Microarray analysis of rice ZH11 and OPR3 overexpression plants
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ABSTRACT: The plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA) plays a central role in plant defense responses.12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) reductase 3 (OPR3) is a key enzyme in the JA synthesis pathway.To discover what facilitates defense functions in the JA pathway, we conducted a microarray analysis of OPR3 overexpressing rice plants (OPR3ox) and the wild-type Zhonghua 11.
Project description:Jasmonates are important phytohormones activating plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress, as well as different development processes. These responses are mediated by a conserved signalling pathway activated by different hormones in different plants: dinor-12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (dn-OPDA) isomers in bryophytes and lycophytes, and JA-Ile in most vascular plants. The final responses depend, in many cases, on the accumulation of secondary metabolites. To identify novel compounds regulated by the dn-OPDA pathway in Marchantia, untargeted metabolomic analyses were carried out in response to dn-OPDA-regulated stress. A novel group of molecules were identified as dn-OPDA-amino acid conjugates (dn-OPDA-aas), and its accumulation after wounding and herbivory confirmed by targeted metabolic profiling in Marchantia and all species in which we previously found dn-iso-OPDA. Mutants in GRETCHEN-HAGEN 3A (MpGH3A) failed to accumulate dn-OPDA-aa conjugates, and showed a constitutive activation of the OPDA pathway and increased resistance to herbivory. Our results show that dn-iso-OPDA bioactivity is reduced by conjugation with amino acids. Therefore, an apparent dichotomous role of jasmonate conjugation in land plants is highlighted: jasmonic acid (JA) conjugation with isoleucine (Ile) produce the bioactive JA-Ile in tracheophytes, whereas conjugation of dn-iso-OPDA with different amino acids disactivate the hormone in bryophytes and lycophytes.
Project description:Plant damage promotes the interaction of lipoxygenases (LOX) with fatty acids yielding 9-hydroperoxides, 13-hydroperoxides and complex arrays of oxylipins. The action of 13-LOX on linolenic acid enables production of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (12-OPDA) and its downstream products, termed jasmonates. As signals, jasmonates have related yet distinct roles in the regulation of plant resistance against insect and pathogen attack. A similar pathway involving 9-LOX activity on linolenic and linoleic acid leads to the 12-OPDA positional isomer, 10-oxo-11-phytodienoic acid (10-OPDA) and 10-oxo-11-phytoenoic acid (10-OPEA), respectively; however, physiological roles for 9-LOX cyclopentenones have remained unclear. In developing maize (Zea mays) leaves, southern leaf blight (Cochliobolus heterostrophus) infection results in dying necrotic tissue and the localized accumulation of 10-OPEA, 10-OPDA and a series of related 14- and 12-carbon metabolites, collectively termed ‘death acids’. 10-OPEA accumulation becomes wound-inducible within fungal-infected tissues and at physiologically relevant concentrations acts as a phytoalexin by suppressing the growth of fungi and herbivores including Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium verticillioides, and Helicoverpa zea. Unlike previously established maize phytoalexins, 10-OPEA and 10-OPDA display significant phytotoxicity. Both 12-OPDA and 10-OPEA promote the transcription of defense genes encoding glutathione S-transferases, cytochrome P450s, and pathogenesis-related proteins. In contrast, 10-OPEA only weakly promotes the accumulation of multiple protease inhibitor transcripts. Consistent with a role in dying tissue, 10-OPEA application promotes cysteine protease activation and cell death which is inhibited by overexpression of the cysteine protease inhibitor maize cystatin-9. Functions for 10-OPEA and associated death acids are consistent with specialized roles in local defense reactions. A total of 6 samples were analyzed, comprised of two treatments: 10-OPEA and DMSO carrier control (5%DMSO/0.1% Tween20 in H20), both in replicates of three.
