Differential regulation of the Epr3 receptor coordinates membrane-restricted rhizobial colonization of root nodule primordia.
Differential regulation of the Epr3 receptor coordinates membrane-restricted rhizobial colonization of root nodule primordia.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms14534
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发表时间:
2017-02-23
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16.6
通讯作者:
Stougaard J
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作者:
Kawaharada Y;Nielsen MW;Kelly S;James EK;Andersen KR;Rasmussen SR;Füchtbauer W;Madsen LH;Heckmann AB;Radutoiu S;Stougaard J
In Lotus japonicus, a LysM receptor kinase, EPR3, distinguishes compatible and incompatible rhizobial exopolysaccharides at the epidermis. However, the role of this recognition system in bacterial colonization of the root interior is unknown. Here we show that EPR3 advances the intracellular infection mechanism that mediates infection thread invasion of the root cortex and nodule primordia. At the cellular level, Epr3 expression delineates progression of infection threads into nodule primordia and cortical infection thread formation is impaired in epr3 mutants. Genetic dissection of this developmental coordination showed that Epr3 is integrated into the symbiosis signal transduction pathways. Further analysis showed differential expression of Epr3 in the epidermis and cortical primordia and identified key transcription factors controlling this tissue specificity. These results suggest that exopolysaccharide recognition is reiterated during the progressing infection and that EPR3 perception of compatible exopolysaccharide promotes an intracellular cortical infection mechanism maintaining bacteria enclosed in plant membranes. The Lotus japonicus LysM receptor kinase EPR3 perceives rhizobial exopolysaccharides to initiate infection of the root epidermis. Here the authors show that EPR3 also mediates infection thread progression in the root cortex and show that key transcription factors that regulate symbiosis specify the expression of Epr3.