scholarly journals Transgenic Suppression of Cell Death Limits Penetration Success of the Soybean Rust Fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi into Epidermal Cells of Barley

2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Hoefle ◽  
Marco Loehrer ◽  
Ulrich Schaffrath ◽  
Markus Frank ◽  
Holger Schultheiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Epidermal Cell ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
Mesophyll Cell ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Soybean Rust ◽  
Phakopsora Pachyrhizi ◽  
Hypersensitive Cell Death

The basidiomycete Phakopsora pachyrhizi (P. pachyrhizi) causes Asian soybean rust, one of the most devastating plant diseases on soybean. When inoculated on the nonhost barley P. pachyrhizi caused only very small necrotic spots, typical for an incompatible interaction, which involves a hypersensitive cell death reaction. A microscopic inspection of the interaction of barley with P. pachyrhizi revealed that the fungus germinated on barley and formed functional appressoria on epidermal cells. The fungus attempted to directly penetrate through periclinal cell walls but often failed, arrested in plant cell wall appositions that stained positively for callose. Penetration resistance depends on intact ROR1(REQUIRED FOR mlo-SPECIFIED RESISTANCE 1) and ROR2 genes of barley. If the fungus succeeded in penetration, epidermal cell death took place. Dead epidermal cells did not generally restrict fungal development but allowed for mesophyll invasion, which was followed by mesophyll cell death and fungal arrest. Transient or stable over expression of the barley cell death suppressor BAX inhibitor-1 reduced both epidermal cell death and fungal penetration success. Data suggest that P. pachyrhizi provokes a programmed cell death facilitating fungal entry into epidermal cells of barley.

scholarly journals Tissue-Specific Superoxide Generation at Interaction Sites in Resistant and Susceptible Near-Isogenic Barley Lines Attacked by the Powdery Mildew Fungus (Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei)

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Hückelhoven ◽  
Karl-Heinz Kogel
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Powdery Mildew ◽  
Mesophyll Cell ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Erysiphe Graminis ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Powdery Mildew Fungus ◽  
Hypersensitive Cell Death ◽  
Interaction Sites ◽  
Nbt Reduction

The pathogenesis-related, azide-insensitive generation of superoxide anions (O2 -) was comparatively analyzed in near-isogenic barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Pallas) lines carrying the powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei) resistance genes Mla12, Mlg, and mlo5, respectively, by the microscopic detection of nitroblue tetra-zolium (NBT) reduction to dark blue formazan dyes. These genes govern fungal arrest at different stages of the interaction: (i) at the penetration stage within cell wall appositions (papillae) leaving the attacked cell alive (mlo); (ii) within papillae of cells that subsequently undergo a hypersensitive cell death (HR) (Mlg); or (iii) after penetration by a subsequent HR (Mla12). The susceptible parent line Pallas showed a transient O2 - generation in penetrated epidermal cells at 18 h after inoculation (hai), whereas epidermal cells of the resistant BCPMla12 produced O2 - over a longer time range (by 18 to 36 hai) preceding cell death. No oxidative burst was detected in association with penetration resistance due to effective papillae (BCPMlg and BCPmlo5) although Mlg specified an HR subsequent to fungal arrest. Hence, O2 - generation in attacked epidermal cells was a result of fungal penetration of the host cell walls and subsequent contact with the host plasma membrane, and not a requirement for HR elicitation. O2 - generation in the mesophyll tissue beneath attacked cells was associated with the response mediated by the genes Mla12 and Mlg. However, only BCPMla12 showed mesophyll cell death. The data indicate that, in barley, O2 - accumulation is not a single key determinant of HR in response to a powdery mildew attack.

Inhibition of Rust-induced Hypersensitive Response in Flax Cells by the Microtubule Inhibitor Oryzalin

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issei Kobayashi ◽  
Yuhko Kobayashi ◽  
Adrienne R. Hardham
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Hypersensitive Response ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Differential Sensitivity ◽  
Incompatible Interaction ◽  
Microtubule Inhibitor ◽  
Mesophyll Cells ◽  
Hypersensitive Cell Death ◽  
Linum Usitatissimum L

Interactions between the flax rust fungus Melampsora lini and flax Linum usitatissimum L. are governed by a gene-for-gene relationship which determines pathogen virulence or avirulence and host resistance or susceptibility. The present study demonstrates differential sensitivity of M. lini and flax to the microtubule depolymerising drug, oryzalin, such that microtubule depolymerisation in flax cells but not in fungal cells could be obtained. Normally, in an incompatible interaction, a rapid hypersensitive response about 24 h after inoculation inhibits fungal development and invasion. However, in an incompatible interaction in the presence of oryzalin, the occurrence of hypersensitive cell death was delayed and its frequency reduced. This allowed a normally avirulent race of M. lini to form haustoria in living host mesophyll cells at a rate and efficiency similar to that achieved by a virulent race in a compatible interaction during the first 36 h after inoculation. After that time, the incidence of hypersensitive cell death increased and further development of the pathogen was arrested. The results indicate that microtubules play a role in effecting rapid and efficient hypersensitive response in the race–cultivar specific interaction between flax and the flax rust fungus.