Project description:Plant damage promotes the interaction of lipoxygenases (LOX) with fatty acids yielding 9-hydroperoxides, 13-hydroperoxides and complex arrays of oxylipins. The action of 13-LOX on linolenic acid enables production of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (12-OPDA) and its downstream products, termed jasmonates. As signals, jasmonates have related yet distinct roles in the regulation of plant resistance against insect and pathogen attack. A similar pathway involving 9-LOX activity on linolenic and linoleic acid leads to the 12-OPDA positional isomer, 10-oxo-11-phytodienoic acid (10-OPDA) and 10-oxo-11-phytoenoic acid (10-OPEA), respectively; however, physiological roles for 9-LOX cyclopentenones have remained unclear. In developing maize (Zea mays) leaves, southern leaf blight (Cochliobolus heterostrophus) infection results in dying necrotic tissue and the localized accumulation of 10-OPEA, 10-OPDA and a series of related 14- and 12-carbon metabolites, collectively termed ‘death acids’. 10-OPEA accumulation becomes wound-inducible within fungal-infected tissues and at physiologically relevant concentrations acts as a phytoalexin by suppressing the growth of fungi and herbivores including Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium verticillioides, and Helicoverpa zea. Unlike previously established maize phytoalexins, 10-OPEA and 10-OPDA display significant phytotoxicity. Both 12-OPDA and 10-OPEA promote the transcription of defense genes encoding glutathione S-transferases, cytochrome P450s, and pathogenesis-related proteins. In contrast, 10-OPEA only weakly promotes the accumulation of multiple protease inhibitor transcripts. Consistent with a role in dying tissue, 10-OPEA application promotes cysteine protease activation and cell death which is inhibited by overexpression of the cysteine protease inhibitor maize cystatin-9. Functions for 10-OPEA and associated death acids are consistent with specialized roles in local defense reactions.
Project description:Jasmonates are fatty acid derived hormones that regulate multiple aspects of plant development, growth and stress responses. Bioactive jasmonates differ between vascular plants and bryophytes (using jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine; JA-Ile and dinor-12-oxo-10,15(Z)-phytodienoic acid; dn-OPDA, respectively), but bind an evolutionarily conserved COI1 receptor. Whilst the biosynthetic pathways of JA-Ile in the model vascular plant Arabidopsis thaliana have been elucidated, the details of dn-OPDA biosynthesis in bryophytes are still unclear. Here, we identify an ortholog of Arabidopsis Fatty Acid Desaturase 5 (AtFAD5) in the model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and show that FAD5 function is ancient and conserved between species separated by more than 450 million years of independent evolution. Similar to AtFAD5, MpFAD5 is required for the synthesis of 7Z-hexadecenoic acid. Consequently, in Mpfad5 mutants the hexadecanoic pathway is blocked, the dn-OPDA levels almost completely depleted and normal chloroplast development is impaired. Our results demonstrate that the main source of dn-OPDA in Marchantia is the hexadecanoic pathway and the contribution of the octadecanoid pathway, i.e. from OPDA, is minimal. Remarkably, despite extremely low levels of the bioactive hormone (dn-OPDA), MpCOI1-mediated responses to wounding and insect feeding can still be activated in Mpfad5 mutants, suggesting that dn-OPDA is not the only bioactive jasmonate and COI1 ligand in Marchantia.
Project description:12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) and phytoprostane A1 (PPA1) are cyclopentenone oxylipins that are formed via the enzymatic; jasmonate pathway and a nonenzymatic, free radicalâcatalyzed pathway, respectively. Both types of cyclopentenone oxylipins; induce the expression of genes related to detoxification, stress responses, and secondary metabolism, a profile clearly distinct; from that of the cyclopentanone jasmonic acid. To investigate the role of TGA transcriction factors in oxylipin responses, the regulation of gene expression by OPDA and PPA1 defective in; the expression of TGA2, TGA5, and TGA6 was analyzed using; Affymetrix ATH1 chips. Experiment Overall Design: 18 hybs total
Project description:12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) and phytoprostane A1 (PPA1) are cyclopentenone oxylipins that are formed via the enzymatic jasmonate pathway and a nonenzymatic, free radical–catalyzed pathway, respectively. Both types of cyclopentenone oxylipins induce the expression of genes related to detoxification, stress responses, and secondary metabolism, a profile clearly distinct from that of the cyclopentanone jasmonic acid. To investigate the role of TGA transcriction factors in oxylipin responses, the regulation of gene expression by OPDA and PPA1 defective in the expression of TGA2, TGA5, and TGA6 was analyzed using Affymetrix ATH1 chips. Keywords: Arabidopsis tga2-5-6 mutant, Oxylipin treatment, ATH1 Chip
Project description:Plant cellular damage promotes the interaction of lipoxygenases (LOX) with free fatty acids to yield 9- and 13-hydroperoxides which are further metabolized into diverse oxylipins. The enzymatic action of 13-LOX on linolenic acid enables production of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (12-OPDA) and its downstream products, jointly known as jasmonates. As signals, jasmonates have related yet distinct roles in the regulation of plant resistance against insect and pathogen attack. An additional and conceptually parallel pathway involving 9-LOX activity on linoleic acid leads to the production of 10-oxo-11-phytoenoic acid (10-OPEA). Despite structural similarity to jasmonates, physiological roles for 10-OPEA have remained unclear. Both 12-OPDA and 10-OPEA equally promote the transcription of numerous defense genes encoding glutathione S-transferases, cytochrome P450s, and pathogenesis-related proteins; however, 10-OPEA activity diverges in the context of reduced protease inhibitor transcript accumulation. To identify additional differential responses, we subsequently performed whole transcriptome analyses using RNAseq. These comparisons provide a platform for further examination of plant response specificity to the cyclopentenone 10-OPEA. A total of 12 samples were analyzed, comprised of two treatments (10-OPEA and 12-OPDA) and a DMSO carrier control (5%DMSO/0.1%Tween 20 in H20), all in replicates of four.
