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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The maize lipoxygenase, ZmLOX10, mediates green leaf volatile, jasmonate and herbivore-induced plant volatile production for defense against insect attack
Plant Journal, Volume 74, No. 1, Year 2013
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Fatty acid derivatives are of central importance for plant immunity against insect herbivores; however, major regulatory genes and the signals that modulate these defense metabolites are vastly understudied, especially in important agro-economic monocot species. Here we show that products and signals derived from a single Zea mays (maize) lipoxygenase (LOX), ZmLOX10, are critical for both direct and indirect defenses to herbivory. We provide genetic evidence that two 13-LOXs, ZmLOX10 and ZmLOX8, specialize in providing substrate for the green leaf volatile (GLV) and jasmonate (JA) biosynthesis pathways, respectively. Supporting the specialization of these LOX isoforms, LOX8 and LOX10 are localized to two distinct cellular compartments, indicating that the JA and GLV biosynthesis pathways are physically separated in maize. Reduced expression of JA biosynthesis genes and diminished levels of JA in lox10 mutants indicate that LOX10-derived signaling is required for LOX8-mediated JA. The possible role of GLVs in JA signaling is supported by their ability to partially restore wound-induced JA levels in lox10 mutants. The impaired ability of lox10 mutants to produce GLVs and JA led to dramatic reductions in herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) and attractiveness to parasitoid wasps. Because LOX10 is under circadian rhythm regulation, this study provides a mechanistic link to the diurnal regulation of GLVs and HIPVs. GLV-, JA- and HIPV-deficient lox10 mutants display compromised resistance to insect feeding, both under laboratory and field conditions, which is strong evidence that LOX10-dependent metabolites confer immunity against insect attack. Hence, this comprehensive gene to agro-ecosystem study reveals the broad implications of a single LOX isoform in herbivore defense. © 2012 The Authors The Plant Journal © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Christensen, Shawn A.
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Nemchenko, Andriy
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Borrego, Eli J.
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Murray, Ian
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Sobhy, Islam S.
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Bosak, Liz
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Deblasio, Stacy
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Erb, Matthias
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Robert, Christelle Aurélie Maud
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Vaughn, Kathy A.
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Herrfurth, Cornelia
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Tumlinson, James H.
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Feussner, Ivo
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Jackson, David
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Turlings, Ted Christiaan Joannes
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Engelberth, Jurgen
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Nansen, C.
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Meeley, Robert
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Kolomiets, Michael V.
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Statistics
Citations: 201
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/tpj.12101
ISSN:
09607412
e-ISSN:
1365313X
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics