title: The NRT2.5 and NRT2.6 genes are involved in growth promotion of Arabidopsis by the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) strain Phyllobacterium brassicacearum STM196.
abstract: The Phyllobacterium brassicacearum STM196 strain stimulates Arabidopsis thaliana growth and antagonizes high nitrate inhibition of lateral root development. A previous study identified two STM196-responsive genes, NRT2.5 and NRT2.6 (Mantelin et al., 2006, Planta 223: 591-603). We investigated the role of NRT2.5 and NRT2.6 in the plant response to STM196 using single and double Arabidopsis mutants. The single mutants were also crossed with an nrt2.1 mutant, lacking the major nitrate root transporter, to distinguish the effects of NRT2.5 and NRT2.6 from potential indirect effects of nitrate pools. The nrt2.5 and nrt2.6 mutations abolished the plant growth and root system architecture responses to STM196. The determination of nitrate content revealed that NRT2.5 and NRT2.6 do not play an important role in nitrate distribution between plant organs. Conversely, NRT2.5 and NRT2.6 appeared to play a role in the plant response independent of nitrate uptake. Using a nitrate reductase mutant, it was confirmed that the NRT2.5/NRT2.6-dependent plant signalling pathway is independent of nitrate-dependent regulation of root development. Our findings demonstrate that NRT2.5 and NRT2.6, which are preferentially expressed in leaves, play an essential role in plant growth promotion by the rhizospheric bacterium STM196.
authors: Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses (UMR113, Université Montpellier 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad Montpellier SupAgro, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Université Montpellier 2, CC002, Place E. Bataillon, F34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.|Genetic Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology Laboratory (Département de Biologie Végétale-Ecologie, Faculté de Science de la nature et de la vie), Mentouri University, Route de Ain El Bey, 25000, Constantine, Algeria.
authors: Maya
authors: M
authors: Kechid
authors: Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses (UMR113, Université Montpellier 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad Montpellier SupAgro, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Université Montpellier 2, CC002, Place E. Bataillon, F34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Guilhem
authors: G
authors: Desbrosses
authors: Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses (UMR113, Université Montpellier 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad Montpellier SupAgro, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Université Montpellier 2, CC002, Place E. Bataillon, F34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Wafaa
authors: W
authors: Rokhsi
authors: Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses (UMR113, Université Montpellier 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad Montpellier SupAgro, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Université Montpellier 2, CC002, Place E. Bataillon, F34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Fabrice
authors: F
authors: Varoquaux
authors: Genetic Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology Laboratory (Département de Biologie Végétale-Ecologie, Faculté de Science de la nature et de la vie), Mentouri University, Route de Ain El Bey, 25000, Constantine, Algeria.
authors: Abdelhamid
authors: A
authors: Djekoun
authors: Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses (UMR113, Université Montpellier 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad Montpellier SupAgro, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Université Montpellier 2, CC002, Place E. Bataillon, F34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Touraine
mesh_terms: D027321:Anion Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018533:Biomass; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D050901:Nitrate Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D059127:Phyllobacteriaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D050901:Nitrate Reductase; D009566:Nitrates; C477335:NRT2.1 protein, Arabidopsis; C583321:NRT2.5 protein, Arabidopsis; C577216:Nrt2.6 protein, Arabidopsis
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