茉莉酸对棉花单宁含量和抗虫相关酶活性的诱导效应

以植物生长调节物茉莉酸(Jasmonic acid,JA)为诱导子,以常规棉为研究对象,探讨了外源茉莉酸对棉花幼苗单宁和蛋白酶抑制素以及其它抗虫相关酶活性诱导的浓度依赖性和持久性,讨论了棉花抗虫相关物质的抗虫效果.结果表明,0.01、0.1和1.0 mmol/L茉莉酸都能在2周内诱导棉花单宁和胰蛋白酶抑制素(Proteinase inhibitors,PIs)含量增加,诱导多酚氧化酶(Polyphenol oxidase,PPO)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase,PAL)、过氧化物酶(Peroxidase,POD)和过氧化氢酶(Catalase,CAT)活性升高.对3种浓度茉莉酸的诱导效应进行分析表明,0.1 mmol/L茉莉酸对于诱导PIs、PPO、POD和CAT最有效,0.1和1.0 mmol/L茉莉酸对于诱导棉花单宁和苯丙氨酸解氨酶等效,二者的诱导效应均高于0.01 mmol/L.对茉莉酸诱导抗性的持久性进行分析表明,最佳诱导效应发生的时间各不相同:POD活性在JA处理后第1天最高,随后呈下降趋势,PIs和单宁含量分别在JA处理后第7天和第14天达最大值;JA处理后第1天和第7天的PPO活性无明显差异,但明显高于第14天;JA处理后第7天和第14天的PAL活性无明显差异,但明显高于第1天;JA处理后第1、7和14天棉花叶片的CAT活性均无明显差异.以上结果表明,茉莉酸可通过增加棉叶单宁和PIs含量、提高棉叶PAL、PPO、POD和CAT活性等增强棉花幼苗的抗虫性.     

外源茉莉酸和茉莉酸甲酯诱导植物抗虫作用及其机理

综述了茉莉酸(jasmonic acid, JA)和茉莉酸甲酯(methyl jasmo nate, MJA)的分子结构和应用其诱导的植物抗虫作用及其机制。植物受外源茉莉酸或茉莉酸甲酯刺激后,一条反应途径是由硬脂酸途径激活防御基因,另一条途径是直接激活防御基因。防御基因激活后导致代谢途径重新配置,并可能诱导植物产生下列4种效应：（1）直接防御,即植物产生对害虫有毒的物质、抗营养和抗消化的酶类,或具驱避性和妨碍行为作用的化合物;（2）间接防御,即产生吸引天敌的挥发物;（3）不防御,即无防御反应;（4）负防御,即产生吸引害虫的挥发物。     

外源抗虫基因与植物自身抗虫防御体系的互作

外源抗虫基因的导入将导致植株本身生理代谢等方面发生改变,从而对植物原有抗虫防御体系产生影响。本文综述了外源基因导入对植株外部形态结构、内在生化抗性以及诱导抗性的影响,为外源、内源抗虫体系的相互利用以及抗性植物的研制与推广提供参考依据。     

植物抗虫基因工程研究进展

植物抗虫基因工程为防治农业害虫提供了一条崭新途径。本文对植物抗虫基因工程近年来所取得的某些研究进展,包括目前已发现和利用的抗虫基因、提高抗虫基因在植物体内表达的方法以及防止或延缓害虫产生抗性的策略等方面进行了综合评述,并对植物抗虫基因工程中有待解决的问题和发展前景提出了自己的看法。     

茉莉酸在植物诱导防御中的作用

茉莉酸(JA)和茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)作为与损伤相关的植物激素和信号分子,广泛地存在于植物体中,外源应用能够激发防御植物基因的表达,诱导植物的化学防御,产生与机械损伤和昆虫取食相似的效果。大量研究表明,用茉莉酸类化合物处理植物可系统诱导蛋白酶抑制剂(PI)和多酚氧化酶(PPO),从而影响植食动物对营养物质的吸收,还能增加过氧化物酶、壳聚糖酶和脂氧合酶等防御蛋白的活性水平,导致生物碱和酚酸类次生物质的积累,增加并改变挥发性信号化合物的释放,甚至形成防御结构,如毛状体和树脂导管。经茉莉酸处理的植物提高了植食动物的死亡率,变得更加吸引捕食性和寄生性天敌。挥发性化合物——茉莉酸甲酯可以从植物的气孔进入植物体内,在细胞质中被酯酶水解为茉莉酸,实现长距离的信号传导和植物间的交流,诱导邻近植物产生诱导防御反应。茉莉酸和茉莉酸甲酯分别具有4种立体异构,其中具有活性的是顺式结构,但顺式结构不稳定,会差向异构化为反式结构。茉莉酸的代谢物(Z)-茉莉酮(cis-Jasmone)具电生理活性,在植物诱导防御中起作用,并且在防御信号的作用上不同于茉莉酸和茉莉酸甲酯。     

植物抗虫“防御警备”: 概念、机理与应用

植物抗虫“防御警备”是指受到某些生物或者非生物因子刺激警备后,植物会提前做好抗虫防御准备,之后当再次受到害虫袭击时,植物会产生更加快速和强烈的抗虫防御反应,从而使自身抗虫性显著提高.这是近年来新发现的植物防御害虫的一种策略,是一种特殊的诱导抗虫机制.植食性昆虫的取食、分泌物、产卵、为害诱导的植物挥发物(HIPVs)以及某些有益微生物、植物营养元素、重金属和一些化学物质均可以引起植物产生抗虫防御警备.防御警备具有抗性高效、持久、环境友好,甚至可以遗传到子代等优点.本文综述了近年来有关植物抗虫防御警备的研究,主要概括了植物抗虫防御警备的一般特征、刺激警备因子和形成机制,并对其在生产实践中的应用前景进行了简要分析,提出了这一领域尚未解决的问题和亟待深入的研究方向.通过合适的方法使植物产生抗虫防御警备可以大大减少杀虫剂的使用,成为害虫综合防治的重要手段.     

NO通过水杨酸(SA)或者茉莉酸(JA)信号途径介导真菌诱导子对粉葛悬浮细胞中葛根素生物合成的促进作用

一氧化氮(NO)是近年来发现对植物细胞次生代谢产物合成具有调控作用的一种新型信号分子. 为了研究NO对植物细胞次生代谢调控的信号转导机理, 考查了在真菌诱导子作用下粉葛悬浮细胞中NO, 水杨酸(SA), 茉莉酸(JA)及葛根素含量的变化情况. 试验结果表明, 真菌诱导子可以诱发粉葛细胞的NO迸发、SA合成和葛根素含量增加, 但细胞中JA水平未发生明显变化. NO猝灭剂cPITO可以阻断真菌诱导子对粉葛细胞中SA和葛根素合成的促进作用, 说明NO是介导真菌诱导子诱发粉葛细胞中葛根素和SA生物合成所必需的上游信号分子. 在缺乏SA积累能力的NahG转基因粉葛细胞中, 真菌诱导子虽然不能促进SA积累, 但仍然可以诱发NO迸发和葛根素生物合成, 并且促进细胞中JA的合成积累. cPITO可以抑制真菌诱导子对NahG转基因粉葛细胞中JA合成的诱导作用, 说明JA是作用于NO下游的信号分子. JA合成抑制剂IBU和NDGA可以抑制外源NO对NahG转基因粉葛细胞中葛根素生物合成的促进作用, 说明NO依赖JA诱发NahG转基因粉葛细胞中葛根素的生物合成. 外源SA处理可以显著降低真菌诱导子对NahG转基因粉葛细胞中JA合成的促进作用, 并逆转IBU和NDGA对NO和真菌诱导子诱发葛根素合成的抑制作用, 说明SA可以抑制细胞中JA的生物合成; 而且当JA合成受到抑制时, SA可以替代JA介导NO和真菌诱导子对葛根素合成的促进作用. 由于真菌诱导子可以促进野生型粉葛细胞中SA的生物合成, 我们推测在野生型粉葛细胞中, 真菌诱导子可能通过诱发SA合成积累抑制了其对细胞中JA合成的促进作用, NO可能主要通过SA信号途径介导真菌诱导子对细胞中葛根素生物合成的促进作用. 而在SA积累受阻的NahG转基因粉葛细胞中, NO则通过激活JA的生物合成并依赖JA信号途径介导真菌诱导子促进粉葛细胞中葛根素的生物合成.     

