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Plant Sciences
Sutanni Sarkar, Gulab Chand Arya, Boaz Negin, Ekaterina Manasherova, Maggie Levy, Asaph Aharoni, Hagai Cohen
Summary: In this study, the researchers explored the contribution of cuticular lipid metabolism to barley domestication by comparing wild and domesticated barley variants. They found substantial differences in the morphology and tissue characteristics between the two variants. Further analysis revealed that wild barley leaves have a higher density of epicuticular waxes compared to domesticated leaves, but the ultrastructure of the cuticle is similar. Gene expression assays confirmed these findings, showing higher expression of epicuticular wax biosynthetic genes in wild barley leaves. The research provides new insights into the compositional variances in cuticular lipids of wild and domesticated barley leaves and their impact on plant-environment interactions.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yi Zhang, Zhenghua Du, Yanting Han, Xiaobing Chen, Xiangrui Kong, Weijiang Sun, Changsong Chen, Mingjie Chen
Summary: The study found that the cuticle can reversibly modify its transpiration barrier under prolonged drought and rehydration treatments by selectively depositing specific wax compounds; these modifications are achieved through multiple mechanisms, helping to strengthen or maintain the protective function of the cuticle.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mingjie Chen, Yi Zhang, Xiangrui Kong, Zhenghua Du, Huiwen Zhou, Zhaoxi Yu, Jianheng Qin, Changsong Chen
Summary: The study on tea trees found that the epicuticular wax coverage on the leaf surface is positively correlated with resistance, and different tea trees may be affected by different cuticular factors under different conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Nuohan Xu, Qianqiu Zhao, Zhenyan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Yan Wang, Guoyan Qin, Mingjing Ke, Danyan Qiu, W. J. G. M. Peijnenburg, Tao Lu, Haifeng Qian
Summary: Microorganisms in the phyllosphere have various ecological functions, influencing leaf functions, fruit development, and plant growth stability. They play a vital role in ecological stability and environmental safety assessment, though current research faces limitations in understanding plant-microorganism interactions.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Di Chen, Zongyan Sun, Kunsheng Wu, Qiaoli Zhang, Yanping Song, Tingyu Wang, Daqi Fu, Jiankang Cao, Yunbo Luo, Guiqin Qu
Summary: The dynamic changes of combined cuticular wax and cutin in apples were analyzed using GC-MS, revealing a decrease in total n-alkanes and an increase in total acids in cuticular wax, significant changes in cutin monomer content in the first 5 days, and a decrease in the predominant wax compound nonacosane. The study also detected specific cutin monomers only at the beginning of shelf life and found a significant correlation between water loss rate and eight components.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Gulab Chand Arya, Sutanni Sarkar, Ekaterina Manasherova, Asaph Aharoni, Hagai Cohen
Summary: The cuticle on plant aerial surfaces, composed of cutin polyester and waxes, serves as a protective barrier that prevents water loss, regulates transpiration, and facilitates gas and solute transport. It also acts as the first line of defense against environmental cues and biotic stresses, including pathogens and pests. The complex molecular interactions between plants and pathogens primarily occur at the cuticle interface, where epicuticular waxes and cutin monomers play multidimensional roles.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Alexandra Ciorita, Septimiu Cassian Tripon, Ioan Gabriel Mircea, Dorina Podar, Lucian Barbu-Tudoran, Cristina Mircea, Marcel Parvu
Summary: Microscopy techniques were used to examine the morphological and anatomical traits of Vinca leaves, revealing interspecific variations among different Vinca species. The study found that V. minor and V. herbacea leaves had a more organized anatomical aspect, while computational analysis unveiled a new characteristic of the cellular to intercellular space ratio in Vinca leaves. Additionally, ultrastructural characteristics of the cuticle and lipid droplets in the spongy parenchyma cells were described for the first time in this study.
Article
Microbiology
Gulab Chand Arya, Hagai Cohen
Summary: This article explores the multifaceted roles of fungal cutinases during the four major stages of infection, including spore attachment, germination, and penetration of host plants. Based on previous evidence and a molecular phylogenetic tree, the relationship between fungal species lifestyle and the activity of its cutinases is discussed.
Article
Plant Sciences
Clara Diarte, Aline Xavier de Souza, Simona Staiger, Ann-Christin Deininger, Amauri Bueno, Markus Burghardt, Jordi Graell, Markus Riederer, Isabel Lara, Jana Leide
Summary: The barrier properties of the hydrophobic plant cuticle depend on its physicochemical composition, which varies significantly among different plant species, organs, and developmental stages. Compositional variations in the cuticle lead to different structural and functional barrier properties of the plant cuticle.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Vasvi Chaudhry, Paul Runge, Priyamedha Sengupta, Gunther Doehlemann, Jane E. Parker, Eric Kemen
Summary: The aerial portion of plants, particularly the leaves, are inhabited by pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes, which interact with the host plant and with each other to form complex microbial communities. Understanding these interactions is crucial for developing biotechnological applications such as plant-protective probiotics.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Corinne Clave, Witold Dyrka, Elizabeth A. Turcotte, Alexandra Granger-Farbos, Lea Ibaelosa, Benoit Pinson, Russell E. Vance, Sven J. Saupe, Asen Daskalov
Summary: Gasdermins are a family of proteins that control cell death reactions in both mammals and fungi. This study reveals the proteolytic regulation of Gasdermins in fungi, showing an evolutionary parallel between fungal and mammalian cell death pathways.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
Taiane N. Souza, Alessandro F. Valdez, Juliana Rizzo, Daniel Zamith-Miranda, Allan Jefferson Guimaraes, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Leonardo Nimrichter
Summary: Lipid microdomains are ordered regions of the plasma membrane enriched in specific components, playing important roles in host-pathogen interactions. Fungi interfere with infection outcomes by disrupting the dynamics of host cell membrane microdomains. Pathogenic fungi exploit lipid microdomains to invade and survive in host cells.
CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
David B. Sykes, Michelle M. Martinelli, Paige Negoro, Shuying Xu, Katrina Maxcy, Kyle Timmer, Adam L. Viens, Natalie J. Alexander, Johnny Atallah, Brendan D. Snarr, Shane R. Baistrocchi, Natalie J. Atallah, Alex Hopke, Allison Scherer, Ivy Rosales, Daniel Irimia, Donald C. Sheppard, Michael K. Mansour
Summary: Research has shown that using conditionally immortalized murine neutrophil progenitors can generate a large number of homogeneous granulocyte-macrophage progenitors (GMPs) which have potential therapeutic effects for treating candidemia and pulmonary aspergillosis. Transfused GMPs can differentiate into mature neutrophils in the bone marrow and spleen, and exhibit appropriate responses to inflammatory stimuli. Transfusions of conditionally immortalized GMPs can significantly improve survival rates in models of candidemia and pulmonary aspergillosis.
JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Danhua Zhang, Zhaoyilin Wang, Naoki Yamamoto, Mingyue Wang, Xiaoqun Yi, Ping Li, Runmao Lin, Zohreh Nasimi, Kazunori Okada, Keiichi Mochida, Yoshiteru Noutoshi, Aiping Zheng
Summary: RsIA_GT is a glycosyltransferase secreted by Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA, which plays a crucial role in the pathogenicity of the fungus. It has a conserved functionality in various fungal taxonomic categories and its virulence function was confirmed in both yeast and Nicotiana benthamiana. RsIA_GT(Delta S), a truncated form of RsIA_GT, showed the ability to suppress cell death and enhance lesion area caused by R. solani AG-1 IA.
Review
Zoology
Ricardo de Oliveira Barbosa Bitencourt, Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Claudia Umana-Diaz, Isabele da Costa Angelo, Carl Lowenberger
Summary: Entomopathogenic fungi are promising biocontrol agents for reducing mosquito populations, and understanding the interactions between mosquitoes and pathogens is crucial for developing effective biocontrol agents.
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Delia A. Narvaez-Barragan, Omar E. Tovar-Herrera, Martha Torres, Mabel Rodriguez, Sonia Humphris, Ian K. Toth, Lorenzo Segovia, Mario Serrano, Claudia Martinez-Anaya
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Microbiology
Dorcas Zuniga-Silgado, Julio C. Rivera-Leyva, Jeffrey J. Coleman, Ayixon Sanchez-Reyez, Susana Valencia-Diaz, Mario Serrano, Luz E. de-Bashan, Jorge L. Folch-Mallol
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Luz America Cordoba-Castro, Rosalba Salgado-Morales, Martha Torres, Lourdes Martinez-Aguilar, Luis Lozano, Miguel Angel Vences-Guzman, Ziqiang Guan, Edgar Dantan-Gonzalez, Mario Serrano, Christian Sohlenkamp
Summary: The genus Burkholderia sensu lato consists of a diverse group of bacterial species with unique characteristics such as the presence of two forms of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and ornithine lipids (OLs). Only Burkholderia sensu stricto strains constitutively form OLs, while other strains in the group form two forms of PE but no OLs. The absence of OLs in B. cenocepacia affects bacterial growth under specific abiotic stress conditions, while OLs may play an important role in activating the innate immune response in eukaryotes.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Juliana Santos Batista-Oliveira, Damien Formey, Martha Torres, Wendy Aragon, Yordan Jhovani Romero-Contreras, Israel Maruri-Lopez, Alexandre Tromas, Katia Regina Freitas Schwan-Estrada, Mario Serrano
Summary: Rare-earth element gadolinium serves as a biostimulant that induces plant defense responses against Botrytis cinerea, modifying both early and late defense responses. The defense induced by gadolinium is more effective compared to calcium-induced response, highlighting the potential of gadolinium as a biocontrol agent against fungal pathogens like B. cinerea.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Sarai Castro-Bustos, Israel Maruri-Lopez, Maria Azucena Ortega-Amaro, Mario Serrano, Cesare Ovando-Vazquez, Juan Francisco Jimenez-Bremont
Summary: This study analyzed the subcellular localization and potential interactors of the Arabidopsis thaliana glycine-rich domain protein 2 (AtGRDP2). It was found that the AtGRDP2 protein is localized in the cytosol and nucleus, and the DUF1399 or RRM domains are sufficient for nuclear localization. Furthermore, heterodimeric interactions between AtGRDP2 and specific proteins were observed in different compartments, suggesting the involvement of AtGRDP2 in post-transcriptional processes.
CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Juan Antonio Herrera-Gonzalez, Silvia Bautista-Banos, Mario Serrano, Gianfranco Romanazzi, Porfirio Gutierrez-Martinez
Summary: The biggest challenge faced by the avocado industry is maintaining fruit quality to meet consumer demands. Anthracnose is the most important disease, with natural compounds showing potential in improving postharvest quality and reducing disease incidence.
Article
Plant Sciences
Domenica Khiabet Brazales-Cevallos, Yordan Jhovani Romero-Contreras, Miguel Angel Vences-Guzman, Martha Torres, Norma Yaniri Aviles-Baltazar, Christian Sohlenkamp, Mario Serrano
Summary: The leaf extract of Moringa oleifera has the potential to improve plant growth and stress tolerance, but its molecular mechanisms are not well understood and further research is needed to elucidate them.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Wendy Aragon, Damien Formey, Norma Yaniri Aviles-Baltazar, Martha Torres, Mario Serrano
Summary: This study revealed that mutants altered in cuticle components exhibit resistance to the pathogen Botrytis cinerea, with cutin mutants showing resistance while wax mutants did not. Transcriptomic analysis showed that genes related to cell wall integrity and ROS accumulation were upregulated in cutin mutants but not in wax mutants. These findings suggest that different defense pathways may be activated in mutants with a resistant phenotype.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Ivette Garcia-Soto, Raphael Boussageon, Yareni Marlene Cruz-Farfan, Jesus Daniel Castro-Chilpa, Liz Xochiquetzal Hernandez-Cerezo, Victor Bustos-Zagal, Alfonso Leija-Salas, Georgina Hernandez, Martha Torres, Damien Formey, Pierre-Emmanuel Courty, Daniel Wipf, Mario Serrano, Alexandre Tromas
Summary: ROP3 has been identified as a positive regulator of infection thread and nodule formation in Lotus japonicus, while not affecting AMF root colonization. The expression of CSSP genes was not impacted by ROP3 in the NFS and AMS conditions, but some rhizobial-specific pathway genes showed decreased expression in the NFS.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Paraskevi Ziazia, Eirini G. Poulaki, Danai Gkizi, Luis Lozano, Mario Serrano, Sotirios E. Tjamos
Summary: Adding specific microbiological growth media can alleviate Verticillium wilt symptoms in eggplants, with Potato Dextrose significantly enhancing plant protection against the pathogen.
Article
Microbiology
M. A. Cevallos, M. D. Basanta, E. Bello-Lopez, A. S. Escobedo-Munoz, F. M. Gonzalez-Serrano, A. Nemec, Y. J. Romero-Contreras, M. Serrano, E. A. Rebollar
Summary: This study isolated and characterized eight Acinetobacter bacteria from the skin of two tropical frog species. It was found that seven isolates had the ability to inhibit the growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), while all eight isolates inhibited the growth of the phytopathogen fungus Botrytis cinerea. The study suggests that the frog skin microbiome contains new species of Acinetobacter bacteria with broad antifungal functions.
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Delia A. Narvaez-Barragan, Omar E. Tovar-Herrera, Arturo Guevara-Garcia, Mario Serrano, Claudia Martinez-Anaya
Summary: Cell wall integrity is crucial for plant defense against biotic and abiotic stresses. Expansins, which modify cell walls, can enhance or weaken plant resistance to pathogens. Changes in cell wall mechanical properties can directly influence the outcome of pathogen infection, while expansins also play a role in triggering defense responses.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Dorcas Zuniga-Silgado, Ayixon Sanchez-Reyes, Maria Laura Ortiz-Hernandez, Miranda Otero, Edgar Balcazar-Lopez, Susana Valencia-Diaz, Mario Serrano, Jeffrey J. Coleman, Luis Sarmiento-Lopez, Luz E. De-Bashan, Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol
Summary: The Capsicum genus is economically important and widely cultivated. Soil type significantly affects phosphorus availability for plants. This study found that different soil types and inoculation methods can enhance the growth and phosphorus absorption of chili plants.
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Mario Serrano, Katia Regina Freitas Schwan-Estrada, Jorge F. S. Ferreira, Jose Abramo Marchese
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Monica Montserrat Rojas Moreno, Enrique Gonzalez-Perez, Aida Araceli Rodriguez-Hernandez, Maria Azucena Ortega-Amaro, Alicia Becerra-Flora, Mario Serrano, Juan Francisco Jimenez-Bremont
Summary: Expression of the TaEPL1 gene in Arabidopsis plants confers increased resistance to bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae and necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. The expression lines showed reduced disease symptoms and bacterial titers, as well as higher levels of SA- and JA-response genes. EPL1 can be used as an elicitor to generate crops with improved resistance to broad-spectrum diseases.