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Sundaram B, Tweedell RE, Prasanth Kumar S, Kanneganti TD. The NLR family of innate immune and cell death sensors. Immunity 2024; 57:674-699. [PMID: 38599165 PMCID: PMC11112261 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors, also known as nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs), are a family of cytosolic pattern recognition receptors that detect a wide variety of pathogenic and sterile triggers. Activation of specific NLRs initiates pro- or anti-inflammatory signaling cascades and the formation of inflammasomes-multi-protein complexes that induce caspase-1 activation to drive inflammatory cytokine maturation and lytic cell death, pyroptosis. Certain NLRs and inflammasomes act as integral components of larger cell death complexes-PANoptosomes-driving another form of lytic cell death, PANoptosis. Here, we review the current understanding of the evolution, structure, and function of NLRs in health and disease. We discuss the concept of NLR networks and their roles in driving cell death and immunity. An improved mechanistic understanding of NLRs may provide therapeutic strategies applicable across infectious and inflammatory diseases and in cancer.
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- Balamurugan Sundaram
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Normantovich M, Amitzur A, Offri S, Pashkovsky E, Shnaider Y, Nizan S, Yogev O, Jacob A, Taylor CG, Desbiez C, Whitham SA, Bar-Ziv A, Perl-Treves R. The melon Fom-1-Prv resistance gene pair: Correlated spatial expression and interaction with a viral protein. PLANT DIRECT 2024; 8:e565. [PMID: 38389929 PMCID: PMC10883720 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The head-to-head oriented pair of melon resistance genes, Fom-1 and Prv, control resistance to Fusarium oxysporum races 0 and 2 and papaya ringspot virus (PRSV), respectively. They encode, via several RNA splice variants, TIR-NBS-LRR proteins, and Prv has a C-terminal extra domain with a second NBS homologous sequence. In other systems, paired R-proteins were shown to operate by "labor division," with one protein having an extra integrated domain that directly binds the pathogen's Avr factor, and the second protein executing the defense response. We report that the expression of the two genes in two pairs of near-isogenic lines was higher in the resistant isoline and inducible by F. oxysporum race 2 but not by PRSV. The intergenic DNA region separating the coding sequences of the two genes acted as a bi-directional promoter and drove GUS expression in transgenic melon roots and transgenic tobacco plants. Expression of both genes was strong in melon root tips, around the root vascular cylinder, and the phloem and xylem parenchyma of tobacco stems and petioles. The pattern of GUS expression suggests coordinated expression of the two genes. In agreement with the above model, Prv's extra domain was shown to interact with the cylindrical inclusion protein of PRSV both in yeast cells and in planta.
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- Michael Normantovich
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Iowa State University Ames Iowa USA
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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López-Márquez D, Del-Espino Á, Ruiz-Albert J, Bejarano ER, Brodersen P, Beuzón CR. Regulation of plant immunity via small RNA-mediated control of NLR expression. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:6052-6068. [PMID: 37449766 PMCID: PMC10575705 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Plants use different receptors to detect potential pathogens: membrane-anchored pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) activated upon perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that elicit pattern-triggered immunity (PTI); and intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat proteins (NLRs) activated by detection of pathogen-derived effectors, activating effector-triggered immunity (ETI). The interconnections between PTI and ETI responses have been increasingly reported. Elevated NLR levels may cause autoimmunity, with symptoms ranging from fitness cost to developmental arrest, sometimes combined with run-away cell death, making accurate control of NLR dosage key for plant survival. Small RNA-mediated gene regulation has emerged as a major mechanism of control of NLR dosage. Twenty-two nucleotide miRNAs with the unique ability to trigger secondary siRNA production from target transcripts are particularly prevalent in NLR regulation. They enhance repression of the primary NLR target, but also bring about repression of NLRs only complementary to secondary siRNAs. We summarize current knowledge on miRNAs and siRNAs in the regulation of NLR expression with an emphasis on 22 nt miRNAs and propose that miRNA and siRNA regulation of NLR levels provides additional links between PTI and NLR defense pathways to increase plant responsiveness against a broad spectrum of pathogens and control an efficient deployment of defenses.
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- Diego López-Márquez
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, DK-2200, Denmark
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Depto. Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Depto. Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Depto. Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, DK-2200, Denmark
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Depto. Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Málaga, Spain
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Amas JC, Bayer PE, Hong Tan W, Tirnaz S, Thomas WJW, Edwards D, Batley J. Comparative pangenome analyses provide insights into the evolution of Brassica rapa resistance gene analogues (RGAs). PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023; 21:2100-2112. [PMID: 37431308 PMCID: PMC10502758 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Brassica rapa is grown worldwide as economically important vegetable and oilseed crop. However, its production is challenged by yield-limiting pathogens. The sustainable control of these pathogens mainly relies on the deployment of genetic resistance primarily driven by resistance gene analogues (RGAs). While several studies have identified RGAs in B. rapa, these were mainly based on a single genome reference and do not represent the full range of RGA diversity in B. rapa. In this study, we utilized the B. rapa pangenome, constructed from 71 lines encompassing 12 morphotypes, to describe a comprehensive repertoire of RGAs in B. rapa. We show that 309 RGAs were affected by presence-absence variation (PAV) and 223 RGAs were missing from the reference genome. The transmembrane leucine-rich repeat (TM-LRR) RGA class had more core gene types than variable genes, while the opposite was observed for nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeats (NLRs). Comparative analysis with the B. napus pangenome revealed significant RGA conservation (93%) between the two species. We identified 138 candidate RGAs located within known B. rapa disease resistance QTL, of which the majority were under negative selection. Using blackleg gene homologues, we demonstrated how these genes in B. napus were derived from B. rapa. This further clarifies the genetic relationship of these loci, which may be useful in narrowing-down candidate blackleg resistance genes. This study provides a novel genomic resource towards the identification of candidate genes for breeding disease resistance in B. rapa and its relatives.
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- Junrey C. Amas
- School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Centre for Applied BioinformaticsThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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- School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWAAustralia
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Hao Y, Pan Y, Chen W, Rashid MAR, Li M, Che N, Duan X, Zhao Y. Contribution of Duplicated Nucleotide-Binding Leucine-Rich Repeat (NLR) Genes to Wheat Disease Resistance. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2794. [PMID: 37570947 PMCID: PMC10420896 DOI: 10.3390/plants12152794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Wheat has a large and diverse repertoire of NLRs involved in disease resistance, with over 1500 NLRs detected in some studies. These NLR genes occur as singletons or clusters containing copies of NLRs from different phylogenetic clades. The number of NLRs and cluster size can differ drastically among ecotypes and cultivars. Primarily, duplication has led to the evolution and diversification of NLR genes. Among the various mechanisms, whole genome duplication (WGD) is the most intense and leading cause, contributing to the complex evolutionary history and abundant gene set of hexaploid wheat. Tandem duplication or recombination is another major mechanism of NLR gene expansion in wheat. The diversity and divergence of duplicate NLR genes are responsible for the broad-spectrum resistance of most plant species with limited R genes. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the rapid evolution and diversification of wheat NLR genes will help improve disease resistance in crops. The present review focuses on the diversity and divergence of duplicate NLR genes and their contribution to wheat disease resistance. Moreover, we provide an overview of disease resistance-associated gene duplication and the underlying strategies in wheat.
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- Yongchao Hao
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences/Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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Thatcher S, Jung M, Panangipalli G, Fengler K, Sanyal A, Li B, Llaca V, Habben J. The NLRomes of Zea mays NAM founder lines and Zea luxurians display presence-absence variation, integrated domain diversity, and mobility. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:742-757. [PMID: 36929631 PMCID: PMC10257044 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Plant pathogens cause significant crop loss worldwide, and new resistance genes deployed to combat diseases can be overcome quickly. Understanding the existing resistance gene diversity within the germplasm of major crops, such as maize, is crucial for the development of new disease-resistant varieties. We analysed the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) of 26 recently sequenced diverse founder lines from the maize nested association mapping (NAM) population and compared them to the R gene complement present in a wild relative of maize, Zea luxurians. We found that NLRs in both species contain a large diversity of atypical integrated domains, including many domains that have not previously been found in the NLRs of other species. Additionally, the single Z. luxurians genome was found to have greater integrated atypical domain diversity than all 26 NAM founder lines combined, indicating that this species may represent a rich source of novel resistance genes. NLRs were also found to have very high sequence diversity and presence-absence variation among the NAM founder lines, with a large NLR cluster on Chr10 representing a diversity hotspot. Additionally, NLRs were shown to be mobile within maize genomes, with several putative interchromosomal translocations identified.
