Differential accumulation of γ-aminobutyric acid in elicited cells of two rice cultivars showing contrasting sensitivity to the blast pathogen.

Autor: Forlani, G., Bertazzini, M., Giberti, S., Franken, P.
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Zdroj: Plant Biology; Nov2014, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p1127-1132, 6p
Abstrakt: Intracellular free amino acid pools were quantified in suspension cultured cells of a blast-sensitive and a blast-resistant rice genotype at increasing times after treatment with Magnaporthe oryzae cell wall hydrolysates. Besides some expected variations in free phenylalanine, a remarkable early increase of γ-aminobutyric acid ( GABA) levels was evident in both cultivars. Glutamate decarboxylase activity and protein levels were unaffected. GABA homeostasis was recovered in the sensitive cultivar 48 h after the treatment. In contrast, a further GABA accumulation and a general increase of most amino acids was found at this later stage in the resistant genotype, which showed a larger decrease in cell viability as a consequence of elicitor addition. Data support a recently hypothesised role of GABA metabolism in the plant response to fungal pathogens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index