Grégory MONTIEL
Maître de conférences Université
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Thèmes de recherche
Étude de la signalisation conduisant à la mise en place de l’haustorium chez les plantes parasites obligatoires Phelipanche ramosa et Orobanche cumana (signaux allélopathiques, composés de la rhizosphère impliqués dans la mise en place des interactions plante hôte-plante parasite, récepteurs, régulation transcriptomique).
Parcours universitaire
1996 DEUG Sciences et Vie, Université d’Orléans,
1997 Licence de Biologie Cellulaire et Physiologie, Université d’Orléans,
1998 Maîtrise de Biologie Cellulaire et Physiologie, Université d’Orléans,
1999 Diplôme d’Initiation à la Recherche Scientifique (DIRS, 3ème cycle) en Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Tours,
2000 Diplôme d’Etude Approfondie (DEA, 3ème cycle) en Biologie Forestière, Université Nancy I,
2003 Doctorat de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Plantes de l’Université de Tours. « Etude fonctionnelle des facteurs de transcription AGL12 et CrMYC2 dans les processus de différenciation morphologique et de différenciation métabolique de racine et de cellules végétales cultivées in vitro », Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Orléans et ‘Université de Tours.
2004 – 2006 Post-Doctorat Bourse Européenne Marie Curie (EIF, FP6), « T-DNA activation tagging : une nouvelle approche pour l’étude de la voie de signalisation du jasmonate chez Arabidopsis »
Publications
1 publication
Martinez, Lisa; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Montiel, Gregory; Jestin, Christophe; Delavault, Philippe; Simier, Philippe; Poulin, Lucie
Soil microbiota promotes early developmental stages of Phelipanche ramosa L. Pomel during plant parasitism on Brassica napus L. Article de journal
Dans: Plant and Soil, vol. 483, p. 667–691 , 2022.
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title = {Soil microbiota promotes early developmental stages of Phelipanche ramosa L. Pomel during plant parasitism on Brassica napus L.},
author = {Lisa Martinez and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Gregory Montiel and Christophe Jestin and Philippe Delavault and Philippe Simier and Lucie Poulin},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05822-6},
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abstract = {Purpose
The root holoparasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa has become a major constraint for rapeseed cultivation in western France for the last decades and its control remains challenging. To date, few studies have considered soil microbiota as a third partner of the parasitic plant-plant interaction. Therefore, we here addressed the question of how soil microbiota interferes with host-derived signal metabolites required for host plant recognition by the parasitic plant.
Methods
Using a branched broomrape infested soil (genetic group 1) from a rapeseed field, we first provided soil physicochemical and microbiological descriptions by metabarcoding, followed by P. ramosa seed germination and prehaustorium formation bioassays, and by in vitro co-cultivation with Brassica napus.
Results
Co-cultivation in presence of soil microorganisms promoted parasitic plant seed germination and attachments to host’s roots. Seed germination assays showed that only the combination of gluconasturtiin (main rapeseed glucosinolate) with soil extracts stimulated broomrape germination. This suggests a microbial conversion of gluconasturtiin into germination stimulants via soil microbial myrosinase enzymes. Furthermore, soil bacteria Arthrobacter, Ralstonia, Actinobacterium, Proteobacterium spp. and fungus Penicillium spp. were isolated and screened for myrosinase activity. Pre-germinated seeds treated with soil extracts or differentially filtrated soil extracts also promoted the formation of P. ramosa prehaustorium and led to more parasitic attachments on rapeseed roots in co-cultivation assays. This thus suggests that this enhancement of parasitic attachments could also be partly attributed to soil microbial production of haustorium inducing factors.
Conclusion
Soil microbiota influences B. napus - P. ramosa interaction by altering direct and indirect recognition signals.},
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The root holoparasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa has become a major constraint for rapeseed cultivation in western France for the last decades and its control remains challenging. To date, few studies have considered soil microbiota as a third partner of the parasitic plant-plant interaction. Therefore, we here addressed the question of how soil microbiota interferes with host-derived signal metabolites required for host plant recognition by the parasitic plant.
