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ArticleThe Plant cell2015

Activation of symbiosis signaling by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in legumes and rice.

Jongho Sun, J Benjamin Miller, Emma Granqvist, Audrey Wiley-Kalil, Enrico Gobbato, Fabienne Maillet, Sylvain Cottaz, Eric Samain, Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran, Sébastien Fort and 4 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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81citing papers in PubMed
37.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 217 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Jongho SunJohn Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
J Benjamin MillerJohn Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
Emma GranqvistJohn Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
Audrey Wiley-KalilDepartment of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
Enrico GobbatoJohn Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
Fabienne MailletINRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR441, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Sylvain CottazCentre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS (affiliated to Université de Grenoble), 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Eric SamainCentre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS (affiliated to Université de Grenoble), 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Muthusubramanian VenkateshwaranDepartment of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
Sébastien FortCentre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS (affiliated to Université de Grenoble), 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Richard J MorrisJohn Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
Jean-Michel AnéDepartment of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
Jean DénariéINRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR441, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Giles E D OldroydJohn Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom giles.oldroyd@jic.ac.uk.
John Innes Centre · GBUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USCentre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique · MALaboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-Organismes · FR

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004553/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/J/00000611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions involves plant recognition of diffusible signals from the fungus, including lipochitooligosaccharides (LCOs) and chitooligosaccharides (COs). Nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria that associate with leguminous plants also signal to their hosts via LCOs, the so-called Nod factors. Here, we have assessed the induction of symbiotic signaling by the arbuscular mycorrhizal (Myc) fungal-produced LCOs and COs in legumes and rice (Oryza sativa). We show that Myc-LCOs and tetra-acetyl chitotetraose (CO4) activate the common symbiosis signaling pathway, with resultant calcium oscillations in root epidermal cells of Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus. The nature of the calcium oscillations is similar for LCOs produced by rhizobial bacteria and by mycorrhizal fungi; however, Myc-LCOs activate distinct gene expression. Calcium oscillations were activated in rice atrichoblasts by CO4, but not the Myc-LCOs, whereas a mix of CO4 and Myc-LCOs activated calcium oscillations in rice trichoblasts. In contrast, stimulation of lateral root emergence occurred following treatment with Myc-LCOs, but not CO4, in M. truncatula, whereas both Myc-LCOs and CO4 were active in rice. Our work indicates that legumes and non-legumes differ in their perception of Myc-LCO and CO signals, suggesting that different plant species respond to different components in the mix of signals produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionSymbiosisCalcium SignalingChitinChitosanGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlucuronidaseLipopolysaccharidesLotusMedicago truncatulaMolecular Sequence DataMycorrhizaeOligosaccharidesOryzaSeedlingsChitinChitosanchitotetroseGlucuronidaselipid-linked oligosaccharidesLipopolysaccharidesoligochitosanOligosaccharides

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PMID25724637
PMCPMC4558648
OpenAlexW2166397221

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