Defense activated by 9-lipoxygenase-derived oxylipins requires specific mitochondrial proteins

Plant Physiol. 2013 Feb;161(2):617-27. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.207514. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Abstract

9-Lipoxygenases (9-LOXs) initiate fatty acid oxygenation, resulting in the formation of oxylipins activating plant defense against hemibiotrophic pathogenic bacteria. Previous studies using nonresponding to oxylipins (noxy), a series of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants insensitive to the 9-LOX product 9-hydroxy-10,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid (9-HOT), have demonstrated the importance of cell wall modifications as a component of 9-LOX-induced defense. Here, we show that a majority (71%) of 41 studied noxy mutants have an added insensitivity to isoxaben, an herbicide inhibiting cellulose synthesis and altering the cell wall. The specific mutants noxy2, noxy15, and noxy38, insensitive to both 9-HOT and isoxaben, displayed enhanced susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae DC3000 as well as reduced activation of salicylic acid-responding genes. Map-based cloning identified the mutation in noxy2 as At5g11630 encoding an uncharacterized mitochondrial protein, designated NOXY2. Moreover, noxy15 and noxy38 were mapped at the DYNAMIN RELATED PROTEIN3A and FRIENDLY MITOCHONDRIA loci, respectively. Fluorescence microscopy and molecular analyses revealed that the three noxy mutants characterized exhibit mitochondrial dysfunction and that 9-HOT added to wild-type Arabidopsis causes mitochondrial aggregation and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. The results suggest that the defensive responses and cell wall modifications caused by 9-HOT are under mitochondrial retrograde control and that mitochondria play a fundamental role in innate immunity signaling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis / microbiology
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
  • Benzamides / pharmacology
  • Cell Wall / metabolism
  • Disease Resistance / drug effects
  • Disease Resistance / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Linolenic Acids / metabolism
  • Linolenic Acids / pharmacology
  • Lipoxygenase / genetics
  • Lipoxygenase / metabolism*
  • Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / drug effects
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Mitochondria / drug effects
  • Mitochondria / genetics
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Oxylipins / metabolism*
  • Plant Diseases / genetics
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Pseudomonas syringae / physiology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Benzamides
  • Linolenic Acids
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • NOXY2 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Oxylipins
  • dynamin-related protein DRP3A, Arabidopsis
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • isoxaben
  • 9-hydroxy-10,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid
  • Lipoxygenase