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Global transcriptome and targeted metabolite analyses of roots reveal different defense mechanisms against Ralstonia solanacearum infection in two resistant potato cultivars

ABSTRACT: The causal agent of bacterial wilt is Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs) with an unusually wide host range including potato. Bacterial wilt is the most destructive bacterial disease of plants that seriously reduce crop yield word-wide. Control of Rs through resistance breeding and biotechnology is considered to be very important and necessary. Rs resistance has been reported in a few potato cultivars and hybrids. Identification of defense mechanism underlying resistance is a prerequisite of biotechnological approaches. In this study, two resistant cultivars, ‘Calalo Gaspar’ (CG) and ‘Cruza 148’ (CR), and a sensitive cultivar, ‘Désirée’, were analysed and compared to each other at molecular level before-, and a few days after Rs infection. The transcriptome analysis of roots revealed up-regulation of chitin interaction and cell wall related genes in CR and DES. The phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and glutathione metabolism pathways were induced only CR. Microscopic analysis detected lignification over the whole stele in CR roots. In CG roots, concentrations of chlorogenic acid and quercetin derivatives were highly increased upon Rs infection. A characteristic increase at the transcript level of MAP kinase signalling pathway genes and concentrations of jasmonic-, salicylic-, abscisic and indoleacetic acid was detected in DES roots. These results indicate a different mechanism of defence both in the two tested resistant and the sensitive potato cultivar.

ORGANISM(S): Solanum tuberosum

PROVIDER: GSE211973 | GEO | 2023/01/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:For potato crops, host resistance is currently the most effective and sustainable tool to manage potato root and tuber diseases caused by the plasmodiophorid, Spongospora subterranea. Arguably, zoospore root attachment is the most critical phase of the pathogen infection, however, the mechanisms underlying zoospore root attachment remains unknown. This study investigated the potential role of root cell wall surface polysaccharides and proteins in zoospore root attachment in resistant and susceptible potato cultivars. We first compared the effects of enzymatic removal of root cell wall proteins, N-linked glycans or polysaccharides on S. subterranea attachment to root tissue of resistant and susceptible potato cultivars. Subsequently, mass spectrometry analysis of peptides released by trypsin shaving (TS) of root segments identified 1235 proteins, of which 262 were differentially abundant between the resistant and susceptible cultivars. In particular, proteins associated with glutathione metabolism and lignin biosynthesis were more abundant in the resistant cultivar. Comparison with whole-root proteomic analysis of the same resistant and susceptible cultivars led to identification of 226 proteins unique to the TS dataset, of which 188 were significantly different between cultivars. Among these, the pathogen defence-related cell wall protein stem 28 kDa glycoprotein and two major latex proteins were significantly less abundant in the resistant cultivar compared to the susceptible cultivar. A further major latex protein was detected at reduced levels in the resistant cultivar in both TS and whole-root proteomic datasets. In contrast, in the TS-specific dataset, three glutathione S-transferase proteins were more abundant in the resistant cultivar, while the protein glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase was significantly increased in both the TS and whole-root datasets. These results imply a particular role of major latex proteins and glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase in the regulation of host susceptibility to S. subterranea.

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Global transcriptome and targeted metabolite analyses of roots reveal different defense mechanisms against Ralstonia solanacearum infection in two resistant potato cultivars

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