Systemic Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana Infected and Challenged with Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae

Attack of plants by necrotizing pathogens leads to acquired resistance to the same or other pathogens in tissues adjacent to or remotely located from the site of initial attack. We have used Arabidopsis thaliana inoculated with the incompatible pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae on the lower leaves to test the induction of systemic reactions. When plants were challenged with Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae in the upper leaves, bacterial titers remained stable in those preinfected on the lower leaves. However, there was a distinct decrease in symptoms that correlated with a local and systemic increase in salicylic acid (SA) and in chitinase activity. Peroxidase activity only increased at the site of infection. No changes in catalase activity were observed, either at the local or at the systemic level. No inhibition of catalase could be detected in tissue in which the endogenous levels of SA were elevated either naturally (after infection) or artificially (after feeding SA to the roots). The activity of catalase in homogenates of A. thaliana leaves could not be inhibited in vitro by SA. SA accumulation was induced by H2O2 in leaves, suggesting a link between H2O2 from the oxidative burst commonly observed during the hypersensitive reaction and the induction of a putative signaling molecule leading to system acquired resistance.

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