镍处理对水稻叶片H2O2积累和抗病的诱导效应

2.20mmol/L的硝酸镍处理水稻幼苗后第3天用稻白叶枯菌（Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae）挑战接种,硝酸镍处理的稻苗病情比对照明显减轻,并且叶片中过氧化物酶（POD）活性上升,过氧化氢酶（CAT）和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（APX）活性明显下降,H2O2和丙二醛（MDA）含量显著增加。这些结果表明,H2O2积累与镍诱导的抗病作用密切有关。     

镍处理对水稻叶片H202积累和抗病的诱导效应

2.20mmol/L的硝酸镍处理水稻幼苗后第3天用稻白叶枯(Xanthimonasoryzaepv.oryzae)挑战接种,硝酸镍处理的稻苗病情比对照明显减轻,并且叶片中过氧化物酶(POD)活性上升,过氧化氢酶(CAT)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性明显下降,H     

抗氧化系统在H2O2诱导的玉米幼苗耐热性形成中的作用

H2O2预处理可显著增强玉米幼苗的耐热性.H2O2预处理后,玉米幼苗抗氧化酶谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)的活性及还原型抗氧化剂抗坏血酸(ASA)和谷胱甘肽(GSH)的水平显著提高,且H2O2预处理过的幼苗在高温处理期间及其后的恢复过程中均能保持相对较高的抗氧化酶活力和还原型/氧化型抗氧化剂比例.     

草酸诱导黄瓜幼苗对霜霉病的抗性与H2O2的关系

以长春密刺黄瓜幼苗为材料,对经草酸处理或霜霉菌接种后黄瓜叶片的过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性及H2O2含量的变化进行了研究.结果表明:草酸处理或霜霉菌接种均可诱导黄瓜幼苗叶片H2O2含量显著增加,且草酸预处理后接种的叶片比相应对照叶片能更快地积累H2O2;草酸处理后叶片SOD和POD活性均升高,而CAT活性却受到一定程度的抑制.研究发现,H2O2参与了幼苗对霜霉病的抗性诱导;叶片H2O2含量的增加与其SOD、POD活性升高、CAT活性下降有关;通过调节黄瓜叶片H2O2的含量来调控有关黄瓜霜霉病抗性的防御基因表达是草酸诱导抗性的机制之一.     

渗透胁迫下钙对巨尾桉苗木生长和保护酶及膜脂过氧化的影响

控制培养液中钙含量(0、5、10、15mmol/L)研究水分胁迫(-0.8Mpa)下,钙对巨尾桉苗木生长及叶片中超氧阴离子(O2-.)产生速率、过氧化氢(H2O2)和丙二醛(MDA)含量、相对电导率和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性的影响。结果表明:水分胁迫下,10mmol/L钙处理的苗木生长状况明显高于其它处理,与缺钙处理相比高生长增加35.3%,基径生长增加39.8%,生物总量增加28.1%,根/冠比增加29.8%;而O2-.产生速率、H2O2和MDA含量、相对电导率明显低于缺钙处理,SOD和CAT活性明显增高,而POD和APX活性明显降低。     

水杨酸提高香蕉幼苗的抗冷性与H2O2代谢有关

探讨了水杨酸(salicylic acid, SA)提高香蕉幼苗抗冷性的可能机理.在常温下(30/22 ℃)用不同浓度(0～3.5 mmol/L)的SA水溶液喷洒叶片1 d,置于7 ℃低温下冷胁迫3 d,随后于常温下恢复2 d后测定电解质泄漏率,结果表明:SA 0.3～0.9 mmol/L能显著提高香蕉幼苗的抗冷性,以0.5 mmol/L效果最佳.若把冷胁迫温度降到5 ℃,SA 0.5 mmol/L 预处理可显著减少幼苗叶片的萎蔫面积.但当SA浓度高于1.5 mmol/L时,恢复期间的电解质泄漏甚至高于对照(蒸馏水处理),表明它们加剧了冷害.SA提高香蕉幼苗的抗冷性可能需要H2O2的参与:1)SA 0.5 mmol/L常温处理诱导了H2O2的积累和活性氧造成的膜脂过氧化--三氯乙酸反应物质(TBARS)的增加,这可能与H2O2的清除酶--过氧化氢酶(CAT)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性的受抑和H2O2的产生酶-超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性几乎不受影响有关;2)外源H2O2(1.5～2.5 mmol/L)也能显著降低低温胁迫期间的电解质泄漏,表明也能提高抗冷性;3)而用H2O2的捕捉剂--二甲基硫脲(DMTU)可明显抑制SA诱导的抗冷性;4)在低温胁迫与恢复期间,SA预处理明显提高了CAT和APX的活性,抑制了H2O2与TBARS的快速上升.     

