COMPARATIVE PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF TWO PAPAYA
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COMPARATIVE PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF TWO PAPAYA
009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 20-11-2012 11:37 Pagina 571 Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 Edizioni ETS Pisa, 2012 571 COMPARATIVE PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF TWO PAPAYA CULTIVARS SHOWING A DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TO THE ROOT-ROT PATHOGEN PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA R.Z. Jia1, M. Paidi1, S. Lim1, I.K. Cho2, Q.X. Li2 and Y.J. Zhu1, 2, 3 1Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Kunia, HI 96759, USA of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA 3Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, China Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan, 571101, P.R. of China 2Department SUMMARY Among the Hawaiian papaya (Carica papaya L.) cultivars, ‘Kamiya’ is more tolerant to Phytophthora palmivora than ‘SunUp’. To understand the molecular basis for the difference between these two cultivars, their protein profiles cultivars were investigated by two-dimensional (2D) electrophoresis. Two hundred and fifty expressed protein spots were compared between ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ on triplicate 2D gels. Twentyfive out of 28 differentially-expressed spots were successfully identified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and three differentially migrating spots were identified as a single protein. Among the 15 proteins up-regulated 2-fold or higher in ‘Kamiya’, nine were related to plant disease resistance and defense response, while among the 8 proteins up-regulated 2 fold or more in ‘SunUp’, one was involved in disease and defense. Six differentially expressed proteins were further confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Identified proteins were involved in at least five categories of plant defense or disease resistance: jasmonic acid (JA)-dependent pathway, ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters, plant brassinolide hormone, abscisic acid (ABA)/reactive oxygen species (ROS) plant defense pathway, and transcription regulation. Our results infer that tolerant ‘Kamiya’ possesses various defense mechanisms against P. palmivora. Key words: Phytophthora palmivora, root-rot disease, resistance protein, defense protein, stress-related protein. INTRODUCTION Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is an important fruit crop, native to the tropics of the Americas. Papaya was introduced to Hawaii in the 1800s and the state has become Corresponding author: Y.J. Zhu Fax: +1.808.6211399 E-mail: [email protected] the largest papaya industry in the USA. Papaya has limited resistance to Phytophthora palmivora, a particularly devastating oomycete, which can reduce fruit production and/or quality and may even cause complete loss of production (Nishijima, 1994). Symptoms of the disease on infected papaya include leaf yellowing, wilting of stems and leaves, and roots rotting (Zhu et al., 2003, 2004). Among Hawaiian papaya cultivars, field observations showed that ‘SunUp’ is susceptible while ‘Kamiya’ is more tolerant towards P. palmivora (Gonsalves, 2006; Fuchs et al., 2007). Plants possess two distinct, but complementary, defense mechanisms against pathogen attack (Dangl et al., 2001). The first mechanism is ‘passive’, consisting of physical barriers such as the cuticle and cell wall. However, in some cases this is not sufficient. The plant then relies on a second defense mechanism, also known as an ‘active’ defense response that involves coordination of diverse genetic and physiological reactions, analogous to a counterattack. The ‘active’ defense response begins with host recognition of the invading organism at the penetration site (Nimchuk et al., 2003). One type of virulence recognition is mediated by resistance (R) genes, encoding pathogen recognition proteins, which may interact in a precise gene-for-gene manner (Flor, 1971). R gene-dependent resistance has been used in breeding programs in several crops with varying degrees of success against a number of pathogens (Dangl et al., 2001; Di Gaspero et al., 2002; Nimchuk et al., 2003). A further active defense response, systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is an inducible defense mechanism which may result in a broad, long-lasting immunity in non-infected tissues against both the initial pathogen and also other pathogens, insects or wounding (Ryals et al., 1994). Several pathogenesis-related (PR) genes, such as PR-1, PR-2 and PR-4 are induced during local defenses and SAR (Ward et al., 1991, 1993). Salicylic acid (SA) is a signaling molecule involved in both local defense reactions and in the induction of SAR. It has been shown that applying SA to plants can induce SAR (Ward et al., 1991, 1993). The three small molecules, jasmonic acid (JA), SA, and ethylene (ET) which play key roles in the regulation of the signaling network involved in plant 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 572 20-11-2012 11:37 Pagina 572 Comparative proteomic analysis of papaya cultivars stress response and disease resistance have been well reviewed (Dangl et al., 2001; Nimchuk et al., 2003; Pieterse et al., 2004). However, specific studies on papaya defense and resistance mechanisms have rarely been reported. It is interesting to compare papaya with Arabidopsis thaliana, a member of the Brassicales, and a well-researched plant. The papaya genome is significantly larger than that of Arabidopsis, at 372 mega base pairs (Mbp) vs. 145 Mbp (Ming et al., 2008). However, there are fewer nucleotide-binding site (NBS)-containing R genes in papaya than in Arabidopsis, 54 vs. 174, respectively (Porter et al., 2009). The papaya cultivars ‘SunUp’ and ‘Kamiya’ differ in their responses to the pathogen P. palmivora; ‘SunUp’ is susceptible while ‘Kamiya’ is tolerant. We hypothesize that differences in susceptibility to P. palmivora may be mediated by defense proteins. In particular, we expect that there might be differences in the root proteins of ‘SunUp’ and ‘Kamiya’ and that these might include proteins which are already known to be stress-related or involved in defense. To test this hypothesis, and gain insight into how ‘SunUp’ and ‘Kamiya’ react to P. palmivora, we used two dimensional (2D) electrophoresis, integrated with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to identify differentially-expressed proteins. Identification of defense or stress-related proteins in the two papaya cultivars will provide a molecular basis for determination of the functional roles of these proteins in the C. papaya-P. palmivora interaction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals. All chemical reagents used in this work were purchased from either Sigma-Aldrich (USA) or Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 Bio-Rad Laboratories (USA), except where mentioned separately. All solvents used for LC-MS/MS analysis were purchased from Fisher-Scientific (USA) with LC grade or higher grade purity. Plant and pathogen cultures. Seeds of ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ were obtained from Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (Kunia, HI, USA). Seeds were surface sterilized and germinated according to Zhu et al. (2003). P. palmivora was cultured on medium containing 10% V8 vegetable juice™ (Campbell Soup , USA), 1% agar, 0.15% CaCO3 for 10-12 days. Zoospores of P. palmivora were extracted according to Zhu et al. (2004). The concentration of inoculum was determined using a hemocytometer. 1x104 zoospores/ml were used to inoculate plants by a root drench method (Zhu et al., 2004). Three-month-old papaya plants of cvs Kamiya and SunUp were used. Thirty plants for each cultivar were inoculated with 10 ml of a P. palmivora zoospore suspension. Prior to inoculation, root samples were collected for protein analysis. Samples collected at 0, 20, 44, and 144 h after inoculation (HAI) were used for RTPCR. Plants were photographed and fresh weights taken 5 days after inoculation. Protein extraction and solubilization. Protein extractions and analyses were based on the method of Wang et al. (2006) with modifications. Prior to extraction, 4 g of finely ground root samples were washed several times: twice with 5 ml cold acetone, once with 10% Trichloro acetic acid (TCA) in acetone and once with 80% acetone. Each wash was followed by centrifugation at 10,000 g for 7 min. The protein pellets