July
2000
, Volume
13
, Number
7
Pages
763
-
777
Authors
Peter
Salzer
,
1
Athos
Bonanomi
,
1
Katinka
Beyer
,
1
Regina
Vögeli-Lange
,
1
Roger A.
Aeschbacher
,
1
Jürg
Lange
,
1
Andres
Wiemken
,
1
Dongjin
Kim
,
2
Douglas R.
Cook
,
2
and
Thomas
Boller
1
Affiliations
1Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Hebelstrasse 1, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; 2Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and The Crop Biotechnology Center, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-2132, U.S.A.
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Accepted 9 March 2000.
Abstract
Expression of eight different chitinase genes, representing members of five chitinase classes, was studied in Medicago truncatula roots during formation of arbuscular mycorrhiza with Glomus intraradices, nodulation with Rhizobium meliloti, and pathogen attack by Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. medicaginis, Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli (compatible interactions with root rot symptoms), Ascochyta pisi (compatible, symptomless), and F. solani f. sp. pisi (incompatible, nonhost interaction). In the compatible plant-pathogen interactions, expression of class I, II, and IV chitinase genes was enhanced. The same genes were induced during nodulation. Transcripts of class I and II chitinase genes accumulated transiently during early stages of the interaction, and transcripts of the class IV chitinase gene accumulated in mature nodules. The pattern of chitinase gene expression in mycorrhizal roots was markedly different: Expression of class I, II, and IV chitinase genes was not enhanced, whereas expression of three class III chitinase genes, with almost no basal expression, was strongly induced. Two of these three (Mtchitinase III-2 and Mtchitinase III-3) were not induced at all in interactions with pathogens and rhizobia. Thus, the expression of two mycorrhiza-specific class III chitinase genes can be considered a hallmark for the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhiza in Medicago truncatula.
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Additional keywords:
chalcone synthase,
trehalase.
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