scholarly journals Expression of a WIPK-Activated Transcription Factor Results in Increase of Endogenous Salicylic Acid and Pathogen Resistance in Tobacco Plants

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1169-1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Waller ◽  
Axel Müller ◽  
Kwi-Mi Chung ◽  
Yun-Kiam Yap ◽  
Kimiyo Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Pathogen Resistance ◽  
Tobacco Plants

scholarly journals WRKY55 transcription factor positively regulates leaf senescence and the defense response by modulating the transcription of genes implicated in the biosynthesis of reactive oxygen species and salicylic acid in Arabidopsis

Development ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 147 (16) ◽  
pp. dev189647
Author(s):  
Yiqiao Wang ◽  
Xing Cui ◽  
Bo Yang ◽  
Shutao Xu ◽  
Xiangyan Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Pseudomonas Syringae ◽  
Leaf Senescence ◽  
Single Gene ◽  
Bacterial Pathogen ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Pathogen Resistance ◽  
Oxygen Species

ABSTRACTReactive oxygen species (ROS) and salicylic acid (SA) are two factors regulating leaf senescence and defense against pathogens. However, how a single gene integrates both ROS and SA pathways remains poorly understood. Here, we show that Arabidopsis WRKY55 transcription factor positively regulates ROS and SA accumulation, and thus leaf senescence and resistance against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. WRKY55 is predominantly expressed in senescent leaves and encodes a transcriptional activator localized to nuclei. Both inducible and constitutive overexpression of WRKY55 accelerates leaf senescence, whereas mutants delay it. Transcriptomic sequencing identified 1448 differentially expressed genes, of which 1157 genes are upregulated by WRKY55 expression. Accordingly, the ROS and SA contents in WRKY55-overexpressing plants are higher than those in control plants, whereas the opposite occurs in mutants. Moreover, WRKY55 positively regulates defense against P. syringae. Finally, we show that WRKY55 activates the expression of RbohD, ICS1, PBS3 and SAG13 by binding directly to the W-box-containing fragments. Taken together, our work has identified a new WRKY transcription factor that integrates both ROS and SA pathways to regulate leaf senescence and pathogen resistance.

scholarly journals Free and Conjugated Benzoic Acid in Tobacco Plants and Cell Cultures. Induced Accumulation upon Elicitation of Defense Responses and Role as Salicylic Acid Precursors

2001 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 318-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Chong ◽  
Marie-Agnès Pierrel ◽  
Rossitza Atanassova ◽  
Danièle Werck-Reichhart ◽  
Bernard Fritig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Benzoic Acid ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Defense Responses ◽  
Tobacco Plants

scholarly journals Activation of a Novel Transcription Factor through Phosphorylation by WIPK, a Wound-Induced Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Tobacco Plants

2005 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Kiam Yap ◽  
Yutaka Kodama ◽  
Frank Waller ◽  
Kwi Mi Chung ◽  
Hirokazu Ueda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein

Overexpression of salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase reduces salicylic acid-mediated pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeon Jong Koo ◽  
Myeong Ae Kim ◽  
Eun Hye Kim ◽  
Jong Tae Song ◽  
Choonkyun Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Pathogen Resistance ◽  
Carboxyl Methyltransferase

scholarly journals Relationship Between Localized Acquired Resistance (LAR) and the Hypersensitive Response (HR): HR Is Necessary for LAR to Occur and Salicylic Acid Is Not Sufficient to Trigger LAR

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 655-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Costet ◽  
Sylvain Cordelier ◽  
Stéphan Dorey ◽  
Fabienne Baillieul ◽  
Bernard Fritig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Hypersensitive Response ◽  
Acquired Resistance ◽  
Defense Responses ◽  
Pr Proteins ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Tobacco Leaves ◽  
Pathogenesis Related ◽  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus Infection ◽  
Mosaic Virus Infection

In tobacco plants reacting hypersensitively to pathogen infection, localized acquired resistance (LAR) is induced in a sharp zone surrounding hypersensitive response (HR) lesions. Using a fungal glycoprotein inducing HR and LAR when infiltrated at 50 nM into tobacco leaves, we have shown previously that a plant signal(s) is released by HR cells and diffuses to induce LAR. Here we address two questions: does LAR occur when HR is not induced, and is salicylic acid the (or one of the) mobile LAR signal? We found that application to tobacco leaves of 0.25 nM glycoprotein triggered defense responses without HR and without an H2O2 burst. The analyzed responses include changes in expression of O-methyltransferase (OMT), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarylCoA reductase, pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, and changes in levels of the signal salicylic acid. No defense responses and no increased resistance to tobacco mosaic virus infection were found beyond the elicitor-infiltrated tissue, providing strong evidence that there is no LAR without HR. Treatments of NahG tobacco leaves with 50 nM elicitor induced the HR and, in the sharp zone surrounding the HR lesion, a strong activation of OMT and of basic PR proteins, but not of acidic PR-1 proteins. This indicates that a signal different from salicylic acid is diffusing.