植物抗虫基因工程研究进展

植物抗虫基因工程为防治农业害虫提供了一条崭新途径。本文对植物抗虫基因工程近年来所取得的某些研究进展,包括目前已发现和利用的抗虫基因、提高抗虫基因在植物体内表达的方法以及防止或延缓害虫产生抗性的策略等方面进行了综合评述,并对植物抗虫基因工程中有待解决的问题和发展前提提出了自己的看法。     

韧皮部取食昆虫诱导的植物防御反应

刺吸式昆虫与寄主植物之间具有特殊的生物互作关系。本文对刺吸式昆虫取食韧皮部诱导的植物防御反应类型、 防御物质变化、 信号途径以及植物反应转录组学研究等方面进行综述。韧皮部取食昆虫取食诱导的植物防御反应机制主要包括： (1)改变自身的营养状况; (2)产生有毒的次生化合物; (3)产生防御蛋白。防御反应与植物水杨酸、 茉莉酸、 乙烯等信号分子密切相关。研究表明, 刺吸式昆虫取食诱导的植物防御反应主要引发以水杨酸为主的信号途径, 但相关分子互作机制还有待明确。日益丰富的基因组资源和不断发展的分子生物学技术为揭示植物防御反应中信号分子的作用机制、 找出植物内生抗性的特异因子以及阐明诱导防御机制奠定了基础。了解刺吸式昆虫取食诱导的植物防御反应, 为深入理解植物-昆虫间协同进化关系提供了依据, 为害虫治理和抗虫植物的培育提供了新的思路。     

昆虫对植物蛋白酶抑制素的诱导及适应机制

植物蛋白酶抑制素是植物重要的防御物质之一,一般是分子量较小的多肽或蛋白质,能够与昆虫消化道内的蛋白酶形成复合物,阻断或削弱蛋白酶对食物中蛋白的水解,使昆虫厌食或消化不良而致死。植物蛋白酶抑制素在植物体内一般是诱导表达的,昆虫取食危害后,导致某些植物在伤口产生一种寡聚糖信息素-蛋白酶抑制素诱导因子,蛋白酶抑制素诱导因子诱导叶片局部产生植物蛋白酶抑制素,并刺激产生信号物质系统肽,通过十八烷酸途径在一系列酶的作用下产生茉莉酸,茉莉酸与受体结合,活化植物蛋白酶抑制素基因。昆虫在长期取食植物蛋白酶抑制素后会在生理及行为上产生适应性而导致不敏感,适应方式主要包括：(1)改变肠道蛋白酶对蛋白酶抑制素的敏感性;(2) 水解蛋白酶抑制素;(3)过量取食及干扰产生蛋白酶抑制素的信号通道。由于昆虫能够对植物蛋白酶抑制素产生适应,因此合理利用植物蛋白酶抑制素的抗虫作用显得十分重要。     

Antagonistic plant defense system regulated by phytohormones assists interactions among vector insect, thrips and a tospovirus

