Root-to-shoot signalling: Assessing the roles of ‘up’ in the up and down world of long-distance signalling in planta

2005 ◽  
pp. 251-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian C. Dodd
Keyword(s):  
In Planta ◽  
Long Distance

scholarly journals Conservation of N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid-mediated systemic acquired resistance in crop plants

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric C. Holmes ◽  
Yun-Chu Chen ◽  
Elizabeth Sattely ◽  
Mary Beth Mudgett
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Acquired Resistance ◽  
Acquired Resistance ◽  
Signal Propagation ◽  
Crop Plants ◽  
Pipecolic Acid ◽  
List Type ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Plant Kingdom ◽  
Promising Strategy

SUMMARYSignal propagation and the coordination of whole-organism responses in plants rely heavily on small molecules. Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is one such process in which long-distance signaling activates immune responses in uninfected tissue as a way to limit the spread of a primary, localized infection. Recently, N-hydroxy pipecolic acid (NHP) was discovered and shown to coordinate SAR in Arabidopsis. Here, we provide metabolic and biochemical evidence that NHP is conserved across the plant kingdom and demonstrate a role for NHP in mediating SAR responses in tomato and pepper. We reconstituted the NHP biosynthetic pathway in planta and show that transient expression of two NHP biosynthetic genes in tomato induces enhanced resistance to a bacterial pathogen in distal tissue. Our results suggest engineering strategies to induce NHP-mediated SAR are a promising route to improve broad-spectrum pathogen resistance in crops.IN BRIEFEngineering NHP production is a promising strategy to enhance disease resistance in crops.HIGHLIGHTSArabidopsis N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid (NHP) pathway is conserved across the plant kingdomApplication of NHP to tomato and pepper plants induces a robust SAR responseMetabolic engineering of the Arabidopsis NHP pathway in Solanum lycopersicum leads to enhanced NHP production and defense primingGenetic engineering for enhanced NHP production is a promising strategy to protect crop plants from multiple pathogens

scholarly journals A triresidue motif in the GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE 3.3 C-tail interacts with IMPAIRED SUCROSE INDUCTION 1 and controls long distance wound signaling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Wu ◽  
Stéphanie Stolz ◽  
Archana Kumari ◽  
Gaétan Glauser ◽  
Edward E. Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Glutamate Receptor ◽  
Gene Activation ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Defense Responses ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Sucrose Induction ◽  
Wound Signaling ◽  
Electrical Signaling

AbstractArabidopsis Clade 3 GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE (GLRs) genes are primary players in wound-induced electrical signaling and jasmonate-activated defense responses. As cation-permeable ion channels, previous studies have focused on resolving their gating properties and structures. However, little is known regarding to the regulatory mechanism of these channel proteins. Here, we report that the C-tail of GLR3.3 contains key elements that control its function in long distance wound signaling. GLR3.3 without its C-tail failed to rescue the glr3.3a mutant. To further investigate the underlying mechanism, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screen. IMPAIRED SUCROSE INDUCTION 1 (ISI1) was identified as an interactor with both the C-tail and the full-length GLR3.3 in planta. Reduced function isi1 mutants had enhanced electrical activity and jasmonate-regulated defense responses. Furthermore, we found that a triresidue motif RFL (R884, F885 and L886) in the GLR3.3 C-tail is essential for interacting with ISI1. RFL mutation abolished GLR3.3 function in electrical signaling and jasmonate-mediated defense gene activation. Our study shows the importance of the C-tail in GLR3.3 function, and reveals parallels with the ipnotropic glutamate receptor regulation in animal cells.

scholarly journals ABC transporter OsABCG18 controls the shootward transport of cytokinins and grain yield in rice

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (21) ◽  
pp. 6277-6291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangzhe Zhao ◽  
Ningning Yu ◽  
Min Ju ◽  
Biao Fan ◽  
Yanjun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Oryza Sativa L ◽  
Xylem Sap ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Efflux Transport ◽  
Long Distance Transport ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette Transporter ◽  
Novel Strategy ◽  
Distance Transport