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Asif J, Qureshi F, Zain M, Nawaz H, Naz E, Fareed S, Bibi A, Nawaz S, Saleem F, Shafique M, Tabasum S, Maqsood U, Serfraz S, Alkahtani S. Investigation of Resistance Genes in Genus Vigna Reveals Highly Variable NLRome in Parallel Domesticated Member Species. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1129. [PMID: 37372309 DOI: 10.3390/genes14061129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Vigna is a unique genus that consist of multiple crop species that are domesticated in parallel fashion between 7-10 thousand years ago. Here we studied the evolution of nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat receptor (NLR) genes across five crop species of genus Vigna. In total identified 286, 350, 234, 250, 108 and 161 NLR genes were from Phaseolous vulgaris, Vigna. unguiculata, Vigna mungo, Vigna radiata, Vigna angularis and Vigna umbellata respectively. Comprehensive phylogenetic and clusterization analysis reveals the presence of seven subgroups of Coiled coil like NLRs (CC-NLR) genes and four distinct lineages of Toll interleukin receptor like NLRs (TIR-NLR). Subgroup CCG10-NLR shows large scale diversification among Vigna species suggesting genus specific distinct duplication pattern in Vigna species. Mainly birth of new NLR gene families and higher rate of terminal duplication is the major determinants for expansion of NLRome in genus Vigna. Recent expansion of NLRome in V. anguiculata and V. radiata was also observed which might suggest that domestication have supported their duplication of lineage specific NLR genes. In short, large scale difference in the architecture of NLRome were observed in diploid plant species. Our findings allowed us to hypothesized that independent parallel domestication is the major drivers of highly divergent evolution of NLRome in genus Vigna.
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- Jehanzaib Asif
- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Metabolomics Innovative Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Constituent College of Pakistan, Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Evolutionary Biology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Mermigka G, Michalopoulou VA, Amartolou A, Mentzelopoulou A, Astropekaki N, Sarris PF. Assassination tango: an NLR/NLR-ID immune receptors pair of rapeseed co-operates inside the nucleus to activate cell death. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 113:1211-1222. [PMID: 36628462 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plant immunity largely relies on intracellular nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors. Some plant NLRs carry integrated domains (IDs) that mimic authentic pathogen effector targets. We report here the identification of a genetically linked NLR-ID/NLR pair: BnRPR1 and BnRPR2 in Brassica napus. The NLR-ID carries two ID fusions and the mode of action of the pair conforms to the proposed "integrated sensor/decoy" model. The two NLRs interact and the heterocomplex localizes in the plant-cell nucleus and nucleolus. However, the BnRPRs pair does not operate through a negative regulation as it was previously reported for other NLR-IDs. Cell death is induced only upon co-expression of the two proteins and is dependent on the helper genes, EDS1 and NRG1. The nuclear localization of both proteins seems to be essential for cell death activation, while the IDs of BnRPR1 are dispensable for this purpose. In summary, we describe a new pair of NLR-IDs with interesting features in relation to its regulation and the cell death activation.
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- Glykeria Mermigka
- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 70013, Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 70013, Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece
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- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 70013, Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece
- Biosciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4QD, Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, UK
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Chen SH, Martino AM, Luo Z, Schwessinger B, Jones A, Tolessa T, Bragg JG, Tobias PA, Edwards RJ. A high-quality pseudo-phased genome for Melaleuca quinquenervia shows allelic diversity of NLR-type resistance genes. Gigascience 2022; 12:giad102. [PMID: 38096477 PMCID: PMC10720953 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giad102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved paperbark) is a coastal wetland tree species that serves as a foundation species in eastern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia. While extensively cultivated for its ornamental value, it has also become invasive in regions like Florida, USA. Long-lived trees face diverse pest and pathogen pressures, and plant stress responses rely on immune receptors encoded by the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene family. However, the comprehensive annotation of NLR encoding genes has been challenging due to their clustering arrangement on chromosomes and highly repetitive domain structure; expansion of the NLR gene family is driven largely by tandem duplication. Additionally, the allelic diversity of the NLR gene family remains largely unexplored in outcrossing tree species, as many genomes are presented in their haploid, collapsed state. RESULTS We assembled a chromosome-level pseudo-phased genome for M. quinquenervia and described the allelic diversity of plant NLRs using the novel FindPlantNLRs pipeline. Analysis reveals variation in the number of NLR genes on each haplotype, distinct clustering patterns, and differences in the types and numbers of novel integrated domains. CONCLUSIONS The high-quality M. quinquenervia genome assembly establishes a new framework for functional and evolutionary studies of this significant tree species. Our findings suggest that maintaining allelic diversity within the NLR gene family is crucial for enabling responses to environmental stress, particularly in long-lived plants.
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- Stephanie H Chen
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia
- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, Australia
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- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia
- Minderoo OceanOmics Centre at UWA, UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
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Guimaraes PM, Quintana AC, Mota APZ, Berbert PS, Ferreira DDS, de Aguiar MN, Pereira BM, de Araújo ACG, Brasileiro ACM. Engineering Resistance against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Using a Truncated NLR (TNx) and a Defense-Priming Gene. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3483. [PMID: 36559595 PMCID: PMC9786959 DOI: 10.3390/plants11243483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The association of both cell-surface PRRs (Pattern Recognition Receptors) and intracellular receptor NLRs (Nucleotide-Binding Leucine-Rich Repeat) in engineered plants have the potential to activate strong defenses against a broad range of pathogens. Here, we describe the identification, characterization, and in planta functional analysis of a novel truncated NLR (TNx) gene from the wild species Arachis stenosperma (AsTIR19), with a protein structure lacking the C-terminal LRR (Leucine Rich Repeat) domain involved in pathogen perception. Overexpression of AsTIR19 in tobacco plants led to a significant reduction in infection caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, with a further reduction in pyramid lines containing an expansin-like B gene (AdEXLB8) potentially involved in defense priming. Transcription analysis of tobacco transgenic lines revealed induction of hormone defense pathways (SA; JA-ET) and PRs (Pathogenesis-Related proteins) production. The strong upregulation of the respiratory burst oxidase homolog D (RbohD) gene in the pyramid lines suggests its central role in mediating immune responses in plants co-expressing the two transgenes, with reactive oxygen species (ROS) production enhanced by AdEXLB8 cues leading to stronger defense response. Here, we demonstrate that the association of potential priming elicitors and truncated NLRs can produce a synergistic effect on fungal resistance, constituting a promising strategy for improved, non-specific resistance to plant pathogens.
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- Patricia Messenberg Guimaraes
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia 70770-917, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT Plant Stress Biotech), Brasilia 70770-917, Brazil
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- INRAE, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia 70770-917, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT Plant Stress Biotech), Brasilia 70770-917, Brazil
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Ercolano MR, D’Esposito D, Andolfo G, Frusciante L. Multilevel evolution shapes the function of NB-LRR encoding genes in plant innate immunity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1007288. [PMID: 36388554 PMCID: PMC9647133 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1007288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A sophisticated innate immune system based on diverse pathogen receptor genes (PRGs) evolved in the history of plant life. To reconstruct the direction and magnitude of evolutionary trajectories of a given gene family, it is critical to detect the ancestral signatures. The rearrangement of functional domains made up the diversification found in PRG repertoires. Structural rearrangement of ancient domains mediated the NB-LRR evolutionary path from an initial set of modular proteins. Events such as domain acquisition, sequence modification and temporary or stable associations are prominent among rapidly evolving innate immune receptors. Over time PRGs are continuously shaped by different forces to find their optimal arrangement along the genome. The immune system is controlled by a robust regulatory system that works at different scales. It is important to understand how the PRG interaction network can be adjusted to meet specific needs. The high plasticity of the innate immune system is based on a sophisticated functional architecture and multi-level control. Due to the complexity of interacting with diverse pathogens, multiple defense lines have been organized into interconnected groups. Genomic architecture, gene expression regulation and functional arrangement of PRGs allow the deployment of an appropriate innate immunity response.
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Diwan D, Rashid MM, Vaishnav A. Current understanding of plant-microbe interaction through the lenses of multi-omics approaches and their benefits in sustainable agriculture. Microbiol Res 2022; 265:127180. [PMID: 36126490 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The success of sustainable agricultural practices has now become heavily dependent on the interactions between crop plants and their associated microbiome. Continuous advancement in high throughput sequencing platforms, omics-based approaches, and gene editing technologies has remarkably accelerated this area of research. It has enabled us to characterize the interactions of plants with associated microbial communities more comprehensively and accurately. Furthermore, the genomic and post-genomic era has significantly refined our perspective toward the complex mechanisms involved in those interactions, opening new avenues for efficiently deploying the knowledge in developing sustainable agricultural practices. This review focuses on our fundamental understanding of plant-microbe interactions and the contribution of existing multi-omics approaches, including those under active development and their tremendous success in unraveling different aspects of the complex network between plant hosts and microbes. In addition, we have also discussed the importance of sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture and the associated outstanding challenges ahead.
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- Deepti Diwan
- Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210, India; Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 281121, India; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zürich CH-8008, Switzerland; Plant-Soil Interaction Group, Agroscope (Reckenholz), Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zürich 8046, Switzerland
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Basu D, Codjoe JM, Veley KM, Haswell ES. The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL10 Modulates Susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis thaliana. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:567-582. [PMID: 34775835 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-08-21-0207-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants sense and respond to molecular signals associated with the presence of pathogens and their virulence factors. Mechanical signals generated during pathogenic invasion may also be important, but their contributions have rarely been studied. Here, we investigate the potential role of a mechanosensitive ion channel, MscS-like (MSL)10, in defense against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis thaliana. We previously showed that overexpression of MSL10-GFP, phospho-mimetic versions of MSL10, and the gain-of-function allele msl10-3G all produce dwarfing, spontaneous cell death, and the hyperaccumulation of reactive oxygen species. These phenotypes are shared by many autoimmune mutants and are frequently suppressed by growth at high temperature in those lines. We found that the same was true for all three MSL10 hypermorphs. In addition, we show that the SGT1/RAR1/HSP90 cochaperone complex was required for dwarfing and ectopic cell death, PAD4 and SID2 were partially required, and the immune regulators EDS1 and NDR1 were dispensable. All MSL10 hypermorphs exhibited reduced susceptibility to infection by P. syringae strain Pto DC3000 and Pto DC3000 expressing the avirulence genes avrRpt2 or avrRpm1 but not Pto DC3000 hrpL and showed an accelerated induction of PR1 expression compared with wild-type plants. Null msl10-1 mutants were delayed in PR1 induction and displayed modest susceptibility to infection by coronatine-deficient P. syringae pv. tomato. Finally, stomatal closure was reduced in msl10-1 loss-of-function mutants in response to P. syringae pv. tomato COR-. These data show that MSL10 modulates pathogen responses and begin to address the possibility that mechanical signals are exploited by the plant for pathogen perception.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Debarati Basu
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
- NSF Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
- NSF Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
- NSF Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A
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Freh M, Gao J, Petersen M, Panstruga R. Plant autoimmunity-fresh insights into an old phenomenon. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:1419-1434. [PMID: 34958371 PMCID: PMC8896616 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The plant immune system is well equipped to ward off the attacks of different types of phytopathogens. It primarily relies on two types of immune sensors-plasma membrane-resident receptor-like kinases and intracellular nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat (NLRs) receptors that engage preferentially in pattern- and effector-triggered immunity, respectively. Delicate fine-tuning, in particular of the NLR-governed branch of immunity, is key to prevent inappropriate and deleterious activation of plant immune responses. Inadequate NLR allele constellations, such as in the case of hybrid incompatibility, and the mis-activation of NLRs or the absence or modification of proteins guarded by these NLRs can result in the spontaneous initiation of plant defense responses and cell death-a phenomenon referred to as plant autoimmunity. Here, we review recent insights augmenting our mechanistic comprehension of plant autoimmunity. The recent findings broaden our understanding regarding hybrid incompatibility, unravel candidates for proteins likely guarded by NLRs and underline the necessity for the fine-tuning of NLR expression at various levels to avoid autoimmunity. We further present recently emerged tools to study plant autoimmunity and draw a cross-kingdom comparison to the role of NLRs in animal autoimmune conditions.
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- Matthias Freh
- Institute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Functional Genomics, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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- Institute of Biology, Functional Genomics, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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- Institute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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Fang Y, Jiang J, Hou X, Guo J, Li X, Zhao D, Xie X. Plant protein-coding gene families: Their origin and evolution. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:995746. [PMID: 36160967 PMCID: PMC9490259 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.995746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Steady advances in genome sequencing methods have provided valuable insights into the evolutionary processes of several gene families in plants. At the core of plant biodiversity is an extensive genetic diversity with functional divergence and expansion of genes across gene families, representing unique phenomena. The evolution of gene families underpins the evolutionary history and development of plants and is the subject of this review. We discuss the implications of the molecular evolution of gene families in plants, as well as the potential contributions, challenges, and strategies associated with investigating phenotypic alterations to explain the origin of plants and their tolerance to environmental stresses.
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- Yuanpeng Fang
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Department of Resources and Environment, Moutai Institute, Zunyi, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Plant Resources Protection and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Bioengineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Conservation Technology Application Engineering Research Center, Guizhou Institute of Prataculture/Guizhou Institute of Biotechnology/Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
- *Correspondence: Degang Zhao,
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Conservation Technology Application Engineering Research Center, Guizhou Institute of Prataculture/Guizhou Institute of Biotechnology/Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
- Xin Xie,
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Identification of the Capsicum baccatum NLR Protein CbAR9 Conferring Disease Resistance to Anthracnose. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212612. [PMID: 34830493 PMCID: PMC8620258 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Anthracnose is caused by Colletotrichum species and is one of the most virulent fungal diseases affecting chili pepper (Capsicum) yield globally. However, the noble genes conferring resistance to Colletotrichum species remain largely elusive. In this study, we identified CbAR9 as the causal locus underlying the large effect quantitative trait locus CcR9 from the anthracnose-resistant chili pepper variety PBC80. CbAR9 encodes a nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) protein related to defense-associated NLRs in several other plant species. CbAR9 transcript levels were induced dramatically after Colletotrichum capsici infection. To explore the biological function, we generated transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana lines overexpressing CbAR9, which showed enhanced resistance to C. capsici relative to wild-type plants. Transcript levels of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes increased markedly in CbAR9-overexpressing N. benthamiana plants. Moreover, resistance to anthracnose and transcript levels of PR1 and PR2 were markedly reduced in CbAR9-silenced chili pepper fruits after C. capsici infection. Our results revealed that CbAR9 contributes to innate immunity against C. capsici.
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Cross-Tolerance and Autoimmunity as Missing Links in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Plants: A Perspective toward Secondary Metabolic Engineering. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111945. [PMID: 34769374 PMCID: PMC8584326 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Plants employ a diversified array of defense activities when they encounter stress. Continuous activation of defense pathways that were induced by mutation or altered expression of disease resistance genes and mRNA surveillance mechanisms develop abnormal phenotypes. These plants show continuous defense genes' expression, reduced growth, and also manifest tissue damage by apoptosis. These macroscopic abrasions appear even in the absence of the pathogen and can be attributed to a condition known as autoimmunity. The question is whether it is possible to develop an autoimmune mutant that does not fetch yield and growth penalty and provides enhanced protection against various biotic and abiotic stresses via secondary metabolic pathways' engineering. This review is a discussion about the common stress-fighting mechanisms, how the concept of cross-tolerance instigates propitious or protective autoimmunity, and how it can be achieved by engineering secondary metabolic pathways.
