茉莉酸信号转导突变体ber15的分离和基因克隆表明油菜素内酯的合成影响茉莉酸信号转导

bestatin是一种氨肽酶抑制剂,能够激活茉莉酸信号转导途径而诱导抗性相关基因的表达,从而为用化学遗传学手段解析茉莉酸途径提供了一个有效的工具。ber15是我们鉴定到的一个对bestatin不敏感的拟南芥突变体,随后的研究表明该突变体对外源茉莉酸的敏感性也明显降低,表明相应的野生型基因BER15在茉莉酸信号转导中起重要作用。图位克隆结果表明BER15编码一个细胞色素P450单加氧酶,是植物激素油菜素内酯合成途径中的一个关键酶。对BER15基因功能的深入研究将会为了解油菜素内酯的合成与茉莉酸信号途径间的互作关系提供证据。     

植物体中油菜素内酯的信号转导

介绍了油菜素甾醇类突变体的代谢分析和相应突变基因及其产物的分子生物学 ,油菜素内酯的合成及其调节 ,相继发现的一些假设的油菜素内酯的受体和受油菜素甾醇类调节的基因等方面的研究进展 ,并提出一些油菜素内酯信号转导和调节相应基因表达的模式     

茉莉酸信号转导及其与脱落酸信号转导的关系

介绍了植物体内茉莉酸诱导蛋白,茉莉酸信号转导途径及其与脱落酸信号转导之间的关系。     

茉莉酸作用的分子生物学研究

茉莉酸及其衍生物茉莉酸甲酯等统称为茉莉酸盐,是广泛存在于植物中的一种生长调节物质,在植物细胞中起着非常重要的作用。介绍了茉莉酸生物合成过程中关键酶基因的克隆、表达及调控,并对茉莉酸的一些突变体进行了分析,结果 显示茉莉酸在发育及防御尤其是在雄性不育及抗病虫害方面起着非常重要的作用,同时综述了茉莉酸信号转导的最新成果。     

在伤信号传导中茉莉酸与水杨酸的关系

近年来,发现茉莉酸和水杨酸都是植物体对外界伤害作出反应,表达抗性基因的信号分子。水杨酸可抑制茉莉酸类的合成及其所诱导的蛋白基因的表达;茉莉酸能阻止病原侵染后所产生的水杨酸的增加。茉莉酸信号转导途径和水杨酸信号转导途径存在着交叉,小GTP结合蛋白和细胞分裂素可能起着信号开关的作用。     

茉莉酸作用的分子生物学研究

茉莉酸及其衍生物茉莉酸甲酯等统称为茉莉酸盐,是广泛存在于植物中的一种生长调节物质,在植物细胞中起着非常重要的作用,介绍了茉莉酸生物合成过程中关键酶基因的克隆、表达及调控,并对茉莉酸的一些突变体进行了分析,结果显示茉莉酸在发育及防御尤其是在雄性不育及抗病虫害方面起着非常重要的作用,同时综述了茉莉酸信号转导的最新成果。     

茉莉酸甲酯对广藿香JA信号转导途径及倍半萜合成途径关键基因表达的影响

分析外源性茉莉酸甲酯对广藿香JA信号转导途径关键基因JAZ2、MYC2、COI1及倍半萜合成途径关键基因PTS、FPPS、SQLE表达的影响,为深入研究茉莉酸甲酯调控广藿香JA信号转导途径及倍半萜合成途径的分子机制奠定基础。该文分别用0.10和0.25 mmol·L~(-1)的MeJA喷施广藿香叶片,于处理后的0、2、6、12、24、48、72 h摘取叶片,运用实时荧光定量PCR对JAZ2、MYC2、COI1、PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因的表达量进行检测。结果表明:0.10和0.25 mmol·L~(-1)的MeJA对广藿香JA信号转导途径JAZ2、MYC2、COI1及倍半萜合成途径PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因表达均有不同程度的促进作用,其中对JAZ2基因表达影响最显著。0.10mmol·L~(-1)MeJA溶液处理2 h时,JAZ2表达量上调13.52倍; 0.25 mmol·L~(-1)MeJA溶液处理48 h时,JAZ2表达量上调19.09倍。JA信号转导途径关键基因JAZ2与倍半萜合成途径关键基因FPPS存在极显著正相关关系。综上结果表明MeJA溶液可诱导广藿香JAZ2、MYC2、COI1、PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因的表达,且不同浓度MeJA对基因表达有着不一样的影响; JAZ2是JA信号转导途径里响应MeJA诱导的主要基因,其可激活倍半萜合成途径FPPS基因的协同表达,进而影响广藿香醇等倍半萜合成。     

高等植物油菜素内酯的生物合成及信号转导研究进展

综述了近年来发现的植物油菜素内酯生物合成缺陷型及反应不敏感型突变体,BR生物合成的早期C 6氧化和晚期C 6氧化途径,参与合成的酶以及BR信号转导等方面的研究进展,并提出了这一问题今后研究的前景.     

