title: The root hair assay facilitates the use of genetic and pharmacological tools in order to dissect multiple signalling pathways that lead to programmed cell death.
abstract: The activation of programmed cell death (PCD) is often a result of complex signalling pathways whose relationship and intersection are not well understood. We recently described a PCD root hair assay and proposed that it could be used to rapidly screen genetic or pharmacological modulators of PCD. To further assess the applicability of the root hair assay for studying multiple signalling pathways leading to PCD activation we have investigated the crosstalk between salicylic acid, autophagy and apoptosis-like PCD (AL-PCD) in Arabidopsis thaliana. The root hair assay was used to determine rates of AL-PCD induced by a panel of cell death inducing treatments in wild type plants treated with chemical modulators of salicylic acid synthesis or autophagy, and in genetic lines defective in autophagy or salicylic acid signalling. The assay demonstrated that PCD induced by exogenous salicylic acid or fumonisin B1 displayed a requirement for salicylic acid signalling and was partially dependent on the salicylic acid signal transducer NPR1. Autophagy deficiency resulted in an increase in the rates of AL-PCD induced by salicylic acid and fumonisin B1, but not by gibberellic acid or abiotic stress. The phenylalanine ammonia lyase-dependent salicylic acid synthesis pathway contributed only to death induced by salicylic acid and fumonisin B1. 3-Methyladenine, which is commonly used as an inhibitor of autophagy, appeared to influence PCD induction in all treatments suggesting a possible secondary, non-autophagic, effect on a core component of the plant PCD pathway. The results suggest that salicylic acid signalling is negatively regulated by autophagy during salicylic acid and mycotoxin-induced AL-PCD. However, this crosstalk does not appear to be directly involved in PCD induced by gibberellic acid or abiotic stress. This study demonstrates that the root hair assay is an effective tool for relatively rapid investigation of complex signalling pathways leading to the activation of PCD.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kacprzyk
authors.affiliation: School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Aoife
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Devine
authors.affiliation: School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: McCabe
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001343:Autophagy / Q000187:drug effects; D001681:Biological Assay; D037341:Fumonisins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007189:Indans / Q000494:pharmacology; D008933:Mitochondrial Swelling / Q000187:drug effects; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000494:pharmacology; D010650:Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: C411146:2-aminoindan-2-phosphonic acid; D000730:Androstadienes; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D037341:Fumonisins; D005875:Gibberellins; D007189:Indans; D009183:Mycotoxins; D063065:Organophosphonates; C056933:fumonisin B1; D012965:Sodium Chloride; C025946:3-methyladenine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; C007842:gibberellic acid; D010650:Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase; D000225:Adenine; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D000077191:Wortmannin
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