METHOD FOR INDUCING ACQUIRED RESISTANCE IN A PLANT
20200367495 ยท 2020-11-26
Inventors
Cpc classification
C05G1/00
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
International classification
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to the field of plant protection products and concerns a method for inducing acquired resistance in a plant to a plant pathogen, comprising obtaining or providing a composition comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof, and contacting a plant with said composition, thereby inducing acquired resistance in the plant to the plant pathogen. Further, the present invention relates to the use of 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof for inducing acquired resistance in a plant to a plant pathogen. Also encompassed by the present invention are a plant seed coated with a composition comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof, an irrigation system filled with irrigation water comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof in a concentration of at least 0.1 mM, and a composition comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof in a concentration of at least 0.1 mM, and a plant nutrient and/or a further plant protection product or a salt or derivative thereof.
Claims
1. A method for inducing acquired resistance in a plant to a plant pathogen, comprising a) obtaining or providing a composition comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof, and b) contacting a plant with said composition, thereby inducing acquired resistance in the plant.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said acquired resistance is induced by priming said plant to induce a resistance response to a plant pathogen.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plant is a monocot or dicot.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said plant pathogen is a bacterium, fungus, oomycete, or virus
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said plant pathogen is a biotrophic or hemibiotrophic plant pathogen.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said plant is contacted with said composition by contacting the roots, shoots or leaves of the plants with said composition.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said plant is contacted with said composition at least once per month.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof in a concentration of at least 0.1 mM.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said composition further comprises at least one plant nutrient and/or at least one further plant protection product or salt or derivative thereof.
10. (canceled)
11. A plant seed coated with a composition comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof.
12. An irrigation system filled with irrigation water comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof in a concentration of least 0.1 mM.
13. A fertilizer comprising 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof in a concentration of at least 0.1 mM.
14. The fertilizer of claim 13, wherein said fertilizer is a nitrogen fertilizer, a phosphate fertilizer, or a potassium fertilizer, and/or wherein said fertilizer is a NPK fertilizer.
15. A composition comprising a) 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid or a salt or derivative thereof in a concentration of at least 0.1 mM, and b) a plant nutrient and/or a further plant protection product or a salt or derivative thereof.
Description
[0094] The Figures show:
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[0096] (A) N-hydroxy-Pip (NHP) accumulates in wild-type Col-0 plants but not in ald1 and fmo1 after P. syringae inoculation. Segment of overlaid ion chromatograms (m/z=100) of GCMS-analysed extract samples from mock-treated or Psm-inoculated leaves (48 hpi) of Col0, ald1, and fmo1 plants after sample derivatisation by methylation. The molecular species 1a is exclusively present in the Col-0-Psm samples (green).
[0097] (B) Biochemical in vitro assays with recombinant FMO1, as analysed by GC-MS after analyte derivatisation by methylation. Segments of overlaid ion chromatograms (m/z=100) are shown. Substance 1a is detected as the reaction product in full enzyme assays containing 50 g ml.sup.1 FMO1, 200 M FAD+, 400 M NADH, and 10 mM L-Pip as the substrate (blue). 1a is not detected in control assays lacking either L-Pip (red), FMO1 protein (black), FAD cofactor (green), or NADH (brown).
[0098] (C) Mass spectrum of 1a from Col-0 extract samples, which is identical to the spectra recorded from samples of the enzymatically-generated substance and of chemically synthesized, authentic N-hydroxy-Pip (Figure S5). The chemical structure of methylated (derivatised) NHP, the molecular ion (M.sup.+) of m/z 159, and a plausible fragmentation that causes the dominant m/z 100 ion are indicated. The methyl group introduced by sample derivatization is indicated in blue.
[0099] (D) Infrared (IR) spectrum of 1a, as determined by GC-Fourier Transform IR spectroscopic analysis of a Col-0-Psm extract sample. Assignments of main IR bands to functional group vibrations (wavenumber/vibration): 3595 cm.sup.1/OH stretching; 2952 cm.sup.1/CH (methyl) stretching; 2867 and 2838 cm.sup.1/CH (methylene) stretching; 1761 cm.sup.1/CO stretching; 1187 cm.sup.1/CO stretching.
[0100] (E) Segment of overlaid ion chromatograms (m/z=172) of GC-MS-analysed extract samAles from mock-treated or Psm-inoculated leaves (48 hpi) of Col-0, ald1, and fmo1 plants after sample derivatisation by trimethylsilylation. Bis-trimethylsilylated NHP 1b is exclusively detected in the Col-0-Psm samples (green).
[0101] (F and G) NHP is biosynthetically derived from Pip and L-Lys in plants. Feeding of isotope-labelled D.sub.9-Pip (F) and L-Lys-4,4,5,5-d.sub.4 (G) to Psm-inoculated Col-0 plants results, in addition to natural NHP (m/z 172), in the formation of D.sub.9-labelled NHP (m/z 181) (F) and D.sub.4-labelled NHP (m/z 176) (G), respectively. GC-MS analyses were performed after sample derivatisation by trimethylsilylation.
[0102] (H-J) Mass spectra with indicated M.sup.+ ions and plausible fragmentation patterns of bis-trimethylsilylated NHP (1b) (H), D.sub.9-NHP (I), and D.sub.4-NHP (J). The spectra are derived from the substance peaks depicted in (E), (F), and (G). Please note the shifts in the fragmentation patterns by nine (I) and four (J) mass units compared to unlabelled 1b.
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[0105] The aminotransferase ALD1 catalyses the transfer of the a-amino group of L-Lys to acceptor oxoacis such as pyruvate. The product oxoacid e-amino-a-ketocaproic acid (KAC) in turn undergoes dehydrative cyclization to 1,2-dehydroxypipecolic acid (1,2-DP) which isomerizes to the in planta detectable enamine 2,3-DP. The reductase SARD4/ORNCD1 and other reductase activities then catalyse the NAD(P)H-consuming reduction of DP intermediates to Pip. Finally, Pip is N-hydroxylated by the Flavin monooxygenase FMO1 to NHP whose accumulation is necessary for SAR. The pathway is activated at the level of transcription. ALD1, SARD4, and FMO1 transcripts systemically accumulate in the Arabidopsis foliage and are positively regulated by Pip and the EDS1/PAD4 defense signaling node. SA cooperates with NHP in acquired resistance induction and dampens the surplus accumulation of NHP.
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[0107] (A) 5 week-old Arabidopsis Col-0, ald1, or fmo1 plants were pretreated with 10 ml of a 1 mM solution of Pip (middle) or NHP (right) via the soil (doses of 10 mol per plant). Non-pretreated plants were watered with 10 ml of H.sub.2O instead (left). One day later, four leaves of each plant were inoculated with Psm lux (OD.sub.600 nm=0.001). Representative plants were photographed 72 h post inoculation (hpi). The pathogen-inoculated leaves are marked with white asterisks at the bases of their leaf blades.
