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Plant Cell Physiol

Title:		"Exogenous polyamines elicit herbivore-induced volatiles in lima bean leaves: involvement of calcium, H2O2 and Jasmonic acid"
Author(s):		Ozawa R; Bertea CM; Foti M; Narayana R; Arimura G; Muroi A; Horiuchi J; Nishioka T; Maffei ME; Takabayashi J;
Address:		"Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, 520-2113, Japan"
Journal Title:		Plant Cell Physiol
Year:		2009
Volume:		50
Issue:		12
Page Number:		2183 - 2199
DOI:		10.1093/pcp/pcp153
ISSN/ISBN:		1471-9053 (Electronic) 0032-0781 (Linking)
Abstract:		"We investigated the role of polyamines (PAs) in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) leaves on the production of herbivorous mite (Tetranychus urticae)-induced plant volatiles that attract carnivorous natural enemies of the herbivores. To do this, we focused on the effects of the exogenous PAs [cadaverine, putrescine, spermidine and spermine (Spm)] on the production of volatiles, H(2)O(2) and jasmonic acid (JA) and the levels of defensive genes, cytosolic calcium and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Among the tested PAs, Spm was the most active in inducing the production of volatile terpenoids known to be induced by T. urticae. An increase in JA levels was also found after Spm treatment, indicating that Spm induces the biosynthesis of JA, which has been shown elsewhere to regulate the production of some volatile terpenoids. Further, treatment with JA and Spm together resulted in greater volatile emission than that with JA alone. In a Y-tube olfactometer, leaves treated with Spm + JA attracted more predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis) than those treated with JA alone. After treatment with Spm + JA, no effects were found on the enzyme activity of polyamine oxidase and copper amine oxidase. However, induction of calcium influx and ROS production, and increased enzyme activities and gene expression for NADPH oxidase complex, superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase were found after treatment with Spm + JA. These results indicate that Spm plays an important role in the production of T. urticae-induced lima bean leaf volatiles"
Keywords:		"Animals Calcium/*metabolism Cyclopentanes/*pharmacology Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Hydrogen Peroxide/*metabolism Oxylipins/*pharmacology Phaseolus/drug effects/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism Polyamines/*pharmacology Reactive Oxygen Species/metabol;"
Notes:		"MedlineOzawa, Rika Bertea, Cinzia M Foti, Maria Narayana, Ravishankar Arimura, Gen-Ichiro Muroi, Atsushi Horiuchi, Jun-Ichiro Nishioka, Takaaki Maffei, Massimo E Takabayashi, Junji eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Japan 2009/11/04 Plant Cell Physiol. 2009 Dec; 50(12):2183-99. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcp153"