Regulation of the nitrogen transfer pathway in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: gene characterization and the coordination of expression with nitrogen flux.
The arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) brings together the roots of over 80% of land plant species and fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota and greatly benefits plants through improved uptake of mineral nutrients. AM fungi can take up both nitrate and ammonium from the soil and transfer nitrogen (N) to host roots in nutritionally substantial quantities. The current model of N handling in the AM symbiosis includes the synthesis of arginine in the extraradical mycelium and the transfer of arginine to the intraradical mycelium, where it is broken down to release N for transfer to the host plant. To understand the mechanisms and regulation of N transfer from the fungus to the plant, 11 fungal genes putatively involved in the pathway were identified from Glomus intraradices, and for six of them the full-length coding sequence was functionally characterized by yeast complementation. Two glutamine synthetase isoforms were found to have different substrate affinities and expression patterns, suggesting different roles in N assimilation. The spatial and temporal expression of plant and fungal N metabolism genes were followed after nitrate was added to the extraradical mycelium under N-limited growth conditions using hairy root cultures. In parallel experiments with (15)N, the levels and labeling of free amino acids were measured to follow transport and metabolism. The gene expression pattern and profiling of metabolites involved in the N pathway support the idea that the rapid uptake, translocation, and transfer of N by the fungus successively trigger metabolic gene expression responses in the extraradical mycelium, intraradical mycelium, and host plant.
Tian
Chunjie
C
Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. tiancj@msu.edu
Kasiborski
Beth
B
Koul
Raman
R
Lammers
Peter J
PJ
Bücking
Heike
H
Shachar-Hill
Yair
Y
D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018552:Daucus carota / Q000382:microbiology*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D055137:Glomeromycota / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005970:Glutamate Synthase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D025282:Mycelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*
D007527:Isoenzymes; D005970:Glutamate Synthase; D009584:Nitrogen
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