[0108] (B and C) Bacterial numbers were assessed at 60 h post inoculation with the bioluminescent Psm lux strain by luminescence measurements and expressed as relative light units (rlu) per cm.sup.2 leaf area. Data represent the meanSD of the growth values of at least 20 leaf replicates from 6 to 7 different plants. Different letters above the bars denote statistically significant differences (P<0.005, ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey HSD test). Experiments with Col-0, ald1 and fmo1 (B) and Col-0 and sid2 (C) are shown. The results were confirmed in three independent experiments.
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[0110] (A) 4 week-old Arabidopsis Col-0, ald1, fmo1, and sid2 plants were pretreated with Pip (middle) or NHP (right) as described in
[0111] (B) Micrographs (magnification 50-fold) of Trypan-blue-stained leaves of Hpa Noco2-inoculated Arabidopsis Col-0 plants at 7 dpi, representing typical disease stages (I, II, III) or resistance phenotypes (IV, V). I: free intercellular hyphae (IH) inside leaf; II: conidiophores (CPs) on leaf surface; III: area with dense oospore (OS) formation on leaf; IV: trailing necrosis (TN) of plant cells encasing hyphae; V: symptom-free leaf with sporadically occurring, highly localized hypersensitive response (HR) lesions by a single or a few plant cells.
[0112] (C) Quantitative assessment of different disease stages (IH, CP, OS) and resistance characteristics (TN) of inoculated leaves of control-, Pip-pretreated or NHP-pretreated Col-0 plants at 7 dpi. Top left: length of total intercellular hyphae (mm) per cm.sup.2 leaf area. Top right: Length of intercellular hyphae associated with trailing necrosis (TN) related to the length of total (sum of free and TN-associated) intercellular hyphae (in %). Bottom left: number of conidiophores per cm.sup.2 leaf area. Bottom right: number of oospores per cm.sup.2 leaf area. Bars represent meansSD of 10 leaf replicates from 5 different plants.
[0113] (D) Quantitative assessment of different disease stages (IH, CP, OS) of Hpa-inoculated Col-0, ald1, fmo1, and sid2 plants in a further experiment. Bars represent meansSD of 10 to 12 leaf replicates from 5 to 6 different plants. Different letters above the bars denote statistically significant differences (P<0.05, ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey HSD test). The results were confirmed in three independent experiments.
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[0115] As can be derived from
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[0117] A. Effect of Different Doses of NHP Against Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 Plants.
[0118] Plant pots were supplied with 10 ml of water or 10 ml of variably concentrated NHP solutions (0.1 mM, 1 mM and 10 mM, corresponding to a total applied amount of 1, 10 and 100 mol of NHP per pot, respectively) 24 h prior to inoculation with bioluminescent Psm lux (OD.sub.600=0.001) to determine the efficacy of NHP at different doses. Bacterial growth was assessed 54 h later by luminescence and expressed as relative light units (rlu) per cm.sup.2 leaf area. Data represent the meanSD of the growth values of at least 8 plants with 3 leaf replicates each. The leaves of plants treated with a 1 mM solution had about 11-fold lower levels of bacteria compared to the leaves of control plants, making them largely symptom-free. At a 10-fold lower dose (1 mol/pot) there was still a statistically significant reduction of bacterial numbers (about 2-fold). The pre-treatment with 100 mol of NHP manifested a highly significant preventive effect against Pseudomonas syringae, resulting in an about 20-fold reduction as compared to mock-treated plants and thus a significant augmentation of the resistance effect compared to plants treated with 10 mol of NHP, attested by a further 2-fold reduction of bacterial growth.
[0119] B. Preventive Effect of NHP on Arabidopsis Plants Inoculated at Different Time Points after Applying a Fixed Dose of 10 Mol of NHP to Individual Pots.
[0120] In this experiment, 10 ml of 1 mM solution of NHP were applied 1, 3 and 7 days before infection (dbi) with bioluminescent Psm lux (OD600=0.001) to determine how long the protective effect of NHP-treatment is lasting. Bacterial growth of treated plants was assessed 54 hours after inoculation with Psm lux as described above. Plants treated 1 d before inoculation with Psm lux showed an about 9-fold reduction in bacterial numbers in inoculated leaves as compared to mock-treated plants. After 3 days, the reduction in bacterial numbers was still highly significant at about 6-fold. Plants pre-treated 7 days before inoculation with Psm lux also showed a significant reduction in bacterial numbers in leaves (at about 3-fold).
[0121] C. Exogeneous Application of NHP Via Foliar Spray Results in a Strong Induction of Arabidopsis thaliana Immunity to Pseudomonas syringae Infection.
[0122] 4 to 5-week old Col-0 plants were pre-treated 24 hours before inoculation with Psm lux by spraying a 1 mM solution of NHP or a mock solution, both supplemented with 0.005% of the surfactant Silwet 1-77, on individual Arabidopsis plants until the adaxial side of the leaves (upper side) was evenly covered in fine droplets of the solution. In total, 10 ml of the solution were needed to saturate the leaves of 12 plants (=1 tray) with droplets. Please note that in watering experiments the same dose is used for the treatment of one single plant (10 ml of a 1 mM NHP solution per pot; e.g.
[0123] D. Pre-Treatment of 1 Leaves by Infiltration of a 1 mM NHP Solution Leads to a Strong Induction of Immunity to Subsequent Infection with P. syringae in the Local (Left) and Systemic (Right) Foliage.
[0124] 5-week old plants have been pressure-infiltrated either with a 1 mM solution of NHP or respective mock solutions from the abaxial side of the leaf 24 h before inoculation of either 1 or 2-leaves with Psm lux and assessment of bacterial growth via bioluminescence as described above. In both scenarios a strong preventive protection effect in the local as well as the systemic foliage towards subsequent Psm lux infection could be observed, resulting in an about 8-fold reduction of bacterial numbers when Psm lux was infiltrated in the pre-treated 1 leaves and a more than 15-fold reduction when 2-leaves were inoculated. Experimental details and statistical analyses are as described for
[0125] Growth Conditions and Statistical Analysis:
[0126] All plants used in the resistance assays described in
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[0128] A to C. Accumulation of NHP Biosynthetic Pathway Metabolites in the Course of Hostpathogen-Interactions in Selected Monocotyledonous and Dicotyledonous Plant Species.
[0129] The accumulation of NHP and its direct biosynthetic precursor Pip was investigated in the following plant-pathogen constellations. (A) 4 week-old, MS-medium-grown tomato plants (cultivar M82) were inoculated with Phytophthora infestans strain D12.2 (50 spores/ml) and samples were taken at 24 h and 48 h after infection. A strong pathogen-induced accumulation of Pip (>20 g/g fresh weight; FW) and NHP (>4 g/g FW) could be observed in inoculated plants (p) after 48 h. Mock-treated plants (m) showed only traces of Pip and no NHP at the chosen harvest time points. (B) 3-week-old Soy bean plants (Glycine max: cultivar Maple Arrow) were spray-inoculated onto the abaxial side of the first fully extended trifoliate with a suspension of Pseudomonas syringae subsp. savastanoi (DSM 50267: OD600=0.1; 0.005% Silwet 1-77) and samples were taken after first severe disease symptoms developed (9 dpi). At this distinct time point pathogen-induced Pip as well as NHP could be detected at moderate levels in Psm-inoculated plants (4 g/g FW Pip and 1-2 g/g FW NHP). (C) Barley (Hordeum vulgare) plants (3-weeks-old) inoculated with the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (by foliar spray with a mock solution or a solution containing 2*10.sup.5 conidiospores/ml, 2 g/l gelatin, 1 m/l Tween) showed a strong pathogen-induced accumulation of the NHP-precursor Pip at 5 dpi, whereas mock-treated plants only showed traces of the metabolite. At this harvest point low amounts of pathogen-induced NHP could be detected. Future studies including additional plant-pathogen pairs, with an emphasis on plants with a high nutritional and economical value, will have to be conducted. Of particular interest will be the tempo-spatial accumulation of NHP in response to an individual pathogen stimulus to determine optimal pre-treatment conditions, such as the best time window and mode of application for each host-pathogen constellation. Bars represent mean values (+SD) of at least 3 replicate samples.
[0130] D. NHP Watering Confers Disease Resistance to Tobacco Plants Inoculated with Pseudomonas tabaci.
[0131] Left: NHP accumulates in tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Xanthi) strongly at 48 and 72 hours after inoculation with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (DSM 1856) with peak values of approximately 10 g/g FW after 72 h. No NHP could be detected in mock-treated plants. Right: Soil applied NHP induces resistance in tobacco plants to Pseudomonas tabaci infection. Plant pots with tobacco at the 4-leaf stage (BBCH growth stage 1004) were supplied with either 40 ml of H.sub.2O (mock-treatment; left) or 40 ml of 1 mM Pip or NHP (=40 mol) 1 d prior to inoculation with a suspension (OD600=0.005, 0/N-culture grown at 18 C.) of Pseudomonas tabaci via pressure infiltration. The total dose of NHP was adjusted to compensate for the 4-5 fold bigger soil volume of the pots and the significantly higher biomass of tobacco plants at this growth stage as compared to Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Infiltrated 1 leaves from representative plants were cut and photographed 48 h after the initial infection. Please note the distinct disease symptoms in the watertreated control plant. The disease symptoms (arrows indicate areas of strong yellowing and wilting) are severely reduced in the Pip-pretreated plants and almost absent in NHP-pretreated plants.
[0132] Growth Conditions:
[0133] All plants used in the metabolite analyses studies have been grown under the following conditions in environmentally controlled growth chambers. Tomato plants were grown with a 12 h light and 12 h dark cycle at 23 C. (day) and 18 C. (night). Soy plants were grown with a 16 h light- and 8 h light cycle at 25 C. (day) and 23 (night), at a relative humidity of 70%. Barley plants were grown with a 16 h light- and 8 h dark-rhythm at 18 C. and 65% relative humidity. After incubation with Magnaporthe oryzae, barley plants were kept for 24 h at 24-26 C. and 100% relative humidity before being covered with a plastic hood and cultivated under the growing conditions described above.
[0134] All references cited herein are incorporated by reference with respect to their entire disclosure content.
[0135] The following Examples shall illustrate the invention. They shall, however, not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
EXAMPLE 1: METHODS
Experimental Model and Subject Details
Arabidopsis
[0136] Arabidopsis thaliana plants were grown individually in pots containing a mixture of soil (Substrat BP3; Klasmann-Deilmann), vermiculite, and sand (8:1:1) in an enviromentally controlled cultivation chamber with a 10 -h-day (9 AM to 7 PM)/14-h-night cycle. Relative humidity in the growth chambers was adjusted to 60% and day and night temperatures were set to 21 C. and 18 C., respectively. For inoculation experiments with Pseudomonas syringae (metabolite and isotope-labeling studies, assessment of basal resistance), 5- to 6-week-old plants with an unstressed, uniform appearance were used, whereas experiments with Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis were performed with 3- to 4-week-old, nave plants, if not stated otherwise. The ald1 and fmo1 mutants represent the SALK lines SALK 007673 and SALK 026163, respectively (Mishina and Zeier, 2006; Nvarovet al., 2012). Further sid2-1 (sid2, ics1), npr1-2 (npr1, NASC ID: N3801), pad4-1 (pad4), sard4-5 (sard4; GABI 428E01) and eds1-2 (eds1) were used in this study (see Bernsdorff et al., 2016 and Hartmann et al., 2017 for a more detailed description). All Arabidopsis mutant lines used are in the Col-0 background.
Pseudomonas
[0137] Pseudomonas syringae pv maculicola ES4326 (Psm) and Psm carrying the Photorhabdus luminescens luxCDABE operon (Psm lux) were grown at 28 C. in King's B medium containing the appropriate antibiotics (concentrations: rifampicin 50 g L-1, kanamycin 50 g L-1, tetracycline 15 g L-1) under permanent shaking (Hartmann et al., 2017; Fan et al., 2008). For experiments, overnight log-phase cultures were washed four times with 10 mM MgCl.sub.2 solution and diluted to different final OD.sub.600 levels for leaf inoculation as detailed in the respective sections. In general, the diluted bacterial solutions as well as mixtures thereof containing metabolites of interest, such as labelled isotopes, were carefully pressure infiltrated from the abaxial side of the leaves using a needleless syringe.
Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Downy Mildew)
[0138] The oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa) is the causal agent of downey mildew in the model plant Arabidopsis and has been extensively studied in the context of host/pathogen co-evolution (Slusarenko and Schlaich, 2003). Due to its obligate biotrophic lifecycle, Hpa has to be maintained on a weekly basis on susceptible Arabidopsis accessions and mutants to ensure its survival. In our study, Arabidopsis Col-0 wildtype plants were used for the propagation of the compatible Hpa isolate Noco2 (Bartsch et al., 2006; kind gift from Professor Jane Parker, MPIPZ Cologne). Therefore, 2 weeks old Arabidopsis plants (50-100 individuals/pot) were spray-inoculated with a conidio spore suspension (510.sup.4 conidiospores per mL of water) until the leaves were saturated. The inoculated plants were then maintained on sealed trays with a transparent lid under short day (10 hours light period/18 C. during day and night) and high humidity conditions (>90% humidity) in an environmentally controlled growth chamber (Percival Scientific: Model SE-41).
Method Details
GC-MS Analysis of Metabolites
[0139] In this study, two major analytical procedures for plant metabolite extraction and derivatization were used. The first method converts free carboxylic acids into their respective methyl esters after sample derivatization with trimethylsilyl-diazomethane. This optimizes GC separation of organic acids (Schmelz et al., 2004; Hartmann et al., 2017). This procedure was mainly used for the initial identification of NHP from plant tissues and analysis of enzyme assays. The second method is based on the trimethylsilylation of carboxyl-, hydroxyl- and amino-groups of the sample analytes and was employed for the quantification of NHP and other target metabolites in plant tissue and as an alternative procedure of identification for NHP.
[0140] The first method has been described in detail previously (Nvarovet al., 2012; Hartmann et al., 2017). Levels of NHP and other metabolites in Arabidopsis leaf samples or from enzyme activity assays were determined after solvent extraction of the samples material followed by a vapour-phase extraction-based work up of the extracts and subsequent analysis of the resulting derivatized samples. Shock-frozen leaf material (approximately 100-200 mg pooled from up to six leaves) was ground to a fine powder using a pre-chilled ball mill and immediately homogenized with 600 l of extraction buffer, consisting of H.sub.2O:1-propanol:HCl (1:2:0.005). In the case of enzyme assays, 50-100 l of the aqueous assays were used and extracted as described above. After the addition of 100 ng of D.sub.4-salicylic acid as internal standard, 1 ml of methylene chloride was added and the mixture was thoroughly re-homogenized (>30 sec) and then centrifuged at 14000g for 1 min to achieve optimal phase separation. For the analyses of NHP, the lower organic phase was removed, dried with Na.sub.2SO.sub.4, and incubated with 4 l of 2 M trimethylsilyl-diazomethane in hexane (Sigma-Aldrich) for 5 min at room temperature, driving the conversion of carboxylic acids into the corresponding methyl esters. The methylation reaction was stopped by addition of an excess of acetic acid (4 l of a 2 M solution in hexane) to the vials, and the sample was then subjected to a vapour phase extraction procedure at 70 C. and 200 C. under a steady stream of nitrogen by using a volatile collector trap packed with Porapak-Q absorbent (Porapak-Q absorbent (VCT-1/4X3-POR-Q; Analytical Research Systems) according to Schmelz et al. (2004). The volatilized and trapped metabolites were then eluted from the absorbent with 1 ml methylene chloride. Finally, the sample volume was reduced to 30 l in a stream of nitrogen prior to GC-MS analysis. 4 l of the resulting sample mixture were then separated on a gas chromatograph (GC 7890A; Agilent Technologies) equipped with a fused silica capillary column (ZB5 MS, Zebron) and mass spectra were recorded with a 5975C mass spectrometric detector (Agilent Technologies) in the electron ionization (EI) mode as described before (Nvarovet al., 2012; Hartmann et al., 2017). NHP was analyzed by the selected ion chromatogram of mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) 100.
[0141] For the second method, 40-60 mg of freshly pulverized, frozen leaf tissue were extracted twice with 1 ml of MeOH/H.sub.2O (80:20, v/v) extraction buffer. The buffer for the initial extraction step was additionally supplemented with various internal standards, including d.sub.9-Pip (1000 ng) for the quantification of Pip, D.sub.4-SA (500 ng) for the quantification of SA and 2-hydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid (2-HCC; 1000 ng) for the quantification of NHP. During each individual extraction step, samples were first homogenized thoroughly by vortexing (>30 sec), then incubated on a rotary mixer (150 rpm/min) at 4 C. for at least 5 min. Afterwards samples were centrifuged for 2 min at 14000g and the supernatants from both extraction steps (2 ml total volume) combined into one 2 ml Eppendorf vial. At this stage, samples could be stored for several days at 80 C. For subsequent derivatization, aliquots of 400 to 800 l of this extract were evaporated to dryness using a ScanSpeed vacuum centrifuge (Labogene ApS, Denmark). The derivatization procedure itself started with the addition of 20 l pyridine, followed by 20 l N-Methyl-N-trimethylsilylfluoroacetamide (MSTFA) containing 1% TCMS (v/v) and 60 l of hexane. Between each pipetting step, the sample vials were thoroughly vortexed. The resulting reaction mixture was first incubated for 30 min at 70 C. and then allowed to cool down at room temperature for an additional 30 min. Finally, aliquots of the samples were transferred to a GC vial and diluted 5 to 10-fold with hexane. 2 l of the sample mixture were then separated on a gas chromatograph (GC 7890A; Agilent Technologies) equipped with a fused silica capillary column (Phenomenex ZB-35; 30 m0.25 mm0.25 m) and mass spectra were recorded with a 5975C mass spectrometric detector (Agilent Technologies) in the electron ionization (EI) mode. The GC oven temperature program was as follows: initial temperature of 70 C. for 2 min, followed by a gradient to 320 C. at a rate of 10 C./min, followed by a final hold time of 5 min (Total run time: 32 min). For quantitative determination of individual metabolites, peaks originating from selected chromatograms of a specific m/z ration were integrated and quantified by relating the areas of a substance peak to the peak area of the corresponding internal standard (IS): NHP (m/z 172)/IS: 2-HCC (m/z 273); Pip (m/z 156)/IS: D.sub.9-Pip (m/z 165); SA (m/z 267)/IS: D4-SA (m/z 271). Correction factors experimentally determined for each substance by use of authentic substances were considered. Metabolite levels were related to leaf fresh weight.
GC-FTIR Analysis of Metabolites
[0142] GC-IRD spectra were acquired as detailed in Hartmann et al. (2017). Briefly, spectra were recorded with a resolution of 16 cm.sup.1 and a scan rate of eight scans per second using a Hewlett-Packard 6890 Series gas chromatograph coupled with an IRD3 infrared detector manufactured by ASAP analytical (Analytical Solutions and Providers, Covington, Ky.USA). The IRD method parameters were as follows: Resolution=16; Apodization=Triangle; Phase correction=Mertz; Zero-Fill=1; Co-Add=2. Flow cell and the transfer line temperatures were both set to 250 C. Nitrogen was used as sweep gas. The GC was operated in splitless mode using helium as carrier gas, with a flow rate adjusted to 2 mL/min and a column head pressure of 9.54 psi. The GC-IRD studies were carried out with a fused silica capillary column (Zebron ZB-5; 30 m0.32 mm0.25 m) purchased from Phenomenex Corporation (Aschaffenburg, Germany). The GC oven temperature program was as follows: an initial temperature of 50 C. for 3 min, ramped up to 240 C. for 8 min, followed by a ramping step to 320 C. over the course of 20 min (Total time: 33.75 min). In general, 1-4 l of a respective, derivatized sample were injected using an Agilent 7863 Series autoinjector. To simplify the identification of relevant target peaks, all method parameters including the derivatization of the samples by diazomethane (yielding methylesters of carboxylic acids), the GC column, as well as the temperature program used in our GC-IRD studies were identical to those used in the complementing GC-MS studies.
