Elevated Levels of Phosphorylated Sphingobases Do Not Antagonize Sphingobase- or Fumonisin B1-Induced Plant Cell Death

Plant & Cell Physiology
Renï GlenzFrank Waller

Abstract

Long-chain bases (LCBs), also termed sphingobases, are building blocks of sphingolipids, which make up a significant proportion of the cellular membrane system. They are also bioactive molecules regulating intracellular processes. Elevated levels of LCBs like phytosphingosine and dihydrosphingosine can induce cell death in plants and correlate with programmed cell death (PCD) reactions after pathogen recognition. We investigated the previously hypothesized antagonism between phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated LCBs with respect to cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana. Using HPLC-MS/MS, we determined levels of phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated LCBs after cell death induction by LCB application or by Fumonisin B1 (FB1) treatment. We show that previously reported antagonistic effects of phosphorylated LCBs after simultaneous application with nonphosphorylated LCBs are linked to reduced uptake of nonphosphorylated LCBs into the tissue. Furthermore, phosphorylated LCBs did not antagonize PCD induced by avirulence protein recognition. In a functional approach, we used Arabidopsis lines with perturbed levels of phosphorylated LCBs. In these plants, the degree of FB1-induced cell death did not consistently correlate negatively with l...Continue Reading

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