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Regulation of Salicylic Acid and N-Hydroxy-Pipecolic Acid in Systemic Acquired Resistance

  • Gah-Hyun, Lim
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 2023
  • In plants, salicylic acid (SA) is a central immune signal that is involved in both local and systemic acquired resistance (SAR). In addition to SA, several other chemical signals are also involved in SAR and these include N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid (NHP), a newly discovered plant metabolite that plays a crucial role in SAR. Recent discoveries have led to a better understanding of the biosynthesis of SA and NHP and their signaling during plant defense responses. Here, I review the recent progress in role of SA and NHP in SAR. In addition, I discuss how these signals cooperate with other SAR-inducing chemicals to regulate SAR.

Development of Environmental Stress-Tolerant Plants by Gene Manipulation of Antioxidant Enzymes

  • Kwon, Suk-Yoon;Lee, Haeng-Soon;Kwak, Sang-Soo
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.88-93
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    • 2001
  • Oxidative stress is one of the major limiting factor in plant productivity. Reactive oxygens species (ROS) generated during metabolic processes damage cellular functions and consequently lead to disease, senescence and cell death. Plants have evolved an efficient defense system by which the ROS is scavenged by antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX). Attempts to reduce oxidative damages under the stress conditions have included the manipulation of 갠 scavenging enzymes by gene transfer technology. Increased SOD activities of transgenic plants lead to increased resistance against oxidative stresses derived from methyl viologen (MV), and from photooxidative damage caused by high light and low temperature. Transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing APX showed reduced damage following either MV treatment of photooxidative treatment. Overexpression of glutathion reductase (GR) leads to increase in pool of ascorbate and GSH, known as small antioxidant molecules. These results indicate through overexpression of enzymes involved in ROS-scavenging could maintain or improve the plant productivities under environment stress condition. In this study, the rational approaches to develop stress-tolerant plants by gene manipulation of antioxidant enzymes will be introduced to provide solutions for the global food and environmental problems in the $21^\textrm{st}$ century.

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Physiological and proteomic analysis of young rice leaves grown under nitrogen-starvation conditions

  • Kim, Sang-Gon;Wang, Yiming;Wu, Jingni;Kang, Kyu-Young;Kim, Sun-Tae
    • Plant Biotechnology Reports
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    • 제5권4호
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    • pp.309-315
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    • 2011
  • Rice grown in anaerobic waterlogged soil accumulates ammonium as a major source of nitrogen (N). We have compared the physiological symptoms of rice seedlings subjected to N-starvation stress with those receiving sufficient N, based on measurements of shoot/root length and weight and an analysis of protein expression patterns. N starvation marginally increased root growth but notably decreased shoot biomass. N uptake was reduced by >50% in the roots and shoots of N-starved seedlings. To better understand the mechanism of N starvation in rice, we performed a comparative proteome analysis of proteins isolated from rice leaves. Twenty-five differentially expressed proteins were analyzed by matrixassisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry and electron spray ionization quadrupole TOF. Functional analysis of the N-starvation response proteins suggested their involvement in protein synthesis and fate, metabolism, and defense. These results indicate that these proteins may play important roles in regulating the plant's complex adaptation responses for N use during N starvation. The proteins may be useful for further characterization of protein function in plant N nutrition.

Effects of Arugula Vermicompost on the Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) and the Promotion of Resistance Genes in Tomato Plants

  • Rostami, Mahsa;Karegar, Akbar;Ghorbani, Abozar
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.261-271
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    • 2022
  • Root-knot nematodes are the most important plant-parasitic nematodes worldwide. Many efforts have been made to find non-chemical, risk-free, and environmentally friendly methods for nematode control. In this study, the effects of compost and vermicompost of arugula (Eruca sativa) on Meloidogyne javanica were investigated in three glasshouse experiments. In addition, the expression of the defense-related genes nonexpressor of pathogenesis-related 1 (NPR1) and lipoxygenase 1 (LOX1) was detected in tomato plants treated with vermicompost of arugula at 0, 2, 7, and 14 days after nematode inoculation. The result showed that the vermicompost of arugula significantly reduced the reproduction factor of the nematode by 54.4% to 70.5% in the three experiments and increased the dry weight of shoots of infected tomato plants. Gene expression analysis showed that LOX1 expression increased on the second and seventh day after nematode inoculation, while NPR1 expression decreased. The vermicompost of arugula showed stronger nematode inhibitory potential than the vermicompost of animal manure. The vermicompost of arugula is superior to arugula compost in suppressing the activity of M. javaniva and reducing its impact. It manipulates the expression of resistance genes and could induce systemic resistance against root-knot nematodes.

