JP2013184963A - Pathogenicity inhibitor for phytopathogenic bacteria - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pathogenicity inhibitor, as a plant disease controlling agent friendly to environmental microflora, which reduces pathogenicity of phytopathogenic bacteria by inhibiting synthesis of flagella or pilus of phytopathogenic bacteria, or inhibiting motility of flagella or pilus.SOLUTION: There is provided a pathogenicity inhibitor for phytopathogenic bacteria, including at least one of amino[(4-methylbenzyl)thio]methaneimine chloride and 4-{[{[amino(imino)methyl]amino}(imino)methyl]amino}-1-bromo-2-methylbenzene, and acridine-9-amine.

Description

  The present invention relates to a drug used for plant pathogenic bacteria, and relates to a pathogenicity inhibitor that prevents the occurrence of damage by pathogenic bacteria by suppressing the expression of pathogenicity of the pathogenic bacteria.

  Conventionally, various fungicides are used to prevent damage caused by pathogenic bacteria in plants. Recently, there has been a demand for fungicides with as little harm as possible to human livestock, beneficial insects, or the environment. For example, 3-substituted quinoline compounds or salts thereof, and agricultural chemicals containing them as active ingredients have been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  However, even with such disinfectants, not only the target pathogenic bacteria but also the microorganisms that do not have pathogenicity due to the spraying have not been solved, and dramatic changes in environmental microbiota The problem of causing shrinkage remained. In particular, among non-pathogenic bacteria, there are beneficial microorganisms that induce disease resistance in plants, and it was desired to avoid killing these microorganisms regardless of whether they are pathogenic bacteria or not.

  Accordingly, a phytopathogenic agent that focuses on the naturally occurring cinnamic acid has been proposed as a drug that is relatively gentle to the environment and safe for the human body (see, for example, Patent Document 2). However, this plant pathogen inhibitor using cinnamic acid is effective only for some fungi and was not applicable to pathogenic bacteria.

JP 2008-088139 A JP 2011-190178 A

  In the course of conducting research in view of such a current situation, the present inventors can suppress pathogenesis by suppressing the expression of a pathogenic gene of the pathogenic bacterium instead of sterilizing the pathogenic bacterium. I came up with the idea that it might be.

  Therefore, tobacco wildfire fungus known as one of the pathogenic bacteria is used as a test bacterium, and the flagellar and pilus motility of this tobacco wildfire bacterium is inhibited or the motility of flagella and pilus is inhibited. Therefore, the present invention is achieved by conducting research and development from the viewpoint that pathogenicity of pathogenic bacteria can be reduced, and provides a pathogenicity inhibitor as an environmental microbe-friendly disease control agent. .

  The pathogenicity inhibitor for phytopathogenic bacteria of the present invention includes amino [(4-methylbenzyl) thio] methanimine chloride and 4-{[{[amino (imino) methyl] amino} (imino) methyl] amino}-. It contains at least one of 1-bromo-2-methylbenzene and acridine-9-amine.

  With the pathogenicity inhibitor of phytopathogenic bacteria of the present invention, it is possible to suppress pathogenesis by suppressing the expression of pathogenic genes without killing the pathogenic bacteria. In particular, it is possible to suppress the effects on beneficial microorganisms that are present in large amounts in the environment, and to provide a disease control agent that is friendly to the environmental microflora. In addition, since the pathogenic bacteria are not killed, the expression of resistant bacteria is expected to be suppressed.

