PMID- 27047509 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160406 LR - 20200930 IS - 1664-462X (Print) IS - 1664-462X (Electronic) IS - 1664-462X (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2016 TI - Activation of Shikimate, Phenylpropanoid, Oxylipins, and Auxin Pathways in Pectobacterium carotovorum Elicitors-Treated Moss. PG - 328 LID - 10.3389/fpls.2016.00328 [doi] LID - 328 AB - Plants have developed complex defense mechanisms to cope with microbial pathogens. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are perceived by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), leading to the activation of defense. While substantial progress has been made in understanding the activation of plant defense by PAMPs and DAMPs recognition in tracheophytes, far less information exists on related processes in early divergent plants like mosses. The aim of this study was to identify genes that were induced in P. patens in response to elicitors of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, using a cDNA suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) method. A total of 239 unigenes were identified, including genes involved in defense responses related to the shikimate, phenylpropanoid, and oxylipin pathways. The expression levels of selected genes related to these pathways were analyzed using quantitative RT-PCR, confirming their rapid induction by P.c. carotovorum derived elicitors. In addition, P. patens induced cell wall reinforcement after elicitor treatment by incorporation of phenolic compounds, callose deposition, and elevated expression of Dirigent-like encoding genes. Small molecule defense markers and phytohormones such as cinnamic acid, 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, and auxin levels all increased in elicitor-treated moss tissues. In contrast, salicylic acid levels decreased while abscisic acid levels remained unchanged. P. patens reporter lines harboring an auxin-inducible promoter fused to beta-glucuronidase revealed GUS activity in protonemal and gametophores tissues treated with elicitors of P.c. carotovorum, consistent with a localized activation of auxin signaling. These results indicate that P. patens activates the shikimate, phenylpropanoid, oxylipins, and auxin pathways upon treatment with P.c. carotovorum derived elicitors. FAU - Alvarez, Alfonso AU - Alvarez A AD - Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente EstableMontevideo, Uruguay; Laboratorio de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Universidad de la RepublicaMontevideo, Uruguay. FAU - Montesano, Marcos AU - Montesano M AD - Laboratorio de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Universidad de la Republica Montevideo, Uruguay. FAU - Schmelz, Eric AU - Schmelz E AD - Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. FAU - Ponce de Leon, Ines AU - Ponce de Leon I AD - Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable Montevideo, Uruguay. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160322 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Plant Sci JT - Frontiers in plant science JID - 101568200 PMC - PMC4801897 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Pectobacterium carotovorum OT - Physcomitrella patens OT - auxin OT - cell wall OT - defense OT - phenylpropanoid EDAT- 2016/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/06 06:01 PMCR- 2016/01/01 CRDT- 2016/04/06 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fpls.2016.00328 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Plant Sci. 2016 Mar 22;7:328. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00328. eCollection 2016.