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Nietzschmann L, Smolka U, Perino EHB, Gorzolka K, Stamm G, Marillonnet S, Bürstenbinder K, Rosahl S. The secreted PAMP-induced peptide StPIP1_1 activates immune responses in potato. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20534. [PMID: 37996470 PMCID: PMC10667265 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47648-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Treatment of potato plants with the pathogen-associated molecular pattern Pep-13 leads to the activation of more than 1200 genes. One of these, StPIP1_1, encodes a protein of 76 amino acids with sequence homology to PAMP-induced secreted peptides (PIPs) from Arabidopsis thaliana. Expression of StPIP1_1 is also induced in response to infection with Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight disease. Apoplastic localization of StPIP1_1-mCherry fusion proteins is dependent on the presence of the predicted signal peptide. A synthetic peptide corresponding to the last 13 amino acids of StPIP1_1 elicits the expression of the StPIP1_1 gene itself, as well as that of pathogenesis related genes. The oxidative burst induced by exogenously applied StPIP1_1 peptide in potato leaf disks is dependent on functional StSERK3A/B, suggesting that StPIP1_1 perception occurs via a receptor complex involving the co-receptor StSERK3A/B. Moreover, StPIP1_1 induces expression of FRK1 in Arabidopsis in an RLK7-dependent manner. Expression of an RLK from potato with high sequence homology to AtRLK7 is induced by StPIP1_1, by Pep-13 and in response to infection with P. infestans. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that, upon secretion, StPIP1_1 acts as an endogenous peptide required for amplification of the defense response.
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- Linda Nietzschmann
- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department Molecular Signal Processing, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cell and Metabolic Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department Molecular Signal Processing, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Gorzolka K, Perino EHB, Lederer S, Smolka U, Rosahl S. Lysophosphatidylcholine 17:1 from the Leaf Surface of the Wild Potato Species Solanum bulbocastanum Inhibits Phytophthora infestans. J Agric Food Chem 2021; 69:5607-5617. [PMID: 33988025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c07199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is economically the most important foliar disease of potato. To assess the importance of the leaf surface, as the site of the first encounter of pathogen and host, we performed untargeted profiling by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry of leaf surface metabolites of the susceptible cultivated potato Solanum tuberosum and the resistant wild potato species Solanum bulbocastanum. Hydroxycinnamic acid amides, typical phytoalexins of potato, were abundant on the surface of S. tuberosum, but not on S. bulbocastanum. One of the metabolites accumulating on the surface of the wild potato was identified as lysophosphatidylcholine carrying heptadecenoic acid, LPC17:1. In vitro assays revealed that both spore germination and mycelial growth of P. infestans were efficiently inhibited by LPC17:1, suggesting that leaf surface metabolites from wild potato species could contribute to early defense responses against P. infestans.
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- Karin Gorzolka
- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale) D-06120, Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale) D-06120, Germany
- Department of Applied Biosciences and Process Technology, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburger Str. 55, Köthen D-06366, Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale) D-06120, Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale) D-06120, Germany
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- Department Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale) D-06120, Germany
- Department of Applied Biosciences and Process Technology, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburger Str. 55, Köthen D-06366, Germany
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Matern A, Böttcher C, Eschen-Lippold L, Westermann B, Smolka U, Döll S, Trempel F, Aryal B, Scheel D, Geisler M, Rosahl S. A substrate of the ABC transporter PEN3 stimulates bacterial flagellin (flg22)-induced callose deposition in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:6857-6870. [PMID: 30833326 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.007676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Nonhost resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana against Phytophthora infestans, a filamentous eukaryotic microbe and the causal agent of potato late blight, is based on a multilayered defense system. Arabidopsis thaliana controls pathogen entry through the penetration-resistance genes PEN2 and PEN3, encoding an atypical myrosinase and an ABC transporter, respectively, required for synthesis and export of unknown indole compounds. To identify pathogen-elicited leaf surface metabolites and further unravel nonhost resistance in Arabidopsis, we performed untargeted metabolite profiling by incubating a P. infestans zoospore suspension on leaves of WT or pen3 mutant Arabidopsis plants. Among the plant-secreted metabolites, 4-methoxyindol-3-yl-methanol and S-(4-methoxy-indol-3-yl-methyl) cysteine were detected in spore suspensions recollected from WT plants, but at reduced levels from the pen3 mutant plants. In both whole-cell and microsome-based assays, 4-methoxyindol-3-yl-methanol was transported in a PEN3-dependent manner, suggesting that this compound is a PEN3 substrate. The syntheses of both compounds were dependent on functional PEN2 and phytochelatin synthase 1. None of these compounds inhibited mycelial growth of P. infestans in vitro Of note, exogenous application of 4-methoxyindol-3-yl methanol slightly elevated cytosolic Ca2+ levels and enhanced callose deposition in hydathodes of seedlings treated with a bacterial pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), flagellin (flg22). Loss of flg22-induced callose deposition in leaves of pen3 seedlings was partially reverted by the addition of 4-methoxyindol-3-yl methanol. In conclusion, we have identified a specific indole compound that is a substrate for PEN3 and contributes to the plant defense response against microbial pathogens.