Project description:High light (HL)-induced chloroplast retrograde signaling originates from the photosynthetic apparatus and regulates nuclear gene expression to enhance photoprotection and coordinate cell metabolism. Here, we analyzed the transcript profiles and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), stress hormones and small molecule antioxidants to investigate the signaling mechanisms operating under HL stress, and in particular during plant recovery (R) from stress under growth conditions. Exposure to HL for 15 min induced a number of singlet oxygen (1O2) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-responsive genes and accumulation of an oxidative form of glutathione (GSSG) and ascorbate (DHA), the hallmarks of oxidative stress in cells. Prolonged exposure to HL resulted in accumulation of transcripts encoding oxylipin biosynthesis enzymes, leading to accumulation of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) and jasmonic acid (JA). However, the expression of several JA-responsive genes, already induced by HL, peaked during the R-phase (R-sustained) together with accumulation of JA, reduced glutathione (GSH) and ascorbate (AsA), highlighting the critical role of JA signaling in restoring chloroplast redox balance following HL stress. The involvement of JA signaling in R-sustained gene expression was further confirmed by conducting experiments with JA receptor mutants (coi1). HL exposure of only 2 min was sufficient to induce some R-sustained genes, indicating rapid response of plants to changing light conditions. We propose that ROS production at HL induces the signaling cascade for early oxylipin biosynthesis and OPDA accumulation, while increased accumulation of JA in R-phase activates the genes that fully restore the glutathione metabolism, and ultimately allow recovery from short-term HL stress.
Project description:Plant cellular damage promotes the interaction of lipoxygenases (LOX) with free fatty acids to yield 9- and 13-hydroperoxides which are further metabolized into diverse oxylipins. The enzymatic action of 13-LOX on linolenic acid enables production of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (12-OPDA) and its downstream products, jointly known as jasmonates. As signals, jasmonates have related yet distinct roles in the regulation of plant resistance against insect and pathogen attack. An additional and conceptually parallel pathway involving 9-LOX activity on linoleic acid leads to the production of 10-oxo-11-phytoenoic acid (10-OPEA). Despite structural similarity to jasmonates, physiological roles for 10-OPEA have remained unclear. Both 12-OPDA and 10-OPEA equally promote the transcription of numerous defense genes encoding glutathione S-transferases, cytochrome P450s, and pathogenesis-related proteins; however, 10-OPEA activity diverges in the context of reduced protease inhibitor transcript accumulation. To identify additional differential responses, we subsequently performed whole transcriptome analyses using RNAseq. These comparisons provide a platform for further examination of plant response specificity to the cyclopentenone 10-OPEA.
Project description:12-Oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) and several phytoprostanes are structurally related cyclopentenone oxylipins that can be formed via the enzymatic jasmonate pathway and a non-enzymatic, free radical-catalyzed pathway, respectively. To elucidate the biological activities of phytoprostanes in comparison to OPDA as well as the metabolism we performed genome-wide expression analysis. Keywords: mixotrophic Arabidopsis cell culture, ATH1 Chip