植物系统性获得抗病性的产生机理和途径

坏死型病原物侵染或某些生化制剂诱导处理后,植株未受侵染或处理部位产生对随后病原物侵染的抗性,称为植物系统性获得抗性,ＳＡＲ具有抗性表现系统、持久、抗病对象广谱三大特点。坏死型病原物侵染或某些生化制剂处理后,植株受处理部位迅速产生系统性信号,经韧皮部传导到未侵染或处理部位,诱发ＳＡＲ基因表达。水杨酸是诱发ＳＡＲ的系统性信号之一。此外,上部非处理部位处于敏化状态,能更迅速有效地产生针对挑战接种病原物的     

壳寡糖诱导烟草防御酶系活性变化及PR-1a基因表达研究

 The activity change of defensive enzymes and PR-1a gene expression of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) seedling induced by chito-oligosaccharides were studied. The results showed that high level systemic acquired resistance (SAR) was expressed in tobacco plants treated with chito-oligosaccharides solution at the concentration of 50 μg/mL. PAL activity increased greatly with 2 peaks, the activity of SOD decreased initially followed by an increase with higher increment, and the activity of POD peaked early followed by a gentle fall in chito-oligosaccharide treated plants. The PR-1a gene was strongly expressed in tobacco due to systemic acquired resistance induced by chito-oligosaccharides. At 168 h after inoculation the expression quantity (co-pies/2 μL) of PR-1a gene was increased to 2 469.6 in treated tobacco leaf, reached 392.6% than that at 0 h after inoculation, it was increased 3.05 times of that in untreated control.     

β-Aminobutyric acid-mediated enhancement of resistance in tobacco to tobacco mosaic virus depends on the accumulation of salicylic acid

A number of chemical and biological agents are known as inducers of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) in tobacco plants. In the present study, a local spray application of the non-protein amino acid DL-β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) was effective in enhancing resistance to TMV in tobacco plants containing the N gene. In contrast, the isomer α-aminobutyric acid (AABA) showed a much lower activity whereas γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was completely inactive, indicating a strong isomer specificity of aminobutyric acid in triggering enhanced virus resistance.Rapid cell death was detected in tobacco leaf tissues after foliar application of BABA, subsequently resulting in the development of macroscopically visible, necrotic lesions. BABA-induced cell death was associated with the rapid generation of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. As further consequences, the occurrence of lipid peroxidation in treated tissues, a local and systemic increase of salicylic acid (SA) levels and the expression of PR-1a, a molecular marker of SAR in tobacco, could be observed. None of these responses was detectable after treatment with GABA.Enhancement of virus resistance by BABA was found to be strictly dependent on SA-mediated signal transduction since it could not be detected in salicylate hydroxylase (nahG) expressing transgenic tobacco plants. These findings suggest that in tobacco, primary processes triggered by foliar application of BABA, resemble those initiated by microbes during a hypersensitive response (HR) that result in SAR activation.     

Suppressive effect of abscisic acid on systemic acquired resistance in tobacco plants

Recent studies have indicated that the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), induced in response to a variety of environmental stresses, plays an important role in modulating diverse plant–pathogen interactions. In Arabidopsis thaliana, we previously clarified that ABA suppressed the induction of systemic acquired resistance (SAR), a plant defense system induced by pathogen infection through salicylic acid (SA) accumulation. We investigated the generality of this suppressive effect by ABA on SAR using tobacco plants. For SAR induction, we used 1,2-benzisothiazole-3(2H)-one 1,1-dioxide (BIT) and benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (BTH) that activate upstream and downstream of SA in the SAR signaling pathway, respectively. Wild-type tobacco plants treated with BIT or BTH exhibited enhanced disease resistance against Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and tobacco wildfire bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (Pst), however, which was suppressed by pretreatment of plants with ABA. Pretreatment with ABA also suppressed the expression of SAR-marker genes by BIT and BTH, indicating that ABA suppressed the induction of SAR. ABA suppressed BTH-induced disease resistance and pathogenesis-related (PR) gene expression in NahG-transgenic plants that are unable to accumulate SA. The accumulation of SA in wild-type plants after BIT treatment was also suppressed by pretreatment with ABA. These data suggest that ABA suppresses both upstream and downstream of SA in the SAR signaling pathway in tobacco.     