Methods
Using a branched broomrape infested soil (genetic group 1) from a rapeseed field, we first provided soil physicochemical and microbiological descriptions by metabarcoding, followed by P. ramosa seed germination and prehaustorium formation bioassays, and by in vitro co-cultivation with Brassica napus.
Results
Co-cultivation in presence of soil microorganisms promoted parasitic plant seed germination and attachments to host’s roots. Seed germination assays showed that only the combination of gluconasturtiin (main rapeseed glucosinolate) with soil extracts stimulated broomrape germination. This suggests a microbial conversion of gluconasturtiin into germination stimulants via soil microbial myrosinase enzymes. Furthermore, soil bacteria Arthrobacter, Ralstonia, Actinobacterium, Proteobacterium spp. and fungus Penicillium spp. were isolated and screened for myrosinase activity. Pre-germinated seeds treated with soil extracts or differentially filtrated soil extracts also promoted the formation of P. ramosa prehaustorium and led to more parasitic attachments on rapeseed roots in co-cultivation assays. This thus suggests that this enhancement of parasitic attachments could also be partly attributed to soil microbial production of haustorium inducing factors.
Conclusion
Soil microbiota influences B. napus - P. ramosa interaction by altering direct and indirect recognition signals.
1 publication
Billard, Estelle; Goyet, Vincent; Delavault, Philippe; Simier, Philippe; Montiel, Grégory
Correction to: Cytokinin treated microcalli of Phelipanche ramosa: an efficient model for studying haustorium formation in holoparasitic plants Article de journal
Dans: Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), vol. 141, no. 3, p. 555-555, 2020, ISSN: 1573-5044.
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title = {Correction to: Cytokinin treated microcalli of Phelipanche ramosa: an efficient model for studying haustorium formation in holoparasitic plants},
author = {Estelle Billard and Vincent Goyet and Philippe Delavault and Philippe Simier and Grégory Montiel},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01832-3
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doi = {10.1007/s11240-020-01832-3},
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volume = {141},
number = {3},
pages = {555-555},
abstract = {The caption to Fig. 4 belonged to Fig. 5 and vice versa in the initial online publication. The original article has been corrected.},
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1 publication
Brun, Guillaume; Thoiron, Séverine; Braem, Lukas; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Montiel, Grégory; Lechat, Marc-Marie; Simier, Philippe; Gevaert, Kris; Goormachtig, Sophie; Delavault, Philippe
CYP707As are effectors of karrikin and strigolactone signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana and parasitic plants Article de journal
Dans: Plant Cell Environ, vol. 42, no. 9, p. 2612-2626, 2019, ISSN: 0140-7791.