It is a list of experimental results confirming the inhibitory effect on flagellar synthesis of each compound. It is a list of experimental results confirming the Swarming motility (0.45% agar) inhibitory effect of each compound. It is a list of experimental results confirming the Swarming motility (0.25% agar) inhibitory effect of each compound. It is a list of experimental results confirming the inhibitory effect of each compound on AHL synthesis. It is the experimental result list which confirmed the condition of disease symptom progress inhibition in the tobacco leaf of a host. It is the experimental result list which confirmed the condition of disease symptom progress inhibition in the tobacco leaf of a host. It is a list of experimental results for confirming the inhibitory effect of each compound on pili synthesis. It is a list of experimental results confirming the inhibitory effect of flagellar synthesis on other pathogens of each compound. It is a list of experimental results for confirming the inhibitory effect of Swarming motility (0.45% agar) on other pathogens of each compound. It is a list of experimental results confirming the inhibitory effect of AHL synthesis on other pathogenic bacteria of each compound. It is a list of experimental results confirming the effectiveness of compound No. 1 analogs. It is a list of experimental results confirming the effectiveness of analogs of Compound No. 4. It is a list of experimental results confirming the effectiveness of the analog of Compound No. 8.

  As described above, the pathogenicity inhibitor of phytopathogenic bacteria of the present invention has been found using tobacco wildfire fungus, which is known as one of pathogenic bacteria, as an important pathogenic factor. It inhibits flagellar synthesis ability, flagellar motility, cell density sensing mechanism (quorum sensing), etc., but does not inhibit its growth itself.

  In order to find such a pathogenicity inhibitor, first, a target compound was searched using a chemical library of MicroHitFinder (Maybridge).

  That is, each sample of 14400 items / 180 plates in the library was treated with wild strains of tobacco wildfire fungus to a final concentration of 100 μM, cultured for 24 hours, and subjected to primary screening.

The primary screening is
(1) Flagella synthesis or sugar chain modification: Western blotting with Flagellin antibody,
(2) Flagellar motility: Swarming assay using MMMF plate containing 0.25% agar,
(3) AHL synthesis ability: Violasein color assay by Chromobacterium
(4) Antibiotic susceptibility: It was carried out in 4 items of the inhibition disk plate assay using a Cm-containing disk.

In addition, as a candidate for a promising compound as a bacteriostatic agent,
(1) Do not inhibit the growth of bacteria,
(2) It is not a deleterious substance,
(3) Do not confer antibiotic resistance,
Finally, the following eight types of compounds were identified as promising compounds as pathogenicity inhibitors.

By the way, among the 8 types, compound No. 1 is amino [(4-methylbenzyl) thio] methaniminium chloride (amino [(4-methylbenzyl) thio] methanimin chloride), and compound No. 4 is 4- { [{[amino (imino) methyl] amino} (imino) methyl] amino} -1-bromo-2-methyl
benzene (4-{[{[amino (imino) methyl] amino} (imino) methyl] amino} -1-bromo-2-methylbenzene), and compound No. 8 is acridin-9-amine (acridine- 9-amine).

  By the secondary screening described below, the above three types were identified from the previous eight types of compounds. In addition, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was used as a solvent for each compound.

First, the effect of each compound on flagellar synthesis was examined again.
The Pta cultured overnight was diluted 1/100 with a new medium, and each compound was treated for 48 hours at final concentrations of 50 μM, 100 μM, and 200 μM. Shown in
As shown in FIG. 1, a concentration-dependent flagellar synthesis inhibitory effect was observed in all compound treatments. In particular, Compound No. 1 and Compound No. 4 showed strong flagellar synthesis inhibitory effects in a concentration-dependent manner.

Next, the effect of each compound on motility was examined again.
FIG. 2 shows the results of evaluating the inhibitory effect of Swarming motility (0.45% agar) on soft agar medium by treating each compound with Pta at a final concentration of 10 μM and 100 μM for 24 hours. Similarly, FIG. 3 shows the results of evaluating the inhibitory effect of Swarming motility (0.25% agar) on a soft agar medium after treatment at a final concentration of 100 μM for 24 hours.
Most compound treatments confirmed a concentration-dependent motility inhibitory effect.

Next, the effect of each compound on AHL synthesis was examined again.
FIG. 4 shows the results of comparing the coloration of violacein by directly inoculating the Pta culture solution treated with each compound at a final concentration of 50 μM and 100 μM for 24 hours on a plate embedded with Chromobacterium CV026 strain.
In this case, Compound No. 1 and Compound No. 4 showed a strong AHL synthesis inhibitory effect, but Compound No. 8 showed an effect only at the time of high concentration treatment.