一种新的90 kD胞外蛋白激发子诱导烟草系统获得抗性研究

 就棉疫病菌(Phytophthora boehmeriae Saw.)培养滤液中提纯获得的90 kD胞外蛋白激发子诱发烟草系统获得抗性进行了研究。以10 nmol/L激发子溶液注射处理Samsun NN烟草叶片24 h后,在处理叶片及其上、下各2片叶片接种TMV,结果是处理叶及其上、下各2片叶片上的枯斑数显著少于对照,诱抗防效达40.9%~53.1%;接种TMV7d后处理叶片的枯斑平均直径为1.23mm,显著小于对照叶片上的枯斑直径2.97mm,但是处理叶片的上、下叶片上的枯斑平均直径与对照没有显著差别。以10 nmol/L激发子溶液注射处理Samsun NN烟草叶片分别立即接种或于1、2、4、7、15 d接种TMV,结果证明该激发子诱导烟草对TMV的抗性以处理后第1d至第4 d接种为较好,防效达30.2%~5 0.4%;处理后立即接种和第7d接种TMV诱抗防效仅4%左右,处理叶片上的枯斑数与对照没有显著差别,表明较强的诱导抗性可持续时间<7d。用不同浓度激发子处理烟叶,所测定的0.5~100 nmol/L各浓度均可显著地诱发烟草对TMV产生获得抗性,诱导抗性效果为34.9%~5 8.2%,诱导抗性效果随浓度的降低呈下降趋势。以10 nmol/L激发子溶液注射处理W38烟草叶片,2 d后分别注射接种烟草野火病菌(Pseudomonas syringae pv.tabaci)菌液或喷雾接种烟草赤星病菌(Alternaria alternata)分生孢子,结果是,注射接种烟草野火病菌5d后处理叶片及其上、下叶片上的野火病病斑均显著小于对照;处理叶片上的赤星病病斑数及病斑面积明显小于对照,表明该激发子可诱导烟草对野火病和赤星病产生抗性。上述结果表明,90kD蛋白激发子诱导烟草产生的获得抗性是一种典型的系统获得抗性,该系统获得抗性对病原菌具广谱抗性。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tobacco ringspot virus</Emphasis> persists in the shoot apical meristem but not in the root apical meristem of infected tobacco

We analysed the kinetics of virus distribution in Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV)-infected tobacco. Infected plants developed asymptomatic leaves above the symptomatic leaves that exhibited ringspots. We detected virus in the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Time-course immunohistochemical microscopy showed that TRSV continuously distributed in the centres of the SAM and in leaf primordia. In contrast, TRSV infection was transient in the root meristem. In western blot and RT-PCR analyses, TRSV infection occurred only within and around the ringspot tissues of the symptomatic leaf; however, TRSV was not or hardly detected in the asymptomatic leaves of inoculated tobacco plants. These results indicate that TRSV persists in the SAM, but that TRSV infection is transient in the root meristem and asymptomatic leaves.     

Up-regulation of antioxidants in tobacco by low concentrations of H₂O₂ suppresses necrotic disease symptoms

Pretreatment of tobacco leaves with low concentrations (5 to 10 mM) of H?O? suppressed hypersensitive-type necrosis associated with resistance to Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) or Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. The same pretreatment resulted in suppression of normosensitive necrosis associated with susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea. This type of H?O?-mediated, induced disease symptom resistance correlated with enhanced host antioxidant capacity, i.e., elevated enzymatic activities of catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and guaiacol peroxidase (POX) after viral and bacterial infections. Induction of genes that encode the antioxidants superoxide dismutase (SOD), CAT, and APX was also enhanced early after TMV infection. Artificial application of SOD and CAT suppressed necroses caused by viral, bacterial, or fungal pathogens similarly as H?O? pretreatment, implying that H?O?-mediated symptom resistance operates through enhancement of plant antioxidant capacity. Pathogen multiplication was not significantly affected in H?O?-pretreated plants. Salicylic acid (SA), a central component of plant defense, does not seem to function in this type of H?O?-mediated symptom resistance, indicated by unchanged levels of free and bound SA and a lack of early up-regulation of an SA glucosyltransferase gene in TMV-infected H?O?-pretreated tobacco. Taken together, H?O?-mediated, induced resistance to necrotic symptoms in tobacco seems to depend on enhanced antioxidant capacity.     

海带多糖对烟草花叶病毒的抑制作用及其对烟草酶活性的影响

为明确海带多糖抗病毒剂对烟草抗烟草花叶病毒（Tobacco mosaic virus,TMV）病的诱导抗性及其对TMV感染后的保护作用,采用间接酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）研究0.5 mg/mL海带多糖水剂、0.5 mg/mL香菇多糖水剂、6.25 mg/L氨基寡糖素水剂和0.1 mg/mL盐酸吗啉胍.铜可湿性粉剂对TMV侵染的预防保护作用和对TMV感染植株的治疗作用,并检测施用海带多糖后烟草体内过氧化物酶（POD）、苯丙氨酸解氨酶（PAL）及超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性的变化和海带多糖对感染TMV后烟草叶绿素含量的影响。接种前喷施0.5 mg/mL海带多糖后,再接种TMV病毒,其抑制率可达42.42%,与喷施6.25 mg/L氨基寡糖素抑制率44.96%的效果相当,预防保护作用较好;但两种药剂处理感病植株的治疗效果较差,其抑制率仅分别为38.93%和40.13%。海带多糖能够系统地诱导烟草体内POD、PAL及SOD活性,从而控制了感染TMV后烟草叶绿素含量下降。说明海带多糖可诱导植物产生抗病性。     

Effect of Figaren, an Antiviral Protein from Cucumis figarei, on Cucumber mosaic virus Infection

Local lesion formation on cowpea leaves was more than 50% inhibited by treatment with a 23 kDa RNase-like glycoprotein from Cucumis figarei, figaren, from 24 hr before to 1 hr after inoculation with Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). CMV accumulation detected by ELISA in tobacco leaves treated with figaren 6 or 0 hr before inoculation with CMV was suppressed. When upper leaves of tobacco plants were treated with figaren and inoculated 10 min later with CMV, mosaic symptoms were delayed for 5–7 days on most of the tobacco plants, and some plants remained asymptomatic. From fluorescence in situ hybridization, infection sites were present in figaren-treated cowpea or melon leaves after inoculation with CMV, though the sites were reduced in number and size compared with those in water-treated control leaves. The amount of CMV RNAs and CMV antigen in melon protoplasts inoculated with CMV and subsequently incubated with figaren similarly increased with time as did that in the control. ELISA and local lesion assays indicated that CMV infection on the upper surfaces of the leaves of tobacco, melon, cowpea and C. amaranticolor whose lower surfaces had been treated with figaren 5–10 min before CMV inoculation was almost completely inhibited. Figaren did not inhibit CMV infection on the opposite untreated leaf halves of melon, cowpea and C. amaranticolor, whereas it almost completely inhibited CMV infection on the untreated halves of leaves of tobacco. CMV infection was not inhibited in the untreated upper or lower leaves of the four plants. These data suggest that figaren does not completely prevent CMV invasion but does inhibit the initial infection processes. It may also induce localized acquired resistance in host plants. Received 10 October 2000/ Accepted in revised form 6 February 2001     

Biological and molecular analyses of the acibenzolar-S-methyl-induced systemic acquired resistance in flue-cured tobacco against Tomato spotted wilt virus

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is an economically important virus of flue-cured tobacco. Activation of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) by acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) in flue-cured tobacco was studied under greenhouse conditions by challenge inoculation with a severe isolate of TSWV. ASM restricted virus replication and movement, and as a result reduced systemic infection. Activation of resistance was observed within 2 days after treatment with ASM and a high level of resistance was observed at 5 days onward. Expression of the pathogenesis-related (PR) protein gene, PR-3, and different classes of PR proteins such as PR-1, PR-3, and PR-5 were detected at 2 days post-ASM treatment which inversely correlated with the reduction in the number of local lesions caused by TSWV. Tobacco plants treated with increased quantities of ASM (0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 g a.i./7,000 plants) showed increased levels of SAR as indicated by the reduction of both local and systemic infections by TSWV. The highest level of resistance was at 4 g a.i., but this rate of ASM also caused phytotoxicity resulting in temporary foliar spotting and stunting of plants. An inverse correlation between the TSWV reduction and phytotoxicity was observed with the increase of ASM concentration. ASM at the rate of 1 to 2 g a.i./7,000 plants activated a high level of resistance and minimized the phytotoxicity. Use of gibberellic acid in combination with ASM reduced the stunting caused by ASM. Present findings together with previous field experiments demonstrate that ASM is a potential option for management of TSWV in flue-cured tobacco.     