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title = {CYP707As are effectors of karrikin and strigolactone signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana and parasitic plants},
author = {Guillaume Brun and Séverine Thoiron and Lukas Braem and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Grégory Montiel and Marc-Marie Lechat and Philippe Simier and Kris Gevaert and Sophie Goormachtig and Philippe Delavault},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.13594},
doi = {10.1111/pce.13594},
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year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
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journal = {Plant Cell Environ},
volume = {42},
number = {9},
pages = {2612-2626},
abstract = {Karrikins stimulate Arabidopsis thaliana germination, whereas parasitic weeds of the Orobanchaceae family have evolved to respond to host-exuded compounds such as strigolactones, dehydrocostus lactone, and 2-phenylethyl isothiocyanate. In Phelipanche ramosa, strigolactone-induced germination was shown to require one of the CYP707A proteins involved in abscisic acid catabolism. Here, germination and gene expression were analysed to investigate the role of CYP707As in germination of both parasitic plants and Arabidopsis upon perception of germination stimulants, after using pharmacological inhibitors and Arabidopsis mutants disrupting germination signals. CYP707A genes were up-regulated upon treatment with effective germination stimulants in both parasitic plants and Arabidopsis. Obligate parasitic plants exhibited both intensified up-regulation of CYP707A genes and increased sensitivity to the CYP707A inhibitor abscinazole-E2B, whereas Arabidopsis cyp707a mutants still positively responded to germination stimulation. In Arabidopsis, CYP707A regulation required the canonical karrikin signalling pathway KAI2/MAX2/SMAX1 and the transcription factor WRKY33. Finally, CYP707As and WRKY33 also modulated Arabidopsis root architecture in response to the synthetic strigolactone rac-GR24, and wrky33-1 exhibited a shoot hyperbranched phenotype. This study suggests that the lack of host-independent germination in obligate parasites is associated with an exacerbated CYP707A induction and that CYP707As and WRKY33 are new players involved in a variety of strigolactone/karrikin responses.},
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1 publication
Goyet, Vincent; Billard, Estelle; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Lechat, Marc-Marie; Pelletier, Sandra; Bahut, Muriel; Monteau, Fabrice; Spíchal, Lukas; Delavault, Philippe; Montiel, Grégory; Simier, Philippe
Haustorium initiation in the obligate parasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa involves a host-exudated cytokinin signal Article de journal
Dans: J Exp Bot, vol. 68, no. 20, p. 5539-5552, 2017, ISSN: 0022-0957 (Print) 0022-0957.
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title = {Haustorium initiation in the obligate parasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa involves a host-exudated cytokinin signal},
author = {Vincent Goyet and Estelle Billard and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Marc-Marie Lechat and Sandra Pelletier and Muriel Bahut and Fabrice Monteau and Lukas Spíchal and Philippe Delavault and Grégory Montiel and Philippe Simier},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853424/pdf/erx359.pdf},
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abstract = {The heterotrophic lifestyle of parasitic plants relies on the development of the haustorium, a specific infectious organ required for attachment to host roots. While haustorium development is initiated upon chemodetection of host-derived molecules in hemiparasitic plants, the induction of haustorium formation remains largely unknown in holoparasitic species such as Phelipanche ramosa. This work demonstrates that the root exudates of the host plant Brassica napus contain allelochemicals displaying haustorium-inducing activity on P. ramosa germinating seeds, which increases the parasite aggressiveness. A de novo assembled transcriptome and microarray approach with P. ramosa during early haustorium formation upon treatment with B. napus root exudates allowed the identification of differentially expressed genes involved in hormone signaling. Bioassays using exogenous cytokinins and the specific cytokinin receptor inhibitor PI-55 showed that cytokinins induced haustorium formation and increased parasite aggressiveness. Root exudates triggered the expression of cytokinin-responsive genes during early haustorium development in germinated seeds, and bio-guided UPLC-ESI(+)-/MS/MS analysis showed that these exudates contain a cytokinin with dihydrozeatin characteristics. These results suggest that cytokinins constitutively exudated from host roots play a major role in haustorium formation and aggressiveness in P. ramosa.},
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1 publication
Péron, Thomas; Candat, Adrien; Montiel, Grégory; Veronesi, Christophe; Macherel, David; Delavault, Philippe; Simier, Philippe
New Insights into Phloem Unloading and Expression of Sucrose Transporters in Vegetative Sinks of the Parasitic Plant Phelipanche ramosa L. (Pomel) Article de journal
Dans: Front Plant Sci, vol. 7, p. 2048, 2016, ISSN: 1664-462X (Print) 1664-462x.