Next, in order to investigate the effect of each compound on the pathogenicity, the state of inhibition of symptom progression in the tobacco leaves of the host was confirmed.
The culture solution obtained by treating each compound with Pta at a final concentration of 100 μM for 24 hours was diluted to 1/10, and 10 μl of the diluted solution was ingested on the leaves damaged by the needle, and then cultured at 23 ° C. for 10 days. As shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 6 shows the result of culturing at 23 ° C. for 10 days after immersing the cut leaves in the diluted solution for 20 minutes.
It was confirmed that each compound inhibited the progression of disease symptoms as compared with the DMSO-treated section.

Next, the effect of each compound on pili synthesis was examined.
The Pta cultured overnight is diluted 1/100 with a new medium, each compound is treated at a final concentration of 100 μM for 24 hours, and the results of evaluating the synthesis inhibitory effect by Western blotting analysis of anti-pili antibody are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, it was confirmed that a compound that inhibits flagellar synthesis also inhibits pili synthesis.

So far, the effect of each compound has been confirmed using tobacco wildfire fungus (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tabaci6605). In addition to tobacco wildfire fungus, soybean spot bacterial fungus (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinea rece4), tomato leafy leaves Bacterial fungus (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato DC3000), white clover leaf bacterial fungus (Pseudomonas cichorii KN52), rice brown rot fungus (Pantoea ananatis NARCB200120, AZ200124), cruciferous plant black rot fungus (Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris pv. FIG. 8 shows the results of evaluating the flagellar synthesis inhibitory effect by Western blotting analysis on the potato ring-rot fungus (Erwinia chrysanthemi 92-31) and the rice blast fungus (Burkholderia glumae Pg-10).
The inhibitory effect on flagellar synthesis was confirmed against many pathogenic bacteria.

In addition, the tomato spotted bacterial fungus (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato DC3000), soybean spot bacterial fungus (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinea rece4), potato ring-rot fungus (Erwinia chrysanthemi 92-31), Pantoea ananatis NARCB200120, AZ200124) and white clover leaf bacteriomycetes (Pseudomonas cichorii KN52) are evaluated in the same manner as shown in FIG.
In each compound, the inhibitory effect of Swarming motility was confirmed against many pathogenic bacteria.

In addition, FIG. 10 shows the results of similarly evaluating the inhibitory effect of AHL synthesis on rice brown rot fungus (Pantoea ananatis NARCB200120, AZ200124) and rice blast fungus (Burkholderia glumae Pg-10) of each compound. .
In Compound No. 1, Compound No. 4, and Compound No. 8, the AHL synthesis inhibitory effect could be confirmed.

From the above results,
Compound No. 1: amino [(4-methylbenzyl) thio] methaniminium chloride (amino [(4-methylbenzyl) thio] methanimine chloride),
Compound No. 4: 4-{[{[amino (imino) methyl] amino} (imino) methyl] amino} -1-bromo-2-
methylbenzene (4-{[{[amino (imino) methyl] amino} (imino) methyl] amino} -1-bromo-2-methylbenzene),
Compound No. 8: acridin-9-amine (acridine-9-amine) proved promising as a pathogenicity inhibitor.

In addition, since there is a possibility that more promising compounds exist in the analogs of the respective compounds, the results of evaluation of flagellar synthesis and Swarming motility on the analogs of the respective compounds are shown in FIGS. It is shown in FIG.
From FIGS. 11 to 13, it was confirmed that the original compound was more effective than the analog in any case.

Claims (1)

Amino [(4-methylbenzyl) thio] methanimine chloride;
4-{[{[amino (imino) methyl] amino} (imino) methyl] amino} -1-bromo-2-methylbenzene;
A virulence inhibitor for phytopathogenic bacteria containing at least one of acridine-9-amine.