真菌Sr18代谢产物对根结线虫胁迫下黄瓜叶片保护酶的影响

为探究根结线虫胁迫下丝状真菌Sr18代谢产物对黄瓜的作用机理,采用温室盆栽及人工接种试验,研究了不同浓度的Sr18代谢产物对南方根结线虫胁迫下黄瓜叶片保护酶的影响。结果表明,线虫侵染黄瓜根部以后,黄瓜叶片SOD、POD和CAT活性减弱,PPO和PAL浓度降低。施加不同浓度的Sr18代谢产物,能够使线虫胁迫下的黄瓜叶片SOD、POD和CAT活性增强,使PPO和PAL的含量增加,说明Sr18代谢产物能够提高黄瓜的保护酶活性与含量,增强黄瓜对南方根结线虫的抗性。     

壳寡糖诱导对烟草体内TMV-CP基因表达的抑制作用

 采用实时荧光定量PCR方法, 研究了壳寡糖诱导对烟草体内TMV-CP基因表达量的影响。结果表明, 壳寡糖诱导后烟草表达了对TMV侵染的系统获得抗病性, 植株显症推迟4~7 d, 症状减轻, 平均严重度比对照降低了82.9%。同时烟草叶片中CP基因的表达量显著降低。壳寡糖诱导处理的植株在接种病毒时(0 h), CP基因的表达量(拷贝数/2μL)为0.918, 接种后168 h增加到167.730。而在不诱导对照植株内, CP基因的表达量在0 h为1.218, 接种后168 h猛增到648.623。换言之, 不处理对照的表达量在此期间增长了532.53倍, 而壳寡糖诱导处理植株中仅增长了182.71倍。试验证明壳寡糖诱导的系统获得抗病性强烈抑制了烟草体内TMV-CP基因的表达。     

Salicylic Acid Suppresses Potato virus Y Isolate N:O-Induced Symptoms in Tobacco Plants

ABSTRACT The effects of salicylic acid (SA) and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) on the systemic development of symptoms induced by a severe isolate of Potato virus Y group N:O (PVY(N:O)) in tobacco were investigated. Upon inoculation, the systemic development of symptoms in tobacco plants could be divided into three stages: virus incubation stage, rapid symptom-progress stage, and partial recovery and symptom-shifting stage. Treatment of seedlings with SA delayed the virus-induced necrosis in stems by 1 to 2 days. SA, not ACC, also significantly suppressed the symptom severity in stems. However, neither SA nor ACC treatment affected the partial recovery phenotype exhibited in the latterly emerged upper parts of the plants. Further analysis indicated that the accumulation of PVY was retarded by SA at the early stage of infection, and the effects were more profound in stems than leaves. Peroxidase (POX) activity and pathogenesis-related (PR) genes PR-1a and PR-1b were enhanced by PVY infection. SA not only increased POX activity in stems and PR genes in stems and leaves of mock-inoculated plants, but also elevated the activity of POX in both leaves and stems and the expression of PR-1a in leaves of PVY-infected plants. Together, the results suggest that systemic acquired resistance plays a key role in suppressing PVY(N:O)-induced symptom development through SA-mediated and ethylene-independent pathways. The symptom suppression was correlated with reduced replication/ accumulation of virus at the early stage of infection. The results also suggest that neither SA nor ethylene plays a role in the recovery phenotype.     

Chitosan physico–chemical properties modulate defense responses and resistance in tobacco plants against the oomycete Phytophthora nicotianae

Enzymatic defense responses and protection against Phytophthora nicotianae were studied in tobacco plants treated with chitosan of different molecular weights (MW) and degrees of acetylation (DA). The concentration and mode of chitosan application affected enzymatic induction in tobacco leaves. β-1,3-Glucanase (EC 3.2.1.6) activity required 10 times the polymer concentration relative to the oligochitosan mixture to induce the highest activity above control when treated by foliar spray, indicating the influence of molecular weight in this response. PAL (EC 4.3.1.5) and POD (EC 1.11.1.6) activities increased above control as a result of the influence of polymer degree of acetylation when treatments were applied by foliar spray. A higher DA favored PAL activity, whereas a lower DA induced higher POD activity. Using an in vitro bioassay, it was found that the three chitosan compounds caused a reduction of the infection index of P. nicotianae in tobacco plants that was dependent on elicitor concentrations. There was a significant relationship between the reduction of the infection index and an increase in PAL activity when chitosan was applied by foliar spray and by substrate drench to the plant rhizosphere. These results demonstrate the influence of chitosan physico–chemical properties in plant-induced resistance and the relevance of particular responses in plant protection against pathogens.     