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title = {New Insights into Phloem Unloading and Expression of Sucrose Transporters in Vegetative Sinks of the Parasitic Plant Phelipanche ramosa L. (Pomel)},
author = {Thomas Péron and Adrien Candat and Grégory Montiel and Christophe Veronesi and David Macherel and Philippe Delavault and Philippe Simier},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220101/pdf/fpls-07-02048.pdf},
doi = {10.3389/fpls.2016.02048},
issn = {1664-462X (Print) 1664-462x},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-01-01},
urldate = {2016-01-01},
journal = {Front Plant Sci},
volume = {7},
pages = {2048},
abstract = {The plant-parasitic plant interaction is a interesting model to study sink-source relationship and phloem unloading. The parasitic plants, such as the achlorophyllous plant Phelipanche ramosa, connect to the host phloem through the haustorium and act as supernumerary sinks for the host-derived photoassimilates, primarily sucrose. The application of the fluorescent symplastic tracer, carboxyfluorescein (CF) derived from carboxyfluorescein diacetate (CFDA), to the leaves of the host plant (Brassica napus) showed direct phloem connections at the host-parasite interface. These experiments also evidenced the dominant apoplastic pathway for phloem unloading in major vegetative sinks of the parasite, including tubercles and shoots, except the adventitious root apices. The CF experiments showed also the symplastic isolation of the phloem tissues from the sink tissues in tubercle and shoot of the parasite, then suggesting the pivotal role of sucrose transporters in sucrose unloading in P. ramosa sinks. Three cDNAs encoding sucrose transporters (PrSUT) were isolated from the parasitic plant. PrSUT1 transcripts accumulated at the same level in the tubercle throughout the parasite growth while a significant increase in transcript accumulation occurred after emergence in the flowering shoot, notably in the growing apical part. The in situ hybridization experiments revealed the PrSUT1 transcript accumulation in the mature phloem cells of both subterranean and flowering shoots, as well as in shoot terminal sinks corresponding to apical meristem, scale leaf primordia and immature vasculature. The transient expression experiments in Arabidopsis protoplasts showed that PrSUT1 was localized at the plasma membrane, suggesting its role in phloem functioning and sucrose uptake by the sink cells in P. ramosa. Conversely, the PrSUT2 transcript accumulation was constantly low in tubercles and shoots but PrSUT3 transcripts accumulated markedly in the subterranean and flowering shoots, in concordance with the PrSUT3 mRNA accumulation in multiple sink areas including apical meristem, scale-leaf primordia, immature vasculature and even storage parenchyma. However, the PrSUT3 transcripts did not accumulate in the mature phloem cells. The transient expression experiments in Arabidopsis protoplasts suggested a tonoplast localization of PrSUT3, for which nevertheless the involvement in intracellular sucrose transport needs clarification.},
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1 publication
Lechat, Marc-Marie; Brun, Guillaume; Montiel, Grégory; Véronési, Christophe; Simier, Philippe; Thoiron, Séverine; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Delavault, Philippe
Seed response to strigolactone is controlled by abscisic acid-independent DNA methylation in the obligate root parasitic plant, Phelipanche ramosa L. Pomel Article de journal
Dans: J Exp Bot, vol. 66, no. 11, p. 3129-40, 2015, ISSN: 0022-0957 (Print) 0022-0957.
