scholarly journals Relationship of Melatonin and Salicylic Acid in Biotic/Abiotic Plant Stress Responses

Agronomy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefa Hernández-Ruiz ◽  
Marino Arnao

Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) was discovered in plants in 1995, while salicylic acid was the name given to the active ingredient of willow in 1838. From a physiological point of view, these two molecules present in plants have never been compared, even though they have a great number of similarities, as we shall see in this work. Both molecules have biosynthesis pathways that share a common precursor and both play a relevant role in the physiology of plants, especially in aspects related to biotic and abiotic stress. They have also been described as biostimulants of photosynthetic processes and productivity enhancers in agricultural crops. We review the coincident aspects of both molecules, and propose an action model, by which the relationship between these molecules and other agents and plant hormones can be studied.

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1486
Author(s):  
Alfonso Albacete

Both melatonin and salicylic acid (SA) have been demonstrated to play multiple functions in plant physiological processes and biotic and abiotic stress responses. So far, these regulatory molecules have been separately studied despite sharing a common biosynthetic precursor and their similar physiological actions and stress regulation signals. The review published in Agronomy by Hernández-Ruiz and Arnao entitled “Relationship of melatonin and salicylic acid in biotic/abiotic stress responses” highlights the coincidences and similarities of both regulatory molecules via a thorough literature search and proposes an action model for their interaction in plant stress responses. Despite the undeniable interest and potential impact of this view, it has been focused only on coincident regulatory aspects of SA and melatonin, and the antioxidant-mediated model of interaction that has been proposed is rather speculative and needs to be mechanistically demonstrated. Nevertheless, the mentioned review leads to future research on the melatonin-SA crosstalk to improve biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, which is of utmost importance to ensure food production in the actual age of pandemics and for the upcoming climate crisis scenario.


Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 365 (6452) ◽  
pp. 498-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitrij Rekhter ◽  
Daniel Lüdke ◽  
Yuli Ding ◽  
Kirstin Feussner ◽  
Krzysztof Zienkiewicz ◽  
...  

The phytohormone salicylic acid (SA) controls biotic and abiotic plant stress responses. Plastid-produced chorismate is a branch-point metabolite for SA biosynthesis. Most pathogen-induced SA derives from isochorismate, which is generated from chorismate by the catalytic activity of ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE1. Here, we ask how and in which cellular compartment isochorismate is converted to SA. We show that in Arabidopsis, the pathway downstream of isochorismate requires only two additional proteins: ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY5, which exports isochorismate from the plastid to the cytosol, and the cytosolic amidotransferase avrPphB SUSCEPTIBLE3 (PBS3). PBS3 catalyzes the conjugation of glutamate to isochorismate to produce isochorismate-9-glutamate, which spontaneously decomposes into SA and 2-hydroxy-acryloyl-N-glutamate. The minimal requirement of three compartmentalized proteins controlling unidirectional forward flux may protect the pathway against evolutionary forces and pathogen perturbations.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongzhi Zhang ◽  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Shengbao Xu

Abstract Background: Brassinosteroid-insensitive 1 suppressor 1 (BRS1), is a serine carboxypeptidase that mediates brassinosteroid signaling and participates in multiple developmental processes in Arabidopsis. However, little is known about the precise role of BRS1 in this context. Results: In this study, we analyzed transcriptional and proteomic profiles of Arabidopsis seedlings overexpressing BRS1 and found that this gene is involved in both biotic and abiotic stress responses and redox regulation. Further proteomic evidence shows that BRS1 regulates cell redox by indirectly interacting with cytosolic NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (cICDH). We identified two novel splice products of BRS1, which might play important roles in development and stress responses in plants. Conclusions: This study highlights the role of BRS1 in plant redox regulation and stress responses, which extends our understanding of extracellular serine carboxypeptidases.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diaz-Vivancos Pedro ◽  
Bernal-Vicente Agustina ◽  
Cantabella Daniel ◽  
Petri Cesar ◽  
Hernández José Antonio

