Heritability Of Rhizobacteria-mediated Induced Systemic Resistance And Basal Resistance In Arabidopsis

Selected strains of non-pathogenic rhizobacteria have the ability to trigger an induced systemic resistance (ISR) response in plants. In Arabidopsis, rhizobacteria-mediated ISR has been extensively studied, using Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS417r as the inducing agent and P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst) as the challenging pathogen. To investigate how far expression of ISR depends on the level of basal resistance, 10 different Arabidopsis ecotypes were screened for their potential to express WCS417r-mediated ISR and basal resistance against Pst. Two Arabidopsis ecotypes, RLD and Wassilewskija (Ws), were found to be blocked in their ability to express ISR. This ISR-noninducible phenotype correlated with a relatively low level of basal resistance against Pst. Genetic analysis of crosses between the ISR-inducible ecotypes Columbia (Col) and Landsberg erecta (Ler), on the one hand, and the non-inducible ecotypes RLD and Ws, on the other hand, revealed that ISR inducibility and basal resistance against Pst were inherited as monogenic dominant traits that are genetically linked. Neither ISR inducibility, nor basal resistance against Pst was complemented in the F₁ progeny of a cross between RLD and Ws, indicating that both ecotypes are affected in the same locus. This locus, designated ISR1, was mapped between markers Ein3 and GL1 on chromosome III. Interestingly, ecotypes RLD and Ws also failed to express ISR against the oomycetous pathogen Peronospora parasitica, but they were not affected in their level of basal resistance against this pathogen. Thus, the ISR1 locus controls the expression of ISR against different pathogens but basal resistance only against Pst and not against P. parasitica. Like ecotypes RLD and Ws, ethylene-insensitive mutants showed the isr1 phenotype in that they were unable to express WCS417r-mediated ISR and show enhanced susceptibility to Pst infection. Analysis of ethylene responsiveness of RLD and Ws revealed that both ecotypes exhibit reduced sensitivity to ethylene. Therefore, it is proposed that the Arabidopsis ISR1 locus encodes a component of the ethylene-response pathway that plays an important role in ethylene-dependent resistance mechanisms.     

A functional gene-for-gene interaction is required for the production of an oxidative burst in response to infection with avirulent Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in Arabidopsis thaliana

An early event correlated with the gene-for-gene hypersensitive response (HR) is the accumulation of active oxygen species (AOS), also known as the oxidative burst. We present data that genetically demonstrates that the oxidative burst is a downstream component of the RPS2- avrRpt2gene-for-gene signal cascade. An in planta AOS assay using the fluorescent probe 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) was modified for use with the Arabidopsis thaliana / Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato (P. syringae pv. tomato) model system. An oxidative burst occurred between 8 and 15 hpi with avirulent P. syringae pv. tomato(avrRpt2), but not with virulent P. syringae pv. tomato. This burst preceded cell death and was not observed in the RPS2 Arabidopsis mutantsrps2-101C and rps2-201 inoculated with avirulent P. syringae pv. tomato. An HR-like response has been observed when plants undergoing a systemic acquired resistance (SAR) response are challenged with a normally virulent pathogen (manifestation stage of SAR), however an HR-like oxidative burst was not detected by the in planta AOS assay during this stage of SAR.     

Basal tomato defences to Botrytis cinerea include abscisic acid-dependent callose formation

In Arabidopsis, abscisic acid (ABA) application can induce resistance by priming for callose deposition; this resistance is impaired in ABA-deficient and -insensitive mutants. In tomato, ABA-deficiency causes resistance to Botrytis cinerea. Here, we show that callose deposition after B. cinerea inoculation is weaker in the ABA-deficient sitiens tomato mutant compared to the wild type (WT). Inhibition of callose synthesis did not affect resistance in sitiens, but caused additional susceptibility in WT. These findings indicate that callose deposition is not part of sitiens defence responses that are effective in blocking B. cinerea and suggest that callose deposition only contributes to WT basal resistance. Furthermore, also in tomato callose formation is at least in part ABA-dependent. However, it seems that in contrast to Arabidopsis, basal ABA levels in tomato are sufficiently high to prime for callose deposition.     

