Albugo-Imposed Changes to Tryptophan-Derived Antimicrobial
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Albugo-imposed changes to tryptophan-derived antimicrobial metabolite biosynthesis may contribute to suppression of non-host resistance to Phytophthora infestans in Arabidopsis thaliana Prince, David C.; Rallapalli, Ghanasyam ; Xu, Deyang; Schoonbeek, Henk-Jan ; Cevik, Volkan; Asai, Shuta ; Kemen, Eric; Cruz-Mireles, Neftaly ; Kemen, Ariane ; Belhaj, Khaoula ; Schornack, Sebastian; Kamoun, Sophien; B Holub, Eric ; Halkier, Barbara Ann; Jones, Jonathan D G Published in: B M C Biology DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0360-z Publication date: 2017 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Citation for published version (APA): Prince, D. C., Rallapalli, G., Xu, D., Schoonbeek, H-J., Cevik, V., Asai, S., ... Jones, J. D. G. (2017). Albugo- imposed changes to tryptophan-derived antimicrobial metabolite biosynthesis may contribute to suppression of non-host resistance to Phytophthora infestans in Arabidopsis thaliana. B M C Biology, 15, [20]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0360-z Download date: 08. Apr. 2020 Prince et al. BMC Biology (2017) 15:20 DOI 10.1186/s12915-017-0360-z RESEARCHARTICLE Open Access Albugo-imposed changes to tryptophan- derived antimicrobial metabolite biosynthesis may contribute to suppression of non-host resistance to Phytophthora infestans in Arabidopsis thaliana David C. Prince1,2, Ghanasyam Rallapalli1,3, Deyang Xu4, Henk-jan Schoonbeek5, Volkan Çevik1,6, Shuta Asai1,7, Eric Kemen1,8, Neftaly Cruz-Mireles1, Ariane Kemen1,8, Khaoula Belhaj1, Sebastian Schornack1,9, Sophien Kamoun1, Eric B. Holub10, Barbara A. Halkier4 and Jonathan D. G. Jones1* Abstract Background: Plants are exposed to diverse pathogens and pests, yet most plants are resistant to most plant pathogens. Non-host resistance describes the ability of all members of a plant species to successfully prevent colonization by any given member of a pathogen species. White blister rust caused by Albugo species can overcome non-host resistance and enable secondary infection and reproduction of usually non-virulent pathogens, including the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans on Arabidopsis thaliana. However, the molecular basis of host defense suppression in this complex plant–microbe interaction is unclear. Here, we investigate specific defense mechanisms in Arabidopsis that are suppressed by Albugo infection. Results: Gene expression profiling revealed that two species of Albugo upregulate genes associated with tryptophan- derived antimicrobial metabolites in Arabidopsis. Albugo laibachii-infected tissue has altered levels of these metabolites, with lower indol-3-yl methylglucosinolate and higher camalexin accumulation than uninfected tissue. We investigated the contribution of these Albugo-imposed phenotypes to suppression of non-host resistance to P. infestans. Absence of tryptophan-derived antimicrobial compounds enables P. infestans colonization of Arabidopsis, although to a lesser extent than Albugo-infected tissue. A. laibachii also suppresses a subset of genes regulated by salicylic acid; however, salicylic acid plays only a minor role in non-host resistance to P. infestans. Conclusions: Albugo sp. alter tryptophan-derived metabolites and suppress elements of the responses to salicylic acid in Arabidopsis. Albugo sp. imposed alterations in tryptophan-derived metabolites may play a role in Arabidopsis non- host resistance to P. infestans. Understanding the basis of non-host resistance to pathogens such as P. infestans could assist in development of strategies to elevate food security. Keywords: Phytophthora infestans, Albugo, Arabidopsis thaliana, Glucosinolates, Camalexin, Salicylic acid, Non-host resistance * Correspondence: [email protected] 1The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © Jones et al. 