Iron homeostasis and fire blight susceptibility in transgenic pear plants overexpressing a pea ferritin gene

Autor: Sophie Sourice, Magali Eychenne, Fabrice Dupuis, Elisabeth Chevreau, Colette Cesbron, Samia Djennane, Karine Loridon, R. Cournol
Přispěvatelé: Unité mixte de recherche génétique et horticulture Genhort, Université d'Angers (UA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National d'Horticulture, Ecologie microbienne des insectes et interactions hôte-pathogène (EMIP), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales (UMR AGAP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), ISAFRUIT EU, CER Horticulture, Region Pays de la Loire, Angers Agglomeration
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Plant Science
Plant Science, Elsevier, 2011, 180 (5), pp.694-701. ⟨10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.01.015⟩
ISSN: 1873-2259
0168-9452
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.01.015⟩
Popis: UMR 1334 AGAP : Equipe AFEF ‘Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces fruitières’ ; Team AFFS ‘Architecture and Functioning of Fruit Species’ Contact: Elisabeth.Chevreau@angers.inra.fr, chevreau@angers.inra.fr Publication Inra prise en compte dans l'analyse bibliométrique des publications scientifiques mondiales sur les Fruits, les Légumes et la Pomme de terre. Période 2000-2012. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/256699; International audience; The bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora causes the devastating disease known as fire blight in some rosaceous plants including apple and pear. One of the pathogenicity factors affecting fire blight development is the production of a siderophore, desferrioxamine, which overcomes the limiting conditions in plant tissues and also protects bacteria against active oxygen species. In this paper we examine the effect of an iron chelator protein encoded by the pea ferritin gene on the fire blight susceptibility of pear (Pyrus communis). Transgenic pear clones expressing this gene controlled either by the constitutive promoter CaMV 355 or by the inducible promoter sgd24 promoter were produced. The transgenic clones produced were analysed by Q-RT-PCR to determine the level of expression of the pea transgene. A pathogen-inducible pattern of expression of the pea transgene was observed in sgd24-promoter transformants. Adaptation to iron deficiency in vitro was tested in some transgenic clones and different iron metabolism parameters were measured. No strong effect on iron and chlorophyll content, root reductase activity and fire blight susceptibility was detected in the transgenic lines tested. No transformants showed a significant reduction in susceptibility to fire blight in greenhouse conditions when inoculated with E. amylovora
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