Acquired Resistance Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis Is Ethylene Independent.
AUTOR(ES)
Lawton, KA
RESUMO
To clarify the role of ethylene in systemic acquired resistance (SAR), we conducted experiments using Arabidopsis ethylene response mutants. Plants that are nonresponsive to ethylene (i.e., [theta]tr1 and [theta]in2) showed normal sensitivity to the SAR-inducing chemicals salicylic acid (SA) and 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid with respect to SAR gene induction and pathogen resistance. This indicated that chemically induced SAR is not an ethylene-dependent process in Arabidopsis. Ethephon, an ethylene-releasing chemical, induced SAR gene expression in both the wild type and ethylene mutants, whereas ethylene alone did not, suggesting that induction of these genes by ethephon is not due to the action of ethylene. Furthermore, transgenic plants expressing salicylate hydroxylase, a bacterial enzyme that degrades SA to catechol, did not accumulate SAR mRNAs in response to ethephon. Thus, SAR gene induction by ethephon appears to be mediated through SA. Other experiments suggested that ethylene may play a role in SAR by enhancing tissue sensitivity to the action of SA.
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