Chemical Synthesis of N-hydroxypipecolic Acid (NHP)
[0143] Authentic 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid (N-hydroxypipecolic acid) was synthesized according to a protocol of Murahashi and Shiota (1987). 0.232 g of Na.sub.2WO.sub.4 (0.70 mmol) were dissolved in 12 ml of water. To this solution, an amount of 1.5 g of piperidine (17.62 mmol) was added and the solution cooled down to 0 C. An aqueous 30% solution of H.sub.2O.sub.2 in water was added slowly (4.02 ml, 39.55 mmol H.sub.2O.sub.2). The resulting solution was stirred for further 3 h at 0 C. Then, 1.72 g of potassium cyanide (26.41 mmol) was added to the solution, followed by the careful addition of 6.3 ml 4 N aqueous HCl. The reaction mixture was stirred for 4 h at 0-10 C. Afterwards, the solution was adjusted to pH 9 with 2 N of aqueous KOH solution. The product was extracted with dichloromethane and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. 1.47 g of 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carbonitrile (11.65 mmol, 66%) were isolated. 1 g (7.93 mmol) of this product was dissolved in 13 ml concentrated HCl an heated until reflux for 18 h. Removal of the solvent under reduced pressure yielded 1.76 g (7.49 mmol, 94%) 1-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid hydrochloride with nearly equimolar amounts of ammonium chloride.
[0144] .sup.1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d.sub.6): =11.90 (brs, COOH), 7.43 (t, .sup.1J.sub.NH=50.8 Hz, NH.sub.4), 4.08 (dd, .sup.3J.sub.HH=11.9, 3.3 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.66-3.57 (m, 1H), 3.27 (ddd, .sup.3J.sub.HH=11.5, 11.4, 4.6 Hz, 1H), 2.20-2.08 (m, 1H), 1.88-1.61 (m, 5H), 1.57-1.41 (m, 1H) ppm. .sup.13C-{.sup.111}-NMR (75 MHz, DMSO-d.sub.6): =168.8 (s, COOH), 68.4 (s, NCCOOH), 57.2 (s), 39.5 (s), 27.2 (s), 22.5 (s), 20.36 (s) ppm. MS (EI): m/z (%)=146 ([M].sup.+, 5), 128 ([M-OH].sup.+, 5), 100 ([M-COOH].sup.+, 80). Anal. Calcd. for C.sub.6H.sub.16C1.sub.2N.sub.2O.sub.3 (235.10, equimolar ratio of amino acid hydrochloride and NH.sub.4Cl): C 30.65, H 6.86, N 11.92. Found C 31.60, H 6.72, N 11.66.
Plant Treatments with Pip and NHP
[0145] Treatments with Pip and NHP were essentially performed as detailed for Pip in Nvarovet al. (2012). NHP was synthesized according to the protocol published by Murahashi and Shiota (1987). With respect to P. syringae resistance assays, 10 ml of a 1 mM aqueous solution of Pip or NHP (equates to 10 mop were pipetted onto the soil of individually cultivated 5-week-old plants. The same exogenous application of 10 ml H.sub.2O served as a control treatment. With respect to Hpa resistance assays, 3 to 4-week olds plants were cultivated in batches of four plants per pot and treated as described above. Inoculation with P. syringae or Hpa was performed 24 h after the plant pre-treatment as described below.
Assessment of Plant Resistance to P. syringae
[0146] To assess bacterial growth in naive 5-week-old plants, overnight log phase cultures of Psm lux were washed three times with 10 mM MgCl.sub.2 and diluted to a final optical density at 600 nm (OD.sub.600)=0.001 before infiltrating the resulting bacterial suspensions from the abaxial side into three fully grown leaves of either untreated or pre-treated Arabidopsis plants (compare section: Plant treatments with Pip and NHP) using a 1-mL syringe without a needle. The infiltration was performed between 10 and 11 AM. Approximately 60 hours later, the bacterial growth was quantified by measuring the bacterial bioluminescence in leaf discs (10 mm in diameter) of infiltrated leaves (one disc per leaf, three discs per plant) using a Serius FB12 luminometer (Berthold Detection Systems). Bacterial growth rates were displayed as relative light units per cm.sup.2 of leaf area (Fan et al., 2008). For each independent experiment, at least 20 replicate leaves from six to seven plants per treatment and plant genotype were measured before performing a statistical analysis of the resulting values. All pathogen experiments depicted in the figures were repeated several times with similar results.
Assessment of Plant Resistance to Hpa
[0147] 3 to 4-week old plants were spray-inoculated with a suspension of conidiospores (5*10.sup.4 ml.sup.1) of the Hpa isolate Noco2 as described before. 7 days after inoculation, leaves of plants were photographed to document the presence/absence of disease symptoms and then harvested and stained with Trypan-blue for further microscopic analysis.
Trypan Blue Staining
[0148] Trypan blue staining was performed loosely based on the protocol described by Koch and Slusarenko (1990) to enable the identification and quantitative analysis of disease stages and resistance phenotypes (Uknes et al., 1992; Slusarenko and Schlaich, 2003; Bartsch et al., 2006). Briefly, leaves of Hpa-inoculated plants were harvested in 50 ml conical tubes (Falcon) and covered with trypan blue solution, more specifically lactic acid-phenol-trypan blue solution, consisting of 1 mg/ml trypan blue, 25% [w/v] lactic acid, 25% water-saturated phenol [v/v], and 25% glycerol [v/v] in water. The fully submerged samples were incubated overnight at 37 C. under permanent shaking (200 rpm). The trypan blue solution was replaced the next day by a 2.5 g/ml chloral hydrate aqueous solution and incubated under the same conditions until the leaves were decolorized. Finally, the chloral hydrate was replaced with 50% glycerol for further storage or mounting of the samples on microscope slides prior to their examination under a light microscope equipped with interference or phase-contrast optics.
Microscopic Analysis of Hpa Infection
[0149] Microscopic photographs of Trypan blue-stained leaves were acquired with a Zeiss Axiom cam 105 color camera coupled to a bright field microscope (Zeiss AxioStar Plus, Carl Zeiss Ltd.) operated by Zeiss ZenCore software. In addition, leaf overview images were captured with a Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera equipped with a Canon MP-E 65 mm Macro f/2.8 manual focus lens and a light table adjusted to daylight conditions (5500 Kelvin) as light source. Leaf images were subsequently analyzed using the ImageJ-based analysis software bundle Fiji (Schindelin et al., 2012). Leaf surface areas, the lengths of free intercellular hyphae (IH;
Treatment with Isotope-Labelled Metabolites
[0150] In planta labelling experiments were performed by infiltrating three to four mature leaves of 5-week-old soil-grown Arabidopsis wild-type Col-0 and relevant mutant plants in the morning with Psm (OD.sub.600=0.005) or MgCl.sub.2 (mock controls) as described before (Section: Assessment of Plant Resistance to P. syringae). Four hours after the initial inoculation, the same leaves were infiltrated with 5 mM solutions of the isotope-labelled L-Lys varieties LLys-6-.sup.13C-8-.sup.15N (CAS 204451-46-7; Sigma-Aldrich) and L-Lys-4,4,5,5-d.sub.4 (d.sub.4-Lys) (Cambridge Isotope Laboratories) prepared in HPLC-grade water. DL-2-piperidine-d.sub.9 carboxylic acid (D.sub.9-Pip; Aldrich 688444) was co-infiltrated at a final concentration of 1 mM as part of the final bacterial suspension. In all cases, water infiltrations served as control treatments. Infiltrated leaves were harvested at 48 hpi (counting from the first infiltration event with Psm or mock treatment) and subsequently extracted, derivatized, and analyzed by GC-MS according to the described protocols.
