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- the present invention relates to means for enhancing the resistance of plants to nematodes.
- Plant endoparasitic nematodes are small microscopic roundworms which live in the soil and infect plant roots. They can affect a broad range of species, including vegetables, cereals, fruits, flowers, and woody plants, causing important pre- and post-harvest losses.
- Plant endoparasitic nematodes include for instance Hirchmaniella spp, Pratylenchus spp, Radopholus spp, Ditylenchus spp, Anguina spp, Aphelenchoides spp, Bursaphelenchus spp, Rhadinaphelenchus spp, Hetefbdera spp, Rotylenchus spp, Tylenchulus spp, Nacobbus and Globodera spp.
- the must-damaging nematodes one can cite the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne spp. These nematodes establish and maintain permanent multinucleate plant feeding cells.
- Plant microtubule associated proteins MAP65 were first purified from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and carrot (Daucus carot ⁇ ) microtubule (MT) preparation as 65- kDa proteins (Jiang and Sonobe, 1993; Chan et al, 1996). In Arabidopsis, nine genes encoding MAP65 have been identified (Hussey et al, 2002). Biochemical experiments demonstrated that MAP65s bind and bundle microtubules (MTs) in vitro (Jiang and Sonobe, 1993; Chan et al, 1996; Wicker-Planquart et al, 2004).
- Plant MAP65s share a large conserved domain with the yeast Anaphase spindle elongation factor 1 (Aselp) and the human Protein Regulation Cytokinesis 1 (PRCl). Aselp and PRCl are involved in central spindle formation and cytokinesis (Pellman et al, 1995; Mollinari et al, 2002; Schuyler et al, 2003). Different plant MAP65s may have distinct activities and functions in relation to the different MTs arrays.
- Aselp yeast Anaphase spindle elongation factor 1
- PRCl human Protein Regulation Cytokinesis 1
- Aselp and PRCl are involved in central spindle formation and cytokinesis (Pellman et al, 1995; Mollinari et al, 2002; Schuyler et al, 2003).
- Different plant MAP65s may have distinct activities and functions in relation to the different MTs arrays.
- AtMAP65-3/PLEIADE an AtMAP65 member, has been isolated by a genetic screen for root morphogenesis mutants (M ⁇ ller et al, 2002). AtMAP65-3 binds to the MTs during cell division. The atmap65-3/ple mutants display cytokinesis defects in the root meristem, presumably due to compromised phragmoplast organization (M ⁇ ller et al, 2004).
- the amino acid sequence of the AtMAP65-3 protein is available under accession number NP_199973 (or gi: 15242132) in the GENBANK database. It is reproduced herein as SEQ ID NO: 2.
- the corresponding nucleotide sequence is also available in the GENBANK database under accession number NM_124539 (gi:30696073). It is reproduced herein as SEQ ID NO: 1.
- AtMAP65-3 comprises a MAP65_ASE1 domain (accession number pfam03999 in the CDD database, Marchler-Bauer and Bryant, 2004, or accession number IPR007145 in the InterPro database, Mulder et al, 2007) corresponding to the amino acids 36-625 of AtMAP65-3, and also comprises an AAA (ATPase) sub-domain (accession number SM00382 in the SMART database (Schultz et al, 1998 and Letunic et al, 2006) corresponding to the amino acids 6-449 of AtMAP65-3.
- AAA ATPase sub-domain
- the Inventors have investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying giant cell formation. Using a promoter trap strategy in Arabidopsis, they identified AtMAP65-3 gene to be expressed at early stages of nematode feeding site formation. Promoter-GFP fusion analysis showed that AtMAP65-3 was expressed in all tissues enriched in dividing cells. Dwarf map65-3 mutants microscopical analysis revealed polynucleate and hypertrophied plant cells. In AtMAP65-3 absence, giant cells were induced but failed to fully differentiate and finally decayed. These giant cell defects lead to improper maturation of the infecting nematodes that depend on the nutrient supply from fully developed giant cell. Thus, the Inventors have shown that AtMAP65-3 is an essential host susceptibility gene, playing a key role in plant-nematode interaction by its requirement for giant cell development.