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Klymiuk V, Coaker G, Fahima T, Pozniak CJ. Tandem Protein Kinases Emerge as New Regulators of Plant Immunity. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2021; 34:1094-1102. [PMID: 34096764 PMCID: PMC8761531 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-03-21-0073-cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Plant-pathogen interactions result in disease development in a susceptible host. Plants actively resist pathogens via a complex immune system comprising both surface-localized receptors that sense the extracellular space as well as intracellular receptors recognizing pathogen effectors. To date, the majority of cloned resistance genes encode intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptor proteins. Recent discoveries have revealed tandem kinase proteins (TKPs) as another important family of intracellular proteins involved in plant immune responses. Five TKP genes-barley Rpg1 and wheat WTK1 (Yr15), WTK2 (Sr60), WTK3 (Pm24), and WTK4-protect against devastating fungal diseases. Moreover, a large diversity and numerous putative TKPs exist across the plant kingdom. This review explores our current knowledge of TKPs and serves as a basis for future studies that aim to develop and exploit a deeper understanding of innate plant immunity receptor proteins.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Valentyna Klymiuk
- Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California,
Davis, CA, U.S.A
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, 199 Abba-Hushi
Avenue, Mt. Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel
- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology,
University of Haifa, 199 Abba-Hushi Avenue, Mt. Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel
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- Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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Lažetić V, Troemel ER. Conservation lost: host-pathogen battles drive diversification and expansion of gene families. FEBS J 2021; 288:5289-5299. [PMID: 33190369 PMCID: PMC10901648 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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One of the strongest drivers in evolution is the struggle to survive a host-pathogen battle. This pressure selects for diversity among the factors directly involved in this battle, including virulence factors deployed by pathogens, their corresponding host targets, and host immune factors. A logical outcome of this diversification is that over time, the sequence of many immune factors will not be evolutionarily conserved across a broad range of species. Thus, while universal sequence conservation is often hailed as the hallmark of the importance of a particular gene, the immune system does not necessarily play by these rules when defending against co-evolving pathogens. This loss of sequence conservation is in contrast to many signaling pathways in development and basic cell biology that are not targeted by pathogens. In addition to diversification, another consequence of host-pathogen battles can be an amplification in gene number, thus leading to large gene families that have sequence relatively specific to a particular strain, species, or clade. Here we highlight this general theme across a variety of pathogen virulence factors and host immune factors. We summarize the wide range and number across species of these expanded, lineage-specific host-pathogen factors including ubiquitin ligases, nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors, GTPases, and proteins without obvious biochemical function but that nonetheless play key roles in immunity.
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- Vladimir Lažetić
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Tang J, Gu X, Liu J, He Z. Roles of small RNAs in crop disease resistance. STRESS BIOLOGY 2021; 1:6. [PMID: 37676520 PMCID: PMC10429495 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-021-00005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Small RNAs (sRNAs) are a class of short, non-coding regulatory RNAs that have emerged as critical components of defense regulatory networks across plant kingdoms. Many sRNA-based technologies, such as host-induced gene silencing (HIGS), spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS), virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), artificial microRNA (amiRNA) and synthetic trans-acting siRNA (syn-tasiRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi), have been developed as disease control strategies in both monocot and dicot plants, particularly in crops. This review aims to highlight our current understanding of the roles of sRNAs including miRNAs, heterochromatic siRNAs (hc-siRNAs), phased, secondary siRNAs (phasiRNAs) and natural antisense siRNAs (nat-siRNAs) in disease resistance, and sRNAs-mediated trade-offs between defense and growth in crops. In particular, we focus on the diverse functions of sRNAs in defense responses to bacterial and fungal pathogens, oomycete and virus in crops. Further, we highlight the application of sRNA-based technologies in protecting crops from pathogens. Further research perspectives are proposed to develop new sRNAs-based efficient strategies to breed non-genetically modified (GMO), disease-tolerant crops for sustainable agriculture.
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- Jun Tang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan and Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Si Z, Qiao Y, Zhang K, Ji Z, Han J. Characterization of Nucleotide Binding -Site-Encoding Genes in Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas(L.) Lam., and Their Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses. Cytogenet Genome Res 2021; 161:257-271. [PMID: 34320507 DOI: 10.1159/000515834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., is an important and widely grown crop, yet its production is affected severely by biotic and abiotic stresses. The nucleotide binding site (NBS)-encoding genes have been shown to improve stress tolerance in several plant species. However, the characterization of NBS-encoding genes in sweetpotato is not well-documented to date. In this study, a comprehensive analysis of NBS-encoding genes has been conducted on this species by using bioinformatics and molecular biology methods. A total of 315 NBS-encoding genes were identified, and 260 of them contained all essential conserved domains while 55 genes were truncated. Based on domain architectures, the 260 NBS-encoding genes were grouped into 6 distinct categories. Phylogenetic analysis grouped these genes into 3 classes: TIR, CC (I), and CC (II). Chromosome location analysis revealed that the distribution of NBS-encoding genes in chromosomes was uneven, with a number ranging from 1 to 34. Multiple stress-related regulatory elements were detected in the promoters, and the NBS-encoding genes' expression profiles under biotic and abiotic stresses were obtained. According to the bioinformatics analysis, 9 genes were selected for RT-qPCR analysis. The results revealed that IbNBS75, IbNBS219, and IbNBS256 respond to stem nematode infection; Ib-NBS240, IbNBS90, and IbNBS80 respond to cold stress, while IbNBS208, IbNBS71, and IbNBS159 respond to 30% PEG treatment. We hope these results will provide new insights into the evolution of NBS-encoding genes in the sweetpotato genome and contribute to the molecular breeding of sweetpotato in the future.
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- Zengzhi Si
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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Son S, Kim S, Lee KS, Oh J, Choi I, Do JW, Yoon JB, Han J, Park SR. The Capsicum baccatum-Specific Truncated NLR Protein CbCN Enhances the Innate Immunity against Colletotrichum acutatum. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147672. [PMID: 34299290 PMCID: PMC8306327 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Chili pepper (Capsicumannuum) is an important fruit and spice used globally, but its yield is seriously threatened by anthracnose. Capsicum baccatum is particularly valuable as it carries advantageous disease resistance genes. However, most of the genes remain to be identified. In this study, we identified the C. baccatum-specific gene CbCN, which encodes a truncated nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat protein in the anthracnose resistant chili pepper variety PBC80. The transcription of CbCN was greater in PBC80 than it was in the susceptible variety An-S after Colletotrichum acutatum inoculation. In order to investigate the biological function of CbCN, we generated transgenic tobacco lines constitutively expressing CbCN. Notably, CbCN-overexpressing transgenic plants exhibited enhanced resistance to C. acutatum compared to wild-type plants. Moreover, the expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes was remarkably increased in a CbCN-overexpressing tobacco plants. In order to confirm these results in chili pepper, we silenced the CbCN gene using the virus-induced gene silencing system. The anthracnose resistance and expressions of PR1, PR2, and NPR1 were significantly reduced in CbCN-silenced chili peppers after C. acutatum inoculations. These results indicate that CbCN enhances the innate immunity against anthracnose caused by C. acutatum by regulating defense response genes.
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- Seungmin Son
- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
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- Pepper and Breeding Institute, K-Seed Valley, Gimje 54324, Korea; (J.W.D.); (J.B.Y.)