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title = {Seed response to strigolactone is controlled by abscisic acid-independent DNA methylation in the obligate root parasitic plant, Phelipanche ramosa L. Pomel},
author = {Marc-Marie Lechat and Guillaume Brun and Grégory Montiel and Christophe Véronési and Philippe Simier and Séverine Thoiron and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Philippe Delavault},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449535/pdf/erv119.pdf},
doi = {10.1093/jxb/erv119},
issn = {0022-0957 (Print) 0022-0957},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
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journal = {J Exp Bot},
volume = {66},
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pages = {3129-40},
abstract = {Seed dormancy release of the obligate root parasitic plant, Phelipanche ramosa, requires a minimum 4-day conditioning period followed by stimulation by host-derived germination stimulants, such as strigolactones. Germination is then mediated by germination stimulant-dependent activation of PrCYP707A1, an abscisic acid catabolic gene. The molecular mechanisms occurring during the conditioning period that silence PrCYP707A1 expression and regulate germination stimulant response are almost unknown. Here, global DNA methylation quantification associated with pharmacological approaches and cytosine methylation analysis of the PrCYP707A1 promoter were used to investigate the modulation and possible role of DNA methylation during the conditioning period and in the PrCYP707A1 response to GR24, a synthetic strigolactone analogue. Active global DNA demethylation occurs during the conditioning period and is required for PrCYP707A1 activation by GR24 and for subsequent seed germination. Treatment with 5-azacytidine, a DNA-hypomethylating molecule, reduces the length of the conditioning period. Conversely, hydroxyurea, a hypermethylating agent, inhibits PrCYP707A1 expression and seed germination. Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation followed by PCR experiments and bisulfite sequencing revealed that DNA demethylation particularly impacts a 78-nucleotide sequence in the PrCYP707A1 promoter. The results here demonstrate that the DNA methylation status during the conditioning period plays a crucial role independently of abscisic acid in the regulation of P. ramosa seed germination by controlling the strigolactone-dependent expression of PrCYP707A1.},
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2012
Lechat, Marc-Marie; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Péron, Thomas; Gauthier, Mathieu; Montiel, Grégory; Véronési, Christophe; Todoroki, Yasushi; Bizec, Bruno Le; Monteau, Fabrice; Macherel, David; Simier, Philippe; Thoiron, Séverine; Delavault, Philippe
PrCYP707A1, an ABA catabolic gene, is a key component of Phelipanche ramosa seed germination in response to the strigolactone analogue GR24 Article de journal
Dans: J Exp Bot, vol. 63, no. 14, p. 5311–5322, 2012, ISSN: 1460-2431.
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title = {PrCYP707A1, an ABA catabolic gene, is a key component of Phelipanche ramosa seed germination in response to the strigolactone analogue GR24},
author = {Marc-Marie Lechat and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Thomas Péron and Mathieu Gauthier and Grégory Montiel and Christophe Véronési and Yasushi Todoroki and Bruno Le Bizec and Fabrice Monteau and David Macherel and Philippe Simier and Séverine Thoiron and Philippe Delavault},
doi = {10.1093/jxb/ers189},
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year = {2012},
date = {2012-09-01},
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journal = {J Exp Bot},
volume = {63},
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pages = {5311--5322},
abstract = {After a conditioning period, seed dormancy in obligate root parasitic plants is released by a chemical stimulus secreted by the roots of host plants. Using Phelipanche ramosa as the model, experiments conducted in this study showed that seeds require a conditioning period of at least 4 d to be receptive to the synthetic germination stimulant GR24. A cDNA-AFLP procedure on seeds revealed 58 transcript-derived fragments (TDFs) whose expression pattern changed upon GR24 treatment. Among the isolated TDFs, two up-regulated sequences corresponded to an abscisic acid (ABA) catabolic gene, PrCYP707A1, encoding an ABA 8'-hydroxylase. Using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends method, two full-length cDNAs, PrCYP707A1 and PrCYP707A2, were isolated from seeds. Both genes were always expressed at low levels during conditioning during which an initial decline in ABA levels was recorded. GR24 application after conditioning triggered a strong up-regulation of PrCYP707A1 during the first 18 h, followed by an 8-fold decrease in ABA levels detectable 3 d after treatment. In situ hybridization experiments on GR24-treated seeds revealed a specific PrCYP707A1 mRNA accumulation in the cells located between the embryo and the micropyle. Abz-E2B, a specific inhibitor of CYP707A enzymes, significantly impeded seed germination, proving to be a non-competitive antagonist of GR24 with reversible inhibitory activity. These results demonstrate that P. ramosa seed dormancy release relies on ABA catabolism mediated by the GR24-dependent activation of PrCYP707A1. In addition, in situ hybridization corroborates the putative location of cells receptive to the germination stimulants in seeds.},
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Auger, Bathilde; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Pouponneau, Karinne; Yoneyama, Kaori; Montiel, Grégory; Bizec, Bruno Le; Yoneyama, Koichi; Delavault, Philippe; Delourme, Régine; Simier, Philippe
Germination stimulants of Phelipanche ramosa in the rhizosphere of Brassica napus are derived from the glucosinolate pathway Article de journal
Dans: Mol Plant Microbe Interact, vol. 25, no. 7, p. 993–1004, 2012, ISSN: 0894-0282.