Abstract Cytokinins are one of the most important phytohormones and play essential roles in multiple life processes in planta. Root-derived cytokinins are transported to the shoots via long-distance transport. The mechanisms of long-distance transport of root-derived cytokinins remain to be demonstrated. In this study, we report that OsABCG18, a half-size ATP-binding cassette transporter from rice (Oryza sativa L.), is essential for the long-distance transport of root-derived cytokinins. OsABCG18 encodes a plasma membrane protein and is primarily expressed in the vascular tissues of the root, stem, and leaf midribs. Cytokinin profiling, as well as [14C]trans-zeatin tracer, and xylem sap assays, demonstrated that the shootward transport of root-derived cytokinins was significantly suppressed in the osabcg18 mutants. Transport assays in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) indicated that OsABCG18 exhibited efflux transport activities for various substrates of cytokinins. While the mutation reduced root-derived cytokinins in the shoot and grain yield, overexpression of OsABCG18 significantly increased cytokinins in the shoot and improved grain yield. The findings for OsABCG18 as a transporter for long-distance transport of cytokinin provide new insights into the cytokinin transport mechanism and a novel strategy to increase cytokinins in the shoot and promote grain yield.

Functional Status of Xylem Through Time

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 407-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig R. Brodersen ◽  
Adam B. Roddy ◽  
Jay W. Wason ◽  
Andrew J. McElrone
Keyword(s):  
Functional Status ◽  
Water Transport ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Plant Hydraulics ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Plant Water Use ◽  
Terrestrial Water

Water transport in vascular plants represents a critical component of terrestrial water cycles and supplies the water needed for the exchange of CO2 in the atmosphere for photosynthesis. Yet, many fundamental principles of water transport are difficult to assess given the scale and location of plant xylem. Here we review the mechanistic principles that underpin long-distance water transport in vascular plants, with a focus on woody species. We also discuss the recent development of noninvasive tools to study the functional status of xylem networks in planta. Limitations of current methods to detect drought-induced xylem blockages (e.g., embolisms) and quantify corresponding declines in sap flow, and the coordination of hydraulic dysfunction with other physiological processes are assessed. Future avenues of research focused on cross-validation of plant hydraulics methods are discussed, as well as a proposed fundamental shift in the theory and methodology used to characterize and measure plant water use.

scholarly journals Interaction between Long-Distance Transport Factor and Hsp70-Related Movement Protein of Beet Yellows Virus

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (21) ◽  
pp. 11003-11011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey I. Prokhnevsky ◽  
Valera V. Peremyslov ◽  
Alberto J. Napuli ◽  
Valerian V. Dolja
Keyword(s):  
Movement Protein ◽  
Vascular System ◽  
Cell Movement ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Long Distance Transport ◽  
Transport Factor ◽  
Systemic Spread ◽  
Beet Yellows Virus ◽  
Distance Transport

ABSTRACT Systemic spread of viruses in plants involves local movement from cell to cell and long-distance transport through the vascular system. The cell-to-cell movement of the Beet yellows virus (BYV) is mediated by a movement protein that is an Hsp70 homolog (Hsp70h). This protein is required for the assembly of movement-competent virions that incorporate Hsp70h. By using the yeast two-hybrid system, in vitro coimmunoprecipitation, and in planta coexpression approaches, we show here that the Hsp70h interacts with a 20-kDa BYV protein (p20). We further demonstrate that p20 is associated with the virions presumably via binding to Hsp70h. Genetic and immunochemical analyses indicate that p20 is dispensable for assembly and cell-to-cell movement of BYV but is required for the long-distance transport of virus through the phloem. These results reveal a novel activity for the Hsp70h that provides a molecular link between the local and systemic spread of a plant virus by docking a long-distance transport factor to virions.

scholarly journals MIZ1 regulates ECA1 to generate a slow, long-distance phloem-transmitted Ca2+ signal essential for root water tracking in Arabidopsis

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (31) ◽  
pp. 8031-8036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doron Shkolnik ◽  
Roye Nuriel ◽  
Maria Cristina Bonza ◽  
Alex Costa ◽  
Hillel Fromm
Keyword(s):  
Potential Gradient ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Root Tip ◽  
Plant Proteins ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Genetic Manipulations ◽  
Root Curvature ◽  
Water Potential Gradient ◽  
Peripheral Cells

Ever since Darwin postulated that the tip of the root is sensitive to moisture differences and that it “transmits an influence to the upper adjoining part, which bends towards the source of moisture” [Darwin C, Darwin F (1880) The Power of Movement in Plants, pp 572–574], the signal underlying this tropic response has remained elusive. Using the FRET-based Cameleon Ca2+ sensor in planta, we show that a water potential gradient applied across the root tip generates a slow, long-distance asymmetric cytosolic Ca2+ signal in the phloem, which peaks at the elongation zone, where it is dispersed laterally and asymmetrically to peripheral cells, where cell elongation occurs. In addition, the MIZ1 protein, whose biochemical function is unknown but is required for root curvature toward water, is indispensable for generating the slow, long-distance Ca2+ signal. Furthermore, biochemical and genetic manipulations that elevate cytosolic Ca2+ levels, including mutants of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+-ATPase isoform ECA1, enhance root curvature toward water. Finally, coimmunoprecipitation of plant proteins and functional complementation assays in yeast cells revealed that MIZ1 directly binds to ECA1 and inhibits its activity. We suggest that the inhibition of ECA1 by MIZ1 changes the balance between cytosolic Ca2+ influx and efflux and generates the cytosolic Ca2+ signal required for water tracking.

The Fine Structure of Phloem Cells

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 632-635
Author(s):  
James Cronshaw
Keyword(s):  
Structural Studies ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Phloem Tissue ◽  
Sieve Elements ◽  
Long Distance Transport ◽  
P Protein ◽  
Companion Cells ◽  
Electron Microscopical ◽  
Distance Transport

Long distance transport in plants takes place in phloem tissue which has characteristic cells, the sieve elements. At maturity these cells have sieve areas in their end walls with specialized perforations. They are associated with companion cells, parenchyma cells, and in some species, with transfer cells. The protoplast of the functioning sieve element contains a high concentration of sugar, and consequently a high hydrostatic pressure, which makes it extremely difficult to fix mature sieve elements for electron microscopical observation without the formation of surge artifacts. Despite many structural studies which have attempted to prevent surge artifacts, several features of mature sieve elements, such as the distribution of P-protein and the nature of the contents of the sieve area pores, remain controversial.

Stable genetic transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana by Agrobacterium inoculation in planta

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seok So Chang ◽  
Soon Ki Park ◽  
Byung Chul Kim ◽  
Bong Joong Kang ◽  
Dal Ung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Genetic Transformation ◽  
In Planta

Popliteal entrapment syndrome and age

VASA ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schweizer ◽  
Hügli ◽  
Koella ◽  
Jeanneret
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Leg Pain ◽  
Walking Distance ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Entrapment Syndrome ◽  
Long Distance Running ◽  
Popliteal Entrapment ◽  
Popliteal Entrapment Syndrome ◽  
Atherosclerotic Risk Factors

On the occasion of diagnosing a popliteal entrapment syndrome in a 59-year old man with no cardiovascular risk factors, who developed acute ischemic leg pain during long distance running, we give an overview on this entity with emphasis on patients’age. The different types of the popliteal artery compression syndrome are summarized. The diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are discussed. The most important clinical sign of a popliteal entrapment syndrome is the lack of atherosclerotic risk factors in patients with limited walking distance. Not only in young athletes but also in patients more than 50 years old the popliteal entrapment syndrome has to be taken into account.

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