Systemic resistance to bacterial leaf speck pathogen in Arabidopsis thaliana induced by the culture filtrate of a plant growth-promoting fungus (PGPF) Phoma sp. GS8-1

The culture filtrate (CF) from the plant growth-promoting fungus Phoma sp. GS8-1 was found to induce systemic resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana against the bacterial leaf speck pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst), and the underlying mechanism was studied. Roots of A. thaliana were treated with CF from GS8-1, and plants expressed a clear resistance to subsequent Pst infection; disease severity was reduced, and proliferation of pathogen was suppressed. Various mutants of A. thaliana were used to test whether the CF induced resistance through one of the known signaling pathways: salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), and ethylene (ET). The CF was fully protective against Pst in Arabidopsis mutants jar1 and ein2 similar to wild-type plants. However, its efficacy was reduced in plants containing transgene NahG. Examination of systemic gene expression revealed that CF modulates the expression of SA-inducible PR-1, PR-2 and PR-5 genes, the JA/ET-inducible ChitB gene, and the ET-inducible Hel gene. Moreover, the expression of these genes was further enhanced upon subsequent stimulation after attack by Pst. Our data suggest that in addition to a partial requirement for SA, the signals JA and ET may also play a role in defense signaling in Arabidopsis.     

外源ABA和钨酸钠对干旱胁迫下白菜型冬油菜ZEP表达的影响

为研究白菜型冬油菜玉米黄质环氧酶(ZEP)基因在干旱胁迫下响应外源ABA的分子机制,本研究选择白菜型冬油菜陇油7号和天油4号为试验材料,分别喷施蒸馏水、ABA溶液、钨酸钠溶液、ABA+钨酸钠溶液200 mL后置于植物培养箱干旱处理7 d。采用RT-PCR和qPCR等技术进行ZEP基因克隆和表达分析,结果表明:该基因包含一个长度为2 013 bp的ORF,编码含670个氨基酸残基的蛋白质,理论等电点为6.16,属于亲水性蛋白。该基因与拟南芥、甘蓝型油菜的同源性分别为89.25%和99.40%。实时荧光定量分析表明,干旱胁迫可诱导白菜型冬油菜ZEP基因上调表达,外源喷施ABA后陇油7号叶片ZEP基因相对表达量较CK升高66.64%,喷施外源ABA合成抑制剂钨酸钠后陇油7号叶片ZEP基因表达量较CK降低12.74%,而同时喷施外源ABA和钨酸钠后,干旱胁迫下陇油7号、天油4号叶片ZEP基因表达量较CK分别增加了3.3倍和2.28倍,陇油7号叶片中的ZEP基因表达量较根系高21.61%,表明ZEP基因在白菜型冬油菜抗旱中可能发挥一定作用。     

Genetic analyses of Pseudomonas syringae isolates from Belgian fruit orchards reveal genetic variability and isolate-host relationships within the pathovar syringae, and help identify both races of the pathovar morsprunorum

A collection of Pseudomonas syringae and viridiflava isolates was established between 1993 and 2002 from diseased organs sampled from 36 pear, plum and cherry orchards in Belgium. Among the 356 isolates investigated in this study, phytotoxin, siderophore and classical microbiology tests, as well as the genetical methods REP-, ERIC- and BOX- (collectively, rep-) and IS50-PCR, enabled identification to be made of 280 isolates as P. syringae pv. syringae (Pss), 41 isolates as P. syringae pv. morsprunorum (Psm) race 1, 12 isolates as Psm race 2, three isolates as P. viridiflava and 20 isolates as unclassified P. syringae. The rep-PCR methods, particularly BOX-PCR, proved to be useful for identifying the Psm race 1 and Psm race 2 isolates. The latter race was frequent on sour cherry in Belgium. Combined genetic results confirmed homogeneities in the pvs avii, and morsprunorum race 1 and race 2 and high diversity in the pv. syringae. In the pv. syringae, homogeneous genetic groups consistently found on the same hosts (pear, cherry or plum) were observed. Pathogenicity on lilac was sometimes variable among Pss isolates from the same genetic group; also, some Psm race 2 and unclassified P. syringae isolates were pathogenic to lilac. In the BOX analyses, four patterns included 100% of the toxic lipodepsipeptide (TLP)-producing Pss isolates pathogenic to lilac. Many TLP-producing Pss isolates non-pathogenic to lilac and the TLP-non-producing Pss isolates were classified differently. Pseudomonas syringae isolates that differed from known fruit pathogens were observed in pear, sour cherry and plum orchards in Belgium.     