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title = {Germination stimulants of Phelipanche ramosa in the rhizosphere of Brassica napus are derived from the glucosinolate pathway},
author = {Bathilde Auger and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Karinne Pouponneau and Kaori Yoneyama and Grégory Montiel and Bruno Le Bizec and Koichi Yoneyama and Philippe Delavault and Régine Delourme and Philippe Simier},
doi = {10.1094/MPMI-01-12-0006-R},
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date = {2012-07-01},
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abstract = {Phelipanche ramosa is a major parasitic weed of Brassica napus. The first step in a host-parasitic plant interaction is stimulation of parasite seed germination by compounds released from host roots. However, germination stimulants produced by B. napus have not been identified yet. In this study, we characterized the germination stimulants that accumulate in B. napus roots and are released into the rhizosphere. Eight glucosinolate-breakdown products were identified and quantified in B. napus roots by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Two (3-phenylpropanenitrile and 2-phenylethyl isothiocyanate [2-PEITC]) were identified in the B. napus rhizosphere. Among glucosinolate-breakdown products, P. ramosa germination was strongly and specifically triggered by isothiocyanates, indicating that 2-PEITC, in particular, plays a key role in the B. napus-P. ramosa interaction. Known strigolactones were not detected by ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, and seed of Phelipanche and Orobanche spp. that respond to strigolactones but not to isothiocyanates did not germinate in the rhizosphere of B. napus. Furthermore, both wild-type and strigolactone biosynthesis mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Atccd7 and Atccd8 induced similar levels of P. ramosa seed germination, suggesting that compounds other than strigolactone function as germination stimulants for P. ramosa in other Brassicaceae spp. Our results open perspectives on the high adaptation potential of root-parasitic plants under host-driven selection pressures.},
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2009
de Zélicourt, Axel; Montiel, Grégory; Pouvreau, Jean-Bernard; Thoiron, Séverine; Delgrange, Sabine; Simier, Philippe; Delavault, Philippe
Susceptibility of Phelipanche and Orobanche species to AAL-toxin Article de journal
Dans: Planta, vol. 230, no. 5, p. 1047–1055, 2009, ISSN: 1432-2048.
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title = {Susceptibility of Phelipanche and Orobanche species to AAL-toxin},
author = {Axel de Zélicourt and Grégory Montiel and Jean-Bernard Pouvreau and Séverine Thoiron and Sabine Delgrange and Philippe Simier and Philippe Delavault},
doi = {10.1007/s00425-009-1008-1},
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year = {2009},
date = {2009-10-01},
urldate = {2009-10-01},
journal = {Planta},
volume = {230},
number = {5},
pages = {1047--1055},
abstract = {Fusarium and Alternaria spp. are phytopathogenic fungi which are known to be virulent on broomrapes and to produce sphinganine-analog mycotoxins (SAMs). AAL-toxin is a SAM produced by Alternaria alternata which causes the inhibition of sphinganine N-acyltransferase, a key enzyme in sphingolipid biosynthesis, leading to accumulation of sphingoid bases. These long chain bases (LCBs) are determinant in the occurrence of programmed cell death (PCD) in susceptible plants. We showed that broomrapes are sensitive to AAL-toxin, which is not common plant behavior, and that AAL-toxin triggers cell death at the apex of the radicle as well as LCB accumulation and DNA laddering. We also demonstrated that three Lag1 homologs, encoding components of sphinganine N-acyltransferase in yeast, are present in the Orobanche cumana genome and two of them are mutated leading to an enhanced susceptibility to AAL-toxin. We therefore propose a model for the molecular mechanism governing broomrape susceptibility to the fungus Alternaria alternata.},
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