渗透胁迫对山黧豆幼苗H_2O_2及毒素积累的影响

用PEG经根部处理 15d龄的山黧豆幼苗 ,取幼苗叶片为实验材料 ,测定过氧化氢酶 (CAT)、过氧化物酶 (POD)活性、过氧化氢 (H2 O2 )和毒素 ( β N oxalyl α ,β diaminopropionicacid ,ODAP)的含量。结果表明 ,随着PEG处理时间的延长 ,POD和CAT活性降低 ,而H2 O2 和ODAP含量显著升高 ;在PEG处理液中加入二乙基二硫代氨基甲酸钠 (diethyldithiocarbamate ,DDC)和氨基三唑 (aminotriazole ,AT)后分别抑制和促进H2 O2 的产生 ,DDC可降低叶片中ODAP的含量 ,AT则使ODAP积累。由此我们推测 ,水分胁迫条件下活性氧代谢与ODAP的积累有关     

鲜切加工加速荸荠组织衰老与H2O2累积的关系

以荸荠为材料,研究了鲜切加工加速组织衰老与活性氧代谢的关系.结果表明:鲜切加工提高了荸荠切片抗氧化酶(超氧化物歧化酶、抗坏血酸-过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶)的活性;但同时明显刺激了O2-产生,促进了H2O2累积,加速了抗坏血酸在贮藏后期的损失,加强了膜脂过氧化作用和增加了电解质渗出率.统计分析表明H2O2含量、丙二醛含量、电解质渗出率三者之间存在正相关性.H2O2组织定位结果也证实鲜切加速组织衰老与H2O2累积密切相关.完整荸荠组织O2-产生比较平稳,抗氧化酶活性维持稳定,H2O2未有明显累积.     

山黧豆根系对H2O2诱导氧化胁迫的生理应答

以水培7d苗龄的山黧豆幼苗为材料,向水培溶液中施加不同浓度H2O2处理山黧豆幼苗24h,分析山黧豆根系受氧化胁迫的程度与抗氧化系统的应答特征,以揭示山黧豆对氧化胁迫的耐受机制。结果显示:(1)随外源H2O2处理浓度的不断增加,山黧豆幼苗侧根的数目无显著变化,而其根的鲜重则显著降低。(2)同时,根系组织的内源H2O2染色范围和程度显著增高,但根尖区域始终保持较低水平的H2O2;相反,O-·2染色范围和程度明显减少,根尖区域却始终保持较高水平的O-·2。(3)同期根系抗坏血酸(ASC)含量及过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)与抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)的活性均表现出了先升高后降低的趋势,而超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)一直表现为持续上升的趋势。研究表明,在外源H2O2胁迫条件下,山黧豆根系O-·2的积累可能与其生长和活力呈正相关,而根系H2O2的积累则与其受氧化胁迫程度呈正相关;低浓度的H2O2处理可以提高山黧豆抗氧化系统对体内活性氧的清除能力。     

水杨酸、脱落酸和过氧化氢对镉胁迫小麦幼苗光合及抗氧化酶活性的影响

采用溶液培养方法,用水杨酸(SA)、脱落酸(ABA)或过氧化氢(H2O2)对2叶期小麦进行处理,研究了Cd胁迫下小麦的光合速率及抗氧化酶活性。结果表明:3种处理能不同程度增强叶片和根系中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)的活性,提高叶片过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性,降低丙二醛(MDA)含量;增加叶片叶绿素含量及其光合速率。说明3种处理能增强小麦对Cd的抗性,其中H2O2预处理的效果最明显。     

