Journal
PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 64, Issue 6, Pages 1002-1017Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04385.x
Keywords
arbuscular mycorrhiza; symbiosis; petunia; glomus; phosphate; carotenoid
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- Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)
- 'Pakt fur Forschung und Innovation' of the Leibniz Association, Germany
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P>Most terrestrial plants form arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), mutualistic associations with soil fungi of the order Glomeromycota. The obligate biotrophic fungi trade mineral nutrients, mainly phosphate (P-i), for carbohydrates from the plants. Under conditions of high exogenous phosphate supply, when the plant can meet its own P requirements without the fungus, AM are suppressed, an effect which could be interpreted as an active strategy of the plant to limit carbohydrate consumption of the fungus by inhibiting its proliferation in the roots. However, the mechanisms involved in fungal inhibition are poorly understood. Here, we employ a transcriptomic approach to get insight into potential shifts in metabolic activity and symbiotic signalling, and in the defence status of plants exposed to high P-i levels. We show that in mycorrhizal roots of petunia, a similar set of symbiosis-related genes is expressed as in mycorrhizal roots of Medicago, Lotus and rice. P-i acts systemically to repress symbiotic gene expression and AM colonization in the root. In established mycorrhizal roots, P-i repressed symbiotic gene expression rapidly, whereas the inhibition of colonization followed with a lag of more than a week. Taken together, these results suggest that P-i acts by repressing essential symbiotic genes, in particular genes encoding enzymes of carotenoid and strigolactone biosynthesis, and symbiosis-associated phosphate transporters. The role of these effects in the suppression of symbiosis under high P-i conditions is discussed.
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