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JCS ePress
online publication date 23 Jan 2007
doi: 10.1242/jcs.001362
Research Article
Targeted alterations in iron homeostasis underlie plant defense responses
Guosheng Liu,
David L. Greenshields,
Ramaswami Sammynaiken,
Rozina N. Hirji,
Gopalan Selvaraj,
and
Yangdou Wei*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: yangdou.wei{at}usask.ca)
Iron (Fe) is a ubiquitous redox-active element essential for most life. The formation of localized cell wall appositions, the oxidative burst and the production of pathogenesis-related proteins are hallmarks of plant defense responses. Here, we report that iron is a central mediator linking these three phenomena. We show that in response to pathogen attack, reactive Fe3+, but not Fe2+, is deposited at cell wall appositions where it accumulates and mediates the oxidative burst. We provide evidence that the bulk secretion of Fe3+ provoked by pathogen attack leads to intracellular iron depletion, and that H2O2 itself induces ATP-dependent intracellular iron efflux. Finally, we demonstrate that this intracellular iron depletion promotes the transcription of pathogenesis-related genes in concert with H2O2. This work identifies iron as an underlying factor associated with the oxidative burst and regulating cereal defenses, and establishes links between disease-related iron homeostasis in plants and animals.

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