水稻白叶枯病菌中超氧阴离子的非酶来源分析

以电子自旋共振法及羟胺氧化法检测超氧阴离子,分析水稻白叶枯病原细菌OS-14细胞中超氧阴离子的来源。结果显示,OS-14细胞中的超氧阴离子释放活性主要位于胞外,因此胞外组分很可能为主要的释放位点。实验从多个角度排除了胞外组分中蛋白质酶类分子对超氧阴离子释放贡献的可能性,有机酸分子有可能是水稻白叶枯病菌OS-14细胞胞外组分中超氧阴离子释放的非酶分子。     

Functional interplay between two Xanthomonas oryzae pv,. oryzae secretion systems in modulating virulence on rice

The type II (T2S) and type III (T3S) secretion systems are important for virulence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, causal agent of bacterial leaf blight of rice. The T3S of gram-negative bacterial plant pathogens has been shown to suppress host defense responses, including programmed cell death reactions, whereas the T2S is involved in secreting cell-wall-degrading enzymes. Here, we show that a T3S-deficient (T3S-) mutant of X. oryzae pv. oryzae can induce a basal plant defense response seen as callose deposition, immunize rice against subsequent X. oryzae pv. oryzae infection, and cause cell-death-associated nuclear fragmentation. A T2S- T3S- double mutant exhibited a substantial reduction in the ability to evoke these responses. We purified two major effectors of the X. oryzae pv. oryzae T2S and characterized them to be a cellulase (ClsA) and a putative cellobiosidase (CbsA). The purified ClsA, CbsA, and lipase/esterase (LipA; a previously identified T2S effector) proteins induced rice defense responses that were suppressible by X. oryzae pv. oryzae in a T3S-dependent manner. These defense responses also were inducible by the products of the action of these purified proteins on rice cell walls. We further show that a CbsA- mutant or a ClsA- LipA- double mutant are severely virulence deficient. These results indicate that the X. oryzae pv. oryzae T2S secretes important virulence factors, which induce innate rice defense responses that are suppressed by T3S effectors to enable successful infection.     

Characterization of the hrpF pathogenicity peninsula of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

The hrp gene cluster of Xanthomonas spp. contains genes for the assembly and function of a type III secretion system (TTSS). The hrpF genes reside in a region between hpaB and the right end of the hrp cluster. The region of the hrpF gene of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is bounded by two IS elements and also contains a homolog of hpaF of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria and two newly identified genes, hpa3 and hpa4. A comparison of the hrp gene clusters of different species of Xanthomonas revealed that the hrpF region is a constant yet more variable peninsula of the hrp pathogenicity island. Mutations in hpaF, hpa3, and hpa4 had no effect on virulence, whereas hrpF mutants were severely reduced in virulence on susceptible rice cultivars. The hrpF genes from X. campestris pv. vesicatoria, X. campestris pv. campestris, and X. axonopodis pv. citri each were capable of restoring virulence to the hrpF mutant of X. oryzae pv. oryzae. Correspondingly, none of the Xanthomonas pathovars with hrpF from X. oryzae pv. oryzae elicited a hypersensitive reaction in their respective hosts. Therefore, no evidence was found for hrpF as a host-specialization factor. In contrast to the loss of Bs3-dependent reactions by hrpF mutants of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria, hrpF mutants of X. oryzae pv. oryzae with either avrXa10 or avrXa7 elicited hypersensitive reactions in rice cultivars with the corresponding R genes. A double hrpFxoo-hpa1 mutant also elicited an Xa10-dependent resistance reaction. Thus, loss of hrpF, hpal, or both may reduce delivery or effectiveness of type III effectors. However, the mutations did not completely prevent the delivery of effectors from X. oryzae pv. oryzae into the host cells.     

Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae with a repetitive DNA element.

