title: Cortical microtubule as a sensor and target of nitric oxide signal during the defence responses to Verticillium dahliae toxins in Arabidopsis.
abstract: The molecular mechanisms of signal transduction of plants in response to Verticillium dahliae (VD) are not known. Here, we show that Arabidopsis reacts to VD-toxins with a rapid burst of nitric oxide (NO) and cortical microtubule destabilization. VD-toxins treatment triggered a disruption of cortical microtubules network. This disruption can be influenced by NO production. However, cortical microtubule disruptions were not involved in regulating the NO production. The results indicated that NO may act as an upstream signalling molecule to trigger the depolymerization of cortical microtubule. Cortical microtubules may act as a target of NO signal and as a sensor to mediate the activation of PR-1 gene expression. These results suggested that NO production and cortical microtubule dynamics appeared to be parts of the important signalling system and are involved in the defence mechanisms to VD-toxins in Arabidopsis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
authors.forename: Fu-Mei
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Lin-Lin
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Bao-Lei
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xiu-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying-Zhang
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008870:Microtubules / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020081:Phyllachorales / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D009183:Mycotoxins; D018749:RNA, Plant; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C521947:NOA1 protein, Arabidopsis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase