title: The plant defense elicitor cryptogein stimulates clathrin-mediated endocytosis correlated with reactive oxygen species production in bright yellow-2 tobacco cells.
abstract: The plant defense elicitor cryptogein triggers well-known biochemical events of early signal transduction at the plasma membrane of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) cells, but microscopic observations of cell responses related to these early events were lacking. We determined that internalization of the lipophilic dye FM4-64, which is a marker of endocytosis, is stimulated a few minutes after addition of cryptogein to tobacco Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells. This stimulation is specific to the signal transduction pathway elicited by cryptogein because a lipid transfer protein, which binds to the same receptor as cryptogein but without triggering signaling, does not increase endocytosis. To define the nature of the stimulated endocytosis, we quantified clathrin-coated pits (CCPs) forming on the plasma membrane of BY-2 cells. A transitory stimulation of this morphological event by cryptogein occurs within the first 15 min. In the presence of cryptogein, increases in both FM4-64 internalization and clathrin-mediated endocytosis are specifically blocked upon treatment with 5 microm tyrphostin A23, a receptor-mediated endocytosis inhibitor. The kinetics of the transient increase in CCPs at the plasma membrane coincides with that of transitory reactive oxygen species (ROS) production occurring within the first 15 min after elicitation. Moreover, in BY-2 cells expressing NtrbohD antisense cDNA, which are unable to produce ROS when treated with cryptogein, the CCP stimulation is inhibited. These results indicate that the very early endocytic process induced by cryptogein in tobacco is due, at least partly, to clathrin-mediated endocytosis and is dependent on ROS production by the NADPH oxidase NtrbohD.
authors.affiliation: UMR INRA 1088/CNRS 5184/Université de Bourgogne, Plante-Microbe-Environnement, Dijon, France. nathalie.leborgne-castel@dijon.inra.fr
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leborgne-Castel
authors.forename: Jeannine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lherminier
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Der
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fromentin
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Houot
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simon-Plas
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D022163:Clathrin-Coated Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D008024:Ligands; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020032:Tyrphostins
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins; C092350:FM 4-64; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D020032:Tyrphostins; C061032:cryptogein protein, Phytophthora cryptogea; C060641:tyrphostin A23