| Title: | Regulation and function of Arabidopsis JASMONATE ZIM-domain genes in response to wounding and herbivory |
| Author(s): | Chung HS; Koo AJ; Gao X; Jayanty S; Thines B; Jones AD; Howe GA; |
| Address: | "Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory , Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0032-0889 (Print) 1532-2548 (Electronic) 0032-0889 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Jasmonate (JA) and its amino acid conjugate, jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile), play important roles in regulating plant defense responses to insect herbivores. Recent studies indicate that JA-Ile promotes the degradation of JASMONATE ZIM-domain (JAZ) transcriptional repressors through the activity of the E(3) ubiquitin-ligase SCF(COI1). Here, we investigated the regulation and function of JAZ genes during the interaction of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) with the generalist herbivore Spodoptera exigua. Most members of the JAZ gene family were highly expressed in response to S. exigua feeding and mechanical wounding. JAZ transcript levels increased within 5 min of mechanical tissue damage, coincident with a large (approximately 25-fold) rise in JA and JA-Ile levels. Wound-induced expression of JAZ and other CORONATINE-INSENSITIVE1 (COI1)-dependent genes was not impaired in the jar1-1 mutant that is partially deficient in the conversion of JA to JA-Ile. Experiments performed with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide provided evidence that JAZs, MYC2, and genes encoding several JA biosynthetic enzymes are primary response genes whose expression is derepressed upon COI1-dependent turnover of a labile repressor protein(s). We also show that overexpression of a modified form of JAZ1 (JAZ1Delta3A) that is stable in the presence of JA compromises host resistance to feeding by S. exigua larvae. These findings establish a role for JAZ proteins in the regulation of plant anti-insect defense, and support the hypothesis that JA-Ile and perhaps other JA derivatives activate COI1-dependent wound responses in Arabidopsis. Our results also indicate that the timing of JA-induced transcription in response to wounding is more rapid than previously realized" |
| Keywords: | "Adaptation, Physiological Animals Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism/parasitology Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/metabolism Cycloheximide Cyclopentanes/metabolism Feeding Behavior/physiology *Gene;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineChung, Hoo Sun Koo, Abraham J K Gao, Xiaoli Jayanty, Sastry Thines, Bryan Jones, A Daniel Howe, Gregg A eng T32 GM008336-17/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ R01 GM057795/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM 57795/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ T32 GM008336-18/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ R01 GM057795-10/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ T32 GM008336-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2008/01/29 Plant Physiol. 2008 Mar; 146(3):952-64. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.115691. Epub 2008 Jan 25" |