The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) is a polyphagous herbivore that causes serious damage to many agricultural plants. In addition to causing feeding damage, it is also a vector insect that transmits tospoviruses such as Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). We previously reported that thrips feeding on plants induces a jasmonate (JA)-regulated plant defense, which negatively affects both the performance and preference (i.e. host plant attractiveness) of the thrips. The antagonistic interaction between a JA-regulated plant defense and a salicylic acid (SA)-regulated plant defense is well known. Here we report that TSWV infection allows thrips to feed heavily and multiply on Arabidopsis plants. TSWV infection elevated SA contents and induced SA-regulated gene expression in the plants. On the other hand, TSWV infection decreased the level of JA-regulated gene expression induced by thrips feeding. Importantly, we also demonstrated that thrips significantly preferred TSWV-infected plants to uninfected plants. In JA-insensitive coi1-1 mutants, however, thrips did not show a preference for TSWV-infected plants. In addition, SA application to wild-type plants increased their attractiveness to thrips. Our results suggest the following mechanism: TSWV infection suppresses the anti-herbivore response in plants and attracts its vector, thrips, to virus-infected plants by exploiting the antagonistic SA-JA plant defense systems.     

Exploring the impact of wounding and jasmonates on ascorbate metabolism

Vitamin C (ascorbate, AsA) is the most abundant water-soluble antioxidant in plants. Ascorbate provides the first line of defense against damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS), and helps protect plant cells from many factors that induce oxidative stress, including wounding, ozone, high salinity, and pathogen attack. Plant defenses against these stresses are also dependent upon jasmonates (JAs), a class of plant hormones that promote ROS accumulation. Here, we review evidence showing that wounding and JAs influence AsA accumulation in various plant species, and we report new data from Arabidopsis and tomato testing the influence of JAs on AsA levels in wounded and unwounded plants. In both species, certain mutations that impair JA metabolism and signaling influence foliar AsA levels, suggesting that endogenous JAs may regulate steady-state AsA. However, the impact of wounding on AsA accumulation was similar in JA mutants and wild type controls, indicating that this wound response does not require JAs. Our findings also indicate that the effects of wounding and JAs on AsA accumulation differ between species; these factors both enhanced AsA accumulation in Arabidopsis, but depressed AsA levels in tomato. These results underscore the importance of obtaining data from more than one model species, and demonstrate the complexity of AsA regulation.     

茶树诱导抗虫性的研究进展

为了抵御植食性昆虫的为害,植物在进化过程中形成了包括组成抗性和诱导抗性在内的复杂防御体系.在通过受体识别茶树害虫为害后,茶树会启动早期信号事件,继而激活茉莉酸、水杨酸、乙烯和赤霉素等植物激素信号通路,从而引起次生代谢物的积累,最终对害虫产生直接和间接抗性.基于近年来茶树害虫为害诱导的茶树防御反应及其相关调控机理的研究进...     

Action of jasmonates in plant stress responses and development — Applied aspects

Jasmonates (JAs) are lipid-derived compounds acting as key signaling compounds in plant stress responses and development. The JA co-receptor complex and several enzymes of JA biosynthesis have been crystallized, and various JA signal transduction pathways including cross-talk to most of the plant hormones have been intensively studied. Defense to herbivores and necrotrophic pathogens are mediated by JA. Other environmental cues mediated by JA are light, seasonal and circadian rhythms, cold stress, desiccation stress, salt stress and UV stress. During development growth inhibition of roots, shoots and leaves occur by JA, whereas seed germination and flower development are partially affected by its precursor 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA). Based on these numerous JA mediated signal transduction pathways active in plant stress responses and development, there is an increasing interest in horticultural and biotechnological applications. Intercropping, the mixed growth of two or more crops, mycorrhization of plants, establishment of induced resistance, priming of plants for enhanced insect resistance as well as pre- and post-harvest application of JA are few examples. Additional sources for horticultural improvement, where JAs might be involved, are defense against nematodes, biocontrol by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, altered composition of rhizosphere bacterial community, sustained balance between growth and defense, and improved plant immunity in intercropping systems. Finally, biotechnological application for JA-induced production of pharmaceuticals and application of JAs as anti-cancer agents were intensively studied.     

