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Leiva-Mora M, Capdesuñer Y, Villalobos-Olivera A, Moya-Jiménez R, Saa LR, Martínez-Montero ME. Uncovering the Mechanisms: The Role of Biotrophic Fungi in Activating or Suppressing Plant Defense Responses. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:635. [PMID: 39330396 PMCID: PMC11433257 DOI: 10.3390/jof10090635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2024] [Revised: 08/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024] Open
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This paper discusses the mechanisms by which fungi manipulate plant physiology and suppress plant defense responses by producing effectors that can target various host proteins. Effector-triggered immunity and effector-triggered susceptibility are pivotal elements in the complex molecular dialogue underlying plant-pathogen interactions. Pathogen-produced effector molecules possess the ability to mimic pathogen-associated molecular patterns or hinder the binding of pattern recognition receptors. Effectors can directly target nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich repeat receptors, or manipulate downstream signaling components to suppress plant defense. Interactions between these effectors and receptor-like kinases in host plants are critical in this process. Biotrophic fungi adeptly exploit the signaling networks of key plant hormones, including salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, abscisic acid, and ethylene, to establish a compatible interaction with their plant hosts. Overall, the paper highlights the importance of understanding the complex interplay between plant defense mechanisms and fungal effectors to develop effective strategies for plant disease management.
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- Michel Leiva-Mora
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Técnica de Ambato (UTA-DIDE), Cantón Cevallos Vía a Quero, Sector El Tambo-La Universidad, Cevallos 1801334, Ecuador
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- Natural Products Department, Centro de Bioplantas, Universidad de Ciego de Ávila Máximo Gómez Báez, Ciego de Ávila 65200, Cuba;
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Ciego de Ávila Máximo Gómez Báez, Ciego de Ávila 65200, Cuba;
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- Facultad de Diseño y Arquitectura, Universidad Técnica de Ambato (UTA-DIDE), Huachi 180207, Ecuador;
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), San Cayetano Alto, Calle París s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador;
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Ciego de Ávila Máximo Gómez Báez, Ciego de Ávila 65200, Cuba;
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Fatemifard SZ, Masoumiasl A, Rezaei R, Fazeli-Nasab B, Salehi-Sardoei A, Ghorbanpour M. Association between molecular markers and resistance to bacterial blight using binary logistic analysis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:670. [PMID: 39004723 PMCID: PMC11247743 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05381-1] [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: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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The most effective strategy for managing wheat bacterial blight caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is believed to be the use of resistant cultivars. Researching the correlation between molecular markers and stress resistance can expedite the plant breeding process. The current study aims to evaluate the response of 27 bread wheat cultivars to bacterial blight disease in order to identify resistant and susceptible cultivars and to pinpoint ISSR molecular markers associated with bacterial blight resistance genes. ISSR markers are recommended for assessing a plant's disease resistance. This experiment is focused on identifying ISSR molecular markers linked to bacterial blight resistance. After applying the bacterial solution to the leaves, we performed sampling to determine the infection percentage in the leaves at different intervals (7, 14, and 18 days after spraying). In most cultivars, the average leaf infection percentage decreased 18 days after spraying on young leaves. However, in some cultivars such as Niknegad, Darab2, and Zarin, leaf infection increased in older leaves and reached up to 100% necrosis. In our study, 12 ISSR primers generated a total of 170 bands, with 156 being polymorphic. The primers F10 and F5 showed the highest polymorphism, while the F7 primer exhibited the lowest polymorphism. Cluster analysis grouped these cultivars into four categories. The resistant group included Qods, Omid, and Atrak cultivars, while the semi-resistant and susceptible groups comprised the rest of the cultivars. Through binary logistic analysis, we identified three Super oxide dismutase-related genes that contribute to plant resistance to bacterial blight. These genes were linked to the F3, F5, and F12 primers in regions I (1500 bp), T (1000 bp), and G (850 bp), respectively. We also identified seven susceptibility-associated genes. Atrak, Omid, and Qods cultivars exhibited resistance against bacterial blight, and three genes associated with this resistance were linked to the F3, F5, and F12 primers. These markers can be used for screening or transferring tolerance to other wheat cultivars in breeding programs.
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- Plant Breeding Department, Agriculture Faculty, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.