- the present invention thus provides a method for increasing the resistance of a plant to an endoparasitic nematode, wherein said method comprises the inhibition in said plant of a microtubule associated protein of the MAP65 family, hereinafter designated as MAP65-3 protein, said MAP65-3 protein having at least 50%, preferably at least 55% and by order of increasing preference, at least 58%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99 % sequence identity, or at least 65%, preferably 70% and by order of increasing preference, at least 71%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence similarity with the AtMAP65-3 protein (SEQ ID NO: 2).
- said MAP65-3 protein comprises a MAP65 ASE1 domain having at least 55%, and by order of increasing preference, at least 60%, 63%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99 % sequence identity, or at least 70%, and by order of increasing preference, at least 75%, 76%, 77%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence similarity with the MAP65_ASE1 domain of the AtMAP65-3 protein as defined above.
- said MAP65-3 protein comprises an AAA sub-domain having at least 55%, and by order of increasing preference, at least 60%, 65%, 67%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99 % sequence identity, or at least 75%, and by order of increasing preference, at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence similarity with the AAA sub-domain of the AtMAP65-3 protein as defined above.
- the protein sequence identity and similarity values provided herein are calculated using the BLASTP program under default parameters, on a comparison window including the whole sequence of the proteins or of the domain to be compared. Similarity calculations are performed using the scoring matrix BLOSUM62.
- MAP65-3 proteins one can cite the putative microtubule-associated protein of Solarium demissum (amino acid sequence available under accession number AAT40494 (gi: 11320514) in the GENBANK database), the microtubule- associated protein-like of Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar group) (amino acid sequence available under accession number NP_001043901 (gi: 115439243) in the GENBANK database), or the protein of Vitis vinifera (amino acid sequence is available under accession number CAO49743 (gi: 157355886) in the GENBANK database).
- a MAP65-3 protein can further be identified by determining its localization in planta (MAP65-3 locates to all microtubule arrays in dividing cells only such as the midline of the anaphase spindle and the cytokinetic phragmoplast ), e.g. by the methods described in M ⁇ ller et al, 2004, Van Damme et al, 2004 and/or Caillaud et al., 2008.
- a MAP65-3 protein can also be identified by showing that said protein enables the complementation of the Arabidopsis thaliana map65-3 mutant phenotype, e.g., by expressing said protein in the dyc283 mutant (see Example 1 below).
- the inhibition of a MAP65-3 protein can be obtained either by abolishing, blocking or decreasing its function (i.e. binding to the MTs during cell division), or advantageously, by preventing or down-regulating the expression of its gene.
- inhibition of said MAP65-3 protein can be obtained by mutagenesis of the corresponding gene or of its promoter, and selection of the mutants having partially or totally lost the MAP65-3 protein activity.
- a mutation within the coding sequence can induce, depending on the nature of the mutation, the expression of an inactive protein, or of a protein with impaired activity; in the same way, a mutation within the promoter sequence can induce a lack of expression of said MAP65-3 protein, or decrease thereof.
- Mutagenesis can be performed for instance by targeted deletion of the MAP65-3 coding sequence or promoter, or of a portion thereof, or by targeted insertion of an exogenous sequence within said coding sequence or said promoter. It can also be performed by random chemical or physical mutagenesis, followed by screening of the mutants within the MAP65-3 gene. Methods for high throughput mutagenesis and screening are available in the art. By way of example, one can mention TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes, described by McCallum et al. , 2000).
- the inhibition of said MAP65-3 protein is obtained by silencing of the corresponding gene.
- Methods for gene silencing in plants are known in themselves in the art. For instance, one can mention by antisense inhibition or co-suppression, as described by way of example in U.S. Patents 5,190,065 and 5,283,323. It is also possible to use ribozymes targeting the mRNA of said MAP65-3 protein.
- RNA interference RNA interference
- DNA constructs for delivering RNAi in a plant include at least a fragment of 300 bp or more (generally 300-800 bp, although shorter sequences may sometime induce efficient silencing) of the cDNA of the target gene, under transcriptional control of a promoter active in said plant.