A repetitive DNA element cloned from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae was used to assess the population structure and genetic diversity of 98 strains of X. oryzae pv. oryzae collected between 1972 and 1988 from the Philippine Islands. Genomic DNA from X. oryzae pv. oryzae was digested with EcoRI and analyzed for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) with repetitive DNA element as a probe. Twenty-seven RFLP types were identified; there was no overlap of RFLP types among the six races from the Philippines. Most variability (20 RFLP types) was found in strains of races 1, 2, and 3, which were isolated from tropical lowland areas. Four RFLP types (all race 5) were found among strains isolated from cultivars grown in the temperate highlands. The genetic diversity of the total population of X. oryzae pv. oryzae was 0.93, of which 42% was due to genetic differentiation between races. The genetic diversities of strains collected in 1972 to 1976, 1977 to 1981, and 1982 to 1986, were 0.89, 0.90, and 0.92, respectively, suggesting a consistently high level of variability in the pathogen population over the past 15 years. Cluster analysis based on RFLP banding patterns showed five groupings at 85% similarity. The majority of strains from a given race were contained within one cluster, except for race 3 strains, which were distributed in three of the five clusters.     

Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae with a repetitive DNA element.

A repetitive DNA element cloned from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae was used to assess the population structure and genetic diversity of 98 strains of X. oryzae pv. oryzae collected between 1972 and 1988 from the Philippine Islands. Genomic DNA from X. oryzae pv. oryzae was digested with EcoRI and analyzed for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) with repetitive DNA element as a probe. Twenty-seven RFLP types were identified; there was no overlap of RFLP types among the six races from the Philippines. Most variability (20 RFLP types) was found in strains of races 1, 2, and 3, which were isolated from tropical lowland areas. Four RFLP types (all race 5) were found among strains isolated from cultivars grown in the temperate highlands. The genetic diversity of the total population of X. oryzae pv. oryzae was 0.93, of which 42% was due to genetic differentiation between races. The genetic diversities of strains collected in 1972 to 1976, 1977 to 1981, and 1982 to 1986, were 0.89, 0.90, and 0.92, respectively, suggesting a consistently high level of variability in the pathogen population over the past 15 years. Cluster analysis based on RFLP banding patterns showed five groupings at 85% similarity. The majority of strains from a given race were contained within one cluster, except for race 3 strains, which were distributed in three of the five clusters.     

Stationary-phase variation due to transposition of novel insertion elements in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causes bacterial leaf blight, a serious disease of rice. Spontaneous mutants which are deficient for virulence and extracellular polysaccharide (Eps) production accumulate in large numbers in stationary-phase cultures of this bacterium, a phenomenon which we have called stationary-phase variation. A clone (pSD1) carrying the Eps biosynthetic gene (gum) cluster of X. oryzae pv. oryzae restored Eps production and virulence to several spv (for stationary-phase variation) mutants. Data from localized recombination analysis, Southern hybridization, PCR amplification, and sequence analysis showed that the mutations are due to insertion of either one of two novel endogenous insertion sequence (IS) elements, namely, ISXo1 and ISXo2, into gumM, the last gene of the gum gene cluster. The results of Southern analysis indicate the presence of multiple copies of both IS elements in the genome of X. oryzae pv. oryzae. These results demonstrate the role of IS elements in stationary-phase variation in X. oryzae pv. oryzae.     

rpfF mutants of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae are deficient for virulence and growth under low iron conditions

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causes bacterial leaf blight, a serious disease of rice. In the related bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, the rpfF gene is involved in production of a diffusible extracellular factor (DSF) that positively regulates synthesis of virulence-associated functions like extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) and extracellular enzymes. Transposon insertions in the rpfF homolog of X. oryzae pv. oryzae are deficient for virulence and production of a DSF but are proficient for EPS and extracellular enzyme production. The rpfF X. oryzae pv. oryzae mutants exhibit an unusual tetracycline susceptibility phenotype in which exogenous iron supplementation is required for phenotypic expression of a tetracycline resistance determinant that is encoded on an introduced plasmid. The rpfF X. oryzae pv. oryzae mutants also overproduce one or more siderophores and exhibit a growth deficiency under low iron conditions as well as in the presence of reducing agents that are expected to promote the conversion of Fe+3 to Fe+2. Exogenous iron supplementation promotes migration of rpfF X. oryzae pv. oryzae mutants in rice leaves. The results suggest that rpfF may be involved in controlling an iron-uptake system of X. oryzae pv. oryzae and that an inability to cope with the conditions of low iron availability in the host may be the reason for the virulence deficiency of the rpfF X. oryzae pv. oryzae mutants.     

