Fungal elicitor-induced bean proline-rich protein mRNA down-regulation is due to destabilization that is transcription and translation dependent

In bean cells treated with fungal elicitor, the transcripts of PvPRP1, a gene encoding a proline-rich protein, decreased to approximately 6% of the original level within 4 hr. The apparent mRNA half-life during the period of rapid degradation was approximately 45 min. The rate of PvPRP1 gene transcr...

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Published in:The Plant cell 1993-09, Vol.5 (9), p.1089-1099
Main Authors: Zhang, S, Sheng, J, Liu, Y, Mehdy, M.C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actinomycin
ARN MENSAJERO
ARN MESSAGER
Biological and medical sciences
COLLETOTRICHUM
Complementary DNA
DNA
EXPRESION GENICA
EXPRESSION DES GENES
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GENE
Gene expression
GENES
GENETICA
GENETIQUE
Half lives
Messenger RNA
Molecular and cellular biology
Molecular genetics
PARED CELULAR
PAROI CELLULAIRE
PHASEOLUS VULGARIS
Plant cells
Plants
PROLINA
PROLINE
PROTEINAS VEGETALES
PROTEINE VEGETALE
RNA
RNA stability
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Summary:In bean cells treated with fungal elicitor, the transcripts of PvPRP1, a gene encoding a proline-rich protein, decreased to approximately 6% of the original level within 4 hr. The apparent mRNA half-life during the period of rapid degradation was approximately 45 min. The rate of PvPRP1 gene transcription remained constant over this period, as determined by nuclear run-off assays, indicating a decrease in mRNA stability. By using actinomycin D to block transcription, the half-life of PvPRP1 mRNA in unelicited cells was estimated to be approximately 60 hr. In cells treated with actinomycin D followed by the addition of elicitor, the PvPRP1 mRNA half-life was approximately 18 hr, whereas cells treated with these reagents in reciprocal order exhibited a half-life of approximately 6 hr. The protein synthesis inhibitor's emetine and anisomycin also inhibited the rate of PvPRP1 mRNA degradation in elicited cells. Based on these data, we concluded that the rapid decrease in the PvPRP1 mRNA level in elicited cells is due to destabilization, which is dependent on new RNA and protein synthesis
ISSN:1040-4651
1532-298X
DOI:10.1105/tpc.5.9.1089