- the more widely used DNA constructs are those that encode hairpin RNA (hpRNA).
- hpRNA hairpin RNA
- a chimeric DNA construct of the invention comprises:
- said chimeric DNA construct comprises: - a first DNA sequence of 200 to 1000 bp, preferably of 300 to 900 bp, consisting of a fragment of a cDNA encoding a MAP65-3 protein, or having at least 95% identity, and by order of increasing preference, at least 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99 % identity with said fragment; - a second DNA sequence that is the complementary of said first DNA, said first and second sequences being in opposite orientations ;
- the spacer can be a random fragment of DNA. However, preferably, one will use an intron which is spliceable by the target plant cell. Its size is generally 400 to 2000 nucleotides in length.
- promoters suitable for expression of heterologous genes in plants are available in the art. They can be obtained for instance from plants, plant viruses, or bacteria such as Agrobacterium. They include constitutive promoters, i.e. promoters which are active in most tissues and cells and under most environmental conditions, tissue or cell specific promoters which are active only or mainly in certain tissues ⁇ e.g. root cells) or certain cell types (e.g. giant cells), and inducible promoters that are activated by physical or chemical stimuli, such as those resulting from nematode infection.
- constitutive promoters i.e. promoters which are active in most tissues and cells and under most environmental conditions
- tissue or cell specific promoters which are active only or mainly in certain tissues ⁇ e.g. root cells
- certain cell types e.g. giant cells
- inducible promoters that are activated by physical or chemical stimuli, such as those resulting from nematode infection.
- CaMV cauliflower mosaic virus
- the most suitable promoters for silencing the MAP65-3 gene in a plant in order to increase its resistance to an endoparasitic nematode are promoters that are tissue-specific, having a preferential or exclusive expression in the tissues infected by the nematodes, in particular the giant cells, and/or promoters that are inducible by nematode infection, i.e. promoters that drive an increased level of expression in cells infected by nematodes, when compared to non-infected cells.
- Said promoters may be naturally occurring promoter, may comprise a nematode responsive element isolated from a naturally occurring promoter, or may be a synthetic promoter.
- Non-limitative examples of preferred promoters for carrying out the invention include: the elongation specific endo-l,4-.beta.-glucanase (cell) promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is described in U.S. Patent No. 7,119,254 as being up-regulated in root-knot nematode feeding cells; the promoter of the POX gene of A. thaliana (Vercauteren et al., 2001); the promoter of the Trypsin inhibitor gene of A. thaliana (Vercauteren et ah, 2001); the promoter of the endomembrane protein gene of A. thaliana (Vercauteren et a ⁇ ., 2001); - the promoter of the DAP decarboxylase gene of A. thaliana
- the DNA constructs of the invention generally also include a transcriptional terminator (for instance the 35S transcriptional terminator, or the nopaline synthase (Nos) transcriptional terminator).
- a transcriptional terminator for instance the 35S transcriptional terminator, or the nopaline synthase (Nos) transcriptional terminator.
- DNA constructs can be obtained and introduced in a host cell or organism by the well-known techniques of recombinant DNA and genetic engineering.
- the choice of the recombinant vector depends on the intended host and on the intended method of transformation of said host.
- a variety of methods for genetic transformation of plant cells or plants are available in the art for many plant species, dicotyledons or monocotyledons.
- virus mediated transformation transformation by microinjection, by electroporation, microprojectile mediated transformation, Agrobacterium mediated transformation, and the like.
- the invention also comprises plant cells or plants genetically modified by a construct of the invention.
- the polynucleotide may be transiently expressed; it can also be incorporated in a stable extrachromosomal replicon, or integrated in the chromosome.
- the invention relates to a transgenic plant containing a transgene comprising a chimeric DNA construct of the invention. The expression of said chimeric DNA constructs, resulting in a down regulation of the MAP65-3 protein, provides to said transgenic plant an increased resistance to endoparasitic nematodes when compared with a plant devoid of said transgene.
- the present invention applies to monocot- or dicotyledon plants of agronomical interest, such as wheat, maize, rice, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, triticale, sugar cane, tomato, potato, sugarbeet, rape, flax, tobacco, sunflower, cotton, peas, beans, soybean or alfalfa.
