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Overmyer, K. et al.

Ozone-sensitive arabidopsis rcd1 mutant reveals opposite roles for ethylene and jasmonate signaling pathways in regulating superoxide-dependent cell death.

We have isolated a codominant Arabidopsis mutant, radical-induced cell death1 (rcd1), in which ozone (O(3)) and extracellular superoxide (O(2)(*)-), but not hydrogen peroxide, induce cellular O(2)(*)- accumulation and transient spreading lesions. The cellular O(2)(*)- accumulation is ethylene dependent, occurs ahead of the expanding lesions before visible symptoms appear, and is required for lesion propagation. Exogenous ethylene increased O(2)(*)--dependent cell death, whereas impairment of ethylene perception by norbornadiene in rcd1 or ethylene insensitivity in the ethylene-insensitive mutant ein2 and in the rcd1 ein2 double mutant blocked O(2)(*)- accumulation and lesion propagation. Exogenous methyl jasmonate inhibited propagation of cell death in rcd1. Accordingly, the O(3)-exposed jasmonate-insensitive mutant jar1 displayed spreading cell death and a prolonged O(2)(*)- accumulation pattern. These results suggest that ethylene acts as a promoting factor during the propagation phase of developing oxyradical-dependent lesions, whereas jasmonates have a role in lesion containment. Interaction and balance between these pathways may serve to fine-tune propagation and containment processes, resulting in alternate lesion size and formation kinetics.[1]

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Ozone-sensitive arabidopsis rcd1 mutant reveals opposite roles for ethylene and jasmonate signaling pathways in regulating superoxide-dependent cell death. Overmyer, K., Tuominen, H., Kettunen, R., Betz, C., Langebartels, C., Sandermann, H., Kangasjärvi, J. Plant Cell (2000) [Pubmed]

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