Cloning of FMO1
[0151] cDNA fragments corresponding to FMO1 (At1g19250) were PCR-amplified using highfidelity Phusion polymerase (New England Biolabs) as recommended by the manufacturer. The gene sequence of FMO1 (NCBI Reference Sequence accession number: NM_101783.4) was introduced into the target vector pET32b(+) (Novagen) using sticky-end cloning (Zeng, 1998) between restriction sites Ndel and Xhol. The resulting recombinant protein thus contained eight non-native residues at the C terminus, including the polyHistidine tag. Primer sequences can be found in the Key resources table. Plasmids harbouring the respective genes were transformed into chemically competent E. coli BL21 Rosetta 2(DE3) pLysS cells (Novagen) and plated on LB-Agar plates containing the appropriate selection markers. Positive transformants carrying the gene of interest were identified by colony PCR using the same gene-specific primers used for the initial amplification and were verified by sequencing.
Purification of Recombinant FMO1 Enzyme
[0152] A single colony of recombinant E. coli BL21 Rosetta 2(DE3) pLysS cells containing FMO1 inserted into pET32b vector was picked and cultured overnight in 3 ml of lysogeny broth (LB) medium supplemented with the appropriate selection markers at 37 C. and with constant shaking on an orbital shaker before inoculating and growing a 500-1000 ml culture under the same conditions until the OD.sub.600 reached 0.5-0.8. At this point the culture was briefly cooled down and the transgene expression was induced with 0.5 mM isopropyl--D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), followed by incubation overnight at 1625 C. with constant shaking (240 rpm). Generally, the best results were obtained with freshly transformed cells and incubation at reduced temperatures (16 C.) after induction of transgene expression to minimize the precipitation of recombinant enzymes as insoluble inclusion bodies. Satisfying results were also obtained with shorter incubation times (5 h at 28 C. after induction with IPTG), even though it should be mentioned that we initially also met severe solubility problems as reported for other N-hydroxylating flavoprotein monooxygenases in the past (summarized by Olucha and Lamb, 2011). The bacterial pellets were collected by centrifugation at 6000g for 15 min at 4 C. (Eppendorf R5810). The pellet was then re-suspended in a minimum of extraction/binding buffer (50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 8.0, 500 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 20 mM imidazole, 5 mM 0 mercaptoethanol, 1 mM PMSF). For bigger culture volumes (>500 ml), the resulting homogenate was transferred to a pre-cooled mortar and ground in liquid nitrogen with a pestle until a homogenous white powder was obtained. The powder was then transferred to 2 ml Eppendorf tubes and allowed to thaw on ice. The resulting homogenate was then precipitated using a centrifuge at 20000g for 30 min at 4 C. The cell-free supernatants containing soluble recombinant protein were collected, pooled and filtered through a lowprotein binding nylon filter (0.22 m) before being applied to a pre-equilibrated immobilized immune affinity chromatography (IMAC) column, such as a nickel-charged His GraviTrapTMaffinity column (GE Healthcare, Germany) or cobalt-charged HisTALON Gravity column (Takara Bio, USA) (1 ml). After the initial binding step, the column was successively washed according to the respective manufacturers recommendations. The proteins were then eluted with 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, containing up to 500 mM NaCl and 200 mM imidazole and collected in fractions of 0.75 ml. Using those conditions, most of the enzyme activity was found to be in 4-5 consecutive fractions, which were combined and desalted using a 5-mL desalting PD10 column (GE Healthcare) equilibrated with a low-salt buffer, containing 100 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 8), containing 10% (v/v) glycerol and 1 mM DTT. Aliquots of the purified proteins were used for the quantification of total protein content by the Bradford method using the Bradford Assay reagent (Bio-Rad, Dusseldorf, Germany) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Bovine serume albumin (Albumine fraction V) was used for the standard curve. Target enzyme purity was determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on a 12% gel according to Laemmli's method (results not shown). Due to the relative instability of the purified recombinant protein (loss of 90% of its activity within 24 h of the purification), the majority of the enzymes was used directly for activity assays and the remaining protein was flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at 80 C. in 20% Glycerol for later analysis.
FMO1 Activity Assays
[0153] FMO1 enzyme assays were designed based on the knowledge about mechanistic and structural studies of the few characterized N-hydroxylating flavoprotein monooxygenases (Olucha and Lamb, 2011). In general, standard assays were carried out with 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, containing 50 g g.sup.1 recombinant FMO1 protein, 400 M NADH, 10 mM L-pipecolic acid, and 200 M flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD+) at 30 C. All reaction mixtures contained 5% glycerol for additional enzyme stability and were incubated for up to 16 h. Reactions were stopped by inactivating the enzyme at 85 C. for 10 min. The formation of NHP was monitored using GC-MS after derivatization of the assays with the methylating reagent trimethylsilyl-diazomethane as described above. Reactions without enzyme or heat-inactivated FMO1 enzyme were systematically performed as controls. All assays were repeated at least in triplicates.
EXAMPLE 2: RESULTS
Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase1 Functions as a Pipecolic Acid N-Hydroxylase
[0154] FMO1 is an indispensable component of SAR and required for the hitherto described Pipinducible immune responses in Arabidopsis, i.e. the establishment of resistance to bacterial pathogens (Nvarovet al., 2012), the activation of defense priming (Bernsdorff et al., 2016), and the induction of immune-related gene expression. Because of this central downstream function of FMO1 in Pip signal transduction, and since several flavin-dependent monooxygenases from animals, fungi, and bacteria are involved in the N-oxidation of nitrogen-containing substrates (Rossner et al., 2017), we previously hypothesized that FMO1 might metabolize Pip to an N-oxidized derivative required for immune activation (Zeier, 2013). We therefore aimed at elucidating the biochemical function of the FMO1 mono-oxygenase, both by in planta and in vitro strategies.
[0155] On one hand, we performed comparative gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS)-based metabolite analyses of leaf extracts from Psm-inoculated and mock-control plants of wild-type Col-0, ald1 mutants, and fmo1 mutants. We first applied sample derivatization with trimethylsilyl-diazomethane to convert analytes with free carboxylic acid groups into methyl esters which facilitates their GC-MS analyses (Schmelz et al., 2004; Hartmann et al., 2017). When analyzing GC-MS ion chromatograms of mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) 100, we identified a specific substance peak (1a) in the leaf samples of the Psm-treated wild-type plants that was absent in any of the mock-control samples, and in samples of Psm-treated ald1 and fmo1 (
[0156] As a next step, we overexpressed C-terminally polyhistidine-tagged FMO1 enzyme in Escherichia coli and purified the protein via immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography and a subsequent desalting step to adjust buffer conditions for activity assays. L-Pip was then tested in vitro as a substrate of recombinant FMO1 enzyme in the presence of the presumed co-factors flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD+) and NADH. After incubation of the assays overnight at 30 C., FMO1 assays were stopped and derivatized with trimethylsilyl-diazomethane to produce methyl esters of substrates and reaction products and analyzed via GC-MS. In the presence of FAD and NADH as cofactors, purified FMO1 protein was able to catalyze the conversion of L-Pip to NHP in in vitro assays, whereas none of the controls lacking either the substrate, the purified FMO1 enzyme or one of the co-factors led to the N-hydroxylation of L-Pip to produce NHP (
[0157] For quantitative determination of NHP in plant tissue, we developed a second GC-MSbased method that employs trimethylsilylation of hydroxyl- and amino-groups of the sample analytes through N-Methyl-N-trimethylsilylfluoroacetamide (MSTFA). With this procedure, NHP is silylated both at the NOH and the carboxyl OH group. The mass spectrum of the derivatized NHP (1b) shows a dominant ion of m/z 172, a small but discernable M ion at m/z 289, and a M-CH.sub.3 fragment ion at m/z 274 (
N-Hydroxypipecolic Acid Accumulates Systemically in the Arabidopsis Foliage at the Onset of Biologically-Induced SAR
[0158] A hallmark of the plant defensive metabolism associated with SAR constitutes the pathogen-induced accumulation of the immune regulators SA and Pip in 1-inoculated and in distal, 2 leaves (Bernsdorff et al., 2016). To characterize the endogenous generation of NHP in Arabidopsis in response to pathogen attack, we determined the levels of NHP in 1 and 2 leaves of Col-0 plants at different times after Psm-inoculation and mock-treatment. Over the whole time course, NHP was not detected in the mock-treated control plants (
NHP Generation in Arabidopsis Completely Depends on the Biosynthetic Genes ALD1 and FMO1 and is Tightly Regulated by the Immune Regulators EDS1 and PAD4
[0159] We next examined the Psm-induced generation of NHP and Pip in different Arabidopsis mutants with defects in key immune regulatory genes in inoculated leaves at 24 and 48 hpi (
[0160] The two interacting partners EDS1 and PAD4 constitute key control units of Arabidopsis basal immunity and are required for the proper expression of distinct defense genes as well as for strong activation of SA biosynthesis upon pathogen recognition (Zhou et al., 1998; Feys et al., 2001; Rietz et al., 2011). Functional PAD4 proved also necessary for effective induction of ALD1 and FMO1 expression, and for Pip biosynthesis. In addition, EDS1 positively regulates FMO1 expression (Song et al., 2004a; Bartsch et al., 2006; Mishina and Zeier, 2006; Nvarovet al., 2012). Together, this suggests a role for the EDS1/PAD4 signaling node in regulating the induction of NHP biosynthesis. To directly test this, we examined Pip and NHP levels in Psm-inoculated eds1 and pad4 mutant plants. With levels of 3.8 and 4.6 g g.sup.1 FW in inoculated eds1 and pad4 leaves, respectively, Pip only accumulated to about 14 and 17% of the wild-type levels in these mutants at 24 hpi (
Exogenous NHP Acts as a Potent Inducer of Plant Immunity to Bacterial and Oomycete Infection and Abolishes the Resistance Defects of fmo1
[0161] Together, the biochemical function of FMO1 as an NHP-generating pipecolic acid N-hydroxylase, the concurrent key role of the flavin monooxygenase in SAR and Pipmediated immune responses, and the substantial systemic accumulation of NHP in the SAR-induced wild-type suggested a critical role for NHP in plant acquired resistance to pathogen infection. To verify this hypothesis, we tested whether exogenously applied NHP would, in a similar manner than Pip, induce resistance of wild-type plants to P. syringae infection, and unlike Pip, override the acquired resistance defect of the NHP-deficient fmo1 mutant. To this end, we supplied individual plants with doses of 10 mol Pip (10 ml of a 1 mM aqueous solution), 10 mol NHP or 10 ml water as a control treatment, leaf-inoculated plants 1 d later with P. syringae, assessed bacterial growth at 60 hpi, and documented the disease symptoms of the inoculated plants at 72 hpi (
[0162] The inoculated leaves of the non-pre-treated Col-0, ald1, and fmo1 control plants exhibited pronounced chlorotic disease symptoms after three days (
[0163] Significantly, pre-treatment of plants with NHP strongly increased resistance to bacterial infection in Col-0, ald1, and fmo1, which manifested itself by a lack of the chlorotic symptom development and by the attenuation of Psm lux growth by at least one order of magnitude in all the genotypes (
[0164] Pathogen-induced SAR in Arabidopsis depends on a major, SA-dependent and a minor, SA-independent signaling mode which both require an intact Pip biosynthetic pathway and FMO1 (Bernsdorff et al., 2016). To analyze the significance of SA signaling for the NHP-mediated immune response, we compared the effects of exogenous NHP on resistance to Psm lux in the SA biosynthesis-defective sid2 mutant and in the Col-0 wild-type. The sid2 mutant is substantially compromised in basal resistance to P. syringae infection (Nawrath and Mtraux, 1999), and this manifested itself by several-fold higher bacterial numbers in the leaves of non-pretreated sid2 plants compared to Col-0 plants at 60 h post Psm lux inoculation (
[0165] Since SAR confers broad spectrum resistance of plants against hemibiotrophic and biotrophic pathogens (Sticher et al., 1997), we examined whether acquired resistance induced by NHP or Pip application would also protect Arabidopsis against a second pathogen of this class, the biotrophic oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa). After the inoculation of leaves with oomycete spores and spore germination, virulent Hpa strains invade Arabidopsis leaves by direct penetration at the junction of two epidermal cells and intercellular growth of hyphae in the leaf interior that is accompanied with the budding of haustoria into leaf cells. Asexual reproduction of the downy mildew pathogen involves the outgrowth of conidio spore-bearing conidiophores through stomates which develop a macroscopically visible, white lawn on the leaf surface. Concomitantly, sexual oospores form in globular oogonia outside the leaf (Slusarenko and Schlaich, 2003).
