title: Intercellular salicylic acid accumulation during compatible and incompatible Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas syringae interactions.
abstract: The phytohormone salicylic acid (SA) plays an important role in several disease resistance responses. During the Age-Related Resistance (ARR) response that occurs in mature Arabidopsis responding to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato (Pst), SA accumulates in the intercellular space where it may act as an antimicrobial agent. Recently we measured intracellular and intercellular SA levels in young, ARR-incompetent plants responding to virulent and avirulent strains of Pst to determine if intercellular SA accumulation is a component of additional defense responses to Pst. In young plants virulent Pst suppressed both intra- and intercellular SA accumulation in a coronatine-dependent manner. In contrast, high levels of intra- and intercellular SA accumulated in response to avirulent Pst. Our results support the idea that SA accumulation in the intercellular space is an important component of multiple defense responses. Future research will include understanding how mature plants counteract the effects of coronatine during the ARR response.
authors.affiliation: a McMaster University; Department of Biology; Hamilton, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carella
authors.forename: Robin K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D060467:Disease Resistance; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism*; D007192:Indenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D044224:Pseudomonas syringae / Q000187:drug effects; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D007192:Indenes; C058487:coronatine; D020156:Salicylic Acid
keywords: Arabidopsis; EDS5; Pseudomonas syringae; age-related resistance; effector-triggered immunity; intercellular space; salicylic acid; whole-genome sequencing