Two novel genes rapidly and transiently activated in suspension- cultured rice cells by treatment with N-acetylchitoheptaose, a biotic elicitor for phytoalexin production

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-567

  Minami, Eiichi ^c   Kuchitsu, Kazuyuki ^a   He, Dao Yao ^a   Kouchi, Hiroshi ^a   Midoh, Naoki ^b   Ohtsuki, Yoshiaki ^a   Shibuya, Naoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Elicitor; Gene expression; N acetylchitooligosaccharide; Rice cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030174994     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028981     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Abel, S., Oeller, P.W. and Theologis, A. (1994) Early auxin-induced genes encode short-lived nuclear proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91: 326-330.
2. Basse, C.W., Bock, K. and Boller, T. (1993) Elicitors and suppressors of the defense response in tomato cells. J. Biol. Chem. 267: 10258-10265.
3. Baureithel, K., Felix, G. and Boller, T. (1994) Specific, high affinity binding of chitin fragments to tomato cells and membranes. J. Biol. Chem. 269: 17931-17938.
4. Boller, T. (1995) Chemoperception of microbial signals in plant cells. Annu. Rev. Plant. Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 46: 189-214.
5. Cheong, J.-J., Birberg, W., Fugedi, P., Pilloti, A., Garegg, P.J., Hong, N., Ogawa, T. and Hahn, M.G. (1991) Structure-activity relationships of oligo-β-glucoside elicitors of phytoalexin accumulation in soybean. Plant Cell 3: 127-136.
6. Cheong, J.-J. and Hahn, M.G. (1991) A specific, high-affinity binding site for the hepta-β-glucoside elicitor exists in soybean membranes. Plant Cell 3: 137-147.
7. Dixon, R.A. and Harrison, M.J. (1990) Activation, structure, and organization of genes involved in microbial defense in plants. Adv. Genet. 28: 165-234.
8. Dixon, R.A. and Lamb, C.J. (1990) Molecular communication in interactions between plants and microbial pathogens. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 41: 339-367.
9. Felix, G., Regenass, M. and Boller, T. (1993) Specific perception of subnanomolar concentrations of chitin fragments by tomato cells: induction of extracellular alkalinization, changes in protein phosphorylation, and establishment of a refractory state. Plant J. 4: 307-316.
10. Gubler, U. and Hoffmann, B.J. (1983) A simple and very efficient method for generating cDNA libraries. Gene 25: 263-269.
11. Kouchi, H. and Hata, S. (1993) Isolation and characterization of novel nodulin cDNAs representing genes expressed at early stages of soybean nodule development. Mol. Gen. Genet. 238: 106-119.
12. Kuchitsu, K., Kikuyama, M. and Shibuya, N. (1993) N-acetylchitooligosaccharides, biotic elicitor for phytoalexin production, induce transient membrane depolarization in suspension-cultured rice cells. Protoplasma 174: 79-81.
13. Kuchitsu, K., Kosaka, H., Shiga, T. and Shibuya, N. (1995) EPR evidence for generation of hydroxyl radical triggered by N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor and a protein phophatase inhibitor in suspension-cultured rice cells. Protoplasma 188: 138-142.
14. Lawton, M.A. and Lamb, C.J. (1987) Transcriptional activation of plant defense genes by fungal elicitor, wounding, and infection. Mol. Cell Biol. 7: 335-341.
15. McClure, B.A. and Guilfoyle, T.J. (1987) Characterization of a class of small auxin-inducible soybean polyadenylated RNAs. Plant Mol. Biol. 9: 611-623.
16. Minami, E., Ozeki, Y., Matsuoka, M., Koizuka, N. and Tanaka, Y. (1989) Structure and some characterization of the gene for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from rice plants. Eur. J. Biochem. 185: 19-25.
17. Nürnberger, T., Nennstiel, D., Jabs, T., Sacks, WR., Hahlbrock, K. and Sheel, D. (1994) High-affinity binding of a fungal oligopeptide elicitor to parsley plasma membranes triggers multiple defense responses. Cell 78: 449-460.
18. Parker, J.E., Schultze, W., Hahlbrock, K. and Scheel, D. (1991) An extracellular glycoprotein from Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. glycinea elicits phytoalexin synthesis in cultured parsley cells and protoplasts. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 4: 19-27.
19. Ren, Y.Y. and West, C.A. (1992) Elicitation of diterpene biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by chitin. Plant Physiol. 99: 1169-1178.
20. Ryan, C.A. and Farmer, E.E. (1991) Oligosaccharide signals in plants: a current assessment. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 42: 651-674.
21. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F. and Maniatis, T. (1989)Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
22. Sanger, F., Nicklen, S. and Coulson, A.R. (1977) DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74: 5463-5467.
23. Seo, S., Okamoto, H., Seto, K., Ishizuka, K., Sano, H. and Ohashi, Y. (1995) Tobacco MAP kinase: a possible mediator in wound signal transduction pathways. Science 270: 1988-1992.
24. Sharp, J.K., McNeil, M. and Albersheim, P. (1984) The primary structures of one elicitor-active and seven elicitor-inactive hexa (β-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-glucitols isolated from the mycelial walls of Phytophthora megasperma f.sp. glycinea. J. Biol. Chem. 259: 11321-11336.
25. Shibuya, N., Kaku, H., Kuchitsu, K. and Maliarik, M.J. (1993) Identification of a novel high-affinity binding site for N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor in the membrane fraction from suspension-cultured rice cells. FEBS Lett. 329: 75-78.
26. Somssich, I.E., Bollmann, J., Hahlbrock, K., Kombrink, E. and Schulz, W. (1989) Differential early activation of defense-related genes in elicitor-treated parsley cells. Plant Mol. Biol. 12: 227-234.
27. Somssich, I.E., Schmelzer, E., Bollmann, J. and Hahlbrock, K. (1986) Rapid activation by fungal elicitor of genes encoding "pathogenesis-related" proteins in cultured parsley cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83: 2427-2430.
28. Theologis, A., Huynh, T.V. and Davis, R.W. (1985) Rapid induction of specific mRNAs by auxin in pea epicotyl tissue. J. Mol. Biol. 183: 53-68.
29. Thomas, P.S. (1983) Hybridization of denatured RNA transferred or dotted to nitrocellulose paper. Methods Enzymol. 100: 255-256.
30. Usami, S., Banno, H., Ito, Y., Nishimura, R. and Machida, Y. (1995) Cutting activates a 46-kilodalton protein kinase in plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 8660-8664.
31. Von Heijne, G. (1983) Patterns of amino acids near signal sequence cleavage sites. Eur. J. Biochem. 133: 17-21.
32. Walter, M.H., Grima-Pettenati, J., Grand, C., Boudet, A.M. and Lamb, C.J. (1988) Cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, a molecular marker specific for lignin synthesis: cDNA cloning and mRNA induction by fungal elicitor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 5546-5550.
33. Yamada, A., Shibuya, N., Kodama, O. and Akatsuka, T. (1993) Induction of phytoalexin formation in suspension-cultured rice cells by N-acetylchitooligosaccharides. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 57: 405-409.