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- Andreas Matern
- From the Department of Stress and Developmental Biology and
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany and
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- From the Department of Stress and Developmental Biology and
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- From the Department of Stress and Developmental Biology and
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- From the Department of Stress and Developmental Biology and
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- the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Stress and Developmental Biology and
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- the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Stress and Developmental Biology and
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Landgraf R, Smolka U, Altmann S, Eschen-Lippold L, Senning M, Sonnewald S, Weigel B, Frolova N, Strehmel N, Hause G, Scheel D, Böttcher C, Rosahl S. The ABC transporter ABCG1 is required for suberin formation in potato tuber periderm. Plant Cell 2014; 26:3403-15. [PMID: 25122151 PMCID: PMC4371835 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.124776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The lipid biopolymer suberin plays a major role as a barrier both at plant-environment interfaces and in internal tissues, restricting water and nutrient transport. In potato (Solanum tuberosum), tuber integrity is dependent on suberized periderm. Using microarray analyses, we identified ABCG1, encoding an ABC transporter, as a gene responsive to the pathogen-associated molecular pattern Pep-13. Further analyses revealed that ABCG1 is expressed in roots and tuber periderm, as well as in wounded leaves. Transgenic ABCG1-RNAi potato plants with downregulated expression of ABCG1 display major alterations in both root and tuber morphology, whereas the aerial part of the ABCG1-RNAi plants appear normal. The tuber periderm and root exodermis show reduced suberin staining and disorganized cell layers. Metabolite analyses revealed reduction of esterified suberin components and hyperaccumulation of putative suberin precursors in the tuber periderm of RNA interference plants, suggesting that ABCG1 is required for the export of suberin components.
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- Ramona Landgraf
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Biology, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Biology, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biocenter, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Vesicle fusion processes in plants are important for both development and stress responses. Transgenic potato plants with reduced expression of SYNTAXIN-RELATED1 (StSYR1), a gene encoding the potato homolog of Arabidopsis PENETRATION1 (AtPEN1), display spontaneous necrosis and chlorosis at later stages of development. In accordance with this developmental defect, tuber number, weight and overall yield are significantly reduced in StSYR1-RNAi lines. Enhanced resistance of StSYR1-RNAi plants to Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight disease of potato, correlates with enhanced levels of salicylic acid, whereas levels of 12-oxophytodienoic acid and jasmonic acid are unaltered. Cultured cells of StSYR1-RNAi lines secrete at least two compounds which are not detectable in the supernatant of control cells, suggesting an involvement of StSYR1 in secretion processes to the apoplast.
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Eschen-Lippold L, Landgraf R, Smolka U, Schulze S, Heilmann M, Heilmann I, Hause G, Rosahl S. Activation of defense against Phytophthora infestans in potato by down-regulation of syntaxin gene expression. New Phytol 2012; 193:985-996. [PMID: 22243492 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is the causal agent of late blight, the most devastating disease of potato. The importance of vesicle fusion processes and callose deposition for defense of potato against Phytophthora infestans was analyzed. Transgenic plants were generated, which express RNA interference constructs targeted against plasma membrane-localized SYNTAXIN-RELATED 1 (StSYR1) and SOLUBLE N-ETHYLMALEIMIDE-SENSITIVE FACTOR ADAPTOR PROTEIN 33 (StSNAP33), the potato homologs of Arabidopsis AtSYP121 and AtSNAP33, respectively. Phenotypically, transgenic plants grew normally, but showed spontaneous necrosis and chlorosis formation at later stages. In response to infection with Phytophthora infestans, increased resistance of StSYR1-RNAi plants, but not StSNAP33-RNAi plants, was observed. This increased resistance correlated with the constitutive accumulation of salicylic acid and PR1 transcripts. Aberrant callose deposition in Phytophthora infestans-infected StSYR1-RNAi plants coincided with decreased papilla formation at penetration sites. Resistance against the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea was not significantly altered. Infiltration experiments with bacterial solutions of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Escherichia coli revealed a hypersensitive phenotype of both types of RNAi lines. The enhanced defense status and the reduced growth of Phytophthora infestans on StSYR1-RNAi plants suggest an involvement of syntaxins in secretory defense responses of potato and, in particular, in the formation of callose-containing papillae.
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- Lennart Eschen-Lippold
- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 10, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biocenter, Weinbergweg 22, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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