- agronomical interest such as wheat, maize, rice, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, triticale, sugar cane, tomato, potato, sugarbeet, rape, flax, tobacco, sunflower, cotton, peas, beans, soybean or alfalfa.
- the invention also encompasses isolated organs or tissues of said plants (such as seeds, leafs, flowers, roots).
- FIG. 1 DYC283 T-DNA-Tagged Arabidopsis Line Displaying GUS Activity in Galls Induced by M. incognita and during Plant Development.
- A-C GUS expression in galls induced by M. incognita.
- Localized GUS activity in a root gall 7 days post infection (dpi) A).
- GUS activity (seen as a pink precipitate) is observed in the giant cells and in the surrounding cells.
- C GUS activity is observed in surrounding cells and not in mature giant cells.
- FIG. 1 Gene Expression Patterns Observed in AtMAP65-3 Promoter:GFP:GUS Fusion Line.
- A-C GFP expression in the root, in root meristem (A), lateral root emergency (B) and lateral root meristem (C).
- D-F GFP expression in the shoot, in the shoot apical meristem
- GFP signal is located in meristemoids, stomata in formation and in mature stomata (F).
- FIG. 3 AtMAP65-3 Interruption Leads to a Shoot and Root Mutant Phenotype.
- A-E dyc283 mutant shoot phenotype in plants homozygous for the T-DNA mutation (dyc283/dyc283). The dyc283 mutant showed a strong reduction of the shoot in comparison with wild type plant (A).
- Hypocotyl and leaf primordial (B-C) exhibited polynucleate cells and aberrant cell wall stubs (arrows). In leaf primordia, nuclei were often irregular lobed and amoeboid in form (D). Mature leaf stained with DAPI, major part of mesophyll cells was binucleate and some cells presented four nuclei (E) (arrows).
- F-K dyc283 mutant root phenotype.
- Longitudinal section through dyc283 mutant revealed multinucleate hypertrophied cortical and epidermal cells (arrows) (G).
- Transversal section through mutant root stained with DAPI showed polynucleate (arrows) and hypertrophied cells (H).
- Vascular cylinder cells often show cell misalignments (arrows) (H).
- dyc283 mutant expressing H2B:YFP and stained with membrane dye FM4-64 exhibited multinucleate root cells and cell wall stubs (I).
- dyc283 mutant root electron myograph showed abnormal enlarged nuclei, that contained nucleolus number increase (arrows) (J), non-divided nucleus (arrow) curving around incomplete wall branched end (K).
- nu nucleus; vac, vacuole; cws, cell wall stub; cw, cell wall.
- FIG. 1 Giant Cells and Root-Knot Nematode Mutant Phenotype
- A-B Visualization of nuclei in young giant cells using plant expressing H2B:YFP.
- giant cell was binucleate (A).
- dyc283 mutant plant giant cells were mononucleate with swollen nuclei (B).
- C-D Cross section through gall of wild-type plant (C) and dyc283 plant (D), 7 dpi with M. incognita. Arrows showed aberrant cell wall stubs in dyc283 mutant giant cell (D).
- E-F Cross section through gall of wild type plant (E) and dyc283 mutant plant (F), 21 dpi with M. incognita.
- giant cells were mature and nematode was at the fourth juvenile stage (E).
- hi the dyc283 mutant plant giant cells decayed and nematode stayed at the third stage (F).
- the T-DNA mutagenized Arabidopsis thaliana line collection (ecotype Wassilewskija, WS) was generated at Institut National de Ia mecanic Agronomique Why promoter trap and gene tagging (Bechtold et al, 1993). The lines were screened individually for GUS expression after Meloidogyne incognita infection as previously described (Favery et al, 1998). For in vitro analyses, seeds were surface sterilized and grown on MS medium containing 1% sucrose, 0.7% plant cell culture tested agar (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA), and 50 ⁇ g/mL of kanamycin. Plates were inclined at an angle of 60° to allow the roots to grow along the surface.
