Germany
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- Department of Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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- Research Center for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Institute of Phytopathology, Justus Liebig University GiessenGiessen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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Navarro-RóDenas A, Xu H, Kemppainen M, Pardo AG, Zwiazek JJ. Laccaria bicolor aquaporin LbAQP1 is required for Hartig net development in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2015; 38:2475-86. [PMID: 25857333 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The development of ectomycorrhizal associations is crucial for growth of many forest trees. However, the signals that are exchanged between the fungus and the host plant during the colonization process are still poorly understood. In this study, we have identified the relationship between expression patterns of Laccaria bicolor aquaporin LbAQP1 and the development of ectomycorrhizal structures in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings. The peak expression of LbAQP1 was 700-fold higher in the hyphae within the root than in the free-living mycelium after 24 h of direct interaction with the roots. Moreover, in LbAQP1 knock-down strains, a non-mycorrhizal phenotype was developed without the Hartig net and the expression of the mycorrhizal effector protein MiSSP7 quickly declined after an initial peak on day 5 of interaction of the fungal hyphae with the roots. The increase in the expression of LbAQP1 required a direct contact of the fungus with the root and it modulated the expression of MiSSP7. We have also determined that LbAQP1 facilitated NO, H2 O2 and CO2 transport when heterologously expressed in yeast. The report demonstrates that the L. bicolor aquaporin LbAQP1 acts as a molecular signalling channel, which is fundamental for the development of Hartig net in root tips of P. tremuloides.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Micología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Bernal, Provincia de Buenos Aires, B1876BXD, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Micología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Bernal, Provincia de Buenos Aires, B1876BXD, Argentina
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Chakraborty N, Chandra S, Acharya K. Sublethal heavy metal stress stimulates innate immunity in tomato. ScientificWorldJournal 2015; 2015:208649. [PMID: 25729768 PMCID: PMC4333193 DOI: 10.1155/2015/208649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Effect of sublethal heavy metal stress as plant biotic elicitor for triggering innate immunity in tomato plant was investigated. Copper in in vivo condition induced accumulation of defense enzymes like peroxidase (PO), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), and β-1,3 glucanase along with higher accumulation of total phenol, antioxidative enzymes (catalase and ascorbate peroxidase), and total chlorophyll content. Furthermore, the treatment also induced nitric oxide (NO) production which was confirmed by realtime visualization of NO burst using a fluorescent probe 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate (DAF-2DA) and spectrophotometric analysis. The result suggested that the sublethal dose of heavy metal can induce an array of plant defense responses that lead to the improvement of innate immunity in plants.
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- Nilanjan Chakraborty
- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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Furch ACU, van Bel AJE, Will T. Aphid salivary proteases are capable of degrading sieve-tube proteins. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:533-9. [PMID: 25540441 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sieve tubes serve as transport conduits for photo-assimilates and other resources in angiosperms and are profitable targets for piercing-sucking insects such as aphids. Sieve-tube sap also contains significant amounts of proteins with diverse functions, for example in signalling, metabolism, and defence. The identification of salivary proteases in Acyrthosiphon pisum led to the hypothesis that aphids might be able to digest these proteins and by doing so suppress plant defence and access additional nitrogen sources. Here, the scarce knowledge of proteases in aphid saliva is briefly reviewed. In order to provide a better platform for discussion, we conducted a few tests on in vitro protease activity and degradation of sieve-tube sap proteins of Cucurbita maxima by watery saliva. Inhibition of protein degradation by EDTA indicates the presence of different types of proteases (e.g. metalloproteses) in saliva of A. pisum. Proteases in the watery saliva from Macrosiphum euphorbiae and A. pisum were able to degrade the most abundant phloem protein, which is phloem protein 1. Our results provide support for the breakdown of sieve-element proteins by aphid saliva in order to suppress/neutralize the defence responses of the plant and to make proteins of sieve-tube sap accessible as a nitrogen source, as is discussed in detail. Finally, we discuss whether glycosylation of sieve-element proteins and the presence of protease inhibitors may confer partial protection against the proteolytic activity of aphid saliva.
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- Alexandra C U Furch
- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Dornburger Str. 159, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of General Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Centre for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH. Microscopic and macroscopic monitoring of adaxial-abaxial pH gradients in the leaf apoplast of Vicia faba L. as primed by NaCl stress at the roots. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 223:109-115. [PMID: 24767120 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The pH is a basic chemical requirement in cellular and apoplastic compartments that influences various physiological processes in plants. Apoplastic pH shifts can modulate the apoplastic and symplastic distribution of plant hormones or influence proton motive force-driven uptake processes over the plasma-membrane. Changing environments are known to effect on the apoplastic H(+)-concentration in leaves and roots. The onset of NaCl-stress at the roots for instance primes a chloride-specific systemic alkalinization of the leaf apoplast. By means of microscopy- and macroscopy-based in planta ratio-imaging we surprisingly found that large adaxial-abaxial pH gradients were established throughout the leaf apoplast during the formation of the NaCl-induced alkalinization. Moreover, the root system is necessary to ensure the transient nature of the leaf apoplastic alkalinization.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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van Bel AJE, Furch ACU, Will T, Buxa SV, Musetti R, Hafke JB. Spread the news: systemic dissemination and local impact of Ca²⁺ signals along the phloem pathway. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1761-87. [PMID: 24482370 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We explored the idea of whether electropotential waves (EPWs) primarily act as vehicles for systemic spread of Ca(2+) signals. EPW-associated Ca(2+) influx may trigger generation and amplification of countless long-distance signals along the phloem pathway given the fact that gating of Ca(2+)-permeable channels is a universal response to biotic and abiotic challenges. Despite fundamental differences, both action and variation potentials are associated with a sudden Ca(2+) influx. Both EPWs probably disperse in the lateral direction, which could be of essential functional significance. A vast set of Ca(2+)-permeable channels, some of which have been localized, is required for Ca(2+)-modulated events in sieve elements. There, Ca(2+)-permeable channels are clustered and create so-called Ca(2+) hotspots, which play a pivotal role in sieve element occlusion. Occlusion mechanisms play a central part in the interaction between plants and phytopathogens (e.g. aphids or phytoplasmas) and in transient re-organization of the vascular symplasm. It is argued that Ca(2+)-triggered systemic signalling occurs in partly overlapping waves. The forefront of EPWs may be accompanied by a burst of free Ca(2+) ions and Ca(2+)-binding proteins in the sieve tube sap, with a far-reaching impact on target cells. Lateral dispersion of EPWs may induce diverse Ca(2+) influx and handling patterns (Ca(2+) signatures) in various cell types lining the sieve tubes. As a result, a variety of cascades may trigger the fabrication of signals such as phytohormones, proteins, or RNA species released into the sap stream after product-related lag times. Moreover, transient reorganization of the vascular symplasm could modify cascades in disjunct vascular cells.
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- Aart J E van Bel
- Institute of General Botany, Justus-Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 17, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
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Arasimowicz-Jelonek M, Floryszak-Wieczorek J, Drzewiecka K, Chmielowska-Bąk J, Abramowski D, Izbiańska K. Aluminum induces cross-resistance of potato to Phytophthora infestans. PLANTA 2014; 239:679-94. [PMID: 24346311 PMCID: PMC3928512 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-2008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The phenomenon of cross-resistance allows plants to acquire resistance to a broad range of stresses after previous exposure to one specific factor. Although this stress-response relationship has been known for decades, the sequence of events that underpin cross-resistance remains unknown. Our experiments revealed that susceptible potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Bintje) undergoing aluminum (Al) stress at the root level showed enhanced defense responses correlated with reduced disease symptoms after leaf inoculation with Phytophthora infestans. The protection capacity of Al to subsequent stress was associated with the local accumulation of H2O2 in roots and systemic activation of salicylic acid (SA) and nitric oxide (NO) dependent pathways. The most crucial Al-mediated changes involved coding of NO message in an enhanced S-nitrosothiol formation in leaves tuned with an abundant SNOs accumulation in the main vein of leaves. Al-induced distal NO generation was correlated with the overexpression of PR-2 and PR-3 at both mRNA and protein activity levels. In turn, after contact with a pathogen we observed early up-regulation of SA-mediated defense genes, e.g. PR1, PR-2, PR-3 and PAL, and subsequent disease limitation. Taken together Al exposure induced distal changes in the biochemical stress imprint, facilitating more effective responses to a subsequent pathogen attack.
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- Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek
- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland,
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Dumont E, Jokipii-Lukkari S, Parkash V, Vuosku J, Sundström R, Nymalm Y, Sutela S, Taskinen K, Kallio PT, Salminen TA, Häggman H. Evolution, three-dimensional model and localization of truncated hemoglobin PttTrHb of hybrid aspen. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88573. [PMID: 24520401 PMCID: PMC3919811 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Thus far, research on plant hemoglobins (Hbs) has mainly concentrated on symbiotic and non-symbiotic Hbs, and information on truncated Hbs (TrHbs) is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the origin, structure and localization of the truncated Hb (PttTrHb) of hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. × tremuloides Michx.), the model system of tree biology. Additionally, we studied the PttTrHb expression in relation to non-symbiotic class1 Hb gene (PttHb1) using RNAi-silenced hybrid aspen lines. Both the phylogenetic analysis and the three-dimensional (3D) model of PttTrHb supported the view that plant TrHbs evolved vertically from a bacterial TrHb. The 3D model suggested that PttTrHb adopts a 2-on-2 sandwich of α-helices and has a Bacillus subtilis -like ligand-binding pocket in which E11Gln and B10Tyr form hydrogen bonds to a ligand. However, due to differences in tunnel cavity and gate residue (E7Ala), it might not show similar ligand-binding kinetics as in Bs-HbO (E7Thr). The immunolocalization showed that PttTrHb protein was present in roots, stems as well as leaves of in vitro -grown hybrid aspens. In mature organs, PttTrHb was predominantly found in the vascular bundles and specifically at the site of lateral root formation, overlapping consistently with areas of nitric oxide (NO) production in plants. Furthermore, the NO donor sodium nitroprusside treatment increased the amount of PttTrHb in stems. The observed PttTrHb localization suggests that PttTrHb plays a role in the NO metabolism.
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- Estelle Dumont
- Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- UMR-MD1, Transporteurs Membranaires, Chimiorésistance et Drug-Design, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Kováčik J, Babula P, Hedbavny J, Švec P. Manganese-induced oxidative stress in two ontogenetic stages of chamomile and amelioration by nitric oxide. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 215-216:1-10. [PMID: 24388509 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Impact of manganese (Mn(2+)) excess (100, 500 and 1000 μM over 7 days) on two ontogenetic stages (7-week-old plants and 7-day-old seedlings) of Matricaria chamomilla was compared. Mn excess depressed growth of seedlings (but not germination) and stimulated oxidative stress (ROS and lipid peroxidation) in both plants and seedlings. Growth inhibition could be evoked by higher Mn uptake and higher translocation factor in seedlings than in plants. Total thiols staining revealed elevation in almost all treatments. In 7-week-old plants, activity of peroxidases increased slightly and rather decreased under high Mn doses. Superoxide rather than hydrogen peroxide contributed to visualized ROS presence. Fluorescence of nitric oxide (NO) showed stimulation in plants but decrease in seedlings. Impact of exogenous nitric oxide donor (sodium nitroprusside/SNP) was therefore tested and results showed amelioration of 1000 μM Mn-induced oxidative stress in seedlings (decrease in H2O2 and increase in NO content while antioxidative enzyme activities were variably affected) concomitantly with depleted Mn accumulation. It is concluded that NO participates in tolerance to Mn excess but negative effects of the highest SNP dose were also observed. Extensive fluorescence microscopy is also explanatively discussed.
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- Jozef Kováčik
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1/3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Groß F, Durner J, Gaupels F. Nitric oxide, antioxidants and prooxidants in plant defence responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:419. [PMID: 24198820 PMCID: PMC3812536 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In plant cells the free radical nitric oxide (NO) interacts both with anti- as well as prooxidants. This review provides a short survey of the central roles of ascorbate and glutathione-the latter alone or in conjunction with S-nitrosoglutathione reductase-in controlling NO bioavailability. Other major topics include the regulation of antioxidant enzymes by NO and the interplay between NO and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Under stress conditions NO regulates antioxidant enzymes at the level of activity and gene expression, which can cause either enhancement or reduction of the cellular redox status. For instance chronic NO production during salt stress induced the antioxidant system thereby increasing salt tolerance in various plants. In contrast, rapid NO accumulation in response to strong stress stimuli was occasionally linked to inhibition of antioxidant enzymes and a subsequent rise in hydrogen peroxide levels. Moreover, during incompatible Arabidopsis thaliana-Pseudomonas syringae interactions ROS burst and cell death progression were shown to be terminated by S-nitrosylation-triggered inhibition of NADPH oxidases, further highlighting the multiple roles of NO during redox-signaling. In chemical reactions between NO and ROS reactive nitrogen species (RNS) arise with characteristics different from their precursors. Recently, peroxynitrite formed by the reaction of NO with superoxide has attracted much attention. We will describe putative functions of this molecule and other NO derivatives in plant cells. Non-symbiotic hemoglobins (nsHb) were proposed to act in NO degradation. Additionally, like other oxidases nsHb is also capable of catalyzing protein nitration through a nitrite- and hydrogen peroxide-dependent process. The physiological significance of the described findings under abiotic and biotic stress conditions will be discussed with a special emphasis on pathogen-induced programmed cell death (PCD).
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- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz-Zentrum MünchenMunich, Germany
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Geilfus CM, Mühling KH. Ratiometric monitoring of transient apoplastic alkalinizations in the leaf apoplast of living Vicia faba plants: chloride primes and PM-H+-ATPase shapes NaCl-induced systemic alkalinizations. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:1117-1129. [PMID: 23176077 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Transient apoplastic alkalinization has been discussed as a general stress factor, and is thought to represent a root-to-shoot signal that transmits information regarding an ongoing NaCl stress event from the site of the trigger to the distant plant tissue. Surprisingly, despite this importance, a number of gaps exist in our knowledge of NaCl-induced apoplastic pH alkalinization. This study was designed in order to shed light onto the mechanisms responsible for the initiation and transiency of leaf apoplastic alkalinization under conditions of NaCl stress as supplied to roots. An H(+)-sensitive fluorescence probe, in combination with ratiometric microscopy imaging, was used for in planta live recording of leaf apoplastic pH. The use of a nonionic solute demonstrated that the alkalinization is induced in response to ionic, and not osmotic, components of NaCl stress. Tests with Cl(-)- or Na(+)-accompanying counter-ions strengthened the idea that the stress factor itself, namely Cl(-), is transferred from root to shoot and elicits the pH alterations. Investigations with a plasma membrane ATPase inhibitor suggest that ATPase activity influences the course of the alkalinization by having a shaping re-acidifying effect on the alkalinization.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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Gill SS, Hasanuzzaman M, Nahar K, Macovei A, Tuteja N. Importance of nitric oxide in cadmium stress tolerance in crop plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 63:254-261. [PMID: 23313792 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd(2+)) is a widespread heavy metal pollutant in the environment with a long biological half-life, originating mainly from industrial processes and phosphate fertilizers. It is easily taken up by plants, resulting in toxicity symptoms, such as chlorosis, wilting, growth reduction, and cell death. This cellular toxicity might result from interactions with vital metabolic pathways, carboxyl or thiol groups of proteins and reactive oxygen species (ROS) burst in plants. Plant exposure even to low concentrations of Cd may lead to cell death but the mechanism of its toxicity is still debatable. Therefore, exploring various ways to improve crop productivity and/or alleviate Cd stress effects is one of the major areas of concern. Nitric oxide (NO) is a hydrophobic gaseous molecule involved in various physiological processes such as germination, root growth, stomatal closure, control of the flowering timing etc. NO also functions as cell signaling molecule in plants and play important roles in the regulation of plant responses to both abiotic and biotic stress conditions. At the molecular level, NO signaling includes protein modification by binding to critical cysteine residues, heme or iron-sulfur centers and tyrosine residue nitration via peroxynitrite formation (ONOO(-)), mobilization of secondary messengers (Ca(2+), cyclic GMP and cyclic ADP-Rib) and modulation of protein kinase activities. Significant research had been done to understand the NO biosynthesis and signaling in plants under stress, but several questions still need to be answered. The present review is focused specifically on the importance of NO as Cd stress modulator in crop plants.
