细胞外ATP通过刺激NADPH氧化酶缓解水杨酸诱导的细胞死亡

水杨酸（SA）是植物重要的信号分子,低浓度的SA能够诱导植物的抗病反应,而高浓度的SA导致植物细胞死亡。本文采用500μmol·L-1的SA处理烟草悬浮细胞BY-2,研究了细胞外ATP在SA诱导的细胞死亡中的作用及可能的机制。结果显示,外源ATP可缓解SA诱导的细胞死亡水平的上升。另外,SA导致NADPH氧化酶活性下降,而外源ATP则刺激其活性上升。外源ATP能缓解SA对NADPH氧化酶活性的抑制,且这种缓解作用可被NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂——二亚苯基碘（DPI）所消除。DPI还可部分消除外源ATP对SA所诱导的细胞死亡的缓解作用。上述结果表明,胞外ATP通过刺激NADPH氧化酶活性缓解SA诱导的细胞死亡。     

细胞外ATP和水杨酸对烟草光合指标的影响

研究了细胞外ATP(eATP)和水杨酸(SA)对烟草(Nicotiana tabacum)叶片的气孔导度(GH2 O)、蒸腾速率(E)、光合作用速率(A)与叶绿素荧光参数[包括PSⅡ潜在最大光化学量子效率(Fv/Fm)、PSⅡ光适应下实际光化学效率Y(Ⅱ)、电子传递速率(ETR)、非光化学荧光淬灭(NPQ)和光化学荧光淬灭(qP)]的影响。结果表明：SA能导致A、GH2 O和E的下降,而eATP的处理能缓解SA造成的A、GH2 O和E的下降;但SA未对叶绿素荧光参数Fv/Fm、Y(Ⅱ)、NPQ、qP和ETR造成显著影响,eATP的加入也未改变SA处理下叶片叶绿素荧光参数的水平。这说明SA能导致光合作用的抑制,而eATP能明显缓解SA对光合作用的抑制,但以上作用可能均和光反应阶段无关。并对其内在机理进行了探讨。     

Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance by Heat Shock Treatment in Arabidopsis

A 3,6-di-O-benzylated demethylallosamizoline derivative was glycosylated at the 4-position with an N, N′-diphthaloylchitobiosyl moiety by using the thioglycoside method. After de-protections, the resulting demethylallosamidin-like pseudotrisaccharide was evaluated as an inhibitor against a couple of chitinases.     

Opposing effects of MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 and jasmonic acid influence the outcome of Arabidopsis thaliana–Fusarium graminearum interaction

Fusarium graminearum (Fg) is an important fungal pathogen of small grain cereals that can also infect Arabidopsis thaliana. In Arabidopsis, jasmonic acid (JA) signalling involving JASMONATE RESISTANT 1 (JAR1), which synthesizes JA-isoleucine, a signalling form of JA, promotes susceptibility to Fg. Here we show that Arabidopsis MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 (MPL1), via its influence on limiting JA accumulation, restricts Fg infection. MPL1 expression was up-regulated in response to Fg infection, and MPL1-OE plants, which overexpress MPL1, exhibited enhanced resistance against Fg. In comparison, disease severity was higher on the mpl1 mutant than the wild type. JA content was lower in MPL1-OE and higher in mpl1 than in the wild type, indicating that MPL1 limits JA accumulation. Pharmacological experiments confirmed the importance of MPL1-determined restriction of JA accumulation on curtailment of Fg infection. Methyl-JA application attenuated the MPL1-OE-conferred resistance, while the JA biosynthesis inhibitor ibuprofen enhanced resistance in mpl1. Also, the JA biosynthesis-defective opr3 mutant was epistatic to mpl1, resulting in enhanced resistance in mpl1 opr3 plants. In comparison, JAR1 was not essential for the mpl1-conferred susceptibility to Fg. Considering that methyl-JA promotes Fg growth in culture, we suggest that in part MPL1 curtails disease by limiting the availability of a plant-derived Fg growth-promoting factor.     

水杨酸诱导果实采后抗病性机制研究进展

水杨酸(Salicylic acid, SA)是一种重要的内源信号分子,具有激活果实抗性防卫反应的能力。本文综述SA对多种果实采后病害的抑制效果及其诱导果实采后抗病性机制(如诱导果实抗氧化反应、诱导果实防御反应、调控果实呼吸代谢、诱导果实抗病基因表达和抗性相关蛋白表达),并展望该领域SA未来研究趋势与方向,对推动果实采后抗病理论的发展和指导生产实践具有重要意义。     

Imprimatins A and B: Novel plant activators targeting salicylic acid metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant activators are agrochemicals that protect plants from a broad range of pathogens by activating the plant immune system. Unlike pesticides, they do not target pathogens; therefore, plant activators provide durable effects that are not overcome by pathogenic microbes. Although certain plant activators have been applied to paddy fields for more than 30 years, the molecular basis of the underlying immune induction are unclear. From the screening of 10,000 diverse chemicals by a high-throughput screening procedure to identify compounds that specifically enhance pathogen-induced cell death in Arabidopsis cultured cells, we identified 7 compounds, which we designated as immune priming chemicals (Imprimatins). These compounds increased disease resistance against pathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria in Arabidopsis plants. Pretreatments increased the accumulation of endogenous salicylic acid (SA) but reduced its metabolite, SA-O-β-D-glucoside (SAG). Imprimatins inhibited the enzymatic activities of 2 SA glucosyltransferases (SAGTs) in vitro at concentrations effective for immune priming. Single and double knockout Arabidopsis plants for both SAGTs consistently exhibited enhanced disease resistance and SA accumulation. Our results demonstrate that the control of the free SA pool through SA-inactivating enzymes can be a useful methodology to confer disease resistance in plants. SAGTs can pave the way for target-based discovery of novel crop protectants.