- Kanamycin resistance was scored in 2-week-old seedlings. For nematode infection in vitro, 100 surface-sterilized freshly hatched M. incognita J2 were added on each 2-week-old seedling. The plates were kept at 20 0 C with a 16-h photoperiod. Histochemical localization of GUS activity and microscopic analyses
- GUS activity was assayed histochemically with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3- indolyl- ⁇ -D-glucuronic acid as described by Favery et al. (1998).
- Galls, root apex, and shoot apical meristems were dissected from GUS-stained plants, fixed in 1% glutaraldehyde and 4% formaldehyde in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.2, dehydrated, and embedded in Technovit 7100 (Heraeus Kulzer, Wehrheim, Germany) as described by the manufacturer.
- Sections (4 ⁇ m) were stained with 0.05% ruthenium red or toluidine blue and mounted in DPX (BDH Laboratory Supplies, VWR International, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France). Sections were observed with a Zeiss Axioplan 2 microscope (Jena, Germany). T-DNA insertion site analysis and isolation of homozygous dyc283 and ebj96 plants
- the insertion site was characterized by sequencing the genomic regions flanking the inserted T-DNA as described by Samson et al. (2002).
- PCR experiments were done with the AtMAP65-3 primers which span the T-DNA insertion site, and a third primer GUS (5'-tcc aga ctg aat gcc cac ag-3', SEQ ID NO: 3) specific for the sequence of the T-DNA.
- the primers DYCR (5'-gca gtt cag aag ctg atg gag g-3', SEQ ID NO: 4) and DYC5RC (5'-cct gcc tga gta tgt tat act cc-3', SEQ ID NO: 5) were used for DYC283, and DYC6 (5'-gga gta ta cat act cag gca gg-3', SEQ ID NO: 6) and DYC9RC (5'-gat gat caa ace aaa cga cat tea g-3', SEQ ID NO: 7) for EBJ96.
- genomic DNA from homozygous plants was used as a template, a single PCR product was obtained from amplifications with all three primers.
- the PCR fragment was inserted into the pDON207 donor vector and then in the plant expression vectors pKGWFS7 (Karimi et al., 2002) using Gateway Technology (Invitrogen).
- the Pro 35S HindIII / Spel fragment of the pK7WGF2, pK7FWG2, pH7WGY2, pH7YWG2 vectors was replaced by P ⁇ O MAP6S - 3 -
- the coding sequence of MAP65-3 was amplified by PCR, using wild-type plant cDNAs as the template and the primers Gw5dycB (5 '-aaaag cag get tea cca tgg caa gtg ttc aaaag ate cg-3', SEQ ID NO : 10) and Gw3dycK (5 '-aga aag ctg ggt gtc aa
- Optical sections were obtained on fresh roots by using an inverted confocal microscope (model LSM510; Zeiss, Jena, Germany). To visualize the MT cytoskeleton and nuclei in nematode feeding site, galls of 7 and 14 dpi were excised and embedded in agar 7%. Vibroslices of 100 ⁇ m diameter- for galls 7 dpi- or 300 ⁇ m diameter -for galls 14 dpi- were obtained using a vibratome HM560V (Microm). Fresh roots and vibroslices were observed with a ⁇ 63water immersion apochromat objective (Zeiss, Jena, Germany).
- YFP and GFP fluorescence were monitored in Lambda mode with a 499-550-nm beam path (488-nm excitation line).
- Fluorescent dye FM4-64 (Molecular probes) was used at 1 ⁇ M final concentration.
- GFP or YFP and FM4-64 fluorescence were monitored in Lambda mode with a 499-620-nm beam path (488-nm excitation line).
- EXAMPLE 1 THE DYC283-TAGGED LINE DISPLAYED GUS ACTIVITY IN THE NEMATODE FEEDING SITE
- EXAMPLE 2 ATMAP65-3 IS EXPRESSED IN ALL TISSUES ENRICHED IN DIVIDING CELLS
- the GUS gene was expressed in the root meristem and in the root elongation zone, in which cells divide and expand (Figure IE). GUS activity was also detected in the lateral root primordia ( Figure IF). In aerial parts of the plant, GUS expression was observed in young leaves, buds and flowers ( Figure IG-I).
