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PubMed2004

Plant immunization.

Plant immunization is the process of activating natural defense system present in plant induced by biotic or abiotic factors. Plants are pre-treated with inducing agents stimulate plant defense responses that form chemical or physical barriers that are used against the pathogen invasion. Inducers used usually give the signals to rouse the plant defense genes ultimately resulting into induced systemic resistance. In many plant-pathogen interactions, R-Avr gene interactions results in localized acquired resistance or hypersensitive response and at distal ends of plant, a broad spectrum resistance is induced known as systemic acquired resistance (SAR). Various biotic or abiotic factors induce systemic resistance in plants that is phenotypically similar to pathogen-induced systemic acquired resistance (SAR). Some of the biotic or abiotic determinants induce systemic resistance in plants through salicylic acid (SA) dependent SAR pathway, others require jasmonic acid (JA) or ethylene. Host plant remains in induced condition for a period of time, and upon challenge inoculation, resistance responses are accelerated and enhanced. Induced systemic resistance (ISR) is effective under field conditions and offers a natural mechanism for biological control of plant disease.

Gene Expression Regulation, Plant↗
PubMed2004

Surface polysaccharides enable bacteria to evade plant immunity.

Plants have an immune system to perceive pathogenic or potentially beneficial bacteria. Aspects of perception, signal transduction and the responses that the plant produces resemble features of innate immunity observed in animals. Plant reactions are various and include the production of antimicrobial compounds. Bacteria that are successful in establishing pathogenic or symbiotic interactions have developed multiple ways to protect themselves. We review the general importance of bacterial surface polysaccharides in the evasion of plant immune responses and elaborate on their role in protecting symbiotic bacteria against toxic reactive oxygen species during invasion of the host plant.

Bacteria↗
PubMed2006

Receptor protein kinases--pattern recognition receptors in plant immunity.

Plant innate immunity is activated either upon perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) or upon resistance (R) protein-mediated recognition of pathogen race-specific effector molecules. Although many plant R proteins have been identified, there is only limited knowledge about plant PRRs. Recently, Cyril Zipfel et al. identified a second Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor protein kinase implicated in PAMP perception, which suggests that several members of this large protein family function as pattern recognition receptors.

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PubMedDate not supplied

[Signal systems of plant immunity].

Plants can recognise the penetrating pathogen and respond to the attack with an array of defense reactions. Signal transduction from receptor in plasma membrane to genome is necessary to activate these reactions. Plant cell signaling systems which take part in signal transduction were discovered and identified recently. The obtained results suggest that plant cells have complex and well coordinated signal network which regulates their immune potential.

Cell Membrane↗
PubMed2026

High-throughput glycan array screening reveals rhamnogalacturonan-I as a ligand for Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases involved in plant immunity.

The plant cell wall not only serves as a physical barrier against pathogens but, when damaged, also functions as a source of cell wall-derived molecules that play crucial roles in plant immunity as damage-associated molecular patterns. While oligogalacturonides from homogalacturonan are well-studied damage-associated molecular patterns, the immune-signaling potential of other cell wall components remains largely unexplored. Conventional genetic and biochemical approaches aimed at identifying ligand-receptor pairs in plant immunity have been limited by the vast diversity of potential ligand molecules and functional redundancy of putative receptors. In this study, we developed a high-throughput screening pipeline that simultaneously examines multiple interactions between plant cell wall-derived glycans and >350 extracellular domains of receptor kinases and receptor-like proteins in Arabidopsis, resulting in the screening of >40 000 interactions. We discovered a group of leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases named ARMs (AWARENESS of RG-I MAINTENANCES) that interact with rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I), a major component of pectin. RG-I treatment induced pattern-triggered immunity responses with distinct kinetics compared to oligogalacturonide responses. We identified RG-I oligosaccharide structures required for interaction with ARM receptors and immune activation and found that ARM receptors function redundantly in plant immunity. Collectively, our work provides a powerful platform for discovering glycan-receptor pairs in plants, facilitating a more comprehensive understanding of cell wall surveillance mechanisms in plant immunity.

Arabidopsis↗
PubMed2006

Host-microbe interactions: shaping the evolution of the plant immune response.

The evolution of the plant immune response has culminated in a highly effective defense system that is able to resist potential attack by microbial pathogens. The primary immune response is referred to as PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) and has evolved to recognize common features of microbial pathogens. In the coevolution of host-microbe interactions, pathogens acquired the ability to deliver effector proteins to the plant cell to suppress PTI, allowing pathogen growth and disease. In response to the delivery of pathogen effector proteins, plants acquired surveillance proteins (R proteins) to either directly or indirectly monitor the presence of the pathogen effector proteins. In this review, taking an evolutionary perspective, we highlight important discoveries over the last decade about the plant immune response.