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- Pepper and Breeding Institute, K-Seed Valley, Gimje 54324, Korea; (J.W.D.); (J.B.Y.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea; (S.S.); (S.K.); (K.S.L.); (J.O.); (I.C.); (J.H.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-63-238-4582
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Safdari P, Höckerstedt L, Brosche M, Salojärvi J, Laine AL. Genotype-Specific Expression and NLR Repertoire Contribute to Phenotypic Resistance Diversity in Plantago lanceolata. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:675760. [PMID: 34322142 PMCID: PMC8311189 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.675760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High levels of phenotypic variation in resistance appears to be nearly ubiquitous across natural host populations. Molecular processes contributing to this variation in nature are still poorly known, although theory predicts resistance to evolve at specific loci driven by pathogen-imposed selection. Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) genes play an important role in pathogen recognition, downstream defense responses and defense signaling. Identifying the natural variation in NLRs has the potential to increase our understanding of how NLR diversity is generated and maintained, and how to manage disease resistance. Here, we sequenced the transcriptomes of five different Plantago lanceolata genotypes when inoculated by the same strain of obligate fungal pathogen Podosphaera plantaginis. A de novo transcriptome assembly of RNA-sequencing data yielded 24,332 gene models with N50 value of 1,329 base pairs and gene space completeness of 66.5%. The gene expression data showed highly varying responses where each plant genotype demonstrated a unique expression profile in response to the pathogen, regardless of the resistance phenotype. Analysis on the conserved NB-ARC domain demonstrated a diverse NLR repertoire in P. lanceolata consistent with the high phenotypic resistance diversity in this species. We find evidence of selection generating diversity at some of the NLR loci. Jointly, our results demonstrate that phenotypic resistance diversity results from a crosstalk between different defense mechanisms. In conclusion, characterizing the architecture of resistance in natural host populations may shed unprecedented light on the potential of evolution to generate variation.
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- Pezhman Safdari
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Van Oosterhout C. Mitigating the threat of emerging infectious diseases; a coevolutionary perspective. Virulence 2021; 12:1288-1295. [PMID: 33957064 PMCID: PMC8115449 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1920741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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- Cock Van Oosterhout
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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Phospholipases C and D and Their Role in Biotic and Abiotic Stresses. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10050921. [PMID: 34064485 PMCID: PMC8148002 DOI: 10.3390/plants10050921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Plants, as sessile organisms, have adapted a fine sensing system to monitor environmental changes, therefore allowing the regulation of their responses. As the interaction between plants and environmental changes begins at the surface, these changes are detected by components in the plasma membrane, where a molecule receptor generates a lipid signaling cascade via enzymes, such as phospholipases (PLs). Phospholipids are the key structural components of plasma membranes and signaling cascades. They exist in a wide range of species and in different proportions, with conversion processes that involve hydrophilic enzymes, such as phospholipase-C (PLC), phospholipase-D (PLD), and phospholipase-A (PLA). Hence, it is suggested that PLC and PLD are highly conserved, compared to their homologous genes, and have formed clusters during their adaptive history. Additionally, they generate responses to different functions in accordance with their protein structure, which should be reflected in specific signal transduction responses to environmental stress conditions, including innate immune responses. This review summarizes the phospholipid systems associated with signaling pathways and the innate immune response.
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Ross BT, Zidack NK, Flenniken ML. Extreme Resistance to Viruses in Potato and Soybean. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:658981. [PMID: 33889169 PMCID: PMC8056081 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.658981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Plant pathogens, including viruses, negatively impact global crop production. Plants have evolved complex immune responses to pathogens. These responses are often controlled by nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat proteins (NLRs), which recognize intracellular, pathogen-derived proteins. Genetic resistance to plant viruses is often phenotypically characterized by programmed cell death at or near the infection site; a reaction termed the hypersensitive response. Although visualization of the hypersensitive response is often used as a hallmark of resistance, the molecular mechanisms leading to the hypersensitive response and associated cell death vary. Plants with extreme resistance to viruses rarely exhibit symptoms and have little to no detectable virus replication or spread beyond the infection site. Both extreme resistance and the hypersensitive response can be activated by the same NLR genes. In many cases, genes that normally provide an extreme resistance phenotype can be stimulated to cause a hypersensitive response by experimentally increasing cellular levels of pathogen-derived elicitor protein(s). The molecular mechanisms of extreme resistance and its relationship to the hypersensitive response are largely uncharacterized. Studies on potato and soybean cultivars that are resistant to strains of Potato virus Y (PVY), Potato virus X (PVX), and Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) indicate that abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated signaling and NLR nuclear translocation are important for the extreme resistance response. Recent research also indicates that some of the same proteins are involved in both extreme resistance and the hypersensitive response. Herein, we review and synthesize published studies on extreme resistance in potato and soybean, and describe studies in additional species, including model plant species, to highlight future research avenues that may bridge the gaps in our knowledge of plant antiviral defense mechanisms.
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- Brian T. Ross
- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Montana State Seed Potato Certification Lab, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
- Montana State Seed Potato Certification Lab, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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Xu X, Xu Z, Ma W, Haq F, Li Y, Shah SMA, Zhu B, Zhu C, Zou L, Chen G. TALE-triggered and iTALE-suppressed Xa1-mediated resistance to bacterial blight is independent of rice transcription factor subunits OsTFIIAγ1 or OsTFIIAγ5. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:3249-3262. [PMID: 33544818 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Xa1-mediated resistance to rice bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is triggered by transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) and suppressed by interfering TALEs (iTALEs). TALEs interact with the rice transcription factor OsTFIIAγ1 or OsTFIIAγ5 (Xa5) to activate expression of target resistance and/or susceptibility genes. However, it is not clear whether OsTFIIAγ is involved in TALE-triggered and iTALE-suppressed Xa1-mediated resistance. In this study, genome-edited mutations in OsTFIIAγ5 or OsTFIIAγ1 of Xa1-containing rice 'IRBB1' and Xa1-transgenic plants of xa5-containing rice 'IRBB5' did not impair the activation or suppression of Xa1-mediated resistance. Correspondingly, the expression pattern of Xa1 in mutated OsTFIIAγ5 and OsTFIIAγ1 rice lines and 'IRBB1' rice was similar. In contrast, the expression of OsSWEET11 was repressed in rice lines mutated in OsTFIIAγ5 and OsTFIIAγ1. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that both TALE PthXo1 and iTALE Tal3a interacted with OsTFIIAγ1 and OsTFIIAγ5 in plant nuclei. These results indicated that TALE-triggered and iTALE-suppressed Xa1-mediated resistance to bacterial blight is independent of OsTFIIAγ1 or OsTFIIAγ5 in rice, and suggest that an unknown factor is potentially involved in the interaction of Xa1, TALEs and iTALEs.
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- Xiameng Xu
- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology/State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Biology/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Desiderio F, Bourras S, Mazzucotelli E, Rubiales D, Keller B, Cattivelli L, Valè G. Characterization of the Resistance to Powdery Mildew and Leaf Rust Carried by the Bread Wheat Cultivar Victo. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063109. [PMID: 33803699 PMCID: PMC8003046 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Leaf rust and powdery mildew are two important foliar diseases in wheat. A recombinant inbred line (RIL) population, obtained by crossing two bread wheat cultivars (‘Victo’ and ‘Spada’), was evaluated for resistance to the two pathogens at seedling stage. Upon developing a genetic map of 8726 SNP loci, linkage analysis identified three resistance Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs), with ‘Victo’ contributing the resistant alleles to all loci. One major QTL (QPm.gb-7A) was detected in response to Blumeria graminis on chromosome 7A, which explained 90% of phenotypic variation (PV). The co-positional relationship with known powdery mildew (Pm) resistance loci suggested that a new source of resistance was identified in T. aestivum. Two QTLs were detected in response to Puccinia triticina: a major gene on chromosome 5D (QLr.gb-5D), explaining a total PV of about 59%, and a minor QTL on chromosome 2B (QLr.gb-2B). A positional relationship was observed between the QLr.gb-5D with the known Lr1 gene, but polymorphisms were found between the cloned Lr1 and the corresponding ‘Victo’ allele, suggesting that QLr.gb-5D could represent a new functional Lr1 allele. Lastly, upon anchoring the QTL on the T. aestivum reference genome, candidate genes were hypothesized on the basis of gene annotation and in silico gene expression analysis.
