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  • Title: Biochemical evidence for the activation of distinct subsets of mitogen-activated protein kinases by voltage and defense-related stimuli.
    Author: Link VL, Hofmann MG, Sinha AK, Ehness R, Strnad M, Roitsch T.
    Journal: Plant Physiol; 2002 Jan; 128(1):271-81. PubMed ID: 11788772.
    Abstract:
    Activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases is a common reaction of plant cells in defense-related signal transduction pathways. To gain insight into the mechanisms that determine specificity in response to a particular stimulus, a biochemical approach has been employed. Photoautotrophic suspension culture cells of tomato (Lycopersicon peruvianum) were used as experimental system to characterize MAP kinase activation by different stress-related stimuli. An elicitor preparation of the tomato-specific pathogen Fusarium oxysporum lycopersici was shown to result in the simultaneous induction of four kinase activities that could be separated by ion-exchange chromatography. The simultaneous activation of multiple MAP kinases was further substantiated by distinct pharmacological and immunological properties: a differential sensitivity toward various protein kinase inhibitors and a differential cross-reaction with isoform-specific MAP kinase antibodies. In contrast to the two fungal elicitors chitosan and the F. oxysporum lycopersici preparation, the plant-derived stimuli polygalacturonic acid and salicylic acid were shown to activate distinctly different subsets of MAP kinases. Application of a voltage pulse was introduced as a transient stress-related stimulus that does not persist in the culture. Voltage application activates a distinct set of MAP kinases, resembling those activated by salicylic acid treatment, and generates a refractory state for the salicylic acid response. The inhibitory effect of nifedipine indicates that current application may directly affect voltage-gated calcium channels, thus, providing a tool to study various calcium-dependent pathways.
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