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- Plant Protection Department, Agriculture Faculty, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Agriculture Institute, Research Institute of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
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- Crop and Horticultural Science Research Department, South Kerman Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Jiroft, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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Yan F, Ma J, Peng M, Xi C, Chang S, Yang Y, Tian S, Zhou B, Liu T. Lactic acid induced defense responses in tobacco against Phytophthora nicotianae. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9338. [PMID: 38654120 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60037-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Induced resistance is considered an eco-friendly disease control strategy, which can enhance plant disease resistance by inducing the plant's immune system to activate the defense response. In recent years, studies have shown that lactic acid can play a role in plant defense against biological stress; however, whether lactic acid can improve tobacco resistance to Phytophthora nicotianae, and its molecular mechanism remains unclear. In our study, the mycelial growth and sporangium production of P. nicotianae were inhibited by lactic acid in vitro in a dose-dependent manner. Application of lactic acid could reduce the disease index, and the contents of total phenol, salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), lignin and H2O2, catalase (CAT) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activities were significantly increased. To explore this lactic acid-induced protective mechanism for tobacco disease resistance, RNA-Seq analysis was used. Lactic acid enhances tobacco disease resistance by activating Ca2+, reactive oxygen species (ROS) signal transduction, regulating antioxidant enzymes, SA, JA, abscisic acid (ABA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) signaling pathways, and up-regulating flavonoid biosynthesis-related genes. This study demonstrated that lactic acid might play a role in inducing resistance to tobacco black shank disease; the mechanism by which lactic acid induces disease resistance includes direct antifungal activity and inducing the host to produce direct and primed defenses. In conclusion, this study provided a theoretical basis for lactic acid-induced resistance and a new perspective for preventing and treating tobacco black shank disease.
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- Fan Yan
- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center On Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center On Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- Tobacco Quality Inspection, Department of Raw Material, Hongyun Honghe Tobacco Group, Kunming, 650051, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Technology Center of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China
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- Technology Center of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China
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- No. 10 Middle School, Guangnan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Wenshan, 663300, Yunnan, China.
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- Technology Center of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China.
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China.
- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center On Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
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Tiwari R, Garg K, Senthil-Kumar M, Bisht NC. XLG2 and CORI3 function additively to regulate plant defense against the necrotrophic pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 117:616-631. [PMID: 37910396 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16518] [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: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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The membrane-bound heterotrimeric G-proteins in plants play a crucial role in defending against a broad range of pathogens. This study emphasizes the significance of Extra-large Gα protein 2 (XLG2), a plant-specific G-protein, in mediating the plant response to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, which infects over 600 plant species worldwide. Our analysis of Arabidopsis G-protein mutants showed that loss of XLG2 function increased susceptibility to S. sclerotiorum, accompanied by compromised accumulation of jasmonic acid (JA) during pathogen infection. Overexpression of the XLG2 gene in xlg2 mutant plants resulted in higher resistance and increased JA accumulation during S. sclerotiorum infection. Co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) analysis on S. sclerotiorum infected Col-0 samples, using two different approaches, identified 201 XLG2-interacting proteins. The identified JA-biosynthetic and JA-responsive proteins had compromised transcript expression in the xlg2 mutant during pathogen infection. XLG2 was found to interact physically with a JA-responsive protein, Coronatine induced 1 (CORI3) in Co-IP, and confirmed using split firefly luciferase complementation and bimolecular fluorescent complementation assays. Additionally, genetic analysis revealed an additive effect of XLG2 and CORI3 on resistance against S. sclerotiorum, JA accumulation, and expression of the defense marker genes. Overall, our study reveals two independent pathways involving XLG2 and CORI3 in contributing resistance against S. sclerotiorum.
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- Ruchi Tiwari
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Kataria R, Kaundal R. TRustDB: A comprehensive bioinformatics resource for understanding the complete Wheat-Stem rust host-pathogen interactome. Database (Oxford) 2022; 2022:6832105. [PMID: 36394420 PMCID: PMC9670741 DOI: 10.1093/database/baac068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The increasing infectious diseases in wheat immensely reduce crop yield and quality, thus affecting global wheat production. The evolution in phytopathogens hinders the understanding of the disease infection mechanisms. TRustDB is an open-access, comprehensive database that is specifically focused on the disease stem rust (also known as black rust) in Triticum aestivum, which is caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia graminis (Pgt), strains 'Ug99' and '21-0'. The database aims at a broader focus of providing the researchers with comprehensive tools to predict the protein-protein interactions and avail the functional annotations of the proteins involved in the interactions that cause the disease. The network of the predicted interactome can also be visualized on the browser. Various modules for the functional annotations of the host and pathogen proteins such as subcellular localization, functional domains, gene ontology annotations, pathogen orthologs and effector proteins have been implemented. The host proteins that serve as transcription factors, along with the respective Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways are also available, which further enhance the understanding of the disease infection mechanisms and the defense responses of the host. The database is also linked with several other databases such as InterPro, KEGG pathways, Ensembl and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). TRustDB has a user-friendly web interface, which can be accessed through . Database URL http://bioinfo.usu.edu/trustdb/.
