Indole glucosinolates and camalexin do not influence the development of the clubroot disease in Arabidopsis thaliana

J. Siemens, E. Glawischnig, J. Ludwig-Müller

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Abstract

Root galls of Brassicaceae caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae are dependent on increased auxin and cytokinin formation. In this study we investigated whether indole glucosinolates are involved in indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis in root galls, by using a genetic approach. The cytochrome P450 enzymes, CYP79B2 and CYP79B3, convert tryptophan to indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOx), which is a precursor for indole glucosinolates and the phytoalexin camalexin in Arabidopsis thaliana. Root galls of the Arabidopsis ecotypes Wassilewskija (WS) and Columbia (Col) accumulated camalexin, WS at levels up to 320 μg/g dry weight. By contrast, camalexin was absent in root galls of cyp79b2/b3 double mutants. Infection rate and disease index as a measure of club development in mutant and wild-type plants of the two ecotypes were investigated and no differences were found in gall formation. This demonstrates that camalexin is an ineffective inhibitor of P. brassicae and indole glucosinolates are not the source of elevated levels of IAA in galls, because free IAA levels in mutant galls were comparable with those in wild type.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)332-337
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftJournal of Phytopathology
Jahrgang156
Ausgabenummer6
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juni 2008

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