The tomato calcium sensor Cbl10 and its interacting protein kinase Cipk6 define a signaling pathway in plant immunity

Plant Cell. 2013 Jul;25(7):2748-64. doi: 10.1105/tpc.113.113530. Epub 2013 Jul 31.

Abstract

Ca(2+) signaling is an early and necessary event in plant immunity. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) kinase Pto triggers localized programmed cell death (PCD) upon recognition of Pseudomonas syringae effectors AvrPto or AvrPtoB. In a virus-induced gene silencing screen in Nicotiana benthamiana, we independently identified two components of a Ca(2+)-signaling system, Cbl10 (for calcineurin B-like protein) and Cipk6 (for calcineurin B-like interacting protein kinase), as their silencing inhibited Pto/AvrPto-elicited PCD. N. benthamiana Cbl10 and Cipk6 are also required for PCD triggered by other plant resistance genes and virus, oomycete, and nematode effectors and for host susceptibility to two P. syringae pathogens. Tomato Cipk6 interacts with Cbl10 and its in vitro kinase activity is enhanced in the presence of Cbl10 and Ca(2+), suggesting that tomato Cbl10 and Cipk6 constitute a Ca(2+)-regulated signaling module. Overexpression of tomato Cipk6 in N. benthamiana leaves causes accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which requires the respiratory burst homolog RbohB. Tomato Cbl10 and Cipk6 interact with RbohB at the plasma membrane. Finally, Cbl10 and Cipk6 contribute to ROS generated during effector-triggered immunity in the interaction of P. syringae pv tomato DC3000 and N. benthamiana. We identify a role for the Cbl/Cipk signaling module in PCD, establishing a mechanistic link between Ca(2+) and ROS signaling in plant immunity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Apoptosis / genetics
  • Apoptosis / physiology
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Immunoblotting
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nicotiana / genetics
  • Nicotiana / metabolism
  • Nicotiana / microbiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Plant Immunity / drug effects
  • Plant Immunity / genetics
  • Plant Immunity / physiology*
  • Plant Proteins / classification
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas syringae / physiology
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Solanum lycopersicum / genetics
  • Solanum lycopersicum / metabolism*
  • Solanum lycopersicum / microbiology

Substances

  • Plant Proteins
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Calcium

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JF831199
  • GENBANK/JF831200
  • GENBANK/JF831201
  • GENBANK/JF831202
  • GENBANK/JF974260
  • GENBANK/JF974261