- the AtMAP65-3 expression pattern deduced from experiments with the GUS reporter gene was confirmed using RT-Q-PCR analysis (data not shown) and AtMAP65-3 promoter ⁇ ProMA P ⁇ ss) GFP fusion.
- dyc283 mutant Plants homozygous for the T-DNA mutation (dyc283 mutant) showed a strong reduction of the shoot part of the plant (Figure 3A). Despite this dwarf phenotype, no organ fusions or abnormal organ numbers have been observed. dyc283 mutant was fertile, but the number of seeds per silique was strongly reduced. Microscopical analysis revealed that the embryo sac decayed at early steps after fertilization (data not shown). dyc283 mutant cellular organization was characterized by performing sections through different tissues. dyc283 mutant SAM presented irregular cell outer layers. Hypocotyl and leaf primordia exhibit polynucleate cells and aberrant cell wall stubs ( Figure 3B-C), absent in wild type.
- Root cells were often multinucleate and exhibited cell wall stubs (Figure 3H and 31). Electron microscopy performed in dyc283 mutant root confirmed presence of abnormal enlarged nuclei that contained nucleolus number increase ( Figure 3J). In addition, some dyc283 mutant cells exhibited non-divided nucleus curving around incomplete wall branched end ( Figure 3K). Organ cross sections performed in DYC283 heterozygous plants revealed no aberrant cellular phenotype confirming the recessive nature of the mutation (data not shown). Thus dyc283 mutant showed a cytokinesis defect characterized by cell wall stubs, polynucleate and hypertrophied cells in all plant organs.
- EXAMPLE 4 IN ABSENCE OF ATMAP65-3, GIANT CELLS WERE INDUCED BUT FAILED TO FULLY DIFFERENTIATE dyc283 mutant response to the nematode M. incognita was examined.
- the infective second stage juvenile (J2) was able to invade the dyc283 mutant root tissue by penetrating the elongation zone, migrating along the vascular cylinder and induce a gall, as well as in wild type plant. Observation of gall sections 7 dpi revealed that the nematode could initiate its feeding site composed of 5 to 7 giant cells (Figure 4A).
- EXAMPLE 5 ATMAP65-3.GFP FUSIONS COMPLEMENT THE MUTANT PHENOTYPE Searching Arabidopsis mutant collections for loss-of-function insertion mutants, an additional map65-3 allele was identified from INRA Rome (Samson et al, 2002).
- the EBJ96 line carried a single T-DNA insertion in the AtMAP 65 -3 eleventh exon.
- plants homozygous for the ebj96 mutation exhibited similar mutant phenotype to dyc283 mutant.
- two AtMAP65-3:GFP fusions, GFP:AtMAP65-3 and AtMAP65-3:GFP were constructed under the Pro M AP6 5 - 3 control.
- the 449 bp 5'UTR-exonI sequence of MAP65-3 (SEQ ID NO : 13) was amplified by PCR, using wild-type plant genomic DNA as the template and the primers MAP_RNAiGW5 (5'- aaa aag cag get tec cca aaa cct ttt act tct teg -3', SEQ ID NO : 14) and MAP_RNAiGW3 (5'- aga aag ctg ggt ggg agt teg aat aaa aga gat cca -3', SEQ ID NO : 15) - AtMAP65-3 specific sequence underlined.
- T2 plants from 19 Tl transformants obtained with the Pro A tF H o-RNAi AtMAP65-3 construct showed a significant reduction of the GUS expression limited to the galls induced by the nematodes.
- the AtFH6 promoter being not activated in the root meristems, no reduction of the GUS activity was observed in the root meristems and no developmental phenotype was detected.
- the first test of infection by the root knot nematodes performed on the T2 plants coming from 10 Tl plants bearing the Pr ⁇ MAP 6 5 - 3 :GFP-GUS and Pro AtFH6 -RNAi AtMAP65-3 constructs allowed identifying a line with a reduction of 60 % of the number of nematodes able to carry out their development cycle (2 months after infection).
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