Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives as Modulators of Appressorium Formation in Magnaporthe grisea

Appressorium formation in germinating conidia of Magnaporthe grisea was inhibited on inductive and on noninductive surfaces by monounsaturated fatty acids with chain lengths of 16, 18, or 20 carbon atoms. On a noninductive surface, the inhibition was only observed upon stimulation with 1,16-hexadecanediol or oleyl alcohol, but not upon stimulation with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-adenosine-3′,5′-monophosphate. In the C₁₈-series, fatty acids with a double bond in position 9 were the most active ones. At 1 μg/ml of oleic or elaidic acid, less than 30% of the germinated conidia formed appressoria. The mode of inhibition was competitive to the inducing agent. On an inductive surface, compared to a noninductive surface the concentrations of oleic and elaidic acid needed for inhibition of appressorium formation were one order of magnitude higher. Methyl esters of inhibitory fatty acids and acids with two double bonds were not active. Like oleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol and petroselinyl alcohol stimulated infection structure formation on the noninductive surface.     

Expression of a harpin-encoding gene in rice confers durable nonspecific resistance to Magnaporthe grisea

Engineering durable nonspecific resistance to phytopathogens is one of the ultimate goals of plant breeding. However, most attempts to reach this goal fail as a result of rapid changes in pathogen populations and the sheer diversity of pathogen infection mechanisms. In this study, we show that the expression of a harpin-encoding gene ( hrf1 ), derived from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, confers nonspecific resistance in rice to the blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea . Transgenic plants and their T₁–T₇ progenies were highly resistant to all major M. grisea races in rice-growing areas along the Yangtze River, China. The expression of defence-related genes was activated in resistant transgenic plants, and the formation of melanized appressoria, which is essential for foliar infection, was inhibited on plant leaves. These results suggest that harpins may offer new opportunities for generating broad-spectrum disease resistance in other crops.     

Light-Enhanced Resistance to Magnaporthe grisea Infection in the Rice Sekiguchi Lesion Mutants

The rice sl mutant showed two types of responses to Magnaporthe grisea infection by light treatments. One was an sl -mutant-type response characterized by Sekiguchi lesion expression under light waves of 400–700 nm, and the other was a wild-type response characterized by blast and/or necrotic spot lesion expression in the dark or at wavelength between 290 and 330 nm. There was a large difference in the resistance to M. grisea infection between the mutant- and wild-type responses in the rice sl mutant. When the mutant-type response was induced in the rice sl mutant, the disease resistance was enhanced relative to that in the wild-type response. Enhanced resistance was demonstrated by two components: (a) the number of Sekiguchi lesions was reduced relative to that of blast or necrotic lesions; (b) sporulation of M. grisea was not induced in Sekiguchi lesions. The enhanced resistance was dependent on light of 400–700 nm.     

稻瘟菌糖蛋白激发子(CSBI)的纯化及其鉴定

稻瘟菌（Magnaporthe grisea）ZC1l3菌株97-151a菌丝经离心、超滤、Sephacryl S-100凝胶柱、DEAE-Sepharose FF阴离子交换柱层析,纯化获得糖蛋白激发子CSBI。CSBI经SDS-PAGE后银染显示单一条带,糖,蛋白比例约为9．32。CSBI对非亲和性互作水稻叶片中过氧化物酶的诱导显著高于亲和性互作水稻（P〈0．05）。经N端氨基酸同源序列比对表明,CSBI与MG07877．4推测蛋白的同源性最高。经基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时间质谱鉴定也表明CSBI是该推测蛋白。     

稻瘟菌Ⅰ型烯醇化酶基因全长cDNA的电子克隆

利用电子克隆技术从稻瘟菌中克隆到一个新的Ⅰ型烯醇化酶全长cDNA,暂命为MgEno-1。MgEno-1全长1571核薯酸,其预测的ORF为1317核苷酸,共编码438个氨基酸。起始密码子ATG位于第53位,终止密码子TAA位于第1369位。序列分析表明该烯醇化酶与丝状真菌中已报道的其它烯醇化酶高度同源,且长度一致,这暗示烯醇化酶基因进化上高度保守,甚至有可能像18SrRNA一样可作为进化尺度。这将是第一个用电子克隆技术从稻瘟菌中克隆到的基因。     

