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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Rapid, transient, and highly localized induction of plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase mRNA at fungal infection sites in Petroselinum crispum
Beteiligte:
Kirsch, Christoph;
Takamiya-Wik, Monica;
Reinold, Susanne;
Hahlbrock, Klaus;
Somssich, Imre E.
Erschienen:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1997
Erschienen in:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94 (1997) 5, Seite 2079-2084
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.94.5.2079
ISSN:
0027-8424;
1091-6490
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Beschreibung:
Parsley ( Petroselinum crispum ) plants and suspension-cultured cells have been used extensively for studies of non-host-resistance mechanisms in plant/pathogen interactions. We now show that treatment of cultured parsley cells with a defined peptide elicitor of fungal origin causes rapid and large changes in the levels of various unsaturated fatty acids. While linoleic acid decreased and linolenic acid increased steadily for several hours, comparatively sharp increases in oleic acid followed a biphasic time course. In contrast, the overall level of stearic acid remained unaffected. Using a PCR-based approach, a parsley cDNA was isolated sharing high sequence similarity with ω-3 fatty acid desaturases. Subsequent isolation and characterization of a full-length cDNA enabled its functional identification as a plastid-localized ω-3 fatty acid desaturase by complementation of the Arabidopsis thaliana fad7/8 double mutant which is low in trienoic fatty acids. ω-3 Fatty acid desaturase mRNA accumulated rapidly and transiently in elicitor-treated cultured parsley cells, protoplasts, and leaves, as well as highly localized around fungal infection sites in parsley leaf buds. These results indicate that unsaturated fatty acid metabolism is yet another component of the highly complex, transcriptionally regulated pathogen defense response in plants.