Journal
PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 395-401Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12234
Keywords
Cell-to-cell movement; DIR1; lipid transfer protein; long-distance signalling; PDLP; plasmodesmata; systemic acquired resistance
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- NSERC Discovery grant
- Ontario Graduate Scholarships
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Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a plant defence response that provides immunity to distant uninfected leaves after an initial localised infection. The lipid transfer protein (LTP) Defective in Induced Resistance1 (DIR1) is an essential component of SAR that moves from induced to distant leaves following a SAR-inducing local infection. To understand how DIR1 is transported to distant leaves during SAR, we analysed DIR1 movement in transgenic Arabidopsis lines with reduced cell-to-cell movement caused by the overexpression of Plasmodesmata-Located Proteins PDLP1 and PDLP5. These PDLP-overexpressing lines were defective for SAR, and DIR1 antibody signals were not observed in phloem sap-enriched petiole exudates collected from distant leaves. Our data support the idea that cell-to-cell movement of DIR1 through plasmodesmata is important during long-distance SAR signalling in Arabidopsis.
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