Identification and monitoring of Ulmus americana transcripts during in vitro interactions with the Dutch elm disease pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

2010 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 254-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirella Aoun ◽  
Volker Jacobi ◽  
Brian Boyle ◽  
Louis Bernier
Keyword(s):  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Ulmus Americana ◽  
In Vitro Interactions

In vitro conservation of American elm (Ulmus americana): potential role of auxin metabolism in sustained plant proliferation

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 686-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukund R. Shukla ◽  
A. Maxwell P. Jones ◽  
J. Alan Sullivan ◽  
Chunzhao Liu ◽  
Susan Gosling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Multiplication Rate ◽  
Mature Trees ◽  
Endangered Tree ◽  
In Vitro Proliferation ◽  
Ulmus Americana ◽  
Auxin Metabolism ◽  
American Elm

An efficient procedure for the conservation of mature American elm ( Ulmus americana L.) trees that have survived the epidemics of Dutch elm disease and are potential sources of disease resistance is reported. The model utilizes in vitro proliferation of fresh and dormant buds from mature trees for cloning nearly 100 year old American elm trees. The key factors that influenced sustained growth and multiplication included optimization of culture process and auxin metabolism in the source tissue. Blocking the action of endogenous auxins through the addition of antiauxin in the proliferation medium was crucial for high multiplication rate and optimum shoot development. Addition of antiauxin also mitigated the decline in productivity observed with multiple subcultures, which will enable long-term conservation of selected germplasm. The most effective medium for long-term proliferation contained 5.0 µmol/L p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid with 2.2 µmol/L benzylaminopurine and 0.29 µmol/L gibberellic acid. Medium with 2.5 µmol/L indole-3-butyric acid was the best for rooting microshoots (89%). Rooted plantlets were readily acclimatized to the greenhouse environment with a 90% survival rate. The strategy developed for American elm will aid in increasing multiplication of resistant clones, facilitate long-term conservation of elite genotypes, and also provide an approach to improve conservation of other endangered tree species.

scholarly journals Fungal Colonization and Host Defense Reactions in Ulmus americana Callus Cultures Inoculated with Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 642-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirella Aoun ◽  
Danny Rioux ◽  
Marie Simard ◽  
Louis Bernier
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Callus Cultures ◽  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Fungal Colonization ◽  
Ulmus Americana ◽  
In Vitro System ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Callus Tissues

The host–pathogen interaction leading to Dutch elm disease was analyzed using histo- and cyto-chemical tests in an in vitro system. Friable and hard susceptible Ulmus americana callus cultures were inoculated with the highly aggressive pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi. Inoculated callus tissues were compared with water-treated callus tissues and studied with light microscopy (LM), transmission-electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning-electron microscopy (SEM). New aspects of this interaction are described. These include the histological observation, for the first time in plant callus cultures, of suberin with its typical lamellar structure in TEM and the intracellular presence of O. novo-ulmi. Expression of the phenylalanine ammonia lyase gene, monitored by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, was correlated with the accumulation of suberin, phenols, and lignin in infected callus cultures. This study validates the potential use of the in vitro system for genomic analyses aimed at identifying genes expressed during the interaction in the Dutch elm disease pathosystem.

The Microscopy of Compatibility and Incompatibility in Ulmus

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 504-505
Author(s):  
B. L. Redmond ◽  
Christopher F. Bob
Keyword(s):  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Hybrid Progeny ◽  
Ulmus Pumila ◽  
Ulmus Americana ◽  
American Elm ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Ulmus Parvifolia ◽  
Initial Appearance ◽  
Chinese Elm

The American Elm (Ulmus americana L.) has been plagued by Dutch Elm Disease (DED), a lethal disease caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi (Buisman) c. Moreau. Since its initial appearance in North America around 1930, DED has wrought inexorable devastation on the American elm population, triggering both environmental and economic losses. In response to the havoc caused by the disease, many attempts have been made to hybridize U. americana with a few ornamentally less desirable, though highly DED resistant, Asian species (mainly the Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila L., and the Chinese elm Ulmus parvifolia Jacq.). The goal is to develop, through breeding efforts, hybrid progeny that display the ornamentally desirable characteristics of U. americana with the disease resistance of the Asian species. Unfortunately, however, all attempts to hybridize U. americana have been prevented by incompatibility. Only through a firm understanding of both compatibility and incompatibility will it be possible to circumvent the incompatibility and hence achieve hybridization.

scholarly journals Differential in vitro interactions of the Janus kinase inhibitor ruxolitinib with human SLC drug transporters

Xenobiotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Arnaud Bruyère ◽  
Marc Le Vée ◽  
Elodie Jouan ◽  
Stephanie Molez ◽  
Anne T. Nies ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Drug Transporters ◽  
Janus Kinase ◽  
Janus Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
In Vitro Interactions

scholarly journals Impact of n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Growth of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Interactions with Amikacin and Ceftazidime

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 2187-2189 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis ◽  
P. Grecka ◽  
A. Dionyssiou-Asteriou ◽  
H. Giamarellou
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Gamma Linolenic Acid ◽  
Infection Models ◽  
Over Time ◽  
In Vitro Interactions

ABSTRACT Twenty-six multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosaisolates were exposed over time to 300 μg of gamma-linolenic acid or arachidonic acid per ml or to the combination of both acids at 150 μg/ml each with ceftazidime and amikacin with or without albumin to observe the in vitro interactions of the antibiotics. Antibiotics and albumin were applied at their levels found in serum. Synergy between acids and antibiotics was found against 13 isolates, and it was expressed after 5 h of growth in the presence of albumin. The results indicate that further application in experimental infection models is merited.

scholarly journals The Culturable Mycobiome of Mesophotic Agelas oroides: Constituents and Changes Following Sponge Transplantation to Shallow Water

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 567
Author(s):  
Eyal Ben-Dor Cohen ◽  
Micha Ilan ◽  
Oded Yarden
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Hyphal Growth ◽  
Marine Sponges ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Dynamic Components ◽  
In Vitro Interactions

Marine sponges harbor a diverse array of microorganisms and the composition of the microbial community has been suggested to be linked to holo-biont health. Most of the attention concerning sponge mycobiomes has been given to sponges present in shallow depths. Here, we describe the presence of 146 culturable mycobiome taxa isolated from mesophotic niche (100 m depth)-inhabiting samples of Agelas oroides, in the Mediterranean Sea. We identify some potential in vitro interactions between several A. oroides-associated fungi and show that sponge meso-hyl extract, but not its predominantly collagen-rich part, is sufficient to support hyphal growth. We demonstrate that changes in the diversity of culturable mycobiome constituents occur following sponge transplantation from its original mesophotic habitat to shallow (10 m) waters, where historically (60 years ago) this species was found. We conclude that among the 30 fungal genera identified as associated with A. oroides, Aspergillus, Penicillium and Trichoderma constitute the core mycobiome of A. oroides, and that they persist even when the sponge is transplanted to a suboptimal environment, indicative of the presence of constant, as well as dynamic, components of the sponge mycobiome. Other genera seemed more depth-related and appeared or disappeared upon host’s transfer from 100 to 10 m.

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