The mycorrhiza-dependent defensin MtDefMd1 of Medicago truncatula acts during the late restructuring stages of arbusculecontaining cells

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Titel: The mycorrhiza-dependent defensin MtDefMd1 of Medicago truncatula acts during the late restructuring stages of arbusculecontaining cells

Beteiligte: Uhe, Marian [VerfasserIn]; Hogekamp, Claudia [VerfasserIn]; Hartmann, Rico M. [VerfasserIn]; Hohnjec, Natalija [VerfasserIn]; Küster, Helge [VerfasserIn]

Erschienen: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, 2018

Ausgabe: published Version

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15488/3393; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191841

ISSN: 1932-6203

Schlagwörter: gene location ; gene expression ; MtDefMd2 gene ; barrel medic ; MtDefMd1 gene ; life cycle stage ; upregulation ; down regulation ; fungal gene ; gene knockdown ; controlled study ; nonhuman ; promoter region ; mutant ; gene overexpression ; mycorrhiza ; genetic transcription

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Beschreibung: Different symbiotic and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions involve the production of cysteine- rich antimicrobial defensins. In Medicago truncatula, the expression of four MtDefMd genes, encoding arbuscular mycorrhiza-dependent defensins containing an N-terminal signal peptide and exhibiting some differences to non-symbiotic defensins, raised over the time of fungal colonization. Whereas the MtDefMd1 and MtDefMd2 promoters were inactive in cells containing young arbuscules, cells with fully developed arbuscules displayed different levels of promoter activities, indicating an up-regulation towards later stages of arbuscule formation. MtDefMd1 and MtDefMd2 expression was absent or strongly down-regulated in mycorrhized ram1-1 and pt4-2 mutants, known for defects in arbuscule branching or premature arbuscule degeneration, respectively. A ~97% knock-down of MtDefMd1/MtDefMd2 expression did not significantly affect arbuscule size. Although overexpression of MtDefMd1 in arbuscule-containing cells led to an up-regulation of MtRam1, encoding a key transcriptional regulator of arbuscule formation, no morphological changes were evident. Co-localization of an MtDefMd1-mGFP6 fusion with additional, subcellular markers revealed that this defensin is associated with arbuscules in later stages of their life-cycle. MtDefMd1-mGFP6 was detected in cells with older arbuscules about to collapse, and ultimately in vacuolar compartments. Comparisons with mycorrhized roots expressing a tonoplast marker indicated that MtDefMd1 acts during late restructuring processes of arbuscule-containing cells, upon their transition into a post-symbiotic state. © 2018 Uhe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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The mycorrhiza-dependent defensin MtDefMd1 of Medicago truncatula acts during the late restructuring stages of arbusculecontaining cells - [published Version]

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