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Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception

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  • Cyril Zipfel

    (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
    University of Basel)

  • Silke Robatzek

    (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
    University of Basel)

  • Lionel Navarro

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane)

  • Edward J. Oakeley

    (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)

  • Jonathan D. G. Jones

    (The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane)

  • Georg Felix

    (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
    University of Basel)

  • Thomas Boller

    (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
    University of Basel)

Abstract

Plants and animals recognize microbial invaders by detecting pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)1,2,3,4,5 such as flagellin6,7,8,9,10. However, the importance of flagellin perception for disease resistance has, until now, not been demonstrated7,8,9,10,11. Here we show that treatment of plants with flg22, a peptide representing the elicitor-active epitope of flagellin6, induces the expression of numerous defence-related genes and triggers resistance to pathogenic bacteria in wild-type plants, but not in plants carrying mutations in the flagellin receptor gene FLS2. This induced resistance seems to be independent of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid and ethylene signalling. Wild-type and fls2 mutants both display enhanced resistance when treated with crude bacterial extracts, even devoid of elicitor-active flagellin, indicating the existence of functional perception systems for PAMPs other than flagellin. Although fls2 mutant plants are as susceptible as the wild type when bacteria are infiltrated into leaves, they are more susceptible to the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 when it is sprayed on the leaf surface. Thus, flagellin perception restricts bacterial invasion, probably at an early step, and contributes to the plant's disease resistance.

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  • Cyril Zipfel & Silke Robatzek & Lionel Navarro & Edward J. Oakeley & Jonathan D. G. Jones & Georg Felix & Thomas Boller, 2004. "Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception," Nature, Nature, vol. 428(6984), pages 764-767, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:428:y:2004:i:6984:d:10.1038_nature02485
    DOI: 10.1038/nature02485
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