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Prince et al. BMC Biology (2017) 15:20 Page 2 of 22 Background solanaceous plant species [14], but not to Arabidopsis Plants are exposed to diverse pathogens and pests, yet [15]. A better understanding of the mechanisms that most plants are resistant to most plant pathogens. Suc- prevent P. infestans colonizing Arabidopsis may lead to cessful pathogens and pests suppress plant immunity to new methods for controlling late blight disease in crop enable plant colonization. Current models envisage a species. Crop protection strategies based on non-host re- multi-level evolutionary arms race between plants and sistance are of interest because they have the potential pathogens or pests [1–4]. Plant defense responses are to be durable. Initial efforts to understand Arabidopsis initiated by recognition of pathogen or pest attack via NHR to P. infestans examined cytological and gene ex- detection of pathogen molecules by plant cell surface re- pression responses. Resistance is associated with epider- ceptors. Relatively invariant and indispensable molecules mal cell death and induction of jasmonic acid (JA) known as microbe- or pathogen-associated molecular responses followed by salicylic acid (SA) responses [15, patterns, are recognized by transmembrane pattern rec- 16]. However, the coronatine-insensitive 1 (coi-1) mutant, ognition receptors at the plasma membrane. This leads compromised in JA signaling, is resistant to P. infestans to signaling responses that result in pattern-triggered [17]. Subsequently, several Arabidopsis genes involved in immunity (PTI). PTI is sufficient to prevent colonization NHR to P. infestans have been identified. Penetration2 by most non-adapted pathogens or pests, but pathogens (PEN2) encodes an atypical myrosinase that hydrolyses which are adapted to particular host plants have evolved 4-methoxyindol-3-ylmethylglucosinolate (4MO-I3M) effectors that suppress PTI. In turn, plants evolved intra- into antimicrobial compounds [18]. PEN3 encodes a cellular receptors that recognize the structure or action pleiotropic drug resistance ATP-binding cassette (ABC) of effectors, resulting in effector-triggered immunity transporter implicated in secreting antimicrobial com- (ETI). The pathogen may subsequently adapt to the host pounds, including those produced by PEN2 [19–21]. further by evolving a variant non-recognized effector or pen2 and pen3/atpdr8 mutants show increased epider- evolving other effectors to suppress ETI. mal penetration and invasive growth by P. infestans and Non-host resistance (NHR) describes the ability of all subsequent enhanced plant cell death in response [19, members of a plant species to successfully prevent 22, 23]. A forward genetic screen to identify additional colonization by any given member of a pathogen species components of Arabidopsis NHR to P. infestans identi- [5, 6]. In principle, NHR might result from the triggering fied enhanced response to Phytophthora (erp) mutants of PTI, ETI or antimicrobial secondary metabolites. It [24, 25]. erp1 encodes a phospholipid:sterol acyltransfer- has been proposed that the more distantly related a non- ase and shows increased cell death and callose deposi- host plant is from a host plant for a pathogen, the tions in the mesophyll without increased growth by the greater the relative contribution of PTI compared to ETI pathogen [24]. erp6 encodes EDR1 (enhanced disease re- in NHR [7]. sistance1) and plays a role in post-invasive NHR to P. Albugo species are obligate biotrophic oomycetes that infestans, where it acts as a negative regulator of PTI, cause white blister or white rust disease in plants [8]. SA signaling, and callose deposition [25]. However, while Albugo laibachii specializes on Arabidopsis [9], whereas P. infestans can penetrate into the leaf tissue of some of A. candida is comprised of physiological races (formae the Arabidopsis mutants so far identified, there have speciales) that cause disease in diverse members of the been no reports of P. infestans producing haustoria or Brassicaceae, Cleomaceae, and Capparaceae [8, 10]. Al- sporulating. though most plants resist most pathogens, Albugo spp. Compounds that are not directly involved in the pri- not only overcome plant immune responses against mary processes of basic growth and development are themselves, but also suppress immunity against other termed secondary metabolites, which comprise a large filamentous pathogens. A. laibachii and A. candida can collection of diverse small molecules. Specific classes of suppress resistance in Arabidopsis and Brassica juncea secondary metabolite are often restricted to a narrow to downy mildews and other filamentous pathogens to phylogenetic lineage [26], but may perform conserved which the plants are naturally resistant [10, 11]. Sup- functions in plant immunity [27]. Arabidopsis secondary pression of immunity could allow A. candida strains metabolites with a role in defense include the with different host ranges to co-exist on the same host tryptophan-derived secondary metabolites glucosino- and sexually reproduce, thus allowing