Constitutive and induced resistance to pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana depends on nitrogen supply

Knowledge about the induced pathogen resistance of plants is rapidly increasing, but little information exists on its dependence on abiotic growing conditions. Arabidopsis thaliana plants that had been cultivated under different nitrogen regimes were treated with BION^®, a chemical resistance elicitor. The activities of three enzyme classes functionally involved in resistance (chitinase, chitosanase and peroxidase) were quantified over 8 d following treatment as resistance markers. Constitutive levels of three markers and the induced level of peroxidase and chitinase activity were significantly lower under limiting nitrogen supply. Under such conditions the increase of chitosanase activity after resistance induction was severely delayed, although the induced maximum activity of chitosanase was not significantly affected. Total soluble protein content decreased during the first 12 h after resistance elicitation. Thereafter, the induced plants cultivated under high N conditions reached higher protein contents than controls, whereas N‐limited induced plants continuously had reduced protein contents. A plant's investment in resistance‐related compounds can be severely constrained under limiting nitrogen supply.     

茉莉酸介导丛枝菌根真菌诱导番茄抗早疫病的机制

丛枝菌根真菌的定殖可以提高寄主植物的抗病性,但机制并不十分清楚。利用番茄茉莉酸信号转导途径前系统素过表达材料35S::PS、茉莉酸合成突变体spr2、茉莉酸信号识别突变体jai1及其野生型CM 4个不同基因型材料,分别在根系接种丛枝菌根真菌摩西斗管囊霉(Funneliformis mosseae, Fm),待菌根形成后,在叶片外源喷施10 mL 0.5μmol/L茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)和接种番茄早疫病病原菌(Alternaria solani, As),比较不同基因型抗病防御反应以及对早疫病抗性的差异。结果表明:预先接种菌根真菌的CM和35S::PS番茄,在叶片接种病菌5 d和10 d后,其叶片中过氧化物酶(POD)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)和脂氧合酶(LOX)活性以及丙二烯氧化物环化酶基因(AOC)和茉莉酸信号受体基因(COI1)的转录水平显著高于只接种早疫病菌的处理、只接种菌根菌的处理以及未进行任何处理的健康植株,其早疫病发病率和病情指数也显著降低;外源喷施MeJA可增强预先接种菌根菌的CM和35S::PS番茄植抵抗早疫病的能力。与此同时,对预先接种菌根菌的spr2番茄外源喷施MeJA...