Bacteria↗
PubMed2004

MAPKKKalpha is a positive regulator of cell death associated with both plant immunity and disease.

Many plant pathogens cause disease symptoms that manifest over days as regions of localized cell death. Localized cell death (the hypersensitive response; HR) also occurs in disease-resistant plants, but this response appears within hours of attempted infection and may restrict further pathogen growth. We identified a MAP kinase kinase kinase gene (MAPKKKalpha) that is required for the HR and resistance against Pseudomonas syringae. Significantly, we found that MAPKKKalpha also regulates cell death in susceptible leaves undergoing P. syringae infection. Overexpression of MAPKKKalpha in leaves activated MAPKs and caused pathogen-independent cell death. By overexpressing MAPKKKalpha in leaves and suppressing expression of various MAPKK and MAPK genes by virus-induced gene silencing, we identified two distinct MAPK cascades that act downstream of MAPKKKalpha. These results demonstrate that signal transduction pathways associated with both plant immunity and disease susceptibility share a common molecular switch.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed2005

Antagonistic control of disease resistance protein stability in the plant immune system.

Pathogen recognition by the plant immune system is governed by structurally related, polymorphic products of disease resistance (R) genes. RAR1 and/or SGT1b mediate the function of many R proteins. RAR1 controls preactivation R protein accumulation by an unknown mechanism. We demonstrate that Arabidopsis SGT1b has two distinct, genetically separable functions in the plant immune system: SGT1b antagonizes RAR1 to negatively regulate R protein accumulation before infection, and SGT1b has a RAR1-independent function that regulates programmed cell death during infection. The balanced activities of RAR1 and SGT1, in concert with cytosolic HSP90, modulate preactivation R protein accumulation and signaling competence.

Apoptosis↗
PubMed2005

Evaluation of natural and synthetic stimulants of plant immunity by microarray technology.

Induction of local defence, as well as systemic resistance, of plants is associated with transcriptional reprogramming. Here we report on defence gene induction by natural and synthetic stimulants of plant immunity. Gene expression changes in Arabidopsis thaliana were monitored in response to several plant immunity stimulants (plant activators) using Northern blotting and an application-based array representing c. 750 genes involved in several aspects of plant defence and/or plant stress. The commercial plant activators Bio-S, Neudo-Vital and PRORADIX have been shown to induce systemic resistance. Here, Neudo-Vital, PRORADIX and Bio-S treatment induced different patterns of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) accumulation. Gene induction by these plant activators proved to be very complex. Rather than simply mimicking one of the known defence pathways induced by SA or JA, the response to the plant activators showed aspects of both major defence systems. A general feature was the transient activation of JA biosynthesis genes, combined with a much more sustained SA-associated defence gene induction. Our results demonstrate that plant immunity stimulants activate systemic immunity at the transcriptional level, and they provide insight into the coordinated transcriptional regulation of several classes of plant defence genes.

Arabidopsis↗
PubMed2006

The plant immune system.

Many plant-associated microbes are pathogens that impair plant growth and reproduction. Plants respond to infection using a two-branched innate immune system. The first branch recognizes and responds to molecules common to many classes of microbes, including non-pathogens. The second responds to pathogen virulence factors, either directly or through their effects on host targets. These plant immune systems, and the pathogen molecules to which they respond, provide extraordinary insights into molecular recognition, cell biology and evolution across biological kingdoms. A detailed understanding of plant immune function will underpin crop improvement for food, fibre and biofuels production.

Immunity, Innate↗
PubMed2006

Vesicle trafficking in plant immune responses.

In plants, perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns at the surface is the first line of defence in cellular immunity. This review summarizes recent evidence of the involvement of vesicle trafficking in the plant's immune response against pathogens. I first discuss aspects of ligand-stimulated receptor endocytosis. The best-characterized pattern-recognition receptor (PRR), FLS2, is a transmembrane leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase that recognizes bacterial flagellin. FLS2 was recently shown to undergo internalization upon activation with its cognate ligand. An animal PRR, TLR4 that mediates perception of bacterial-derived lipopolysaccharides, similarly exhibits ligand-stimulated endocytosis. The second focus is N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor adaptor protein receptor (SNARE)-mediated immunity involving syntaxins and their cognate partners. One of the genes involved in basal immunity in Arabidopsis, PEN1, encodes a syntaxin that focally accumulates at fungal penetration sites, raising the possibility that induced exocytosis is important for active defence. Pathogen-triggered endocytic and exocytic processes have to be balanced to ensure host cell homeostasis. Thus, understanding how phytopathogens have evolved strategies to exploit host cell vesicle trafficking to manipulate immune responses is currently an area of intense study.