[0166] Seven days after leaf-inoculation of untreated four or five week-old Col-0 plants with the virulent Hpa isolate Noco2 (Bartsch et al., 2006), we observed extensive areas of whitish downy mildew symptoms on the inoculated leaves (
[0167] In contrast to control plants, the Pip-pretreated Col-0 plants were largely symptom-free at the macroscopic level and only occasionally contained small areas of visible mildew symptoms (
[0168] Remarkably, Col-0 plants pre-treated with 10 mol NHP before Hpa inoculation were completely free of mildew symptoms at 7 dpi (
[0169] This strong NHP-triggered resistance to Hpa was not only induced in the Col-0 wild-type, but also in ald1 and, most importantly, in fmo1 (
[0170] Taken together, our findings indicate that the here-described pathogen-inducible L-Lys catabolic pathway that includes the ALD1-dependent biosynthesis of Pip and its subsequent FMO1-mediated conversion to NHP possesses a central functional role in the Arabidopsis acquired resistance response. This acquired resistance program is switched on as a consequence of accumulating NHP in plants and, in addition, requires the pathogen-inducible biosynthesis of SA to exploit its full protective potential against pathogen invasion (
NHP Biosynthetic Pathway Metabolites in the Course of Host-Pathogen-Interactions Accumulate in Various Plant Species (See Also FIG. 8)
[0171] As shown in
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 1 Overview - NHP accumulation in selected monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants after inoculation with compatible pathogens and resistance effects after NHP pre-treatment Model plant (Plant family) Monocot/Dicot Pathogen used Type life cycle Arabidopsis thaliana Dicot Pseudomonas syringae bacterial hemibiotrophic (Brassicacae) Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis oomycete hemibiotrophic Solanum lycopersicum Pseudomonas syringae bacterial hemibiotrophic (Solanaceae) pv. tomato DC3000 Phytophthora infestans oomycete hemibiotrophic Nicotiana tabacum Pseudomonas syringae bacterial hemibiotrophic cv. Xanthi pv. tabaci (DSM 1856) (Solanaceae) Glycine max Pseudomonas syringae bacterial hemibiotrophic (Fabaceae) subsp. savastanoi (DSM 50267) Hordeum vulgare Monocot Magnaporthe oryzae ascomycete biotrophic (Poaceae) Zea mays Ustilago maydis basidiomycetous biotrophic (Poaceae) fungus NHP biosynthetic pathway Resistance metabolites accumulation effect after Model plant in response to pathogen NHP pre- (Plant family) time point (dpi) Pip NHP treatment Arabidopsis thaliana 2 ++++ ++++ Yes (Brassicacae) 7 ++ + Yes Solanum lycopersicum 2 +++ ++ not tested yet (Solanaceae) 5 +++ ++ not tested yet Nicotiana tabacum 2 +++ +++ Yes cv. Xanthi (Solanaceae) Glycine max 9 ++ ++ not tested yet (Fabaceae) Hordeum vulgare 5 ++++ + not tested yet (Poaceae) Zea mays 3 ++ + not tested yet (Poaceae)
DISCUSSION
[0172] In the current study, we have identified the previously undescribed, N-hydroxylated amino acid N-hydroxypipecolic acid as a novel, endogenously produced Arabidopsis metabolite with a critical role in plant acquired resistance to pathogen infection (
[0173] The biosynthesis of NHP in Arabidopsis proceeds by the FMO1-mediated N-hydroxylation of the secondary amino group in the piperidine ring of Pip (
[0174] L-Lys catabolism in plants comprises the sacchopine pathway that generates the dicarboxylic, non-protein amino acid -amino adipic acid and the lysine decarboxylase-catalyzed biosynthesis of the diamine cadaverine (Galili et al., 2001; Bunsupa et al., 2012; Zeier, 2013). Our work has now identified a novel pathogen-inducible L-Lys catabolic pathway in plants that culminates in the accumulation of NHP (
[0175] In a second enzymatic step, the NAD(P)H-dependent reductase SARD4, a plant orthologue of the mammalian reductase CRYM (Hallen et al., 2011; Hartmann et al., 2017), and a yet to identify further reductive activity reduce dehydropipecolic acid intermediates to Pip (
[0176] We demonstrated here by both in vitro and in planta analyses that the final enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of NHP is the FMO1-catralyzed, NAD(P)H- and O.sub.2-dependent N-hydroxylation of Pip to NHP (
[0177] The establishment of SAR is dependent on or positively influenced by a set of signal-active metabolites and regulatory proteins (reviewed in Shah and Zeier, 2013). Since the initial discoveries of ALD1 and FMOJ as important SAR players (Song et al., 2004a; Mishina and Zeier, 2006), numerous studies from different laboratories have confirmed the indispensability of these genes for SAR induction under variable conditions (e.g. Jung et al., 2009; Liu et al., 2011; Chaturvedi et al., 2012; Nvarovet al., 2012), including an unbiased mutant screen for SAR-related genes (Jing et al., 2011). These findings indicate that the Pip/NHP biosynthetic pathway constitutes a core and indispensable element of SAR. Significantly, all of the hitherto known responses to Pip, i.e. systemic resistance induction, establishment of defense priming, and direct induction of SAR gene expression, are dependent on functional FMOJ (
[0178] SAR equips plants with broad-spectrum immunity to a range of different biotrophic and hemibiotrophic phytopathogens (Sticher et al., 1997). Accordingly, we have established that NHP effectively mediates acquired resistance to pathogen types with distinct phylogenetic origin and inherently different mode of infection, i.e. the hemibiotrophic bacterium P. syringae and the biotrophic oomycete Hpa (Katagiri et al., 2002; Slusarenko and Schlaich, 2003). A 10 mol dose of exogenously applied NHP enhances resistance of Arabidopsis to P. syringae with at least the same efficiency than the same dose of Pip (
[0179] Strikingly, the NHP pre-treatment converted the compatible Hpa-Arabidopsis interrelation that is associated with massive invasive growth of intercellular hyphae and the development of numerous epiphytically-situated reproductive oomycete structures virtually into a symptomless, incompatible interaction (
[0180] Exogenous Pip also conferred significant resistance to wild-type plants against Hpa infection, but not to the same absolute level than NHP treatment (
[0181] Our time-course analyses indicate that the systemic increase of NHP in the distal leaves of P. syringae-inoculated plants starts at the very onset of the SAR response at 24 hpi, already before systemic Pip and SA accumulation is observable (
[0182] Previous genetic analyses in Arabidopsis indicated that ALD1 and/or FMO1 mediate plant resistance by partially SA-independent signaling modes (Song et al., 2004a; Bartsch et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2008). Moreover, our recent study suggested that a Pip/FMO1 regulatory module mediates SAR by both SA-independent and SA-dependent activation pathways (Bernsdorff et al., 2016). Consistently, Pip/FMO1-derived NHP triggered a significant acquired resistance response in the SA-deficient sid2 mutant. However, NHP clearly required inducible SA biosynthesis to provide strong protection against P. syringae or Hpa invasion, suggesting a synergistic interplay of NHP and SA in resistance induction (
[0183] In conclusion, our studies have identified a novel pathogen-inducible L-Lys catabolic pathway in Arabidopsis that generates N-hydroxypipecolic acid, a previously undescribed plant metabolite with a central function in plant acquired resistance to pathogen infection. We show that the final enzymatic step in NHP biosynthesis constitutes the FMO1-catalyzed N-hydroxylation of Pip. Since the NHP precursor Pip is widely distributed in angiosperms and FMO1 orthologues exist in other plant species, we consider it likely that L-Lys catabolism to NHP constitutes a common plant metabolic pathway. Consistently, recent analyses show that NHP accumulates in tomato inoculated with the oomycete Phytophtora infestans or the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae, in tobacco inoculated with Pseudomonas tabaci, in soybean inoculated with Pseudomonas savanastoi, in barley inoculated with the ascomycetous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, and in maize inoculated with the basidiomycetous fungus Ustilago maydis (
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