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A putative novel role for plant defensins: a defensin from the zinc hyper‐accumulating plant, Arabidopsis halleri, confers zinc tolerance

Mirouze, Marie, Sels, Jan, Richard, Odile, Czernic, Pierre, Loubet, Stéphanie, Jacquier, Amaury, François, Isabelle E.J.A., Cammue, Bruno P.A., Lebrun, Michel, Berthomieu, Pierre, Marquès, Laurence·2006·The Plant Journal

Abstract

Summary: The metal tolerance of metal hyper‐accumulating plants is a poorly understood mechanism. In order to unravel the molecular basis of zinc (Zn) tolerance in the Zn hyper‐accumulating plant Arabidopsis halleri ssp. halleri, we carried out a functional screening of an A. halleri cDNA library in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to search for genes conferring Zn tolerance to yeast cells. The screening revealed four A. halleri defensin genes (AhPDFs), which induced Zn but not cadmium (Cd) tolerance in yeast. The expression of AhPDF1.1 under the control of the 35S promoter in A. thaliana made the transgenic plants more tolerant to Zn than wild‐type plants, but did not change the tolerance to Cd, copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe) or sodium (Na). Thus, AhPDF1.1 is able to confer Zn tolerance both to yeast and plants. In A. halleri, defensins are constitutively accumulated at a higher level in shoots than in A. thaliana. A. halleri defensin pools are Zn‐responsive, both at the mRNA and protein levels. In A. thaliana, some but not all defensin genes are induced by ZnCl 2 treatment, and these genes are not induced by NaCl treatment. Defensins, found in a very large number of organisms, are known to be involved in the innate immune system but have never been found to play any role in metal physiology. Our results support the proposition that defensins could be involved in Zn tolerance in A. halleri, and that a role for plant defensins in metal physiology should be considered.

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Mirouze, M., Sels, J., Richard, O., Czernic, P., Loubet, S., Jacquier, A., François, I. E. J. A., Cammue, B. P. A., Lebrun, M., Berthomieu, P., & Marquès, L.
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The Plant Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-06-22
Volume
47
Issue
3
Pages
329-342
ISSN
  • 0960-7412 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-313X
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W2081440391
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207
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12.39
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journal article
Language
en
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Mirouze, M., Sels, J., Richard, O., Czernic, P., Loubet, S., Jacquier, A., François, I. E. J. A., Cammue, B. P. A., Lebrun, M., Berthomieu, P., & Marquès, L. (2006). A putative novel role for plant defensins: a defensin from the zinc hyper‐accumulating plant, Arabidopsis halleri, confers zinc tolerance. The Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02788.x

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