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- Francesca Desiderio
- CREA Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy; (E.M.); (L.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0523-983758
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (S.B.); (B.K.)
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75651 Uppsala, Sweden
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- CREA Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy; (E.M.); (L.C.)
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, 14004 Córdoba, Spain;
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (S.B.); (B.K.)
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- CREA Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy; (E.M.); (L.C.)
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- DiSIT—Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Vercelli, Italy;
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Calvo-Baltanás V, Wang J, Chae E. Hybrid Incompatibility of the Plant Immune System: An Opposite Force to Heterosis Equilibrating Hybrid Performances. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 11:576796. [PMID: 33717206 PMCID: PMC7953517 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.576796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hybridization is a core element in modern rice breeding as beneficial combinations of two parental genomes often result in the expression of heterosis. On the contrary, genetic incompatibility between parents can manifest as hybrid necrosis, which leads to tissue necrosis accompanied by compromised growth and/or reduced reproductive success. Genetic and molecular studies of hybrid necrosis in numerous plant species revealed that such self-destructing symptoms in most cases are attributed to autoimmunity: plant immune responses are inadvertently activated in the absence of pathogenic invasion. Autoimmunity in hybrids predominantly occurs due to a conflict involving a member of the major plant immune receptor family, the nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat containing protein (NLR; formerly known as NBS-LRR). NLR genes are associated with disease resistance traits, and recent population datasets reveal tremendous diversity in this class of immune receptors. Cases of hybrid necrosis involving highly polymorphic NLRs as major causes suggest that diversified R gene repertoires found in different lineages would require a compatible immune match for hybridization, which is a prerequisite to ensure increased fitness in the resulting hybrids. In this review, we overview recent genetic and molecular findings on hybrid necrosis in multiple plant species to provide an insight on how the trade-off between growth and immunity is equilibrated to affect hybrid performances. We also revisit the cases of hybrid weakness in which immune system components are found or implicated to play a causative role. Based on our understanding on the trade-off, we propose that the immune system incompatibility in plants might play an opposite force to restrict the expression of heterosis in hybrids. The antagonism is illustrated under the plant fitness equilibrium, in which the two extremes lead to either hybrid necrosis or heterosis. Practical proposition from the equilibrium model is that breeding efforts for combining enhanced disease resistance and high yield shall be achieved by balancing the two forces. Reverse breeding toward utilizing genomic data centered on immune components is proposed as a strategy to generate elite hybrids with balanced immunity and growth.
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Vitiello A, Molisso D, Digilio MC, Giorgini M, Corrado G, Bruce TJA, D’Agostino N, Rao R. Zucchini Plants Alter Gene Expression and Emission of ( E)-β-Caryophyllene Following Aphis gossypii Infestation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 11:592603. [PMID: 33488643 PMCID: PMC7820395 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.592603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) is widely cultivated in temperate regions. One of the major production challenges is the damage caused by Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae), a polyphagous aphid, which can negatively affect its host plant, both directly by feeding and indirectly by vectoring viruses. To gain insights into the transcriptome events that occur during the zucchini-aphid interaction and to understand the early-to-late defense response through gene expression profiles, we performed RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) on zucchini leaves challenged by A. gossypii (24, 48, and 96 h post-infestation; hpi). Data analysis indicated a complex and dynamic pattern of gene expression and a transient transcriptional reconfiguration that involved more than 700 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including a large number of defense-related genes. The down-regulation of key genes of plant immunity, such as leucine-rich repeat (LRR) protein kinases, transcription factors, and genes associated with direct (i.e., protease inhibitors, cysteine peptidases, etc.) and indirect (i.e., terpene synthase) defense responses, suggests the aphid ability to manipulate plant immune responses. We also investigated the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from infested plants and observed a reduced emission of (E)-β-caryophyllene at 48 hpi, likely the result of aphid effectors, which reflects the down-regulation of two genes involved in the biosynthesis of terpenoids. We showed that (E)-β-caryophyllene emission was modified by the duration of plant infestation and by aphid density and that this molecule highly attracts Aphidius colemani, a parasitic wasp of A. gossypii. With our results we contributed to the identification of genes involved in cucurbit plant interactions with phloem feeders. Our findings may also help pave the way toward developing tolerant zucchini varieties and to identify molecules for sustainable management of harmful insect populations.
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- Alessia Vitiello
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Sede Secondaria di Portici, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, Portici, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Oligosaccharides: Defense Inducers, Their Recognition in Plants, Commercial Uses and Perspectives. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25245972. [PMID: 33339414 PMCID: PMC7766089 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25245972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Plants have innate immune systems or defense mechanisms that respond to the attack of pathogenic microorganisms. Unlike mammals, they lack mobile defense cells, so defense processes depend on autonomous cellular events with a broad repertoire of recognition to detect pathogens, which compensates for the lack of an adaptive immune system. These defense mechanisms remain inactive or latent until they are activated after exposure or contact with inducing agents, or after the application of the inductor; they remain inactive only until they are affected by a pathogen or challenged by an elicitor from the same. Resistance induction represents a focus of interest, as it promotes the activation of plant defense mechanisms, reducing the use of chemical synthesis pesticides, an alternative that has even led to the generation of new commercial products with high efficiency, stability and lower environmental impact, which increase productivity by reducing not only losses but also increasing plant growth. Considering the above, the objective of this review is to address the issue of resistance induction with a focus on the potential of the use of oligosaccharides in agriculture, how they are recognized by plants, how they can be used for commercial products and perspectives.
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Barabaschi D, Tondelli A, Valè G, Cattivelli L. Fitness Cost Shapes Differential Evolutionary Dynamics of Disease Resistance Genes in Cultivated and Wild Plants. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:1352-1354. [PMID: 32916337 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Delfina Barabaschi
- CREA Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, 29017, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, 29017, Italy
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- DiSIT, Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, University of Piemonte Orientale, Piazza S. Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, 29017, Italy.
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Lee RR, Chae E. Variation Patterns of NLR Clusters in Arabidopsis thaliana Genomes. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2020; 1:100089. [PMID: 33367252 PMCID: PMC7747988 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene family is highly expanded in the plant lineage with extensive sequence and structure polymorphisms. To survey the landscape of NLR expansion, we mined the published long-read data generated by the resistance gene enrichment sequencing of 64 diverse Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. We found that the hot spots of massive multi-gene NLR cluster expansion did not typically span the whole cluster; instead, they were restricted to a handful of, or only one, dominant radiation(s). All sequences in such a radiation were distinct from other genes in the cluster but not from each other in the clade, making it difficult to assign trustworthy reference-based orthologies when multiple reference genes were present in the radiation. Consequently, NLR genes can be broadly divided into two types: radiating or high-fidelity, where high-fidelity genes are well conserved and well separated from other clades. A similar distinction could be made for NLR clusters, depending on whether cluster size was determined primarily by extensive radiation or the presence of numerous high-fidelity genes. We also identified groups of well-conserved NLR clades that were missing from the Columbia-0 reference genome. This suggests that the classification of NLRs using gene IDs from a single reference accession can rarely capture all major paralogs in a cluster accurately and representatively and that a reference-agnostic perspective is required to properly characterize these additional variations. Finally, we present a quantitative visualization method for differentiating these situations in a given clade of interest.
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Dinh HX, Singh D, Periyannan S, Park RF, Pourkheirandish M. Molecular genetics of leaf rust resistance in wheat and barley. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2020; 133:2035-2050. [PMID: 32128617 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03570-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The demand for cereal grains as a main source of energy continues to increase due to the rapid increase in world population. The leaf rust diseases of cereals cause significant yield losses, posing challenges for global food security. The deployment of resistance genes has long been considered as the most effective and sustainable way to control cereal leaf rust diseases. While genetic resistance has reduced the impact of these diseases in agriculture, losses still occur due to the ability of the respective rust pathogens to change and render resistance genes ineffective plus the slow pace at which resistance genes are discovered and characterized. This article highlights novel recently developed strategies based on advances in genome sequencing that have accelerated gene isolation by overcoming the complexity of cereal genomes. The leaf rust resistance genes cloned so far from wheat and barley belong to various protein families, including nucleotide binding site/leucine-rich repeat receptors and transporters. We review recent studies that are beginning to reveal the defense mechanisms conferred by the leaf rust resistance genes identified to date in cereals and their roles in either pattern-triggered immunity or effector-triggered immunity.