稻瘟病菌无毒基因Avr-Pi1、Avr-Pi2和 Avr-Pi4a的遗传分析及其分子标记

用CO39近等基因系品种C101LAC（Pi-l),C101A51(Pi-2),C104PKT(Pi-3),C101PKT(Pi-4α）,C105TTP-4L-23(Pi-4b)对稻瘟病菌菌株81278ZB15和GUY11及其有性后代进行毒性分析,结果表明,81278ZB15含Avr-Pil,Aur-Pi2,Aur-Pi4α,Aur-Pi4b无毒基因,有性后代在Pi-1,Pi-2,Pi-4α上的无毒,有毒分离比例符合1：1,有8个后代个体发生了这3个无毒基因座的重组,推断81278ZB15对Pi-l,Pi-2,Pi-4α的的无毒性是由3个不同的单一基因座控制的,且3个基因座紧密连锁,进一步采用rep-PCR法比较了亲本及其在性后代的DNA指纹,获得了与3个无毒基因座紧密连锁的DNA标记（RPF1.2),RPF1.2与Aur-Pil,Aur-Pi2,Aur-Pi4α的遗传距离分别为5.9cM,2.2cM和2.2cM,2个亲本对Pi-3,CO39均有毒性,对Pi-4b均无毒性,但是后代中出现3个对Pi-3,1个对CO39无毒的个体;8个对Pi-4α有毒的个体,对其中可能的原因进行了初步探讨。     

Transformation of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea to benomyl resistance

A transformation method based on a dominant selectable marker (benomyl resistance) was developed for the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. The heterologous gene for -tubulin from Neurospora crassa (pBT3) was used to obtain benomyl-resistant M. grisea transformants at a frequency of 20 to 30/g of DNA. Control transformations carried out with a plasmid conferring hygromycin resistance or a derivative of pBT3 containing a repetitive DNA sequence, yielded the same frequency of transformation as that of pBT3. Molecular analysis of the transformants indicated multiple integration of the vector DNA.     

利用磁珠构建稻瘟菌cDNA文库

本文以稻瘟菌菌丝体为材料提取RNA,[目的]改进张学敏等人的方法,通过磁珠构建稻瘟菌cDNA文库,并用于下一步研究稻瘟菌与水稻之间的互作关系.[方法]通过共价键连接的寡聚oligo(dT)磁珠纯化mRNA,并以磁珠上的oligo(dT)为引物引导第一链cDNA的合成,再利用末端转移酶加尾法合成第二链cDNA.构建过程中避免使用限制酶和连接接头.[结果]用此方法构建的文库容量为8.9×107cfu,滴度为8.9×106 cfu/mL,随机挑取的25个克隆插入片断平均大小达到1380bp.[结论]实验结果表明用改进的方法可构建高质量的cDNA文库,并且方便快捷,所用材料少,构建时间短,利于大规模的功能基因分析.     

靛红衍生物的合成及其对稻瘟菌的生物活性

以靛红为原料合成了系列3-亚胺基/亚甲基-吲哚-2-酮化合物及其Mannich碱衍生物,研究了它们在抗稻瘟菌方面的活性,发现了这两种类型的若干化合物有较好的抑制稻瘟菌孢子萌发的活性,初步讨论了构效关系。认为1位的羟甲基和胺甲基、3位的亚甲基是药效团,芳基亚甲基苯环上对位取代基、羟基取代基和吸电子取代基不利于活性的提高,邻位的供电子取代基有利于活性的提高。     

