Integrated signaling networks in plant responses to sedentary endoparasitic nematodes: a perspective

Plant Cell Rep. 2015 Jan;34(1):5-22. doi: 10.1007/s00299-014-1676-6. Epub 2014 Sep 11.

Abstract

Sedentary plant endoparasitic nematodes can cause detrimental yield losses in crop plants making the study of detailed cellular, molecular, and whole plant responses to them a subject of importance. In response to invading nematodes and nematode-secreted effectors, plant susceptibility/resistance is mainly determined by the coordination of different signaling pathways including specific plant resistance genes or proteins, plant hormone synthesis and signaling pathways, as well as reactive oxygen signals that are generated in response to nematode attack. Crosstalk between various nematode resistance-related elements can be seen as an integrated signaling network regulated by transcription factors and small RNAs at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and/or translational levels. Ultimately, the outcome of this highly controlled signaling network determines the host plant susceptibility/resistance to nematodes.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Resistance / genetics
  • Disease Resistance / immunology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / immunology*
  • Host-Parasite Interactions / immunology
  • Models, Immunological
  • Nematoda / immunology*
  • Nematoda / physiology
  • Plant Diseases / genetics
  • Plant Diseases / immunology
  • Plant Diseases / parasitology
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Proteins / immunology
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plants / genetics
  • Plants / immunology*
  • Plants / parasitology
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signal Transduction / immunology*

Substances

  • Plant Proteins