November
2012
, Volume
25
, Number
11
Pages
1,459
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1,468
Authors
Heather L. Shearer,1
Yu Ti Cheng,2
Lipu Wang,3
Jinman Liu,4
Patrick Boyle,5
Charles Després,5
Yuelin Zhang,4
Xin Li,2,6 and
Pierre R. Fobert1
Affiliations
1National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0W9, Canada; 2Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; 3Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada; 4National Institute of Biological Sciences, Zhongguancun Life Science Park, 7 Science Park Road, Beijing 102206, P.R. China; 5Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada; 6Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Accepted 6 July 2012.
Abstract
Transcriptional reprogramming during induction of salicylic acid (SA)-mediated defenses is regulated primarily by NPR1 (NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 1), likely through interactions with TGA bZIP transcription factors. To ascertain the contributions of clade I TGA factors (TGA1 and TGA4) to defense responses, a tga1-1 tga4-1 double mutant was constructed and challenged with Pseudomonas syringae and Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. Although the mutant displayed enhanced susceptibility to virulent P. syringae, it was not compromised in systemic acquired resistance against this pathogen or resistance against avirulent H. arabidopsidis. Microarray analysis of nonelicited and SA-treated plants indicated that clade I TGA factors regulate fewer genes than NPR1. Approximately half of TGA-dependent genes were regulated by NPR1 but, in all cases, the direction of change was opposite in the two mutants. In support of the microarray data, the NPR1-independent disease resistance observed in the autoimmune resistance (R) gene mutant snc1 is partly compromised by tga1-1 tga4-1 mutations, and a triple mutant of clade I TGA factors with npr1-1 is more susceptible than either parent. These results suggest that clade I TGA factors are required for resistance against virulent pathogens and avirulent pathogens mediated by at least some R gene specificities, acting substantially through NPR1-independent pathways.
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