江苏省稻瘟病菌的毒性多样性及水稻品种的抗病性

在13个已知日本抗病基因品种上检测1997－1999年采集自江苏省吴江,赣榆,通州,高邮和宜兴等5个代表地区的324个稻瘟病菌株的毒性,结果可将上述菌株划分为90种毒性类型,表明江苏省稻瘟病菌存在着丰富的毒性多样性,毒性类型组成在地区间存在较大的差异,并且随着时间的推移,稻瘟病菌毒性类型组成有差异加大的趋势,在已知抗病基因品种上测定江苏省稻瘟病菌的毒力,结果显示：Pi-k^3,Pi-ta,Pi-ta^2和Pi-sh等抗病基因对江苏省的稻瘟病菌的抗谱很窄,而Pi-i,Pi-z,Pi-z^t和Pi-b等抗病基因的抗谱比较宽,可作为抗源加以利用,用6个代表性毒性类型菌株接种江苏省80筱水稻主载品种和新育成品种,品种抗性分析表明,上述水稻品种中的籼稻和杂交稻对江苏省稻瘟病菌具有较高的抗性,而粳稻品种的抗性较差,上述研究结果为利用水稻品种抗性多样性控制稻瘟病提供了依据。     

Inheritance of dsRNAs in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea

The 1.6 and 1.8 kbp dsRNAs have been found in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea strain MG01. These dsRNA molecules are located in cytoplasm of the fungal cells and maintained stably during vegetative growth. Three crosses between dsRNA free and dsRNA containing strains including a parental cross, sib-mating and back cross were made to follow the inheritance of dsRNAs during sexual reproduction. Approximately 10% of ascospore progenies (11 out of 105) contained dsRNAs from all three crosses. These data indicate that dsRNAs of M. grisea are inherited at a low frequency and not in a Mendelian fashion.     

稻瘟菌侵染诱导水稻凝集素基因的表达

利用mRNA差异显示技术(DDRT-PCR),从非亲和性稻瘟菌生理小种131侵染的水稻品种爱知旭(Oryza sati-va L. cv.Aichi-asahi)叶片中分离了8个诱导差异表达的cDNA片段.对这8个差示片段进行了回收、重扩增和克隆,以其中一个长度为321碱基并与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素和水稻盐诱导蛋白基因高度同源的差示片段为探针,筛选水稻非亲和性cDNA文库,获得12个阳性克隆.序列测定和数据库查询表明该基因的cDNA与水稻凝集素基因的cDNA及盐诱导蛋白基因的cDNA核苷酸同源性高达96%,推定的氨基酸序列与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素的氨基酸序列一致,与水稻盐诱导蛋白仅相差2个氨基酸.Southern杂交显示该基因在水稻基因组中有两个同源拷贝数,Northern杂交表明非亲和性稻瘟菌侵染可强烈诱导该基因表达.因此推测该基因参与了水稻对稻瘟菌侵染的防御反应.     

Disruption of AtMRP4, a guard cell plasma membrane ABCC-type ABC transporter, leads to deregulation of stomatal opening and increased drought susceptibility

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are membrane proteins responsible for cellular detoxification processes in plants and animals. Recent evidence shows that this class of transporters may also be involved in many other cellular processes. Because of their homology with human multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRP), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and sulfonylurea receptor (SUR), some plant ABC transporters have been implicated in the regulation of ion channel activities. This paper describes an investigation of the AtMRP4 gene and its role in stomatal regulation. Reporter gene studies showed that AtMRP4 is highly expressed in stomata and that the protein is localized to the plasma membrane. Stomatal aperture in three independent atmrp4 mutant alleles was larger than in wild-type plants, both in the light and in the dark, resulting in increased water loss but no change in the photosynthetic rate. In baker's yeast, AtMRP4 shows ATP-dependent, vanadate-sensitive transport of methotrexate (MTX), an antifolate and a substrate of mammalian MRPs. Treatment with MTX reduced stomatal opening in wild-type plants, but had no effect in atmrp4 mutants. These results indicate the involvement of AtMRP4 in the complex regulation of stomatal aperture.     

