The use of luciferase as a reporter for response of plant cells to the fireblight pathogen Erwinia amylovora |
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Authors: | Jeong-Rahn Chang Klaus Geider |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;(2) Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Schneisheimer Str. 101, D-68526 Ladenburg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary We have introduced the gene encoding luciferase from Photinus pyralis into pear and tobacco cells in order to judge the reaction of plant tissue to damaging conditions such as incubation at high temperature or inoculation with a pathogen. The constitutive expression of the luciferase gene via a strong promoter slowly decreased during propagation of the transformed pear cell line. After various stress treatments the resulting luciferase activity and the ATP content of the plant cells were determined by bioluminescence and found to correspond to each other. Inoculation of transformed pear cells with Erwinia amylovora resulted in a continuous decrease of luciferase activity in contrast to tobacco cells, where the enzyme activity was significantly higher in the first period after inoculation with bacteria compared to the untreated control cells. The pattern of the luciferase activity reflected the slow damage of the host-plant cells by E. amylovora and the elevated metabolism of the non-host cells after inoculation with the pathogen.Abbreviations 2,4-D
2,4-dichloro-phenoxyacetic acid
- CaMV
Cauliflower mosaic virus
- DTT
dithiothreitol
- EDTA
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- FDA
fluorescein diacetate
- HEPES
(hydroxyethyl)piperazine(ethanesulfonic acid)
- HR
hypersensitive reaction
- Tris
tris (hydroxymethyl)amino-methane |
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