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Dörmann, P.; Kim, H.; Ott, T.; Schulze-Lefert, P.; Trujillo, M.; Wewer, V.; Hückelhoven, R.;Cell-autonomous defense, re-organization and trafficking of membranes in plant-microbe interactionsNew Phytol.204815-822(2014)DOI: 10.1111/nph.12978
Plant cells dynamically change their architecture and molecular composition following encounters with beneficial or parasitic microbes, a process referred to as host cell reprogramming. Cell‐autonomous defense reactions are typically polarized to the plant cell periphery underneath microbial contact sites, including de novo cell wall biosynthesis. Alternatively, host cell reprogramming converges in the biogenesis of membrane‐enveloped compartments for accommodation of beneficial bacteria or invasive infection structures of filamentous microbes. Recent advances have revealed that, in response to microbial encounters, plasma membrane symmetry is broken, membrane tethering and SNARE complexes are recruited, lipid composition changes and plasma membrane‐to‐cytoskeleton signaling is activated, either for pre‐invasive defense or for microbial entry. We provide a critical appraisal on recent studies with a focus on how plant cells re‐structure membranes and the associated cytoskeleton in interactions with microbial pathogens, nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia and mycorrhiza fungi.
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Dey, S.; Wenig, M.; Langen, G.; Sharma, S.; Kugler, K. G.; Knappe, C.; Hause, B.; Bichlmeier, M.; Babaeizad, V.; Imani, J.; Janzik, I.; Stempfl, T.; Hückelhoven, R.; Kogel, K.-H.; Mayer, K. F. X.; Vlot, A. C.;Bacteria-Triggered Systemic Immunity in Barley Is Associated with WRKY and ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE FACTORs But Not with Salicylic AcidPlant Physiol.1662133-2151(2014)DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.249276
Leaf-to-leaf systemic immune signaling known as systemic acquired resistance is poorly understood in monocotyledonous plants. Here, we characterize systemic immunity in barley (Hordeum vulgare) triggered after primary leaf infection with either Pseudomonas syringae pathovar japonica (Psj) or Xanthomonas translucens pathovar cerealis (Xtc). Both pathogens induced resistance in systemic, uninfected leaves against a subsequent challenge infection with Xtc. In contrast to systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), systemic immunity in barley was not associated with NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1 or the local or systemic accumulation of salicylic acid. Instead, we documented a moderate local but not systemic induction of abscisic acid after infection of leaves with Psj. In contrast to salicylic acid or its functional analog benzothiadiazole, local applications of the jasmonic acid methyl ester or abscisic acid triggered systemic immunity to Xtc. RNA sequencing analysis of local and systemic transcript accumulation revealed unique gene expression changes in response to both Psj and Xtc and a clear separation of local from systemic responses. The systemic response appeared relatively modest, and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction associated systemic immunity with the local and systemic induction of two WRKY and two ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE FACTOR (ERF)-like transcription factors. Systemic immunity against Xtc was further associated with transcriptional changes after a secondary/systemic Xtc challenge infection; these changes were dependent on the primary treatment. Taken together, bacteria-induced systemic immunity in barley may be mediated in part by WRKY and ERF-like transcription factors, possibly facilitating transcriptional reprogramming to potentiate immunity.