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- Sarvajeet Singh Gill
- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, MD University, Rohtak 124 001, India.
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Calcium as a Trigger and Regulator of Systemic Alarms and Signals along the Phloem Pathway. LONG-DISTANCE SYSTEMIC SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATION IN PLANTS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36470-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Zimmermann MR, Hafke JB, van Bel AJE, Furch ACU. Interaction of xylem and phloem during exudation and wound occlusion in Cucurbita maxima. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:237-47. [PMID: 22765252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02571.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Collection of cucurbit exudates from cut petioles has been a powerful tool for gaining knowledge on phloem sap composition without full notion of the complex exudation mechanism. Only few publications explicitly mentioned that exudates were collected from the basal side of the cut, which exudes more copiously than the apical side. This is surprising since only exudation from the apical side is supposedly driven by phloem pressure gradients. Composition of carbohydrates and pH values at both wounding sides are equal, whereas protein concentration is higher at the basal side. Apparently, exudation is far more complex than just the delivery of phloem sap. Xylem involvement is indicated by lower protein concentrations after elimination of root pressure. Moreover, dye was sucked into xylem vessels owing to relaxation of negative pressure after cutting. The lateral water efflux from the vessels increases turgor of surrounding cells including sieve elements. Simultaneously, detached parietal proteins (PP1/PP2) induce occlusion of sieve plates and cover wound surface. If root pressure is strong enough, pure xylem sap can be collected after removal of the occlusion plug at the wound surface. The present findings provide a mechanism of sap exudation in Cucurbita maxima, in which the contribution of xylem water is integrated.
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- Matthias R Zimmermann
- Institute for Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Gießen, Germany.
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Gaupels F, Sarioglu H, Beckmann M, Hause B, Spannagl M, Draper J, Lindermayr C, Durner J. Deciphering systemic wound responses of the pumpkin extrafascicular phloem by metabolomics and stable isotope-coded protein labeling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:2285-99. [PMID: 23085839 PMCID: PMC3510148 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.205336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In cucurbits, phloem latex exudes from cut sieve tubes of the extrafascicular phloem (EFP), serving in defense against herbivores. We analyzed inducible defense mechanisms in the EFP of pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) after leaf damage. As an early systemic response, wounding elicited transient accumulation of jasmonates and a decrease in exudation probably due to partial sieve tube occlusion by callose. The energy status of the EFP was enhanced as indicated by increased levels of ATP, phosphate, and intermediates of the citric acid cycle. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry also revealed that sucrose transport, gluconeogenesis/glycolysis, and amino acid metabolism were up-regulated after wounding. Combining ProteoMiner technology for the enrichment of low-abundance proteins with stable isotope-coded protein labeling, we identified 51 wound-regulated phloem proteins. Two Sucrose-Nonfermenting1-related protein kinases and a 32-kD 14-3-3 protein are candidate central regulators of stress metabolism in the EFP. Other proteins, such as the Silverleaf Whitefly-Induced Protein1, Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase6, and Heat Shock Protein81, have known defensive functions. Isotope-coded protein labeling and western-blot analyses indicated that Cyclophilin18 is a reliable marker for stress responses of the EFP. As a hint toward the induction of redox signaling, we have observed delayed oxidation-triggered polymerization of the major Phloem Protein1 (PP1) and PP2, which correlated with a decline in carbonylation of PP2. In sum, wounding triggered transient sieve tube occlusion, enhanced energy metabolism, and accumulation of defense-related proteins in the pumpkin EFP. The systemic wound response was mediated by jasmonate and redox signaling.
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- Frank Gaupels
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Tanou G, Filippou P, Belghazi M, Job D, Diamantidis G, Fotopoulos V, Molassiotis A. Oxidative and nitrosative-based signaling and associated post-translational modifications orchestrate the acclimation of citrus plants to salinity stress. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 72:585-99. [PMID: 22780834 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.05100.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are involved in a plethora of cellular responses in plants; however, our knowledge on the outcomes of oxidative and nitrosative signaling is still unclear. To better understand how oxidative and nitrosative signals are integrated to regulate cellular adjustments to external conditions, local and systemic responses were investigated in the roots and leaves of sour orange plants (Citrus aurantium L.) after root treatment with hydrogen peroxide (H(2) O(2) ) or sodium nitroprusside (a nitric oxide donor), followed by NaCl stress for 8 days. Phenotypic and physiological data showed that pre-exposure to these treatments induced an acclimation to subsequent salinity stress that was accompanied by both local and systemic H(2) O(2) and nitric oxide (NO) accumulation. Combined histochemical and fluorescent probe approaches showed the existence of a vascular-driven long-distance reactive oxygen species and NO signaling pathway. Transcriptional analysis of genes diagnostic for H(2) O(2) and NO signaling just after treatments or after 8 days of salt stress revealed tissue- and time-specific mechanisms controlling internal H(2) O(2) and NO homeostasis. Furthermore, evidence is presented showing that protein carbonylation, nitration and S-nitrosylation are involved in acclimation to salinity stress. In addition, this work enabled characterization of potential carbonylated, nitrated and nitrosylated proteins with distinct or overlapping signatures. This work provides a framework to better understand the oxidative and nitrosative priming network in citrus plants subjected to salinity conditions.
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- Georgia Tanou
- Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Arasimowicz-Jelonek M, Floryszak-Wieczorek J, Deckert J, Rucińska-Sobkowiak R, Gzyl J, Pawlak-Sprada S, Abramowski D, Jelonek T, Gwóźdź EA. Nitric oxide implication in cadmium-induced programmed cell death in roots and signaling response of yellow lupine plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 58:124-34. [PMID: 22819859 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The sequence of events leading to the programmed cell death (PCD) induced by heavy metals in plants is still the object of extensive investigation. In this study we showed that roots of 3-day old yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) seedlings exposed to cadmium (Cd, 89μM CdCl(2)) resulted in PCD starting from 24h of stress duration, which was evidenced by TUNEL-positive reaction. Cd-induced PCD was preceded by a relatively early burst of nitric oxide (NO) localized mainly in the root tips. Above changes were accompanied by the NADPH-oxidase-dependent superoxide anion (O(2)(·-)) production. However, the concomitant high level of both NO and O(2)(·-) at the 24th h of Cd exposure did not provoke an enhanced peroxynitrite formation. The treatment with the NADPH-oxidase inhibitor and NO-scavenger significantly reduced O(2)(·-) and NO production, respectively, as well as diminished the pool of cells undergoing PCD. The obtained data indicate that boosted NO and O(2)(·-) production is required for Cd-induced PCD in lupine roots. Moreover, we found that in roots of 14-day old lupine plants the NO-dependent Cd-induced PCD was correlated with the enhanced level of the post-stress signals in leaves, including distal NO cross-talk with hydrogen peroxide.
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- Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek
- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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van Bel AJE, Furch ACU, Hafke JB, Knoblauch M, Patrick JW. (Questions)n on phloem biology. 2. Mass flow, molecular hopping, distribution patterns and macromolecular signalling. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:325-330. [PMID: 21889037 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This review speculates on correlations between mass flow in sieve tubes and the distribution of photoassimilates and macromolecular signals. Since micro- (low-molecular compounds) and macromolecules are withdrawn from, and released into, the sieve-tube sap at various rates, distribution patterns of these compounds do not strictly obey mass-flow predictions. Due to serial release and retrieval transport steps executed by sieve tube plasma membranes, micromolecules are proposed to "hop" between sieve element/companion cell complexes and phloem parenchyma cells under source-limiting conditions (apoplasmic hopping). Under sink-limiting conditions, micromolecules escape from sieve tubes via pore-plasmodesma units and are temporarily stored. It is speculated that macromolecules "hop" between sieve elements and companion cells using plasmodesmal trafficking mechanisms (symplasmic hopping). We explore how differential tagging may influence distribution patterns of macromolecules and how their bidirectional movement could arise. Effects of exudation techniques on the macromolecular composition of sieve-tube sap are discussed.
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- Aart J E van Bel
- Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Institute of General Botany, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 17, Giessen, Germany.
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van Bel AJE, Knoblauch M, Furch ACU, Hafke JB. (Questions)(n) on phloem biology. 1. Electropotential waves, Ca2+ fluxes and cellular cascades along the propagation pathway. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:210-8. [PMID: 21763531 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This review explores the relationships between electrical long-distance signalling, Ca(2+) influx coincident with propagation of electropotential waves, and cellular responses to Ca(2+) influx including the consequences for sieve-tube conductivity and mass flow. Ca(2+) influx is inherent to electropotential waves and appears to constitute the key link between rapid physical signals and resultant chemical cascades in sieve tubes and adjacent cells. Members of several channel groups are likely involved the regulation of Ca(2+) levels in sieve elements. Among them are hyperpolarization-activated, depolarization-activated, and mechanosensitive Ca(2+) channels located in the plasma membrane and Ca(2+) dependent Ca(2+) channels that reside in ER-membranes of sieve elements. These channels collectively determine intracellular Ca(2+) levels in sieve elements and their neighbour cells. The latter cells react to Ca(2+) elevation by inducing diverse functional responses dependent on the cell type. If the Ca(2+) concentration in sieve elements surpasses a threshold level, dual sieve-plate occlusion by proteins and callose deposition is triggered. Occlusion is reversed when Ca(2+) levels subside. Electrical messages may regulate the degree of sieve plate hydraulic conductivity in intact plants by partial sieve-plate occlusion that has a major impact on volume flow through sieve tubes. Furthermore, complete but temporary occlusion of sieve tubes may modify mass flow patterns in intact plants.
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- Aart J E van Bel
- Plant Cell Biology Research Group, Institute of General Botany, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 17, 35390 Giessen, Germany.