茉莉酸和乙烯信号途径参与了油菜菌核病防卫反应

茉莉酸(JA)和乙烯(ET)介导的信号防卫反应在植物抗病性方面具有重要作用。用核盘菌(Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)分别接种甘蓝型油菜(Brassica napus)抗病品种中双9号和感病品种84039,通过荧光定量RT-PCR方法探测JA和ET的关键合成基因及其信号途径标志基因的相对表达水平。结果显示,S.sclerotiorum在这两个品种中都能够诱导这些基因的表达,并且这些基因的相对表达水平在中双9号中显著高于84039;甲基茉莉酸(MeJA)和1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸(ACC)的药理学实验结果显示JA和ET信号反应能够相互促进,并且JA和ET信号反应本身存在自我放大的功能。这些结果表明茉莉酸和乙烯信号转导途径参与了甘蓝型油菜菌核病防卫反应。     

茉莉酸甲酯:一种重要的植物信号转导分子

作为一种信号转导分子,茉莉酸甲酯在植物生长发育、代谢调节、抗病、耐逆、防御相关基因的诱导表达等方面均起着重要的作用。由于茉莉酸甲酯所具有的上述多效性,其作用与机制受到人们的广泛关注。本文简要介绍了植物中茉莉酸甲酯信号转导作用的相关研究进展。     

Bestatin, an inhibitor of aminopeptidases, provides a chemical genetics approach to dissect jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis

Bestatin, a potent inhibitor of some aminopeptidases, was shown previously to be a powerful inducer of wound-response genes in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Here, we present several lines of evidence showing that bestatin specifically activates jasmonic acid (JA) signaling in plants. First, bestatin specifically activates the expression of JA-inducible genes in tomato and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Second, the induction of JA-responsive genes by bestatin requires the COI1-dependent JA-signaling pathway, but does not depend strictly on JA biosynthesis. Third, microarray analysis using Arabidopsis whole-genome chip demonstrates that the gene expression profile of bestatin-treated plants is similar to that of JA-treated plants. Fourth, bestatin promotes a series of JA-related developmental phenotypes. Taken together, the unique action mode of bestatin in regulating JA-signaled processes leads us to the hypothesis that bestatin exerts its effects through the modulation of some key regulators in JA signaling. We have employed bestatin as an experimental tool to dissect JA signaling through a chemical genetic screening, which yielded a collection of Arabidopsis bestatin-resistant (ber) mutants that are insensitive to the inhibitory effects of bestatin on root elongation. Further characterization efforts demonstrate that some ber mutants are defective in various JA-induced responses, which allowed us to classify the ber mutants into three phenotypic groups: JA-insensitive ber mutants, JA-hypersensitive ber mutants, and mutants insensitive to bestatin but showing normal response to JA. Genetic and phenotypic analyses of the ber mutants with altered JA responses indicate that we have identified several novel loci involved in JA signaling.     

Jasmonic acid signaling modulates ozone-induced hypersensitive cell death

Recent studies suggest that cross-talk between salicylic acid (SA)-, jasmonic acid (JA)-, and ethylene-dependent signaling pathways regulates plant responses to both abiotic and biotic stress factors. Earlier studies demonstrated that ozone (O(3)) exposure activates a hypersensitive response (HR)-like cell death pathway in the Arabidopsis ecotype Cvi-0. We now have confirmed the role of SA and JA signaling in influencing O(3)-induced cell death. Expression of salicylate hydroxylase (NahG) in Cvi-0 reduced O(3)-induced cell death. Methyl jasmonate (Me-JA) pretreatment of Cvi-0 decreased O(3)-induced H(2)O(2) content and SA concentrations and completely abolished O(3)-induced cell death. Cvi-0 synthesized as much JA as did Col-0 in response to O(3) exposure but exhibited much less sensitivity to exogenous Me-JA. Analyses of the responses to O(3) of the JA-signaling mutants jar1 and fad3/7/8 also demonstrated an antagonistic relationship between JA- and SA-signaling pathways in controlling the magnitude of O(3)-induced HR-like cell death.     

在伤信号传导中茉莉酸与水杨酸的关系

近年来,发现茉莉酸和水杨酸都是植物体对外界伤害作出反应,表达抗性基因的信号分子。水杨酸可抑制茉莉酸类的合成及其所诱导的蛋白基因的表达;茉莉酸能阻止病原侵染后所产缮乃钏岬脑黾印＼岳蛩嵝藕抛纪揪逗退钏嵝藕抛纪揪洞嬖谧沤徊妫。牵裕薪岷蛋白和细胞分裂素可能起着信号开关的作用。     

An Integrative Analysis of the Effects of Auxin on Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Auxin and jasmonic acid （JA） are two plant phytohormones that both participate in the regulation of many developmental processes. Jasmonic acid also plays important roles in plant stress response reactions. Although extensive investigations have been undertaken to study the biological functions of auxin and JA, little attention has been paid to the cross-talk between their regulated pathways. In the few available reports examining the effects of auxin on the expression of JA or JA-responsive genes, both synergetic and antagonistic results have been found. To further investigate the relationship between auxin and JA, we adopted an integrative method that combines microarray expression data with pathway information to study the behavior of the JA biosynthesis pathway under auxin treatment. Our results showed an overall downregulation of genes involved in JA biosynthesis, providing the first report of a relationship between auxin and the JA synthesis pathway in Arabidopsis seedlings.     

