| Title: | The chloroplast-localized phospholipases D alpha4 and alpha5 regulate herbivore-induced direct and indirect defenses in rice |
| Author(s): | Qi J; Zhou G; Yang L; Erb M; Lu Y; Sun X; Cheng J; Lou Y; |
| Address: | "National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1532-2548 (Electronic) 0032-0889 (Print) 0032-0889 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The oxylipin pathway is of central importance for plant defensive responses. Yet, the first step of the pathway, the liberation of linolenic acid following induction, is poorly understood. Phospholipases D (PLDs) have been hypothesized to mediate this process, but data from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) regarding the role of PLDs in plant resistance have remained controversial. Here, we cloned two chloroplast-localized PLD genes from rice (Oryza sativa), OsPLDalpha4 and OsPLDalpha5, both of which were up-regulated in response to feeding by the rice striped stem borer (SSB) Chilo suppressalis, mechanical wounding, and treatment with jasmonic acid (JA). Antisense expression of OsPLDalpha4 and -alpha5 (as-pld), which resulted in a 50% reduction of the expression of the two genes, reduced elicited levels of linolenic acid, JA, green leaf volatiles, and ethylene and attenuated the SSB-induced expression of a mitogen-activated protein kinase (OsMPK3), a lipoxygenase (OsHI-LOX), a hydroperoxide lyase (OsHPL3), as well as a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (OsACS2). The impaired oxylipin and ethylene signaling in as-pld plants decreased the levels of herbivore-induced trypsin protease inhibitors and volatiles, improved the performance of SSB and the rice brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, and reduced the attractiveness of plants to a larval parasitoid of SSB, Apanteles chilonis. The production of trypsin protease inhibitors in as-pld plants could be partially restored by JA, while the resistance to rice brown planthopper and SSB was restored by green leaf volatile application. Our results show that phospholipases function as important components of herbivore-induced direct and indirect defenses in rice" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Chloroplast Proteins/genetics/metabolism Chloroplasts/*enzymology/metabolism Cyclopentanes/pharmacology Disease Resistance Ethylenes/analysis/metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Hemiptera/physiology Herbivory Lepidoptera/physiology Oils, ;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineQi, Jinfeng Zhou, Guoxin Yang, Lijuan Erb, Matthias Lu, Yanhua Sun, Xiaoling Cheng, Jiaan Lou, Yonggen eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2011/10/11 Plant Physiol. 2011 Dec; 157(4):1987-99. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.183749. Epub 2011 Oct 7" |
