Plant basal resistance - Universiteit Utrecht
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Chapter 1<br />
an endogenous plant signalling metabolite, or that it activates a plant regulatory protein<br />
controlling multiple immune responses simultaneously. Indeed, research on BABA-induced<br />
defence priming in Arabidopsis revealed that BABA not only mimics SAR-related priming<br />
of SA-dependent defences, but it also primes for pathogen-induced deposition of callose-<br />
containing papillae (Zimmerli et al., 2000; Ton et al., 2005). This priming of cell wall defence<br />
functions independently of SA and JA, but requires intact biosynthesis and perception of the<br />
plant hormone ABA (Ton and Mauch-Mani, 2004; Van der Ent et al., 2009)<br />
Table I. Chemicals that trigger priming of defence in plants after exogenous application.<br />
Chemical Stimulus Primed defence response <strong>Plant</strong> Species Reference<br />
Benzothiadiazole<br />
(BTH)<br />
PAL gene induction Arabidopsis (Kohler et al., 2002)<br />
Probenazole SA-inducible genes Rice (Iwai et al., 2007)<br />
Saccharin Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase<br />
activity<br />
Beta amino butyric<br />
acid (BABA)<br />
Thiamine<br />
(Vitamin B1)<br />
SA-inducible genes and<br />
callose deposition<br />
ROS accumulation, callose<br />
deposition, and SAinduced<br />
expression<br />
18<br />
Barley (Boyle and Walters, 2006)<br />
Arabidopsis (Zimmerli et al., 2000; Ton<br />
and Mauch-Mani, 2004)<br />
Arabidopsis (Ahn et al., 2007)<br />
Cytokinins SA-inducible genes Arabidopsis (Choi et al., 2011)<br />
JA-inducible genes Poplar (Dervinis et al., 2010)<br />
Scopoletin and Capsidiol Tobacco (Großkinsky et al., 2011)<br />
Azelaic acid SA-inducible genes Arabidopsis (Jung et al., 2009)<br />
Quercetin ROS accumulation, callose<br />
deposition, and PR1 gene<br />
induction<br />
Molecular mechanisms of priming<br />
Arabidopsis (Jia et al., 2010)<br />
In contrast to research on innate plant defences that are directly responsive to pathogens<br />
and herbivores, the majority of research on priming of defence has remained limited to a<br />
description of the phenomenon after treatment with <strong>resistance</strong>-inducing agents, along with<br />
an assessment of its effectiveness in terms of disease <strong>resistance</strong> (Conrath et al., 2006; Frost<br />
et al., 2008). Only a few research groups have begun to address the mechanistic basis of<br />
defence priming (Conrath, 2011). Consequently, there are still many open questions about<br />
defence priming in plants, particularly with respect to the signalling mechanisms controlling<br />
the onset and long-term maintenance of the phenomenon.