Affiliation:
1. Centre for Research in Plant Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom (R.D., J.T.H., S.J.N.); and
2. Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, RIKEN Tsukuba Institute, 3–1–1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0074, Japan (K.I., K.S.)
Abstract
Abstract
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are key enzymes that mediate adaptive responses to various abiotic and biotic stresses, including pathogen challenge. The proteinaceous bacterial elicitor harpin (secreted by Pseudomonas syringae pvsyringae) activates two MAPKs in suspension cultures of Arabidopsis var. Landsberg erecta. In this study, we show that harpin and exogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) activate myelin basic protein kinases in Arabidopsis leaves. Using anti-AtMPK4 and anti-AtMPK6 antibodies, we identify the harpin-activated MAPKs in both leaves and suspension cultures as AtMPK4 and AtMPK6, and show that H2O2, generated by Arabidopsis cells in response to challenge with harpin, activates only AtMPK6. However, treatments with catalase, which removes H2O2, or diphenylene iodonium, which inhibits superoxide and H2O2 production, do not inhibit harpin-induced activation of AtMPK4 or AtMPK6. In addition, activation of AtMPK4 but not AtMPK6 is inhibited by the MAPK kinase inhibitor PD98059. Neither harpin nor H2O2 has any effect onAtMPK4 or AtMPK6 gene expression. In addition, the expression of AtMEKK1,AtMEK1, or AtMKK2, previously shown to be potential functional partners of AtMPK4, were not affected by either harpin or H2O2 treatments. These data suggest that harpin activates several signaling pathways, one leading to stimulation of the oxidative burst and others leading to the activation of AtMPK4 or AtMPK6.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Plant Science,Genetics,Physiology
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