Plasmid and pathogenicity in Xanthomonas oryzae pathovar oryzae, the bacterial blight pathogen of Oryza sativa

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae , the causative agent for bacterial leaf blight of rice, comprises diverse groups of strains differing in biochemical and pathological characteristics. A collection of X.o . pv. oryzae strains differing in geographical origin was screened for the presence of plasmids. Out of 17 isolates of X.o. pv. oryzae , 14 harboured plasmids of which two isolates (XoP5, XoC26) had two plasmids each and one isolate (XoR20) had three. The remaining isolates contained a single plasmid of identical mobility. Finger print analysis of plasmids was carried out using Eco RI for 10 isolates. The restriction fragment pattern was distinct for each isolate. They were classified under three groups based on cluster analysis using the unweighted pair group method with averages (UPGMA). Of the 18 plasmids, the plasmid pMA36 ( X.o. pv. oryzae XoC36) was further characterized. This plasmid was cured by acridine orange at the frequency rate of 10%. The cured strain was transformed with pMA36 at a frequency of 2.3 times 10² transformants μg^-1 of plasmid DNA. The plasmid-cured strain was virulent on rice but symptom development was delayed when compared to wild and transformed strains. The wild type strain ( X.o. pv. oryzae XoC36) was resistant to ampicillin, carbenicillin and rifampicin whereas the cured strain was resistant to carbenicillin and rifampicin but sensitive to ampicillin. The transformant was resistant to the three antibiotics indicating that the plasmid pMA36 codes for ampicillin resistance. The plasmid influenced the pathogenicity of X.o. pv. oryzae.     

Genetic Diversity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Asia

Restriction fragment length polymorphism and virulence analyses were used to evaluate the population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the rice bacterial blight pathogen, from several rice-growing countries in Asia. Two DNA sequences from X. oryzae pv. oryzae, IS1112, an insertion sequence, and avrXa10, a member of a family of avirulence genes, were used as probes to analyze the genomes of 308 strains of X. oryzae pv. oryzae collected from China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, and the Philippines. On the basis of the consensus of three clustering statistics, the collection formed five clusters. Genetic distances within the five clusters ranged from 0.16 to 0.51, and distances between clusters ranged from 0.48 to 0.64. Three of the five clusters consisted of strains from a single country. Strains within two clusters, however, were found in more than one country, suggesting patterns of movement of the pathogen. The pathotype of X. oryzae pv. oryzae was determined for 226 strains by inoculating five rice differential cultivars. More than one pathotype was associated with each cluster; however, some pathotypes were associated with only one cluster. Most strains from South Asia (Nepal and India) were virulent to cultivars containing the bacterial blight resistance gene xa-5, while most strains from other countries were avirulent to xa-5. The regional differentiation of clusters of X. oryzae pv. oryzae in Asia and the association of some pathotypes of X. oryzae pv. oryzae with single clusters suggested that strategies that target regional resistance breeding and gene deployment are feasible.     

Role of an in planta-expressed xylanase of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in promoting virulence on rice

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is the causal agent of bacterial leaf blight, a serious disease of rice. We demonstrated earlier that the type II secretion system (T2S) is important for virulence of X. oryzae pv. oryzae and that several proteins, including a xylanase, are secreted through this system. In this study, the xynB gene encoding for the secreted xylanase was cloned as a 6.9-kb EcoRI fragment (pRR7) that also included a paralog called xynA. As in X. oryzae pv. oryzae, xynA and xynB are adjacent to each other in X. axonopodis pv. citri, whereas only the xynA homolog is present in X. campestris pv. campestris. Mutations in xynB but not xynA affect secreted xylanase activity. Western blot analysis using anti-XynB antibodies on exudates from infected rice leaves indicated that this xylanase is expressed during in planta growth. Another T2S-secreted protein was identified to be a lipase/esterase (LipA) based on the sequence tags obtained by tandem mass spectrometry analysis and biochemical assays. Mutations in either xynB or lipA partially affected virulence. However, a lipA-xynB double mutant was significantly reduced for virulence, and the pRR7 clone containing an intact xynB gene could complement the virulence-deficient phenotype of the lipA-xynB mutant. Our results suggest that there is functional redundancy among the T2S secreted proteins of X. oryzae pv. oryzae in promoting virulence on rice.