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Gémes K, Poór P, Horváth E, Kolbert Z, Szopkó D, Szepesi A, Tari I. Cross-talk between salicylic acid and NaCl-generated reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in tomato during acclimation to high salinity. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2011; 142:179-92. [PMID: 21338371 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01461.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and nitric oxide (NO) generated by salicylic acid (SA) are considered to be functional links of cross-tolerance to various stressors. SA-stimulated pre-adaptation state was beneficial in the acclimation to subsequent salt stress in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Rio Fuego). At the whole-plant level, SA-induced massive H₂O₂ accumulation only at high concentrations (10⁻³-10⁻² M), which later caused the death of plants. The excess accumulation of H₂O₂ as compared with plants exposed to 100 mM NaCl was not associated with salt stress response after SA pre-treatments. In the root tips, 10⁻³-10⁻² M SA triggered the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and NO with a concomitant decline in the cell viability. Sublethal concentrations of SA, however, decreased the effect of salt stress on ROS and NO production in the root apex. The attenuation of oxidative stress because of high salinity occurred not only in pre-adapted plants but also at cell level. When protoplasts prepared from control leaves were exposed to SA in the presence of 100 mM NaCl, the production of NO and ROS was much lower and the viability of the cells was higher than in salt-treated samples. This suggests that, the cross-talk of signalling pathways induced by SA and high salinity may occur at the level of ROS and NO production. Abscisic acid (ABA), polyamines and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, the compounds accumulating in pre-treated plants, enhanced the diphenylene iodonium-sensitive ROS and NO levels, but, in contrast to others, ABA and putrescine preserved the viability of protoplasts.
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- Katalin Gémes
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, PO Box 654, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
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Nitric oxide (NO) has recently joined the select circle of the ubiquitous molecules of plant signalling networks. Indeed, the last decade has produced a tremendous amount of data that evidence the diversity of physiological situations in which NO is involved in plants and the complexity of NO biology. These data also underline our difficulties in providing simple answers to the cardinal questions of where NO comes from and how the NO message is converted into a physiological response. The identification of NO primary targets and NO-regulated genes provides new opportunities to connect NO biochemistry and NO biology. This review summarises our current understanding of NO signalling, from the generation of the NO message to its execution into a cellular response. The review particularly considers whether and how NO may be responsible for specific signalling in different physiological processes.
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- E Baudouin
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, Unité de Recherche 5, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire des Plantes, Paris, France.
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Rodriguez-Medina C, Atkins CA, Mann AJ, Jordan ME, Smith PMC. Macromolecular composition of phloem exudate from white lupin (Lupinus albus L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 11:36. [PMID: 21342527 PMCID: PMC3055823 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Members of the legume genus Lupinus exude phloem 'spontaneously' from incisions made to the vasculature. This feature was exploited to document macromolecules present in exudate of white lupin (Lupinus albus [L.] cv Kiev mutant), in particular to identify proteins and RNA molecules, including microRNA (miRNA). RESULTS Proteomic analysis tentatively identified 86 proteins from 130 spots collected from 2D gels analysed by partial amino acid sequence determination using MS/MS. Analysis of a cDNA library constructed from exudate identified 609 unique transcripts. Both proteins and transcripts were classified into functional groups. The largest group of proteins comprised those involved in metabolism (24%), followed by protein modification/turnover (9%), redox regulation (8%), cell structural components (6%), stress and defence response (6%) with fewer in other groups. More prominent proteins were cyclophilin, ubiquitin, a glycine-rich RNA-binding protein, a group of proteins that comprise a glutathione/ascorbate-based mechanism to scavenge oxygen radicals, enzymes of glycolysis and other metabolism including methionine and ethylene synthesis. Potential signalling macromolecules such as transcripts encoding proteins mediating calcium level and the Flowering locus T (FT) protein were also identified. From around 330 small RNA clones (18-25 nt) 12 were identified as probable miRNAs by homology with those from other species. miRNA composition of exudate varied with site of collection (e.g. upward versus downward translocation streams) and nutrition (e.g. phosphorus level). CONCLUSIONS This is the first inventory of macromolecule composition of phloem exudate from a species in the Fabaceae, providing a basis to identify systemic signalling macromolecules with potential roles in regulating development, growth and stress response of legumes.
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- Caren Rodriguez-Medina
- INRA Center Colmar. France
- School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley. WA 6009. Australia
- School of Biological Science, The University of Sydney. NSW 2006. Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley. WA 6009. Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley. WA 6009. Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley. WA 6009. Australia
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- School of Biological Science, The University of Sydney. NSW 2006. Australia
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Bustos-Sanmamed P, Tovar-Méndez A, Crespi M, Sato S, Tabata S, Becana M. Regulation of nonsymbiotic and truncated hemoglobin genes of Lotus japonicus in plant organs and in response to nitric oxide and hormones. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 189:765-776. [PMID: 21073469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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• In legumes, symbiotic leghemoglobins facilitate oxygen diffusion to the bacteroids, but the roles of nonsymbiotic and truncated hemoglobins are largely unknown. Here the five hemoglobin genes of Lotus japonicus have been functionally characterized to gain insight into their regulatory mechanisms. • Plants were exposed to nitric oxide donors, stressful conditions, and hormones. Gene expression profiling was determined by quantitative PCR, and gene activities were localized using in situ hybridization and promoter-reporter gene fusions. • The LjGLB1-1, LjGLB2, and LjGLB3-1 mRNA expression levels were very high in nodules relative to other plant organs. The expression of these genes was localized in the vascular bundles, cortex, and infected tissue. LjGLB1-1 was the only gene induced by nitric oxide. Cytokinins caused nearly complete inactivation of LjGLB2 and LjGLB3-1 in nodules and induction of LjGLB1-1 in roots. Abscisic acid induced LjGLB1-1 in nodules and LjGLB1-2 and LjGLB2 in roots, whereas polyamines and jasmonic acid induced LjGLB1-1 only in roots. • The enhanced expression of the three types of hemoglobins in nodules, the colocalization of gene activities in nodule and root tissues with high metabolic rates, and their distinct regulatory mechanisms point out complementary roles of hemoglobins and strongly support the hypothesis that LjGLB1-1, LjGLB2, and LjGLB3-1 are required for symbiosis.
