| Title: | Role of tomato lipoxygenase D in wound-induced jasmonate biosynthesis and plant immunity to insect herbivores |
| Author(s): | Yan L; Zhai Q; Wei J; Li S; Wang B; Huang T; Du M; Sun J; Kang L; Li CB; Li C; |
| Address: | "State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects & Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Institute of Vegetable, Qingdao Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China. Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China" |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003964 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1553-7404 (Electronic) 1553-7390 (Print) 1553-7390 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In response to insect attack and mechanical wounding, plants activate the expression of genes involved in various defense-related processes. A fascinating feature of these inducible defenses is their occurrence both locally at the wounding site and systemically in undamaged leaves throughout the plant. Wound-inducible proteinase inhibitors (PIs) in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) provide an attractive model to understand the signal transduction events leading from localized injury to the systemic expression of defense-related genes. Among the identified intercellular molecules in regulating systemic wound response of tomato are the peptide signal systemin and the oxylipin signal jasmonic acid (JA). The systemin/JA signaling pathway provides a unique opportunity to investigate, in a single experimental system, the mechanism by which peptide and oxylipin signals interact to coordinate plant systemic immunity. Here we describe the characterization of the tomato suppressor of prosystemin-mediated responses8 (spr8) mutant, which was isolated as a suppressor of (pro)systemin-mediated signaling. spr8 plants exhibit a series of JA-dependent immune deficiencies, including the inability to express wound-responsive genes, abnormal development of glandular trichomes, and severely compromised resistance to cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) and Botrytis cinerea. Map-based cloning studies demonstrate that the spr8 mutant phenotype results from a point mutation in the catalytic domain of TomLoxD, a chloroplast-localized lipoxygenase involved in JA biosynthesis. We present evidence that overexpression of TomLoxD leads to elevated wound-induced JA biosynthesis, increased expression of wound-responsive genes and, therefore, enhanced resistance to insect herbivory attack and necrotrophic pathogen infection. These results indicate that TomLoxD is involved in wound-induced JA biosynthesis and highlight the application potential of this gene for crop protection against insects and pathogens" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Botrytis/pathogenicity Chloroplast Proteins/*genetics Chloroplasts/enzymology Cyclopentanes/*metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Herbivory Lipoxygenase/*genetics Lipoxygenases/*genetics/immunology Solanum lycopersicum/*enzymology Molecula;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineYan, Liuhua Zhai, Qingzhe Wei, Jianing Li, Shuyu Wang, Bao Huang, Tingting Du, Minmin Sun, Jiaqiang Kang, Le Li, Chang-Bao Li, Chuanyou eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/12/19 PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(12):e1003964. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003964. Epub 2013 Dec 12" |