New Clothes for the Jasmonic Acid Receptor COI1: Delayed Abscission,Meristem Arrest and Apical Dominance

In a screen for delayed floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis, we have identified a novel mutant of CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 (COI1), the F-box protein that has been shown to be the jasmonic acid (JA) co-receptor. While JA has been shown to have an important role in senescence, root development, pollen dehiscence and defense responses, there has been little focus on its critical role in floral organ abscission. Abscission, or the detachment of organs from the main body of a plant, is an essential process during plant development and a unique type of cell separation regulated by endogenous and exogenous signals. Previous studies have indicated that auxin and ethylene are major plant hormones regulating abscission; and here we show that regulation of floral organ abscission is also controlled by jasmonic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our characterization of coi1-1 and a novel allele (coi1-37) has also revealed an essential role in apical dominance and floral meristem arrest. In this study we provide genetic evidence indicating that delayed abscission 4 (dab4-1) is allelic to coi1-1 and that meristem arrest and apical dominance appear to be evolutionarily divergent functions for COI1 that are governed in an ecotype-dependent manner. Further characterizations of ethylene and JA responses of dab4-1/coi1-37 also provide new information suggesting separate pathways for ethylene and JA that control both floral organ abscission and hypocotyl growth in young seedlings. Our study opens the door revealing new roles for JA and its interaction with other hormones during plant development.     

The mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade MKK3-MPK6 is an important part of the jasmonate signal transduction pathway in Arabidopsis

The plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA) plays a key role in the environmental stress responses and developmental processes of plants. Although ATMYC2/JASMONATE-INSENSITIVE1 (JIN1) is a major positive regulator of JA-inducible gene expression and essential for JA-dependent developmental processes in Arabidopsis thaliana, molecular mechanisms underlying the control of ATMYC2/JIN1 expression remain largely unknown. Here, we identify a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, MAPK KINASE 3 (MKK3)-MAPK 6 (MPK6), which is activated by JA in Arabidopsis. We also show that JA negatively controls ATMYC2/JIN1 expression, based on quantitative RT-PCR and genetic analyses using gain-of-function and loss-of-function mutants of the MKK3-MPK6 cascade. These results indicate that this kinase unit plays a key role in JA-dependent negative regulation of ATMYC2/JIN1 expression. Both positive and negative regulation by JA may be used to fine-tune ATMYC2/JIN1 expression to control JA signaling. Moreover, JA-regulated root growth inhibition is affected by mutations in the MKK3-MPK6 cascade, which indicates important roles in JA signaling. We provide a model explaining how MPK6 can convert three distinct signals - JA, pathogen, and cold/salt stress - into three different sets of responses in Arabidopsis.     

植物的环境信号分子茉莉酸及其生物学功能

茉莉酸信号分子参与植物生长发育众多生理过程的调控,尤其是作为环境信号分子能有效地介导植物对生物及非生物胁迫的防御反应。迄今已知具有信号分子生理功能的至少包括茉莉酸(jasmonic acid,JA)以及茉莉酸甲酯(methyl jasmonate,Me JA)和茉莉酸-异亮氨酸复合物(jasmonoyl-isoleucine,JA-Ile)等茉莉酸衍生物,统称为茉莉酸类化合物(jasmonates,JAs)。从环境信号分子角度介绍了茉莉酸信号的启动(环境信号感知与转导、茉莉酸类化合物合成)、传递(局部传递、维管束传输、空气传播)和生物学功能(茉莉酸信号受体、调控的转录因子、参与的生物学过程)。     

Citrus Leafminer Management: Jasmonic Acid versus Efficient Pesticides

The citrus leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton) is a significant pest for Citrus spp. worldwide. Hence, the effectiveness of jasmonic acid (JA) was compared to three pesticides, abamectin, thiamethoxam, and acetamiprid, against P. citrella infesting mandarin (Citrus reticulata L.) and lime (C. aurantifolia L.) seedlings. Mortality rate was significantly different due to JA and other pesticides treatments. Moreover, on the 3rd day after treatment, JA demonstrated the highest reduction percentage of leafminer (77.08 and 33.33%) on mandarin and lime, respectively. By the 10th day after treatment, JA and abamectin displayed 100% reduction in both plant species. Furthermore, the foliar application of JA enhanced the most vegetative characteristics in the treated seedlings, including growth rate (shoot length/root length), fresh and dry weights of shoot and root as well as the number of leaves/seedling. Moreover, soluble protein content was increased significantly under JA treatment in the two Citrus spp. Jasmonic acid showed a good biological activity, which gives a practical reason to recommend it to be integrated in pest management programs as an alternative product for controlling P. citrella.