HighlightMandelonitrile, and hence cyanogenic glycosides turnover, is involved in salicylic acid (SA) biosynthesis in peach plants under control and stress conditions. A third pathway for SA synthesis in peach is proposed.AbstractDespite the long-established importance of salicylic acid (SA) in plant stress responses and other biological processes, its biosynthetic pathway has not been fully characterized. The proposed SA synthesis originates from chorismate by two distinct pathways: isochorismate and penhylalanine (Phe) ammonia-lyase (PAL) pathways. Cyanogenesis is the process related to the release of hydrogen cyanide from endogenous cyanogenic glycosides (CNglcs), and it has been linked to plant plasticity improvement. To date, however, no relationship has been suggested between both pathways. In this work, by metabolomics and biochemical approaches (including [13C]-labelled compounds), we provide evidences showing that CNglcs turnover is involved, at least in part, in SA biosynthesis in peach plants under control and stress conditions.The main CNglcs in peach are prunasin and amygdalin, with mandelonitrile (MD), synthesized from Phe, controlling their turnover. In peach plants MD is at the hub of the suggested new SA biosynthetic pathway and CNglcs turnover, regulating both the amygdalin and SA biosynthesis. MD-treated peach plants displayed increased SA levels via benzoic acid (SA precursor). In addition, MD also provides partial protection against Plum pox virus infection in peach seedlings. Thus, we proposed a third pathway, alternative to the PAL pathway, for SA synthesis in peach plants.


Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 697
Author(s):  
Juan Mao ◽  
Wenxin Li ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
Jianming Li

The plant glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3)-like kinases are highly conserved protein serine/threonine kinases that are grouped into four subfamilies. Similar to their mammalian homologs, these kinases are constitutively active under normal growth conditions but become inactivated in response to diverse developmental and environmental signals. Since their initial discoveries in the early 1990s, many biochemical and genetic studies were performed to investigate their physiological functions in various plant species. These studies have demonstrated that the plant GSK3-like kinases are multifunctional kinases involved not only in a wide variety of plant growth and developmental processes but also in diverse plant stress responses. Here we summarize our current understanding of the versatile physiological functions of the plant GSK3-like kinases along with their confirmed and potential substrates.


Rice ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Zhang ◽  
Yan Long ◽  
Jingjing Huang ◽  
Jixing Xia

Abstract Background Salt stress threatens crop yields all over the world. Many NAC transcription factors have been reported to be involved in different abiotic stress responses, but it remains unclear how loss of these transcription factors alters the transcriptomes of plants. Previous reports have demonstrated that overexpression of OsNAC45 enhances salt and drought tolerance in rice, and that OsNAC45 may regulate the expression of two specific genes, OsPM1 and OsLEA3–1. Results Here, we found that ABA repressed, and NaCl promoted, the expression of OsNAC45 in roots. Immunostaining showed that OsNAC45 was localized in all root cells and was mainly expressed in the stele. Loss of OsNAC45 decreased the sensitivity of rice plants to ABA and over-expressing this gene had the opposite effect, which demonstrated that OsNAC45 played an important role during ABA signal responses. Knockout of OsNAC45 also resulted in more ROS accumulation in roots and increased sensitivity of rice to salt stress. Transcriptome sequencing assay found that thousands of genes were differently expressed in OsNAC45-knockout plants. Most of the down-regulated genes participated in plant stress responses. Quantitative real time RT-PCR suggested that seven genes may be regulated by OsNAC45 including OsCYP89G1, OsDREB1F, OsEREBP2, OsERF104, OsPM1, OsSAMDC2, and OsSIK1. Conclusions These results indicate that OsNAC45 plays vital roles in ABA signal responses and salt tolerance in rice. Further characterization of this gene may help us understand ABA signal pathway and breed rice plants that are more tolerant to salt stress.


2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 451-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Kinpara ◽  
Yuji Murakami ◽  
Kenji Yokoyama ◽  
Eiichi Tamiya

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