毁灭炭疽菌Colletotrichum destructivum诱抗蛋白对烟草抗病性的诱导

为明确毁灭炭疽菌Colletotrichum destructivum诱抗蛋白诱导烟草的抗病性及其作用,采用喷雾、摩擦接种方法及RT-PCR技术研究了诱抗蛋白的预防保护作用,以及烟草悬浮细胞经诱导后过氧化物酶(POD)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性及脯氨酸(Pro)含量和病程相关基因表达的变化。结果表明,接种3、5和7 d后,该诱抗蛋白对烟草炭疽病的诱抗效果分别为58.00%、48.99%和49.65%,对烟草白粉病的诱抗效果分别为83.26%、80.76%和78.60%,并可以抑制烟草普通花叶病毒的复制及在寄主体内的扩增;经诱抗蛋白处理后,烟草悬浮细胞POD、PPO、PAL活性及Pro含量明显提高;诱抗蛋白能够诱导烟草病程相关蛋白基因PR-1a、PR-1b以及抗病信号传导途径关键基因NPR1的表达。表明毁灭炭疽菌诱抗蛋白可诱导烟草产生抗病性,可能与烟草悬浮细胞中POD、PAL、PPO的活性及Pro的含量提高以及相关病程基因表达有关。     

油菜和小麦种苗根系对乙草胺的耐性差异分析

为揭示油菜和小麦根系对乙草胺耐药性差异的原因,采用水培法研究了梯度浓度乙草胺对油菜和小麦种苗根系形态、根尖生理代谢和解剖结构的影响。结果表明,1 mg/L乙草胺对油菜根长抑制率为33.63%,而对小麦根长抑制率可达55.22%;100 mg/L乙草胺对油菜侧根抑制率为63.03%,而对小麦侧根抑制率达100.00%;经0.01 mg/L乙草胺处理后的油菜根尖细胞膜透性高于小麦,当乙草胺浓度高于0.1 mg/L后,小麦根尖细胞膜透性剧烈增加且高于油菜;在较高浓度乙草胺胁迫下,小麦根尖抗氧化酶活性均低于油菜;10 mg/L乙草胺处理下,小麦根尖的解剖结构变异较油菜明显,表现为细胞排列松散、混乱,根冠变形,分生组织细胞染色程度变浅,伸长区细胞分化提前,中柱鞘细胞木质化。研究表明,小麦的根系建成比油菜更容易受乙草胺抑制,且侧根数比根长更敏感;油菜和小麦对乙草胺耐药性差异可能与细胞膜透性、抗氧化酶活性以及根尖细胞组织分化等差异有关。     

MPK4甲基化调控水杨酸信号介导的拟南芥对齐整小核菌菌株SC64的抗性机制

为提升齐整小核菌Sclerotium rolfsii菌株SC64作为生物除草剂的应用潜力，解析植物对其的防御机制，通过比较6种生态型拟南芥Arabidopsis thaliana(Col-0、Ms-0、Gr-1、Se-0、Tu-0和Wa-1)被菌株SC64侵染后病理特征、茎秆木质素水平以及抗病相关基因表达的差异，筛选出抗性最高和抗性最弱的典型生态型拟南芥，通过施加0.1 mmol/L外源水杨酸来验证其在拟南芥防御菌株SC64侵染过程中对木质素代谢及病理的调节作用，并比较分析6种生态型拟南芥水杨酸上游调控通路基因MPK4启动子区域的甲基化差异。结果显示，6种生态拟南芥中Col-0的木质素化程度最高，被菌株SC64侵染时木质素代谢通路基因CAD4和PAL3表达上调最显著，与其抗病能力最强相吻合，而Ms-0的病理表型和抗病能力最弱。外源水杨酸预处理使具典型抗性的生态型拟南芥Col-0受菌株SC64侵染后发病程度加重，木质素化程度减弱，同时木质素代谢通路基因MYB46、LAC17、PAL3和CAD4被菌株SC64侵染后的表达上调程度均显著减弱。另外，6种生态型拟南芥MPK4基因启动子区域CHH...     

拟南芥转录因子IDD4不同突变体对灰葡萄孢菌的抗性分析

为明确IDD家族IDD4基因在拟南芥Arabidopsis thaliana抵抗灰葡萄孢菌Botrytis cinerea侵染过程中的作用,通过统计病情指数检测拟南芥野生型（wild type,WT）植株、过表达植株IDD4-OE和缺失突变体idd4植株感染灰葡萄孢菌情况,利用组织染色检测叶片细胞死亡和H₂O₂的积累情况,采用实时荧光定量PCR（real-time quantitative-PT-PCR,qRT-PCR）技术分析灰葡萄孢菌肌动蛋白基因Bc. ACTIN在3种植株叶片中的表达情况,并施加0.1 mmol/L外源水杨酸（salicylic acid,SA）后测定IDD4-OE植株的病情指数。结果显示,不同株系对灰葡萄孢菌的抗性由高到低依次为idd4＞WT＞IDD4-OE,IDD4-OE植株中病原菌感染部位的寄主细胞死亡程度比idd4植株严重。染色结果表明,病原菌侵染拟南芥后4 h,接种部位已有H₂O₂积累。qRT-PCR反应结果显示,Bc. ACTIN在IDD4-OE中比在idd4植株中的表达水平更高,表明灰葡萄孢菌在IDD4-OE植株中的繁殖速率更快。对IDD4-OE植株外源施加SA后,其病情指数、Bc. ACTIN表达量与WT植株间均无显著差异,说明SA能将感病植株的抗性提高至WT植株的水平,表明IDD4作为负调控因子参与了拟南芥对灰葡萄孢菌的抗性调控,SA在其中发挥着重要作用。     

甘蓝型冬油菜抗寒性评价及遗传多样性分析

针对不同品种甘蓝型冬油菜抗寒性和遗传多样性存在差异等特点,于2021年采用随机区组设计,结合系统聚类分析法及SSR标记对32份甘肃省生产应用甘蓝型冬油菜与9份陕西中部及江苏省现推广应用甘蓝型冬油菜品种的越冬率及春化特性差异和遗传多样性进行分析,探究其抗寒性差异,分析品种间遗传多样性及亲缘关系。结果表明：甘肃省生产应用甘蓝型冬油菜越冬率高于80%,陕西中部及江苏省甘蓝型冬油菜品种越冬率均小于25%,且抗寒性强弱差异明显;根据春化率高低,参试材料可分为强冬性、冬性、半冬性、弱冬性等4个级别;强冬性材料未现蕾的植株占比高,春播后难以抽薹现蕾进入生殖生长,加权平均薹高随之偏低,抗寒性强;春化率越高,成熟期的加权平均株高越高且抗性越弱,越冬率与春化率呈负相关关系;筛选出的98对多态性高的引物组合共扩增出976个总位点,其中多态性条带750个,多态位点比率达72%,说明其分子遗传水平上的多态性丰富度高,陕西中部及江苏省甘蓝型冬油菜遗传多样性整体高于甘肃省生产应用甘蓝型冬油菜;通过聚类分析,可将甘蓝型冬油菜划分为9类;根据群体遗传结构分析及主成分分析可分为3大类,与抗寒性分类趋于一致。研究成果有望为鉴别甘蓝型冬油菜品种、构建指纹图谱及选择不同生态区适宜品种等研究奠定基础。     

Harpin-elicited hypersensitive cell death and pathogen resistance require the NDR1 and EDS1 genes

Plants sprayed with harpin, a bacterial protein that induces hypersensitive cell death (HCD), develop systemic acquired resistance (SAR) without macroscopic necrosis. HCD sometimes accompanies the development of resistance conferred by resistance (R) genes. In Arabidopsis, some R genes require one or both of the signalling components NDR1 and EDS1 for function. This study addresses whether HCD, NDR1 and EDS1 are required for induction of SAR by harpin. When Arabidopsis and tobacco leaves were sprayed with harpin, microscopic hypersensitive response (micro-HR) lesions developed. Systemic expression of PR genes and the development of resistance were accompanied by micro-HR, except in the ndr1-1 mutant, in which harpin induced micro-HR without the development of resistance or expression of the PR-1 gene. Cell death and resistance did not occur following treatment with harpin in plants that could not accumulate salicylic acid. Harpin also failed to induce resistance in Arabidopsis eds1-1 mutants. Therefore, harpin-induced resistance seems to develop concomitantly with cell death and resistance requires NDR1 and EDS1.     

PEG 6000模拟干旱胁迫下甘蓝型油菜芽期及苗期抗旱指标筛选

采用聚乙二醇(PEG 6000)模拟干旱胁迫,分析干旱胁迫下8份甘蓝型油菜芽期和苗期抗旱相关指标,鉴定芽期和苗期抗旱性,筛选抗旱评价指标。结果表明,甘蓝型油菜种质芽期和苗期抗旱性强弱不同,芽期抗旱性鉴定的最适PEG 6000浓度为15%,成苗率可作为芽期抗旱性的鉴定指标。通过主成分分析、隶属函数等方法分析苗期相关指标的变化,利用抗旱性综合度量值D值评价甘蓝型油菜苗期抗旱性,结果表明叶片相对含水量(r=0.907~(**))、可溶性蛋白(r=0.921~(**))与抗旱度量值D值呈极显著正相关,丙二醛含量(r=-0.837~(**))与D值呈极显著负相关,这些指标可作为甘蓝型油菜苗期抗旱性的评价指标。     

甘蓝型油菜苗期抗旱性鉴定及抗旱生理指标的评价

以120份西北地区甘蓝型油菜种质为试验材料,人工气候室盆栽,油菜五叶期时采用PEG-6000模拟干旱处理,通过抗旱指数和生理指标测定,对120份材料进行抗旱鉴定,探讨甘蓝型油菜抗旱指数与8个抗旱生理指标之间的相关关系及甘蓝型油菜抗旱性鉴定指标的选择。结果表明:120份种质中高抗旱材料6份、中抗10份、低抗23份、低感42份和高感39份;不同油菜种质干旱处理后可溶性糖、脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白等生理指标发生明显变化,增加率分别为94.7%、432.8%和95.7%;抗旱指数与可溶性蛋白含量(0.521~(**))、可溶性糖含量(0.506~(**))、脯氨酸含量(0.495~(**))和叶片保水力(0.426~(**))呈极显著正相关,与丙二醛含量(-0.372~(**))呈极显著负相关;对抗旱指数直接影响最大的是可溶性蛋白,直接通径系数为0.384,间接影响最大的是SPAD值,间接综合效应为0.196。通过主成分分析,可将相关指标综合为3大类:渗透调节因子、水分保持因子和膜脂损伤因子。关键字:     

A PAL1 Gene Promoter–Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter System to Analyse Defence Responses in Live Cells of Arabidopsis thaliana

Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia-0 was transformed with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene under control of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) promoter. PAL is a key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway and is induced to high levels during plant stress. Constitutive expression of PAL1 promoter-controlled GFP occurred in vascular tissues within stems, leaves and roots and in developing flowers. PAL1 promoter–GFP expression was examined in leaves of transgenic plants subjected to an abiotic elicitor, mechanical wounding or to inoculation with the pathogens Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato or Peronospora parasitica. Wounding of leaves and treatment with an abiotic elicitor and compatible interactions produced low to moderate levels of GFP. However, in incompatible interactions there were high levels of GFP produced. In incompatible interactions, the intensity of GFP fluorescence was similar to that produced in transgenic plants expressing GFP driven by the CaMV promoter. The bright green fluorescence produced in live cells and tissues was readily visualised using conventional fluorescence microscopy and was quantified using spectroflourometry. This is the first report of the use of GFP as a reporter of defence gene activation against pathogens. It has several advantages over other reporter genes including real time analysis of gene expression and visualisation of defence gene activation in a non-invasive manner.     

Age-related resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is associated with the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis and is effective against Peronospora parasitica

As plants mature it has been observed that some become more resistant to normally virulent pathogens. The ability to manifest the Age-Related Resistance (ARR) response in Arabidopsis to Pseudomonas syringae pathovars tomato (Pst) coincided with the transition to flowering in plants both delayed and accelerated in the transition to flowering. ARR was also associated with a change in PR-1 gene expression, such that young plants expressed PR-1 abundantly at 3 days post inoculation (dpi) while mature plants expressed much less. The Arabidopsis ARR response requires SA accumulation via isochorismate synthase (ICS1) [24]. ICS1 was expressed one dpi with virulent and avirulent Pst in both young and mature plants. The ARR response was also effective versus avirulent Pst providing an additional 4-fold limitation in bacterial growth. Arabidopsis ARR was found to be ineffective against two necrotrophs, Erwinia carotovora subspecies carotovora (bacterium) and Botrytis cinerea (fungus) and one obligate biotroph, Erysiphe cichoracearum (fungus). However, mature wild type, SA-deficient sid2 and NahG plants supported little growth of the obligate biotrophic oomycete, Peronospora parasitica. Therefore ARR to P. parasitica appears to be SA-independent, however the level of ARR resistance was somewhat reduced in these mutants in some experiments. Thus, there may be numerous defence pathways that contribute to adult plant resistance in Arabidopsis.