Jasmonate‐dependent modifications of the pectin matrix during potato development function as a defense mechanism targeted by Dickeya dadantii virulence factors

The plant cell wall constitutes an essential protection barrier against pathogen attack. In addition, cell‐wall disruption leads to accumulation of jasmonates (JAs), which are key signaling molecules for activation of plant inducible defense responses. However, whether JAs in return modulate the cell‐wall composition to reinforce this defensive barrier remains unknown. The enzyme 13–allene oxide synthase (13–AOS) catalyzes the first committed step towards biosynthesis of JAs. In potato (Solanum tuberosum), there are two putative St13–AOS genes, which we show here to be differentially induced upon wounding. We also determine that both genes complement an Arabidopsis aos null mutant, indicating that they encode functional 13–AOS enzymes. Indeed, transgenic potato plants lacking both St13–AOS genes (CoAOS1/2 lines) exhibited a significant reduction of JAs, a concomitant decrease in wound‐responsive gene activation, and an increased severity of soft rot disease symptoms caused by Dickeya dadantii. Intriguingly, a hypovirulent D. dadantii pel strain lacking the five major pectate lyases, which causes limited tissue maceration on wild‐type plants, regained infectivity in CoAOS1/2 plants. In line with this, we found differences in pectin methyl esterase activity and cell‐wall pectin composition between wild‐type and CoAOS1/2 plants. Importantly, wild‐type plants had pectins with a lower degree of methyl esterification, which are the substrates of the pectate lyases mutated in the pel strain. These results suggest that, during development of potato plants, JAs mediate modification of the pectin matrix to form a defensive barrier that is counteracted by pectinolytic virulence factors from D. dadantii.     

Jasmonates - Signals in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Within their environment, plants interact with a wide range of microorganisms, some of which are pathogenic and cause disease, and others that are beneficial and stimulate plant growth or activate natural defenses. To recognize and respond to this variety of pathogenic and beneficial microorganisms, plants have developed sophisticated strategies to perceive microorganisms and translate that perception into an appropriate adaptive response. This plant innate immune response is surprisingly complex and highly flexible in its capacity to recognize and respond to different invaders. Jasmonic acid and derivatives, collectively called jasmonates (JAs), have emerged as important signals in the regulation of plant responses to pathogenic and beneficial microorganisms. The complex interplay of JAs with the alarm signals salicylic acid (SA) and ethylene (ET) provides plants with a regulatory potential that shapes the ultimate outcome of the plant-microbe interaction. In this review, we present an overview of the key role of JAs in basal and induced resistance to pathogens, their possible implication in the establishment and functioning of beneficial plant-microbe associations; and our current knowledge on how the JA signaling pathway cross-communicates with SA- and ET-dependent signaling pathways to fine-tune defense.     

Intraspecific competition favors ant–plant protective mutualism

The dependency of the anti-herbivore defense on ant–plant protective mutualism often varies depending on abiotic and biotic conditions. Although intraspecific competition is a primary interaction between neighboring plants, its effects on ant–plant mutualisms have yet to be sufficiently elucidated. In order to determine the effects of intraspecific competition and competitor genotype on ant–plant mutualisms, I conducted competition and ant-removal experiments and examined their effects on damage to the leaves of Urena lobata var. tomentosa plants. I found that larger numbers of worker ants visited the plants growing with non-siblings than plants growing alone and that plants growing with non-siblings had a higher shoot to root ratio and secreted greater volumes of extrafloral nectar than plants growing alone and/or with siblings. Under the presence of both sibling and non-sibling competitors, I observed that when ants were removed from plants, those grown with conspecific neighbors were characterized by a higher percentage of damaged leaf area than plants harboring ants. The effect of ant exclusion on leaf damage was more pronounced in plants grown with non-siblings than those grown near siblings. However, when the plants were grown alone, I detected no significant difference in percentage leaf damage between the ant-excluded and ant-harboring plants. The results indicate that neighboring plants can exert strong effects on ant–plant protective mutualisms, thereby highlighting the need to take into consideration plant–plant interactions in studies on these mutualistic associations.