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- Hoan X Dinh
- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Box 1700, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia.
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Chantarachot T, Sorenson RS, Hummel M, Ke H, Kettenburg AT, Chen D, Aiyetiwa K, Dehesh K, Eulgem T, Sieburth LE, Bailey-Serres J. DHH1/DDX6-like RNA helicases maintain ephemeral half-lives of stress-response mRNAs. NATURE PLANTS 2020; 6:675-685. [PMID: 32483330 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0681-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Gene transcription is counterbalanced by messenger RNA decay processes that regulate transcript quality and quantity. We show here that the evolutionarily conserved DHH1/DDX6-like RNA hellicases of Arabidopsis thaliana control the ephemerality of a subset of cellular mRNAs. These RNA helicases co-localize with key markers of processing bodies and stress granules and contribute to their subcellular dynamics. They function to limit the precocious accumulation and ribosome association of stress-responsive mRNAs involved in auto-immunity and growth inhibition under non-stress conditions. Given the conservation of this RNA helicase subfamily, they may control basal levels of conditionally regulated mRNAs in diverse eukaryotes, accelerating responses without penalty.
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- Thanin Chantarachot
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Zhang J, Zhang P, Dodds P, Lagudah E. How Target-Sequence Enrichment and Sequencing (TEnSeq) Pipelines Have Catalyzed Resistance Gene Cloning in the Wheat-Rust Pathosystem. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:678. [PMID: 32528511 PMCID: PMC7264398 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The wheat-rust pathosystem has been well-studied among host-pathogen interactions since last century due to its economic importance. Intensified efforts toward cloning of wheat rust resistance genes commenced in the late 1990s with the first successful isolation published in 2003. Currently, a total of 24 genes have been cloned from wheat that provides resistance to stem rust, leaf rust, and stripe rust. Among them, more than half (15) were cloned over the last 4 years. This rapid cloning of resistance genes from wheat can be largely credited to the development of approaches for reducing the genome complexity as 10 out of the 15 genes cloned recently were achieved by approaches that are summarized as TEnSeq (Target-sequence Enrichment and Sequencing) pipelines in this review. The growing repertoire of cloned rust resistance genes provides new tools to support deployment strategies aimed at achieving durable resistance. This will be supported by the identification of genetic variation in corresponding Avr genes from rust pathogens, which has recently begun. Although developed with wheat resistance genes as the primary targets, TEnSeq approaches are also applicable to other classes of genes as well as for other crops with complex genomes.
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- Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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LRRpredictor-A New LRR Motif Detection Method for Irregular Motifs of Plant NLR Proteins Using an Ensemble of Classifiers. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11030286. [PMID: 32182725 PMCID: PMC7140858 DOI: 10.3390/genes11030286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Leucine-rich-repeats (LRRs) belong to an archaic procaryal protein architecture that is widely involved in protein-protein interactions. In eukaryotes, LRR domains developed into key recognition modules in many innate immune receptor classes. Due to the high sequence variability imposed by recognition specificity, precise repeat delineation is often difficult especially in plant NOD-like Receptors (NLRs) notorious for showing far larger irregularities. To address this problem, we introduce here LRRpredictor, a method based on an ensemble of estimators designed to better identify LRR motifs in general but particularly adapted for handling more irregular LRR environments, thus allowing to compensate for the scarcity of structural data on NLR proteins. The extrapolation capacity tested on a set of annotated LRR domains from six immune receptor classes shows the ability of LRRpredictor to recover all previously defined specific motif consensuses and to extend the LRR motif coverage over annotated LRR domains. This analysis confirms the increased variability of LRR motifs in plant and vertebrate NLRs when compared to extracellular receptors, consistent with previous studies. Hence, LRRpredictor is able to provide novel insights into the diversification of LRR domains and a robust support for structure-informed analyses of LRRs in immune receptor functioning.
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Gabur I, Chawla HS, Lopisso DT, von Tiedemann A, Snowdon RJ, Obermeier C. Gene presence-absence variation associates with quantitative Verticillium longisporum disease resistance in Brassica napus. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4131. [PMID: 32139810 PMCID: PMC7057980 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61228-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Although copy number variation (CNV) and presence-absence variation (PAV) have been discovered in selected gene families in most crop species, the global prevalence of these polymorphisms in most complex genomes is still unclear and their influence on quantitatively inherited agronomic traits is still largely unknown. Here we analyze the association of gene PAV with resistance of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) against the important fungal pathogen Verticillium longisporum, as an example for a complex, quantitative disease resistance in the strongly rearranged genome of a recent allopolyploid crop species. Using Single Nucleotide absence Polymorphism (SNaP) markers to efficiently trace PAV in breeding populations, we significantly increased the resolution of loci influencing V. longisporum resistance in biparental and multi-parental mapping populations. Gene PAV, assayed by resequencing mapping parents, was observed in 23-51% of the genes within confidence intervals of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for V. longisporum resistance, and high-priority candidate genes identified within QTL were all affected by PAV. The results demonstrate the prominent role of gene PAV in determining agronomic traits, suggesting that this important class of polymorphism should be exploited more systematically in future plant breeding.
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- Iulian Gabur
- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Section of General Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, Georg August University Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Section of General Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, Georg August University Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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Frantzeskakis L, Di Pietro A, Rep M, Schirawski J, Wu CH, Panstruga R. Rapid evolution in plant-microbe interactions - a molecular genomics perspective. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:1134-1142. [PMID: 31134629 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Rapid (co-)evolution at multiple timescales is a hallmark of plant-microbe interactions. The mechanistic basis for the rapid evolution largely rests on the features of the genomes of the interacting partners involved. Here, we review recent insights into genomic characteristics and mechanisms that enable rapid evolution of both plants and phytopathogens. These comprise fresh insights in allelic series of matching pairs of resistance and avirulence genes, the generation of novel pathogen effectors, the recently recognised small RNA warfare, and genomic aspects of secondary metabolite biosynthesis. In addition, we discuss the putative contributions of permissive host environments, transcriptional plasticity and the role of ploidy on the interactions. We conclude that the means underlying the rapid evolution of plant-microbe interactions are multifaceted and depend on the particular nature of each interaction.
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- Departamento de Genética and Campus de Excelencia Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Universidad de Córdoba, 14071, Córdoba, Spain
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- Faculty of Science, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94215, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Microbial Genetics, Institute of Applied Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, 52056, Germany
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Rigo R, Bazin JRM, Crespi M, Charon CL. Alternative Splicing in the Regulation of Plant-Microbe Interactions. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:1906-1916. [PMID: 31106828 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants are continuously exposed to a wide range of biotic interactions. While some biotic interactions are beneficial or even essential for the plant (e.g. rhizobia and mycorrhiza), others such as pathogens are detrimental and require fast adaptation. Plants partially achieve this growth and developmental plasticity by modulating the repertoire of genes they express. In the past few years, high-throughput transcriptome sequencing have revealed that, in addition to transcriptional control of gene expression, post-transcriptional processes, notably alternative splicing (AS), emerged as a key mechanism for gene regulation during plant adaptation to the environment. AS not only can increase proteome diversity by generating multiple transcripts from a single gene but also can reduce gene expression by yielding isoforms degraded by mechanisms such as nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. In this review, we will summarize recent discoveries detailing the contribution of AS to the regulation of plant-microbe interactions, with an emphasis on the modulation of immunity receptor function and other components of the signaling pathways that deal with pathogen responses. We will also discuss emerging evidences that AS could contribute to dynamic reprogramming of the plant transcriptome during beneficial interactions, such as the legume-symbiotic interaction.