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- Raghav Kataria
- Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- *Corresponding author: Tel: +1 (435) 797-4117; Fax: +1 (435) 797-2766;
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Microbial interaction mediated programmed cell death in plants. 3 Biotech 2022; 12:43. [PMID: 35096500 PMCID: PMC8761208 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-03099-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Food demand of growing population can only be met by finding solutions for sustaining the crop yield. The understanding of basic mechanisms employed by microorganisms for the establishment of parasitic relationship with plants is a complex phenomenon. Symbionts and biotrophs are dependent on living hosts for completing their life cycle, whereas necrotrophs utilize dead cells for their growth and establishment. Hemibiotrophs as compared to other microbes associate themselves with plants in two phase's, viz. early bio-phase and later necro-phase. Plants and microbes interact with each other using receptors present on host cell surface and elicitors (PAMPs and effectors) produced by microbes. Plant-microbe interaction either leads to compatible or incompatible reaction. In response to various biotic and abiotic stress factors, plant undergoes programmed cell death which restricts the growth of biotrophs or hemibiotrophs while necrotrophs as an opportunist starts growing on dead tissue for their own benefit. PCD regulation is an outcome of plant-microbe crosstalk which entirely depends on various biochemical events like generation of reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, ionic efflux/influx, CLPs, biosynthesis of phytohormones, phytoalexins, polyamines and certain pathogenesis-related proteins. This phenomenon mostly occurs in resistant and non-host plants during invasion of pathogenic microbes. The compatible or incompatible host-pathogen interaction depends upon the presence or absence of host plant resistance and pathogenic race. In addition to host-pathogen interaction, the defense induction by beneficial microbes must also be explored and used to the best of its potential. This review highlights the mechanism of microbe- or symbiont-mediated PCD along with defense induction in plants towards symbionts, biotrophs, necrotrophs and hemibiotrophs. Here we have also discussed the possible use of beneficial microbes in inducing systemic resistance in plants against pathogenic microbes.
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Lai R, Ikram M, Li R, Xia Y, Yuan Q, Zhao W, Zhang Z, Siddique KHM, Guo P. Identification of Novel Quantitative Trait Nucleotides and Candidate Genes for Bacterial Wilt Resistance in Tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing and Multi-Locus Genome-Wide Association Studies. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:744175. [PMID: 34745174 PMCID: PMC8566715 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.744175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Tobacco bacterial wilt (TBW) is a devastating soil-borne disease threatening the yield and quality of tobacco. However, its genetic foundations are not fully understood. In this study, we identified 126,602 high-quality single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 94 tobacco accessions using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and a 94.56 KB linkage disequilibrium (LD) decay rate for candidate gene selection. The population structure analysis revealed two subpopulations with 37 and 57 tobacco accessions. Four multi-locus genome-wide association study (ML-GWAS) approaches identified 142 quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) in E1-E4 and the best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP), explaining 0.49-22.52% phenotypic variance. Of these, 38 novel stable QTNs were identified across at least two environments/methods, and their alleles showed significant TBW-DI differences. The number of superior alleles associated with TBW resistance for each accession ranged from 4 to 24; eight accessions had more than 18 superior alleles. Based on TBW-resistant alleles, the five best cross combinations were predicted, including MC133 × Ruyuan No. 1 and CO258 × ROX28. We identified 52 candidate genes around 38 QTNs related to TBW resistance based on homologous functional annotation and KEGG enrichment analysis, e.g., CYCD3;2, BSK1, Nitab4.5_0000641g0050, Nitab4.5_0000929g0030. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study to identify QTNs, superior alleles, and their candidate genes for breeding TBW-resistant tobacco varieties. The results provide further insight into the genetic architecture, marker-assisted selection, and functional genomics of TBW resistance, improving future breeding efforts to increase crop productivity.
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- Ruiqiang Lai
- International Crop Research Center for Stress Resistance, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- International Crop Research Center for Stress Resistance, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- International Crop Research Center for Stress Resistance, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- International Crop Research Center for Stress Resistance, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Nanxiong Research Institute of Guangdong Tobacco Co., Ltd., Nanxiong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- International Crop Research Center for Stress Resistance, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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Baránek M, Kováčová V, Gazdík F, Špetík M, Eichmeier A, Puławska J, Baránková K. Epigenetic Modulating Chemicals Significantly Affect the Virulence and Genetic Characteristics of the Bacterial Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12060804. [PMID: 34070403 PMCID: PMC8226645 DOI: 10.3390/genes12060804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Epigenetics is the study of heritable alterations in phenotypes that are not caused by changes in DNA sequence. In the present study, we characterized the genetic and phenotypic alterations of the bacterial plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) under different treatments with several epigenetic modulating chemicals. The use of DNA demethylating chemicals unambiguously caused a durable decrease in Xcc bacterial virulence, even after its reisolation from infected plants. The first-time use of chemicals to modify the activity of sirtuins also showed some noticeable results in terms of increasing bacterial virulence, but this effect was not typically stable. Changes in treated strains were also confirmed by using methylation sensitive amplification (MSAP), but with respect to registered SNPs induction, it was necessary to consider their contribution to the observed polymorphism. The molecular basis of the altered virulence was deciphered by using dualRNA-seq analysis of treated Xcc strains infecting Brassica rapa plants. The results of the present study should promote more intensive research in the generally understudied field of bacterial epigenetics, where artificially induced modification by epigenetic modulating chemicals can significantly increase the diversity of bacterial properties and potentially contribute to the further development of the fields, such as bacterial ecology and adaptation.