Molecular Mechanism of Plant Growth Promotion and Induced Systemic Resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus by Bacillus spp.

  • Wang, Shuai;Wu, Huijun;Qiao, Junqing;Ma, Lingli;Liu, Jun;Xia, Yanfei;Gao, Xuewen
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제19권10호
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    • pp.1250-1258
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    • 2009
  • Bacillus spp., as a type of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), were studied with regards promoting plant growth and inducing plant systemic resistance. The results of greenhouse experiments with tobacco plants demonstrated that treatment with the Bacillus spp. significantly enhanced the plant height and fresh weight, while clearly lowering the disease severity rating of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) at 28 days post-inoculation (dpi). The TMV accumulation in the young non-inoculated leaves was remarkably lower for all the plants treated with the Bacillus spp. An RT-PCR analysis of the signaling regulatory genes Coil and NPR1, and defense genes PR-1a and PR-1b, in the tobacco treated with the Bacillus spp. revealed an association with enhancing the systemic resistance of tobacco to TMV. A further analysis of two expansin genes that regulate plant cell growth, NtEXP2 and NtEXP6, also verified a concomitant growth promotion in the roots and leaves of the tobacco responding to the Bacillus spp.

Pichia pastoris로부터 Toll-like Receptor 9의 세포 내 도메인 단백질의 발현과 순수분리 정제 (Expression and Purification of Toll-like Receptor 9 Cytoplasmic Domain in Pichia patoris)

  • 이균영;이곤호
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.269-273
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    • 2005
  • Methylotrophic 효모 Pichia pastoris 발현시스템을 사용하여 인간 TLR9 단백질의 세포내 TIR 도메인을 발현하였다. TIR 단백질이 P. pastoris에서 발현되어 배지 속으로 분비되는 것을 SDS-PAGE로 확인하였고, 발현된 단백질을 western-blot, MALDI-TOF 질량분석으로 동정하였다. 이를 통하여 TIR 딘백질이 P. pastoris에서 안정적으로 발현됨을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 발현된 단백질을 니켈 친화, 양이온교환수지, 겔 투과 크로마토그라피를 사용하여 순수 분리 정제하였다. P. pastoris를 이용한 단백질의 발현과 정제방법은 대장균에서 잘 발현되지 않는 단백질의 발현에 응용될 수 있을 것이다.

Identification and Transcriptional Analysis of Priming Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana Induced by Root Colonization with Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6

  • Cho, Song-Mi;Park, Ju-Yeon;Han, Song-Hee;Anderson, Anne J.;Yang, Kwang-Yeol;Gardener, Brian Mcspadden;Kim, Young-Cheol
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제27권3호
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    • pp.272-279
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    • 2011
  • Root colonization of Arabidopsis thaliana with Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 induces systemic tolerance against diverse pathogens, as well as drought and salt stresses. In this study, we demonstrated that 11 genes in the leaves were up-regulated, and 5 genes were down-regulated as the result of three- to five-days root colonization by P. chlororaphis O6. The identified priming genes were involved in cell signaling, transcription, protein synthesis, and degradation. In addition, expression of selected priming genes were induced in P. chlororaphis O6-colonized plants subjected to water withholding. Genes encoding defense proteins in signaling pathways regulated by jasmonic acid and ethylene, such as VSP1 and PDF1.2, were additional genes with enhanced expression in the P. chlororaphis O6-colonized plants. This study indicated that the expression of priming genes, as well as genes involved in jasmonic acid- and ethylene-regulated genes may play an important role in the systemic induction of both abiotic and biotic stress due to root colonization by P. chlororaphis O6.