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- Richard Rigo
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, CNRS, INRA, Univ Paris Sud, Univ Evry, Univ Paris-Diderot, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, CNRS, INRA, Univ Paris Sud, Univ Evry, Univ Paris-Diderot, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, CNRS, INRA, Univ Paris Sud, Univ Evry, Univ Paris-Diderot, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, CNRS, INRA, Univ Paris Sud, Univ Evry, Univ Paris-Diderot, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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Daugherty MD, Zanders SE. Gene conversion generates evolutionary novelty that fuels genetic conflicts. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2019; 58-59:49-54. [PMID: 31466040 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2019.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Genetic conflicts arise when the evolutionary interests of two genetic elements are not aligned. Conflicts between genomes (e.g. pathogen versus host) or within the same genome (e.g. internal parasitic DNA sequences versus the rest of the host genome) can both foster 'molecular arms races', in which genes on both sides of the conflict rapidly evolve due to bouts of adaptation and counter-adaptation. Importantly, a source of genetic novelty is needed to fuel these arms races. In this review, we highlight gene conversion as a major force in generating the novel alleles on which selection can act. Using examples from both intergenomic and intragenomic conflicts, we feature the mechanisms by which gene conversion facilitates the rapid evolution of genes in conflict.
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- Matthew D Daugherty
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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van Wersch S, Li X. Stronger When Together: Clustering of Plant NLR Disease resistance Genes. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 24:688-699. [PMID: 31266697 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Gene clustering is rare in eukaryotes. However, nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR)-encoding disease resistance (R) genes show consistent clustering in plant genomes. These arrangements are likely to provide coregulatory benefits, as suggested by growing evidence that the gene products of both paired and larger clusters of NLRs act together in triggering immunity. Head-to-head gene pairs where one of the encoded NLRs includes an integrated decoy domain appear to behave differently than clusters evolved from closely related typical NLRs. These patterns may help to explain the broad resistance that most plants have despite their finite number of R genes. By taking into consideration the relationship between genomic arrangement and function, we can improve our understanding of and ability to predict plant immune detection.
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- Solveig van Wersch
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Araújo ACD, Fonseca FCDA, Cotta MG, Alves GSC, Miller RNG. Plant NLR receptor proteins and their potential in the development of durable genetic resistance to biotic stresses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biori.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Saccomanno A, Matny O, Marone D, Laidò G, Petruzzino G, Mazzucotelli E, Desiderio F, Blanco A, Gadaleta A, Pecchioni N, De Vita P, Steffenson B, Mastrangelo AM. Genetic Mapping of Loci for Resistance to Stem Rust in a Tetraploid Wheat Collection. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E3907. [PMID: 30563213 PMCID: PMC6321032 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19123907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is a major biotic constraint to wheat production worldwide. Disease resistant cultivars are a sustainable means for the efficient control of this disease. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) conferring resistance to stem rust at the seedling stage, an association mapping panel consisting of 230 tetraploid wheat accessions were evaluated for reaction to five Pgt races under greenhouse conditions. A high level of phenotypic variation was observed in the panel in response to all of the races, allowing for genome-wide association mapping of resistance QTLs in wild, landrace, and cultivated tetraploid wheats. Twenty-two resistance QTLs were identified, which were characterized by at least two marker-trait associations. Most of the identified resistance loci were coincident with previously identified rust resistance genes/QTLs; however, six regions detected on chromosomes 1B, 5A, 5B, 6B, and 7B may be novel. Availability of the reference genome sequence of wild emmer wheat accession Zavitan facilitated the search for candidate resistance genes in the regions where QTLs were identified, and many of them were annotated as NOD (nucleotide binding oligomerization domain)-like receptor (NLR) genes or genes related to broad spectrum resistance.
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- Antonietta Saccomanno
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia (FG), Italy.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia (FG), Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia (FG), Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia (FG), Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinfomatics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinfomatics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy.
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- Department of Agricultural & Environmental Science, Research Unit of "Genetics and Plant Biotechnology", University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Agricultural & Environmental Science, Research Unit of "Genetics and Plant Biotechnology", University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia (FG), Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia (FG), Italy.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 24126 Bergamo (BG), Italy.
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Huang C, Liu Y, Yu H, Yuan C, Zeng J, Zhao L, Tong Z, Tao X. Non-Structural Protein NSm of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Is an Avirulence Factor Recognized by Resistance Genes of Tobacco and Tomato via Different Elicitor Active Sites. Viruses 2018; 10:E660. [PMID: 30469406 PMCID: PMC6265799 DOI: 10.3390/v10110660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is one of the most destructive viral pathogens of plants. Recently, a single dominant gene conferring complete resistance to TSWV (RTSW) was identified in Nicotina alata and introgressed into cultivated tobacco (N. tabacum). However, whether the TSWV carries an avirulence (Avr) factor directed against RTSW remains obscure. In the present study, we identified the non-structural protein (NSm), the movement protein of TSWV, which is an RTSW-specific Avr factor, by using two different transient expression systems. Using amino acid (aa) substitution mutants, we demonstrated the ability to induce RTSW-mediated hypersensitive response (HR) of NSm is independent of its movement function. Moreover, key substitutions (C118Y and T120N), a 21-aa viral effector epitope, and different truncated versions of NSm, which are responsible for the recognition of the Sw-5b resistance gene of tomato, were tested for their ability to trigger HR to TSWV in tobacco. Together, our results demonstrated that RTSW-mediated resistance is triggered by NSm in the same way as by Sw-5b, however, via different elicitor active sites. Finally, an Avr gene-based diagnostic approach was established and used to determine the presence and effectiveness of resistance genes in tobacco.
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- Changjun Huang
- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming 650021, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Habachi-Houimli Y, Khalfallah Y, Mezghani-Khemakhem M, Makni H, Makni M, Bouktila D. Genome-wide identification, characterization, and evolutionary analysis of NBS-encoding resistance genes in barley. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:453. [PMID: 30370194 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1478-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In this study, a systematic analysis of Nucleotide-Binding Site (NBS) disease resistance (R) gene family in the barley, Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Bowman, genome was performed. Using multiple computational analyses, we could identify 96 regular NBS-encoding genes and characterize them on the bases of structural diversity, conserved protein signatures, genomic distribution, gene duplications, differential expression, selection pressure, codon usage, regulation by microRNAs and phylogenetic relationships. Depending on the presence or absence of CC and LRR domains; the identified NBS genes were assigned to four distinct groups; NBS-LRR (53.1%), CC-NBS-LRR (14.6%), NBS (26%), and CC-NBS (6.3%). NBS-associated domain analysis revealed the presence of signal peptides, zinc fingers, diverse kinases, and other structural features. Eighty-five of the identified NBS-encoding genes were mapped onto the seven barley chromosomes, revealing that 50% of them were located on chromosomes 7H, 2H, and 3H, with a tendency of NBS genes to be clustered in the distal telomeric regions of the barley chromosomes. Nine gene clusters, representing 22.35% of total mapped barley NBS-encoding genes, were found, suggesting that tandem duplication stands for an important mechanism in the expansion of this gene family in barley. Phylogenetic analysis determined 31 HvNBS orthologs from rice and Brachypodium. 87 out of 96 HvNBSs were supported by expression evidence, exhibiting various and quantitatively uneven expression patterns across distinct tissues, organs, and development stages. Fourteen potential miRNA-R gene target pairs were further identified, providing insight into the regulation of NBS genes expression. These findings offer candidate target genes to engineer disease-resistant barley genotypes, and promote our understanding of the evolution of NBS-encoding genes in Poaceae crops.
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- Yosra Habachi-Houimli
- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
- 2Université de Tunis, Institut Supérieur de l'Animation pour la Jeunesse et la Culture (ISAJC), Bir El Bey, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
- 3Université de Jendouba, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Béja (ISBB), 9000 Béja, Tunisia
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Plant Defense Genes against Biotic Stresses. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19082446. [PMID: 30126226 PMCID: PMC6121480 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19082446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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