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PubMed2003

Recognition and response in the plant immune system.

Molecular communication between plants and potential pathogens determines the ultimate outcome of their interaction. The directed delivery of microbial molecules into and around the host cell, and the subsequent perception of these by the invaded plant tissue (or lack thereof), determines the difference between disease and disease resistance. In theory, any foreign molecule produced by an invading pathogen could act as an elicitor of the broad physiological and transcriptional re-programming indicative of a plant defense response. The diversity of elicitors recognized by plants seems to support this hypothesis. Additionally, these elicitors are often virulence factors from the pathogen recognized by the host. This recognition, though genetically as simple as a ligand-receptor interaction, may require additional host proteins that are the nominal targets of virulence factor action. Transduction of recognition probably requires regulated protein degradation and results in massive changes in cellular homeostasis, including a programmed cell death known as the hypersensitive response that indicates a successful, if perhaps over-zealous, disease resistance response.

Gene Expression Regulation, Plant↗
PubMed2006

Autophagy and plant innate immunity.

Plant innate immunity is often associated with specialized programmed cell death at or near the site of pathogen infection. Despite the isolation of several lesion mimic mutants, the molecular mechanisms that regulate cell death during an immune response remain obscure. Recently, autophagy, an evolutionarily conserved process of bulk protein and organelle turnover, was shown to play an important role in limiting cell death initiated during plant innate immune responses. Consistent with its role in plants, several studies in animals also demonstrate that the autophagic machinery is involved in innate as well as adaptive immunities. Here, we review the role of autophagy in plant innate immunity. Because autophagy is observed in healthy and dying plant cells, we will also examine whether autophagy plays a protective or a destructive role during an immune response.

Apoptosis↗
PubMed2005

The Arabidopsis gene CAD1 controls programmed cell death in the plant immune system and encodes a protein containing a MACPF domain.

To clarify the processes involved in plant immunity, we have isolated and characterized a single recessive Arabidopsis mutant, cad1 (constitutively activated cell death 1), which shows a phenotype that mimics the lesions seen in the hypersensitive response (HR). This mutant shows spontaneously activated expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes, and leading to a 32-fold increase in salicylic acid (SA). Inoculation of cad1 mutant plants with Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000 shows that the cad1 mutation results in the restriction of bacterial growth. Cloning of CAD1 reveals that this gene encodes a protein containing a domain with significant homology to the MACPF (membrane attack complex and perforin) domain of complement components and perforin proteins that are involved in innate immunity in animals. Furthermore, cell death is suppressed in transgenic cad1 plants expressing nahG, which encodes an SA-degrading enzyme. We therefore conclude that the CAD1 protein negatively controls the SA-mediated pathway of programmed cell death in plant immunity.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed2005

AvrPtoB: a bacterial type III effector that both elicits and suppresses programmed cell death associated with plant immunity.

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 is a model pathogen for studying the molecular basis of plant immunity and disease susceptibility in tomato and Arabidopsis. DC3000 uses a type III secretion system to inject effector proteins into the plant cell. Type III effectors are thought to promote bacterial virulence by suppressing plant defenses and enhancing access to nutrients trapped in the plant cell. The AvrPtoB type III effector elicits immunity-associated programmed cell death (PCD) when expressed in tomato plants carrying the Pto resistance protein. However, in the absence of Pto, AvrPtoB functions to suppress PCD and immunity in tomato. Here, we review current research examining the molecular basis of AvrPtoB-mediated elicitation and suppression of plant PCD. In addition, the "trump model" is proposed to explain how resistance proteins successfully elicit immunity-associated PCD in response to effectors that suppress PCD.

Apoptosis↗
PubMed2002

Plant immunity and film Noir: what gumshoe detectives can teach us about plant-pathogen interactions.

Plant cells practice constant vigilance using resistance (R) proteins to monitor pathogenic processes. Three papers published recently in Cell and one in Science provide support for a model in which plant cells set up surveillance of signal transduction pathways, preparing to destroy the cell if any untoward fiddling with cellular physiology is detected. The demonstration of three separate examples of such a system suggests that it is broadly used and should provoke a reexamination of microbial pathogenesis in animal cells to look for similar mechanisms.

Bacteria↗