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- Pilar Bustos-Sanmamed
- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 13034, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 13034, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 1 Avenue de la Terrase, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 13034, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Tanou G, Job C, Belghazi M, Molassiotis A, Diamantidis G, Job D. Proteomic signatures uncover hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide cross-talk signaling network in citrus plants. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:5994-6006. [PMID: 20825250 DOI: 10.1021/pr100782h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and nitric oxide ((•)NO) elicit numerous processes in plants. However, our knowledge of H(2)O(2) and (•)NO-responsive proteins is limited. The present study aimed to identify proteins whose accumulation levels were regulated by these signaling molecules in citrus leaves. To address this question, hydroponically grown citrus plants were treated by incubating their roots in the presence of H(2)O(2) or the (•)NO donor, sodium nitroprusside (SNP). Both treatments induced H(2)O(2) and (•)NO production in leaves, indicating occurrence of oxidative and nitrosative stress conditions. However, treated plants maintained their normal physiological status. The vascular system was shown to be involved in the H(2)O(2) and (•)NO systemic signaling as evidenced by real-time labeling of the two molecules. Comparative proteomic analysis identified a number of proteins whose accumulation levels were altered by treatments. They were mainly involved in photosynthesis, defense and energy. More than half of them were commonly modulated by both treatments, indicating a strong overlap between H(2)O(2) and (•)NO responses. Using a redox proteomic approach, several proteins were also identified as being carbonylation targets of H(2)O(2) and SNP. The analysis reveals an interlinked H(2)O(2) and (•)NO proteins network allowing a deeper understanding of oxidative and nitrosative signaling in plants.
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- Georgia Tanou
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture, University Campus, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Dinant S, Bonnemain JL, Girousse C, Kehr J. Phloem sap intricacy and interplay with aphid feeding. C R Biol 2010; 333:504-15. [PMID: 20541162 DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Aphididae feed upon the plant sieve elements (SE), where they ingest sugars, nitrogen compounds and other nutrients. For ingestion, aphid stylets penetrate SE, and because of the high hydrostatic pressure in SE, phloem sap exudes out into the stylets. Severing stylets to sample phloem exudates (i.e. stylectomy) has been used extensively for the study of phloem contents. Alternative sampling techniques are spontaneous exudation upon wounding that only works in a few plant species, and the popular EDTA-facilitated exudation technique. These approaches have allowed fundamental advances on the understanding of phloem sap composition and sieve tube physiology, which are surveyed in this review. A more complete picture of metabolites, ions, proteins and RNAs present in phloem sap is now available, which has provided large evidence for the phloem role as a signalling network in addition to its primary role in partitioning of photo-assimilates. Thus, phloem sap sampling methods can have remarkable applications to analyse plant nutrition, physiology and defence responses. Since aphid behaviour is suspected to be affected by phloem sap quality, attempts to manipulate phloem sap content were recently undertaken based on deregulation in mutant plants of genes controlling amino acid or sugar content of phloem sap. This opens up new strategies to control aphid settlement on a plant host.
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- Sylvie Dinant
- UMR 1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, institut Jean-Pierre-Bourgin, bâtiment 2, route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles, France.
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Moreau M, Lindermayr C, Durner J, Klessig DF. NO synthesis and signaling in plants--where do we stand? PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2010; 138:372-83. [PMID: 19912564 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Over the past 20 years, nitric oxide (NO) research has generated a lot of interest in various aspects of plant biology. It is now clear that NO plays a role in a wide range of physiological processes in plants. However, in spite of the significant progress that has been made in understanding NO biosynthesis and signaling in planta, several crucial questions remain unanswered. Here we highlight several challenges in NO plant research by summarizing the latest knowledge of NO synthesis and by focusing on the potential NO source(s) and players involved. Our goal is also to provide an overview of how our understanding of NO signaling has been enhanced by the identification of array of genes and proteins regulated by NO.
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- Magali Moreau
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Valentovicová K, Halusková L, Huttová J, Mistrík I, Tamás L. Effect of cadmium on diaphorase activity and nitric oxide production in barley root tips. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:10-4. [PMID: 19674814 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2009] [Revised: 06/23/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The effect of Cd on NADPH-diaphorase activity and nitric oxide (NO) production was investigated in barley root tips. The Cd-induced increase of NADPH-diaphorase activity occurred at the elongation zone and increased further in the differentiation zone of barley root tips. This activity was associated primarily with the microsomal membrane fraction of crude extract. In situ analysis revealed that the diaphorase activity was localized in the metaxylem and metaphloem elements and to some cells of the pericycle and parenchyma of root tips. Cd-induced NO generation was observed in pericycle, parenchymatic stelar cells and companion cells of protophloem. The results suggest that the Cd-induced generation of NO functions in Cd toxicity through the ectopic and accelerated differentiation of root tips, causing the shortening of the root elongation zone and a subsequent reduction in root growth.
