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Arabidopsis HIPP27 is a host susceptibility gene for the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii.


ABSTRACT: Sedentary plant-parasitic cyst nematodes are obligate biotrophs that infect the roots of their host plant. Their parasitism is based on the modification of root cells to form a hypermetabolic syncytium from which the nematodes draw their nutrients. The aim of this study was to identify nematode susceptibility genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and to characterize their roles in supporting the parasitism of Heterodera schachtii. By selecting genes that were most strongly upregulated in response to cyst nematode infection, we identified HIPP27 (HEAVY METAL-ASSOCIATED ISOPRENYLATED PLANT PROTEIN 27) as a host susceptibility factor required for beet cyst nematode infection and development. Detailed expression analysis revealed that HIPP27 is a cytoplasmic protein and that HIPP27 is strongly expressed in leaves, young roots and nematode-induced syncytia. Loss-of-function Arabidopsis hipp27 mutants exhibited severely reduced susceptibility to H. schachtii and abnormal starch accumulation in syncytial and peridermal plastids. Our results suggest that HIPP27 is a susceptibility gene in Arabidopsis whose loss of function reduces plant susceptibility to cyst nematode infection without increasing the susceptibility to other pathogens or negatively affecting the plant phenotype.

SUBMITTER: Radakovic ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6638061 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Arabidopsis HIPP27 is a host susceptibility gene for the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii.

Radakovic Zoran S ZS   Anjam Muhammad Shahzad MS   Escobar Elizabeth E   Chopra Divykriti D   Cabrera Javier J   Silva Ana Cláudia AC   Escobar Carolina C   Sobczak Miroslaw M   Grundler Florian M W FMW   Siddique Shahid S  

Molecular plant pathology 20180222


Sedentary plant-parasitic cyst nematodes are obligate biotrophs that infect the roots of their host plant. Their parasitism is based on the modification of root cells to form a hypermetabolic syncytium from which the nematodes draw their nutrients. The aim of this study was to identify nematode susceptibility genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and to characterize their roles in supporting the parasitism of Heterodera schachtii. By selecting genes that were most strongly upregulated in response to cys  ...[more]

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