scholarly journals ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Encodes a Functional Salicylic Acid (SA) Hydroxylase That Degrades SA to Suppress Plant Defenses

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 620-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyun Li ◽  
Zhiqian Pang ◽  
Pankaj Trivedi ◽  
Xiaofeng Zhou ◽  
Xiaobao Ying ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Enzymatic Activity ◽  
Plant Defenses ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Candidatus Liberibacter ◽  
Liberibacter Asiaticus ◽  
Management Approaches

Pathogens from the fastidious, phloem-restricted ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species cause the devastating Huanglongbing (HLB) disease in citrus worldwide and cause diseases on many solanaceous crops and plants in the Apiaceae family. However, little is known about the pathogenic mechanisms due to the difficulty in culturing the corresponding ‘Ca. Liberibacter’ species. Here, we report that the citrus HLB pathogen ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ uses an active salicylate hydroxylase SahA to degrade salicylic acid (SA) and suppress plant defenses. Purified SahA protein displays strong enzymatic activity to degrade SA and its derivatives. Overexpression of SahA in transgenic tobacco plants abolishes SA accumulation and hypersensitive response (HR) induced by nonhost pathogen infection. By degrading SA, ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ not only enhances the susceptibility of citrus plants to both nonpathogenic and pathogenic Xanthomonas citri but also attenuates the responses of citrus plants to exogenous SA. In addition, foliar spraying of 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole and 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid, SA functional analogs not degradable by SahA, displays comparable (and even better) effectiveness with SA in suppressing ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ population growth and HLB disease progression in infected citrus trees under field conditions. This study demonstrates one or more pathogens suppress plant defenses by degrading SA and establish clues for developing novel SA derivatives-based management approaches to control the associated plant diseases.

Nicotine and related alkaloids accumulation in constitutive salicylic acid producing tobacco plants

Plant Science ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurentius H. Nugroho ◽  
Anja M.G. Peltenburg-Looman ◽  
Helene de Vos ◽  
Marianne C. Verberne ◽  
Robert Verpoorte
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Tobacco Plants

scholarly journals Interaction of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Replicase Protein with a NAC Domain Transcription Factor Is Associated with the Suppression of Systemic Host Defenses

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (19) ◽  
pp. 9720-9730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Wang ◽  
Sameer P. Goregaoker ◽  
James N. Culver
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus ◽  
Acid Treatment ◽  
Defense Responses ◽  
Marker Genes ◽  
Host Defenses ◽  
Salicylic Acid Treatment ◽  
Transcript Levels ◽  
Nac Domain

ABSTRACT An interaction between the helicase domain of the Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) 126-/183-kDa replicase protein(s) and the Arabidopsis thaliana NAC domain transcription factor ATAF2 was identified via yeast two-hybrid and in planta immunoprecipitation assays. ATAF2 is transcriptionally induced in response to TMV infection, and its overexpression significantly reduces virus accumulation. Proteasome inhibition studies suggest that ATAF2 is targeted for degradation during virus infection. The transcriptional activity of known defense-associated marker genes PR1, PR2, and PDF1.2 significantly increase within transgenic plants overexpressing ATAF2. In contrast, these marker genes have reduced transcript levels in ATAF2 knockout or repressor plant lines. Thus, ATAF2 appears to function in the regulation of host basal defense responses. In response to TMV infections, ATAF2 and PR1 display increased transcript accumulations in inoculated tissues but not in systemically infected tissues. ATAF2 and PR1 transcript levels also increase in response to salicylic acid treatment. However, the salicylic acid treatment of systemically infected tissues did not produce a similar increase in either ATAF2 or PR1 transcripts, suggesting that host defense responses are attenuated during systemic virus invasion. Similarly, noninfected ATAF2 knockout or ATAF2 repressor lines display reduced levels of PR1 transcripts when treated with salicylic acid. Taken together, these findings suggest that the replicase-ATAF2 interaction suppresses basal host defenses as a means to promote systemic virus accumulation.

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