Host Species-Specific Protoplast Damaging Activity of Spore Germination Fluids of Blast Pathogen Magnaporthe grisea

The effect of spore germination fluids (SGFs) of rice and ragi (Eleusine coracana) limited forms of Magnaporthe grisea was studied on the protoplasts of host and non‐host species to determine their host specificity. The concentrated SGFs of rice strain of M. grisea exhibited strong disruptive activity against the protoplasts of two rice cultivars, Fukunishiki and Caloro, but had little effect on the protoplasts of ragi cv. VL 17 and Podophyllum hexandrum. However, the SGFs of ragi strain of M. grisea showed a high tendency to disrupt ragi protoplasts but inflicted less damage on protoplasts of the two rice cultivars and P. hexandrum. These results suggest that SGFs of M. grisea contain some factor(s) which exhibit host species‐specific activity and may be the determinants of basic compatibility.     

稻瘟菌侵染诱导水稻凝集素基因的表达

利用mRNA差异显示技术（DDRT-PCR）,从非亲和性稻瘟菌生理小种131侵染的水稻品种爱知旭（Oryza sati-vaL.cv.Aichi-asahi)叶片中分离了8个诱导差异表达的cDNA片段,对这8个差示片段进行了回收,重扩增和克隆,以其中一个长度为321碱基并与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素和水稻盐诱导蛋白基因高度同源的差示片段为探针。筛选水稻非亲和性cDNA文库,获得12个阳性克隆。序列测定和数据库查询表明该基因的cDNA与水稻凝集素基因的cDNA及盐诱导蛋白基因的cDNA核苷酸同源笥高达96%。推定的氨基酸序列与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素的氨基酸序列一致。与水稻盐诱导蛋白仅相差2个氨基酸。Southern杂交显示该基因在水稻基因组中有两个同源拷贝数。Northern杂交表明非亲和性稻瘟菌侵染可强烈诱导该基因表达。因此推则该基因参与了水稻对稻瘟菌侵染的防御反应。     

稻瘟菌糖蛋白激发子诱导的水稻叶片膜脂过氧化及过敏性反应

将稻瘟菌细胞壁来源的专化性糖蛋白激发子接种于一套水稻抗稻瘟病近等基因系后,非亲和性互作水稻超氧阴离子(O-.2)积累在互作早期明显高于亲和性互作水稻;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性均趋于下降,不同亲和性互作水稻间的差异不明显;脂氧合酶(LOX)活性在水稻/激发子非亲和互作早期增加明显、速度快;这些指标的变化进而导致非亲和性互作水稻的膜脂过氧化,其相对电导率及丙二醛(MDA)含量的高峰期和强度也明显早于和高于亲和性互作水稻.非亲和性互作水稻过氧化物酶(POD)活性在互作早期明显高于亲和性互作水稻,可能与其参与其它抗性有关.研究同时表明,激发子可专化性诱导完全和高度非亲和性互作水稻的过敏性坏死反应;而中度非亲和性互作和亲和性互作水稻则未发生过敏性(HR)坏死反应.这些结果表明,膜脂过氧化和HR反应的发生是激发子诱导水稻抗性的主要生理机制之一.     

Functional reconstitution and osmoregulatory properties of the ProU ABC transporter from Escherichia coli

Abstract

The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ProU from Escherichia coli translocates a wide range of compatible solutes and contributes to the regulation of cell volume, which is particularly important when the osmolality of the environment fluctuates. We have purified the components of ProU, i.e., the substrate-binding protein ProX, the nucleotide-binding protein ProV and the transmembrane protein ProW, and reconstituted the full transporter complex in liposomes. We engineered a lipid anchor to ProX for surface tethering of this protein to ProVW-containing proteoliposomes. We show that glycine betaine binds to ProX with high-affinity and is transported via ProXVW in an ATP-dependent manner. The activity ProU is salt and anionic lipid-dependent and mimics the ionic strength-gating of transport of the homologous OpuA system.