Virus-specific expression of systemic acquired resistance in tobacco mosaic virus- and tobacco necrosis virus-infected ‘Samsun NN’ and ‘Samsun’ tobacco

Systemic acquired resistance induced in intact ‘Samsun NN’ tobacco plants by either tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) or tobacco necrosis virus (TNV) was more effective against challenge inoculation with the same than with the other of the two viruses. However, in trimmed ‘Samsun NN’ plants resistance induced by either of these viruses was stronger against TMV than against TNV. In intact ‘Samsun’ tobacco plants TNV induced a systemic resistance against itself identical to the one expressed in ‘Samsun NN’. Moreover, it induced systemic resistance against TMV as based on a decrease in TMV content in challeng-inoculated leaves. These observations indicate that systemic acquired resistance is not limited to combinations in which both inducing and challenging virus give rise to a hypersensitive reaction, and further point to virus-specific factors regulating the extent of resistance expressed.     

外源茉莉酸甲酯诱导水稻抗瘟性相关防御酶和内源水杨酸的变化

 用外源茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)处理抗稻瘟病近等基因系水稻CO39和C101LAC,显著减轻了稻瘟病的发生,而对稻瘟病菌孢子萌发及菌丝生长均无明显抑制作用,证实MeJA处理后稻瘟病病情指数的下降是由于MeJA提高了水稻幼苗的抗瘟性。对水稻抗瘟性重要防御酶的活性测定结果表明,苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和脂氧合酶(LOX)活性均在MeJA处理早期上升,与亲和性互作水稻相比,高度非亲和性互作水稻中的诱导活性增加明显,且速度快。对病程相关蛋白β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶的活性测定结果表明,高度非亲和性互作水稻PR蛋白活性的高峰期出现和强度也明显要早且高于亲和性互作水稻。对内源水杨酸(SA)的测定结果表明,不同亲和性互作水稻的SA含量均没有明显的变化,表明MeJA诱导的水稻信号通路可能与SA信号通路无关。     

The salicylic acid-dependent defence pathway is effective against different pathogens in tomato and tobacco

The role of salicylic acid (SA) was investigated in basal defence and induced resistance to powdery mildew ( Oidium neolycopersici ) and grey mould ( Botrytis cinerea ) in tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum ) and tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum ). A comparison of NahG transgenic tomato and tobacco (unable to accumulate SA) to their respective wild types revealed that in tomato, SA was not involved in basal defence against O. neolycopersici but NahG tobacco showed an enhanced susceptibility to O. neolycopersici infection, the effect becoming more obvious as the plants grew older. In contrast, SA played no role in the basal defence of tobacco against B. cinerea , but seemed to contribute to basal defence of tomato against B. cinerea. Activation of the SA-dependent defence pathway via benzothiadiazole (BTH) resulted in induced resistance against O. neolycopersici in tobacco but not in tomato. Microscopic analysis revealed that BTH treatment could prevent penetration of the Oidium germ tube through tobacco leaves, whereas penetration was successful on tomato leaves irrespective of BTH treatment. In contrast, soil or leaf treatment with BTH induced resistance against B. cinerea in tomato but not in tobacco. It is concluded that the SA-dependent defence pathway is effective against different pathogens in tomato and tobacco.     

Plant immunisation: from myth to SAR

The idea that plants might be able to develop a form of acquired immunity to infection following exposure to a pathogen has been current ever since discovery of the animal immune system in the later years of the nineteenth century. Early attempts to demonstrate a comparable system in plants focused on the detection of precipitating antibodies and hence were doomed to failure. Nevertheless, largely anecdotal evidence for plant immunisation continued to accumulate, culminating in the discovery of phytoalexins in the 1940s. Convincing evidence for systemic changes in plant resistance following an inducer inoculation was not available until 20 years later, when pioneering work on tobacco infected with blue mould (Peronospora tabacina) or tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) showed that tissues remote from the inoculation site were altered in disease reaction type. Increased resistance was expressed as a reduction in lesion numbers and size, and a reduced rate of pathogen reproduction. Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) has now been demonstrated in at least 20 plant species in at least six plant families, although detailed genetic or molecular analysis has mainly been confined to a few models, such as tobacco, cucumber and Arabidopsis. SAR is associated with the coordinate induction of genes encoding defence proteins which can be used as molecular markers of the response. The availability of Arabidopsis mutants altered in the induction and expression of SAR is now providing new insights into the signal transduction pathway(s) involved, and will enable comparison with the molecular mechanisms operating in other plant taxa. Important unresolved questions concern the nature of the translocated signal, the mechanism of defence ‘priming’, efficacy of the response against different pathogens, and practical exploitation of SAR in crop protection. The first generation of chemical plant defence activators is now commercially available and optimal use of these SAR inducers in integrated disease control requires further evaluation. The prospects for engineering transgenic crops altered in the regulation or expression of SAR is also a subject for further investigation. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry