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Maize transcriptomic responses to Pantoea stewartii vascular infection in B73 and pan1 (R1) lines (experiment A).

ABSTRACT: To gain insight into the genetic and molecular mechanisms that underlie the enhanced resistance of pan1 lines to vascular spread of P. stewartii, we used RNA-seq to compare the transcriptomes of B73 and pan1 lines one day after mock or bacterial inoculation of leaf veins, being this the first analysis of maize transcriptional responses to P. stewartii infection.

ORGANISM(S): Zea mays

PROVIDER: GSE133302 | GEO | 2019/07/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Introduction: Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii is a proteobacterium that causes Stewart’s wilt disease in corn plants. The bacteria form a biofilm in the xylem of infected plants and produce capsule that blocks water transport, eventually causing wilt. At low cell densities, the quorum-sensing (QS) regulatory protein EsaR is known to directly repress expression of esaR itself as well as the capsular synthesis operon transcription regulator, rcsA, and a 2,5-diketogluconate reductase, dkgA. It simultaneously directly activates expression of genes for a putative small RNA, esaS, the glycerol utilization operon, glpFKX, and another transcriptional regulator, lrhA. At high bacterial cell densities, all of this regulation is relieved when EsaR binds an acylated homoserine lactone signal, which is synthesized constitutively over growth. QS-dependent gene expression is critical for the establishment of disease in the plant. Objective: However, the identity of the full set of genes controlled by EsaR/QS is unknown. A proteomic approach previously identified around 30 proteins in the QS regulon. In this study, a whole-transcriptome, next-generation sequencing analysis of rRNA-depleted RNA from QS-proficient and -deficient P. stewartii strains was performed to identify additional targets of EsaR. Result: EsaR-dependent transcriptional regulation of a subset of differentially expressed genes was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR). Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that EsaR directly bound 10 newly identified target promoters. Overall, the QS regulon of P. stewartii orchestrates three major physiological responses: capsule and cell envelope biosynthesis, surface motility and adhesion, and stress response. Comparison of gene expression in two strains of Pantoea stewartii, QS-proficient DC283 ES∆IR (pSVB60) and QS-deficient DC283 ES∆IR (pBBR1MCS-3) to identify those genes that are directly regulated by the master Quorum-sensing regulator, EsaR.

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Maize transcriptomic responses to Pantoea stewartii vascular infection in B73 and pan1 (R1) lines (experiment A).

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