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- Katarína Valentovicová
- Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 14, SK-84523 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Tuteja N, Umate P, van Bel AJE. Forisomes: calcium-powered protein complexes with potential as 'smart' biomaterials. Trends Biotechnol 2009; 28:102-10. [PMID: 20004992 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Revised: 11/09/2009] [Accepted: 11/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Sieve tubes in legumes contain forisomes, which are spindle-like bodies that are composed of ATP-independent, mechanically active proteins. Upon injury, forisomes occlude sieve tubes by dispersion and thus, help to prevent loss of nutrient-rich transport sap. Forisome enlargement by dispersion is brought about by Ca2+-induced conformational changes that confer radial expansion and longitudinal contraction. Forisomes recontract upon Ca2+ removal. In vitro, forisomes reversibly disperse and contract in the presence or absence of Ca2+, respectively, and at distinct pHs. Recently, forisomes have received renewed attention because of their unique capacity to convert chemical into mechanical energy independent of high-energy organic compounds. Forisome-based 'smart' materials can be used to produce self-powered monitoring and diagnostic systems. Here, we focus on physiological, chemical and physical aspects of forisomes and discuss their potential as biomimetic devices.
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- Narendra Tuteja
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India.
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Tanou G, Molassiotis A, Diamantidis G. Hydrogen peroxide- and nitric oxide-induced systemic antioxidant prime-like activity under NaCl-stress and stress-free conditions in citrus plants. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 166:1904-13. [PMID: 19631407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2009] [Revised: 05/30/2009] [Accepted: 06/01/2009] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We tested whether pre-treatments of roots with H(2)O(2) (10mM for 8h) or sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 100microM for 48h), a donor of ()NO, could induce prime antioxidant defense responses in the leaves of citrus plants grown in the absence or presence of 150mM NaCl for 16d. Both root pre-treatments increased leaf superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities, and induced related-isoform(s) expression under non-NaCl-stress conditions. When followed by salinity, certain enzymatic activities also exhibited an up-regulation in response to H(2)O(2) or SNP pre-exposure. An NaCl-stress-provoked decrease in the ascorbate redox state was partially prevented by both pre-treatments, whereas the glutathione redox state under normal and NaCl-stress conditions was increased by SNP. Real-time imaging of ()NO production was found in vascular tissues and epidermal cells. Furthermore, NaCl-induced inhibition in ()OH scavenging activity and promotion of ()OH-mediated DNA strand cleavage was partially prevented by SNP. Moreover, NaCl-dependent protein oxidation (carbonylation) was totally reversed by both pre-treatments as revealed by quantitative assay and protein blotting analysis. These results provide strong evidence that H(2)O(2) and ()NO elicit long-lasting systemic primer-like antioxidant activity in citrus plants under physiological and NaCl-stress conditions.
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- Georgia Tanou
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Agriculture, Laboratory of Agricultural Chemistry, University Campus, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Ham BK, Brandom JL, Xoconostle-Cázares B, Ringgold V, Lough TJ, Lucas WJ. A polypyrimidine tract binding protein, pumpkin RBP50, forms the basis of a phloem-mobile ribonucleoprotein complex. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:197-215. [PMID: 19122103 PMCID: PMC2648091 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.061317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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RNA binding proteins (RBPs) are integral components of ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes and play a central role in RNA processing. In plants, some RBPs function in a non-cell-autonomous manner. The angiosperm phloem translocation stream contains a unique population of RBPs, but little is known regarding the nature of the proteins and mRNA species that constitute phloem-mobile RNP complexes. Here, we identified and characterized a 50-kD pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima cv Big Max) phloem RNA binding protein (RBP50) that is evolutionarily related to animal polypyrimidine tract binding proteins. In situ hybridization studies indicated a high level of RBP50 transcripts in companion cells, while immunolocalization experiments detected RBP50 in both companion cells and sieve elements. A comparison of the levels of RBP50 present in vascular bundles and phloem sap indicated that this protein is highly enriched in the phloem sap. Heterografting experiments confirmed that RBP50 is translocated from source to sink tissues. Collectively, these findings established that RBP50 functions as a non-cell-autonomous RBP. Protein overlay, coimmunoprecipitation, and cross-linking experiments identified the phloem proteins and mRNA species that constitute RBP50-based RNP complexes. Gel mobility-shift assays demonstrated that specificity, with respect to the bound mRNA, is established by the polypyrimidine tract binding motifs within such transcripts. We present a model for RBP50-based RNP complexes within the pumpkin phloem translocation stream.
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- Byung-Kook Ham
- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Qiao W, Fan LM. Nitric oxide signaling in plant responses to abiotic stresses. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 50:1238-46. [PMID: 19017111 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00759.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays important roles in diverse physiological processes in plants. NO can provoke both beneficial and harmful effects, which depend on the concentration and location of NO in plant cells. This review is focused on NO synthesis and the functions of NO in plant responses to abiotic environmental stresses. Abiotic stresses mostly induce NO production in plants. NO alleviates the harmfulness of reactive oxygen species, and reacts with other target molecules, and regulates the expression of stress responsive genes under various stress conditions.
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- Weihua Qiao
- Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-Biotechnology, National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Vlot AC, Klessig DF, Park SW. Systemic acquired resistance: the elusive signal(s). CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 11:436-42. [PMID: 18614393 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Revised: 05/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a form of inducible resistance that is triggered in systemic healthy tissues of locally infected plants. The nature of the mobile signal that travels through the phloem from the site of infection to establish systemic immunity has been sought after for decades. Several candidate signaling molecules have emerged in the past two years, including the methylated derivative of a well-known defense hormone (methyl salicylate), the defense hormone jasmonic acid, a yet undefined glycerolipid-derived factor, and a group of peptides that is involved in cell-to-cell basal defense signaling. Systemic SAR signal amplification increasingly appears to parallel salicylic acid-dependent defense responses, and is concomitantly fine-tuned by auxin.
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- A Corina Vlot
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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