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- Miroslav Baránek
- Mendeleum—Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, 69144 Lednice, Czech Republic; (F.G.); (M.Š.); (A.E.); (K.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-519367311
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- Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany;
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- Mendeleum—Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, 69144 Lednice, Czech Republic; (F.G.); (M.Š.); (A.E.); (K.B.)
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- Mendeleum—Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, 69144 Lednice, Czech Republic; (F.G.); (M.Š.); (A.E.); (K.B.)
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- Mendeleum—Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, 69144 Lednice, Czech Republic; (F.G.); (M.Š.); (A.E.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Phytopathology, Research Institute of Horticulture, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland;
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- Mendeleum—Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, 69144 Lednice, Czech Republic; (F.G.); (M.Š.); (A.E.); (K.B.)
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Adigun OA, Nadeem M, Pham TH, Jewell LE, Cheema M, Thomas R. Recent advances in bio-chemical, molecular and physiological aspects of membrane lipid derivatives in plant pathology. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:1-16. [PMID: 33034375 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Plant pathogens pose a significant threat to the food industry and food security accounting for 10-40% crop losses annually on a global scale. Economic losses from plant diseases are estimated at $300B for major food crops and are associated with reduced food availability and accessibility and also high food costs. Although strategies exist to reduce the impact of diseases in plants, many of these introduce harmful chemicals to our food chain. Therefore, it is important to understand and utilize plants' immune systems to control plant pathogens to enable more sustainable agriculture. Lipids are core components of cell membranes and as such are part of the first line of defense against pathogen attack. Recent developments in omics technologies have advanced our understanding of how plant membrane lipid biosynthesis, remodelling and/or signalling modulate plant responses to infection. Currently, there is limited information available in the scientific literature concerning lipid signalling targets and their biochemical and physiological consequences in response to plant pathogens. This review focusses on the functions of membrane lipid derivatives and their involvement in plant responses to pathogens as biotic stressors. We describe major plant defense systems including systemic-acquired resistance, basal resistance, hypersensitivity and the gene-for-gene concept in this context.
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- Oludoyin Adeseun Adigun
- School of Science and the Environment/Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H5G4, Canada
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- School of Science and the Environment/Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H5G4, Canada
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- School of Science and the Environment/Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H5G4, Canada
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- St. John's Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 204 Brookfield Rd, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1E 6J5, Canada
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- School of Science and the Environment/Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H5G4, Canada
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- School of Science and the Environment/Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H5G4, Canada
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Bian C, Duan Y, Wang J, Xiu Q, Wang J, Hou Y, Song X, Zhou M. Validamycin A Induces Broad-Spectrum Resistance Involving Salicylic Acid and Jasmonic Acid/Ethylene Signaling Pathways. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2020; 33:1424-1437. [PMID: 32815479 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-08-20-0211-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Validamycin A (VMA) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used to control rice sheath blight. Although it has been reported that VMA can induce the plant defense responses, the mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we found that reactive oxygen species (ROS) bursts and callose deposition in Arabidopsis thaliana, rice (Oryza sativa L.), and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were induced by VMA and were most intense with 10 μg of VMA per milliliter at 24 h. Moreover, we showed that VMA induced resistance against Pseudomonas syringae, Botrytis cinerea, and Fusarium graminearum in Arabidopsis leaves, indicating that VMA induces broad-spectrum disease resistance in both dicots and monocots. In addition, VMA-mediated resistance against P. syringae was not induced in NahG transgenic plants, was partially decreased in npr1 mutants, and VMA-mediated resistance to B. cinerea was not induced in npr1, jar1, and ein2 mutants. These results strongly indicated that VMA triggers plant defense responses to both biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens involved in salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid/ethylene (JA/ET) signaling pathways and is dependent on NPR1. In addition, transcriptome analysis further revealed that VMA regulated the expression of genes involved in SA, JA/ET, abscisic acid (ABA), and auxin signal pathways. Taken together, VMA induces systemic resistance involving in SA and JA/ET signaling pathways and also exerts a positive influence on ABA and auxin signaling pathways. Our study highlights the creative application of VMA in triggering plant defense responses against plant pathogens, providing a valuable insight into applying VMA to enhance plant resistance and reduce the use of chemical pesticides.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Chuanhong Bian
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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