scholarly journals Suppression or Activation of Immune Responses by Predicted Secreted Proteins of the Soybean Rust Pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingsheng Qi ◽  
James P. Grayczyk ◽  
Janina M. Seitz ◽  
Youngsill Lee ◽  
Tobias I. Link ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Rust Fungi ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Soybean Rust ◽  
Phakopsora Pachyrhizi ◽  
Immune Systems ◽  
Rust Pathogen

Rust fungi, such as the soybean rust pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi, are major threats to crop production. They form specialized haustoria that are hyphal structures intimately associated with host-plant cell membranes. These haustoria have roles in acquiring nutrients and secreting effector proteins that manipulate host immune systems. Functional characterization of effector proteins of rust fungi is important for understanding mechanisms that underlie their virulence and pathogenicity. Hundreds of candidate effector proteins have been predicted for rust pathogens, but it is not clear how to prioritize these effector candidates for further characterization. There is a need for high-throughput approaches for screening effector candidates to obtain experimental evidence for effector-like functions, such as the manipulation of host immune systems. We have focused on identifying effector candidates with immune-related functions in the soybean rust fungus P. pachyrhizi. To facilitate the screening of many P. pachyrhizi effector candidates (named PpECs), we used heterologous expression systems, including the bacterial type III secretion system, Agrobacterium infiltration, a plant virus, and a yeast strain, to establish an experimental pipeline for identifying PpECs with immune-related functions and establishing their subcellular localizations. Several PpECs were identified that could suppress or activate immune responses in nonhost Nicotiana benthamiana, N. tabacum, Arabidopsis, tomato, or pepper plants.

scholarly journals Characterization of Nonhost Resistance of Arabidopsis to the Asian Soybean Rust

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1421-1430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Loehrer ◽  
Caspar Langenbach ◽  
Katharina Goellner ◽  
Uwe Conrath ◽  
Ulrich Schaffrath
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Epidermal Cell ◽  
Fungal Growth ◽  
Soybean Rust ◽  
Nonhost Resistance ◽  
Mesophyll Cells ◽  
Nonhost Plant ◽  
Asian Soybean Rust ◽  
Successful Establishment

Asian soybean rust (ASR), caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a devastating disease of soybean. We report the use of the nonhost plant Arabidopsis thaliana to identify the genetic basis of resistance to P. pachyrhizi. Upon attack by P. pachyrhizi, epidermal cells of wild-type Arabidopsis accumulated H2O2, which likely orchestrates the frequently observed epidermal cell death. However, even when epidermal cell death occurred, fungal hyphae grew on and infection was terminated at the mesophyll boundary. These events were associated with expression of PDF1.2, suggesting that P. pachyrhizi, an ostensible biotroph, mimics aspects of a necrotroph. Extensive colonization of the mesophyll occurred in Arabidopsis pen mutants with defective penetration resistance. Although haustoria were found occasionally in mesophyll cells, the successful establishment of biotrophy failed, as evidenced by the cessation of fungal growth. Double mutants affected in either jasmonic acid or salicylic acid signaling in the pen3-1 background revealed the involvement of both pathways in nonhost resistance (NHR) of Arabidopsis to P. pachyrhizi. Interestingly, expression of AtNHL10, a gene that is expressed in tissue undergoing the hypersensitive response, was only triggered in infected pen3-1 mutants. Thus, a suppression of P. pachyrhizi–derived effectors by PEN3 can be inferred. Our results demonstrate that Arabidopsis can be used to study mechanisms of NHR to ASR.

scholarly journals Effects of Silicon Applications on Soybean Rust Development Under Greenhouse and Field Conditions

Plant Disease ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Lemes ◽  
C. L. Mackowiak ◽  
A. Blount ◽  
J. J. Marois ◽  
D. L. Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Disease Onset ◽  
The United States ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Soybean Rust ◽  
Phakopsora Pachyrhizi ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Progress Curve ◽  
Production Areas

Soybean rust (SBR), caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is one of the most destructive fungal diseases affecting soybean production. Silicon (Si) amendments were studied as an alternative strategy to control SBR because this element was reported to suppress a number of plant diseases in other host–pathogen systems. In greenhouse experiments, soybean cultivars inoculated with P. pachyrhizi received soil applications of wollastonite (CaSiO3) (Si at 0, 0.96, and 1.92 t ha–1) or foliar applications of potassium silicate (K2SiO3) (Si at 0, 500, 1,000, or 2,000 mg kg–1). Greenhouse experiment results demonstrated that Si treatments delayed disease onset by approximately 3 days. The area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) of plants receiving Si treatments also was significantly lower than the AUDPC of non-Si-treated plants. For field experiments, an average 3-day delay in disease onset was observed only for soil Si treatments. Reductions in AUDPC of up to 43 and 36% were also observed for soil and foliar Si treatments, respectively. Considering the natural delayed disease onset due to the inability of the pathogen to overwinter in the major soybean production areas of the United States, the delay in disease onset and the final reduction in AUDPC observed by the soil Si treatments used may lead to the development of SBR control practices that can benefit organic and conventional soybean production systems.

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