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Plastid ω3-fatty acid desaturase-dependent accumulation of a systemic acquired resistance inducing activity in petiole exudates of Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of jasmonic acid
- Source :
- The Plant Journal. 54:106-117
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2007.
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Abstract
- Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is an inducible defense mechanism that is activated throughout the plant, subsequent to localized inoculation with a pathogen. The establishment of SAR requires translocation of an unknown signal from the pathogen-inoculated leaf to the distal organs, where salicylic acid-dependent defenses are activated. We demonstrate here that petiole exudates (PeXs) collected from Arabidopsis leaves inoculated with an avirulent (Avr) Pseudomonas syringae strain promote resistance when applied to Arabidopsis, tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). Arabidopsis FATTY ACID DESATURASE7 (FAD7), SUPPRESSOR OF FATTY ACID DESATURASE DEFICIENCY1 (SFD1) and SFD2 genes are required for accumulation of the SAR-inducing activity. In contrast to Avr PeX from wild-type plants, Avr PeXs from fad7, sfd1 and sfd2 mutants were unable to activate SAR when applied to wild-type plants. However, the SAR-inducing activity was reconstituted by mixing Avr PeXs collected from fad7 and sfd1 with Avr PeX from the SAR-deficient dir1 mutant. Since FAD7, SFD1 and SFD2 are involved in plastid glycerolipid biosynthesis and SAR is also compromised in the Arabidopsis monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase1 mutant we suggest that a plastid glycerolipid-dependent factor is required in Avr PeX along with the DIR1-encoded lipid transfer protein for long-distance signaling in SAR. FAD7-synthesized lipids provide fatty acids for synthesis of jasmonic acid (JA). However, co-infiltration of JA and methylJA with Avr PeX from fad7 and sfd1 did not reconstitute the SAR-inducing activity. In addition, JA did not co-purify with the SAR-inducing activity confirming that JA is not the mobile signal in SAR.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
biology
Jasmonic acid
fungi
food and beverages
Fatty acid
Cell Biology
Plant Science
biology.organism_classification
body regions
chemistry.chemical_compound
Fatty acid desaturase
chemistry
Biochemistry
Arabidopsis
Genetics
biology.protein
Pseudomonas syringae
Arabidopsis thaliana
skin and connective tissue diseases
Salicylic acid
Systemic acquired resistance
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1365313X and 09607412
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Plant Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........811988495442f5247543b1c7cc0f2d01