were then dried at room temperature for 45 min. Protein was extracted by adding 1.5 ml cold phenol (pH 8) and 1.6 ml SDS buffer (30% sucrose, 2% SDS, 0.1 M Tris-HCl pH 8 Table 1. Primers used in this work for validation of proteins expressed in cvs Kamiya and SunUp. Primer sequence 5' to 3' Tm (oC) Product size (bp) f: TTGGAAGGCACGAGAATG 56 480 r: TAGCAGCAGGAGGGATGA f: GTCCTCGTGCTTATTATCG 56 222 r: TCGGGTTCATTAGTCCTT f: TGCTGCTGTAAACTTTGG 58 448 K13 Lipoxygenase CpLOX SC458.3(0) r: GGAGATGCTGTTAGGGAC f: TATCGAGCTGCTTCACGT Abscisic-aldehyde 56 443 CpALDO SC103.87(0) K14 r: AATGTTGGCGGATTCACT oxidase f: CTTCTGAGGCATTATTCG 56 204 S5 Hexokinase-1 CpHXK SC78.21(0) r: CATCTTGTCCAACCGTAT f: TATTCTGGGCAACTCG Serine/threonine56 353 CpATR SC20.126(0) S7 r: CTCCCTCTTCATCCTCAT protein kinase f: ACTACGAGTTGCCTGATGGA 58 192 Actin protein CpACTIN AY906938 r: AACCACCACTGAGCACAATG Oligo dT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT *: Identified protein sequences were queried against the papaya genome database. Primer Premier (ver. 5.00, Premier Biosoft International, CA) was used for primer design. All the primers were synthesized by IDT (Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. USA). f: indicates forward primer, and r: reverse primer. Tm: annealing temperature used in RT-PCR reactions. No. Protein name Gene name Homolog* Disease resistance CpDRL SC64.10 (2e-49) K2 protein WRKY transcription CpWRKY SC152.35(e-139) K10 factor 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 20-11-2012 11:37 Pagina 573 Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 and 5% β-mercaptoethanol). The upper phenol phase was collected following centrifugation at 10,000 g for 7 min. For every 300 µl of the phenol phase collected, 5 vol of cold 0.1 M ammonium acetate in methanol were added and proteins were precipitated by storing at -20°C for 30 min. Proteins were pelleted by centrifugation at 10,000 g for 5 min. The pellets were then washed twice with 0.1 M ammonium acetate in methanol and once with 80% cold acetone. The clean protein pellets were dried at room temperature for 20 min, then solubilized in a rehydration buffer (8 M urea, 2% Triton X100, 10 mM DTT and 0.5% pH 3-5 ampholyte) and stored at -80°C. Protein concentration was determined with a Quick StartTM Bradford Dye Reagent (Bio-Rad, USA) according to manufacturer’s instructions. According to the manufacturer this kit is SDS compatible up to a level of 0.2%. Ten individual plants for each cultivar were extracted independently, and the proteins were pooled for 2D electrophoresis. 2D electrophoresis and image acquisition. Approximately 200 µg of solubilized proteins were applied to each of the 11-cm, pH 3-11 immobiline dry strips (immobilized pH gradient, IPG) following the manufacturer’s instructions (Bio-Rad, USA). Isoelectric focusing of the rehydrated strips was conducted in a Bio-Rad protean IEF cell with linear ramping of voltage according to the PROTEAN IEF Cell instruction manual. The sample was pre-focused for 1 h, then the IPG strips were overlaid with a thin film of mineral oil and were allowed to rehydrate for 16 h. Once the maximum voltage of 8,000 V was reached, the IPG strips were placed in a rehydration tray that was sealed with plastic wrap and stored at -80°C until they were used in second dimension electrophoresis. Just before running the second electrophoresis, the strips were placed into reduction solution (36% urea, 2% SDS, 25% 1.5 M Tris-HCl v/v, 2% glycerol, and 2.5% DTT) for 10 min, to ensure complete reduction of any reformed disulphide bonds. After this, the strips were incubated for 10 min in alkylation solution [36% urea, 2% SDS, 25% 1.5 M TrisHCl v/v, 2% glycerol, and 2.5% iodoacetamide (IAA)] to alkylate proteins and react with any unreduced DTT. After equilibration, the IPG strips were immersed in a tank of 1X SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) running buffer (196 mM glycine, 0.1% SDS, 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3) for 30 sec, and placed on the pre-cassetted 12.5% SDS-PAGE gel (Bio-Rad, USA). Electrophoresis was conducted at a constant voltage of 200 V for 55 min. The gels were stained with Coomassie Blue (Bio-Rad, USA) (0.25 g/100 ml Coomassie Blue in 10% acetic acid in 50% aqueous methanol) for 1 h and destained in solution I (7.5% acetic acid in 50% aqueous methanol) and subsequently solution II (7.5% acetic acid in 5% aqueous methanol) until the background was clear. Jia et al. 573 Cleared gels were scanned on a Bio-Rad GS-800 calibrated densitometer using a 36.3 µm resolution. Gel images were imported and analyzed with PDQuest 8.0 (Bio-Rad, USA) image analysis software. Images were cropped to ensure identical dimensions for all images. Sensitivity was adjusted to ensure most of the protein spots were visible. A filtered image was achieved by removing noise/streaks that could be misinterpreted as protein spots. A process (local regression) was selected to normalize all detected peptide spots to the reference gel. Selected peptide spots were then manually inspected to correct any mismatches produced by the comparative analysis. The isoelectric point (pI) of a protein was calculated as previously described (Bjellqvist et al., 1993, 1994). Proteins detected in all three technical replicates are reported in the results. Differences in spot location and intensity detected by the PDQuest software were also checked manually. Student T-test analysis in the PDQuest software package was performed for the spots that were consistently detected in the three replicates for a cultivar. The expression of each protein spot was determined by the ANOVA procedure for Duncan’s multiple range test (P = 0.01). In-gel protein digestion. Protein spots of interest were excised manually with a one touch spot picker (The Gel Company, USA) and transferred into 200 µl water in 1.5 ml microtubes. The excised plugs were washed with 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate (NH4HCO3)/50% acetonitrile (ACN) until they were completely destained. The plugs were dried to a white color using a speed vacuum (SVC-100H, Savant, USA). An aliquot of 20 µl of freshly-prepared sequencinggrade modified trypsin (Promega, USA) 20 µg/µl in 50 mM NH4HCO3, was added to the dried gel slices for imbibition in an ice bath. The unabsorbed solution was removed before adding 40 µl of 50 mM NH4HCO3, then the gel slices were incubated overnight at 37°C. Tryptic digestion was stopped by adding 5 µl of 2% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The digested peptides were extracted from each gel slice by incubating for 40 min in a sonicating water bath (model FS 110, Fisher Scientific, USA) with 40 µl extraction buffer (water:ACN:TFA, 93:5:2, v/v/v). Supernatants were collected and dried using vacuum centrifugation. The peptides were re-dissolved in 20 µl of 5% aqueous formic acid, transferred to fresh tubes and stored at -20°C until they were subjected to LC-MS/MS analysis. Liquid chromatography ion trap mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis and database search. The tryptic-digested polypeptide mixtures were analyzed using a Dionex UltiMateTM 3000 nano LC interfaced with an Esquire HCTultra ion trap mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics, Germany) in nanoelectrospray mode with a Pico Tip Emitter (New Objective, USA) according to 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 574 20-11-2012 11:37 Pagina 574 Comparative proteomic analysis of papaya cultivars the procedure of Lee et al. (2007). The nano-LC column was a C18 PepMap 100 (Dionex Corp., USA). The gradient program consisted of solution B in solution A. Specifically, A = 0.1% formic acid in water and B = 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile. The timed increase program was 5% B for 5 min, 60% B for 70 min, 95% B for 10 min, 5% B for 15 min, and 5% B for 20 min. Peptide spectra were recorded over a mass range of m/z 300-2500 while MS-MS spectra were recorded over a mass range of m/z 50-1600. One peptide spectrum was recorded followed by two MS-MS spectra, and the accumulation time was 1 sec for peptide spectra and 2 sec for MS-MS spectra. The collision energy was set automatically according to the mass and charge state of the peptides chosen for fragmentation. Doubly- or triplycharged ions were selected for product ion spectra. MS/MS spectra were interpreted with MASCOT (Version: 2.2.04, Matrix Science, UK) using Biotools software (Bruker Daltonik, Germany). Peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) searches were carried out with the Swissprot and MSDB databases through the Mascot server with available plant databases (Arabidopsis, Oryza Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 sativa and Viridiplantae) following previous studies (Lee et al., 2007). Functions for identified peptides were assigned according to the universal protein resource, Uniprot, and results are listed in Table 2. RT-PCR. For both papaya cultivars, expression of six selected genes was tested and the expression profile of CpLOX was investigated for 0, 22, 44, and 144 h after inoculation. RNA extraction was performed using an RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen, Germany), according to manufacturer’s instructions. RNA concentration was determined using a spectrophotometer (ND-1000, Nanodrop Technologies, USA). An IcyclerTM Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, USA) was used for all the reverse transcription and amplification reactions. Total RNA was treated with DNase (RQ1 RNase-free DNase, Promega, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. First strand cDNA synthesis was carried out with ImPromIITM reverse transcriptase (Promega, USA) with an oligo dT, according to manufacturer’s instructions. Primers and annealing temperatures used in this study were listed in Table 1. Specific genes were amplified in a total Fig. 1. Comparison of two papaya cultivars, ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’, inoculated with the pathogen P. palmivora. A. Photographs of 3 month old plants, 5 days after inoculation with either water or a Phytopthora root drench. ‘Kamiya’ is on the left and ‘SunUp’ is on the right. B. Fresh weight of whole plants (including roots) and root weight of ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’, also at 5 days after inoculation. *, ** indicates significant difference at P=0.05 and P=0.01, respectively. 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 575 Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 Table 2. Differentially-expressed proteins identified in papaya cultivars ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’. Jia et al. 575 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 576 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 576 Comparative proteomic analysis of papaya cultivars Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 *: Underlined protein spots were selected for further confirmation by RT-PCR. a): Bar graph of protein semi-quantity analysis based on 2DE. Y-axis: normalized expression volume of the spot relative optical density (ROD, intensity X area). b): Accession number in Swissprot database, version: 51.6 (257964 sequences; 93947433 residues). c): Organism used for homolog search, At: Arabidopsis thaliana, Os: Oryza sativa, St: Solanum tuberosum. d): Mascot scores (S) and scores cutoff (SC), the Mascot score are derived from ions scores as a non-probabilistic basis for ranking protein hits. The cutoff scores based on significance threshold P=0.05. e): MW represents molecular weight (KDa) both experimental MW (Ex) and calculated MW (Ca) were listed in the table. f): pI means isoelectric point of the proteins with both experimental (Ex) and calculated value (Ca). g): Sequence coverage (C) in percentage (%). h): polypeptide sequence (PS), doubly- or triply- charged ions were selected for product ion spectra. i): Homolog (H) sequences matched by identified protein against Papaya (Carica papaya L.) genome database with blast-P software, where SC indicated supercontig followed by the gene number. The number in brackets indicates E-value. j): Potential functional (F) categories of identified proteins were based on the database searches and literature reviews detailed in the results and discussion sections. DD: disease resistance and defense, ST: signal transduction, TR: transcription regulation, MP: metabolic processes, DR: DNA replication. volume of 20 µl, containing 1X Green GoTaq Flexi buffer, 2 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM dNTP mix, 1 µM forward primer, 1 µM reverse primer, 1 U GoTaq DNA polymerase (Promega, USA), and <0.5 µg cDNA template. The PCR procedure was 94°C for 5 min, 30 cycles at 94°C for 30 sec, annealing for 60 sec, 72°C for 60 sec, final elongation at 72°C 5 min. A 1.5% agarose gel was used for electrophoresis, visualized with ethidium bromide, and photographed using Electrophoresis Documentation and Analysis System 120 (Kodak, Japan). Quantitative analysis of PCR products was carried out with Quantity One (v 4.6.1, Bio-Rad) to compare gene expression according to the method of Sundfors et al. (1996). The relative optical density (ROD, i.e., intensity ×area) of each PCR band, in reference to gene expression, was calculated and compared. RESULTS Differential response of ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ to P. palmivora. Visually ‘Kamiya’ plants appeared healthier 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 577 Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 than ‘SunUp’ plants after they were challenged with P. palmivora root drenches. Five days after inoculation, ‘SunUp’ showed typical leaf and stem wilting symptoms that eventually led to plant death (Fig. 1a). The whole plant fresh weight of ‘SunUp’ was significantly decreased after treatment with P. palmivora (P=0.05), also root weight was significantly decreased (P=0.01). Meanwhile, for ‘Kamiya’ the pathogen did not seem to affect either root or whole plant weight. However, the whole plant fresh weight of ‘Kamiya’ was slightly heavier than that of ‘SunUp’ for both the controls and for the inoculated plants. The fresh weight of inoculated roots for ‘Kamiya’ was significantly heavier than that of ‘SunUp’ (Fig. 1b). The inoculated roots of ‘SunUp’ turned brown and necrotic, indicating the presence of root rot (not shown). Growth measurements of potted plants confirmed that ‘Kamiya’ is more tolerant than ‘SunUp’to P. palmivora. Comparative analysis of proteins detected in the roots of ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’. A total of 250 root pro- Jia et al. 577 tein spots were compared (data not shown) between ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ on triplicate gels. A total of 28 spots were significantly different (P=0.01) in their expression between the two cultivars, of which 19 were from ‘Kamiya’ (Fig. 2a) and 9 from ‘SunUp’ (Fig. 2b). Among the 19 spots excised from ‘Kamiya’, 12 spots were detected exclusively in ‘Kamiya’ gels without any detectable expression in ‘SunUp’ and they were assigned as K1 to K12. The remaining 7 spots were more than 2-fold greater in ‘Kamiya’ compared to ‘SunUp’ and they were assigned as K13 to K19. Six out of 9 ‘SunUp’ spots were detected exclusively in ‘SunUp’ and they were assigned as S1 to S6 (Fig. 1b and 1d). The other 3 spots, assigned as S7 to S9, were more than 2fold greater in ‘SunUp’ than in ‘Kamiya’ (Fig. 2b and 2d). All of the 28 proteins spots were further investigated by LC-MS/MS. Of these, 25 protein spots were successfully identified, while 3 protein spots (K11, K12, and S6) did not match any known proteins in the database (Table 2) (Triplicate gel images and protein spot data are available upon request). Fig. 2. 2DE gel images of larger and exclusively detected spots of root proteins from two papaya cultivars, (A) ‘Kamiya’ and (B) ‘SunUp’. All the excised spots are located as a square and identified with a number. Molecular weight standards are shown on the left margin of the gel image and pH is indicated on the top of the image. A selected region is presented in insets (C) for ‘Kamiya’ and (D) for ‘SunUp’, respectively, to show the selected spots in detail. (E) A bar graph represents the number of identified proteins involved in different biological process in ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’. 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 578 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 578 Comparative proteomic analysis of papaya cultivars Proteins occurring exclusively or in higher quantities in ‘Kamiya’. Potential functions for 17 out of the 19 proteins showing increased expression in ‘Kamiya’ are proposed in Table 2. Nine proteins were involved in plant stress response and defense (probable steroid reductase, K1; putative disease resistance protein, K2; myrosinase-binding protein, K3; pleiotropic drug resistance protein, K4; white-brown-complex homolog protein, K6; probable lipoxygenase, K13; abscisic-aldehyde oxidase, K14; multidrug resistance protein, K16; and peroxidase protein, K17). Three spots showing different migration patterns (K7, K8, and K18) were all identified as a single transcriptional initiation factor. Two proteins, K5 (serine/threonine protein kinase) and K10 (WRKY transcription factor) are part of signal transduction pathways. Two proteins, K15 (4-alpha-gulcanotransferase), and K19 (lon protease) are involved in metabolic processes. One protein, K9 (DNA ligase), is involved in DNA repair and modification Two proteins (K11 and K12) were not successfully identified due to a lack of matched proteins in the existing database (Table 2). Disease-resistance protein (CpDRL, K2), transcription factor (CpWRKY, K10), lipoxygense (CpLOX, K13), and abscisic-aldehyde oxidase (CpALDO, K14) were selected for further confirmation in RT-PCR experi- Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 ments. The CpLOX expression in both ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ from 0, 20, 44, to 144 HAI was also tested. Proteins occurring exclusively or in higher quantities in ‘SunUp’. Eight out of nine proteins were detected exclusively or in higher quantities in ‘SunUp’ and were successfully identified (Table 2). Three proteins participated in transcriptional regulation (DEAD-box ATP dependent RNA helicase, S1, elongation factor, S2, and NAC domain-containing protein, S4). Two proteins (serine/threonine-protein kinase, S7, and wall associated receptor kinase, S9) were involved in signal transduction. Two proteins, S3 (fructose-bisphosphate aldolase) and S5 (hexokinase) are involved in metabolic processes. One protein, S8 (phosphatidylinositol-4phosphate kinase), is involved in general stress response. Further confirmation was carried out by RTPCR experiments for hexokinase (CpHXK, S5) and serine/threonine-protein kinase (CpART, S7). Comparison of the proteins identified in the two cultivars showed that 9 proteins in ‘Kamiya’ and one protein in ‘SunUp’ were related to plant disease resistance and defense. One protein, related to DNA repair, was detected in ‘Kamiya’ but not in ‘SunUp’. An identical number of proteins related to metabolic processes, signal transduc- Fig. 3. Gene expression of proteins identified in this study. Three biological repeats were performed for both cultivars. Gel images were also quantitatively analyzed by densitometry, in which relative optical density (ROD) was intensity×area. Background was calculated by randomly selecting 20 non-band areas as the background control. Values with the same letter were not significantly different (P=0.01). 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 579 Jia et al. Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 tion, and transcriptional regulation, were detected in ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ (Fig. 1e). Gene expression in ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ prior to inoculation. RT-PCR results (Fig. 3) for proteins K2, K10, K13, K14, S5, and S7 confirmed the proteomic results. The mRNA amount of two exclusively-expressed proteins CpDRL (K2) and CpWRKY (K10) in ‘Kamiya’ was significantly higher than those for ‘SunUp’. In particular, in ‘SunUp’, mRNA transcripts for CpDRL were barely detected (not visible on the agarose gel). The expression of CpWRKY in ‘Kamiya’ was significantly higher (P=0.01) than that in ‘SunUp’. CpLOX (K13), mRNA transcripts in ‘Kamiya’ were significantly higher (P=0.01) than those in ‘SunUp’, which supports the proteomic results. The gene CpALDO (K14) showed no significant difference at the mRNA level under our RT-PCR conditions. For the proteins selected from ‘SunUp’, CpART (S7) and CpHXK (S5), the RT-PCR results agreed with their protein profiles as mRNA levels of both proteins were significantly higher in ‘SunUp’ than ‘Kamiya’. In particular, a PCR product for CpHXK was only detected in the ‘SunUp’ samples, which supports the results of the protein expression study 579 CpLOX gene expression in ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ following inoculation. Samples from both cultivars at four time points after inoculation (at 0, 20, 44, and 144 h) were used to examine P. palmivora-regulated CpLOX gene transcript level (Fig. 4). The CpLOX level in ‘Kamiya’ after P. palmivora inoculation increased at all time points up to 144 h (Fig. 4a). Meanwhile in ‘SunUp’ there was a delay in detection of the transcript till after 44 h. For each time point studied, the transcripts of CpLOX were higher in ‘Kamiya’ than in ‘SunUp’ (Fig. 4b). DISCUSSION Proteomics, or global analysis of gene expression at a protein level, enabled us to evaluate potential differences between Kamiya and SunUp papaya cultivars. In this study, 2DE and high-sensitivity protein identification by electrospray ionization and MS/MS were used. Previous fieldwork had shown that ‘Kamiya’ is more tolerant to P. palmivora than ‘SunUp’. By comparing 250 protein spots in the two cultivars it was found that expression of 28 proteins was significantly different. Among them, 25 proteins were successfully identified Fig. 4. Comparison of CpLOX expression in papaya cultivars ‘SunUp’ and ‘Kamiya’. (a) Agarose gel image showing products of RT-PCR using CpLOX primers listed in Table 1. Both ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ were inoculated with P. palmivora and sampled at 0, 20, 44, and 144 hours after inoculation (HAI). (b) Relative expression of CpLOX was semi-quantified using Quantity One (v 4.6.1, Bio-Rad) (see Materials and Methods). The CpLOX band density was converted to ROD value by subtracting the value for CpActin expression. *: significant level P=0.05, **: significant level P=0.01. 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 580 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 580 Comparative proteomic analysis of papaya cultivars but three spots remained unidentified. Lack of identification was partly due to poor genome annotation, the scores were not significant enough for an unambiguous identification (Wang et al., 2003; Karabacak et al., 2009) and other technological concerns (Marcotte, 2007). We also detected a single protein, a transcriptional initiation factor, which produced three differently migrating spots (K7, K8, and K18). A possible explanation for this result might be alternative splicing of mRNA or posttranslational modification (Gygi et al., 2000; Kosaihira et al., 2009). Steroid reductase DET2 (spot K1) controls a reduction step in the biosynthesis of the plant steroid, brassinolide, and was shown to be exclusively-expressed in ‘Kamiya’. The physiological role of plant steroids is largely unknown. In Arabidopsis, steroid reductase AtDET2 was shown to have an important role in light-regulated development of higher plants (Li et al., 1996). Steroids as signals controlling plant growth and development were reviewed by Clouse et al. (2003). Brassinosteroids can induce plant tolerance to a variety of abiotic stresses, such as high and low temperature, drought and salinity (Krishna, 2003; Kwak et al., 2006), aluminium stress (Ali et al., 2008), and cadmium stress (Hayat et al., 2007). Exclusive expression of a steroid reductase protein in ‘Kamiya’, but not in ‘SunUp’ implies a connection between ‘Kamiya’ tolerance to P. palmivora and brassinolide metabolism in plant defense. A disease resistance protein (K2) was another protein detected only in ‘Kamiya’, but not in ‘SunUp’. This protein belongs to the disease-resistance nucleotide binding leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) family. Papaya genome analysis revealed 54 of the nucleotide binding site (NBS) family of genes (Porter et al., 2009). A major plant resistance strategy, called plant innate immunity, relies on specialized immune receptors that can detect and defend against a wide variety of microbes (Tameling et al., 2007). The first group comprises trans-membrane pathogen or pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), which recognize and respond to slowly evolving pathogen- or microbe-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs/MAMPs). The second group of immune receptors is formed by polymorphic disease resistance (R) proteins that detect microbe-derived effector proteins. Most R proteins are members of the NB-LRR class (Tameling et al., 2007; Ting et al., 2008). The fact that this NBS-containing resistance protein was found to be expressed only in ‘Kamiya’ may indicate this R gene may play an important role in the reaction of ‘Kamiya’ to P. palmivora. Three out of the 28 differentially-expressed proteins between ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’ were identified as proteins in the ABC transporter superfamily. The proteins were pleiotropic drug resistance protein (CpPDR, spot K4), white-brown complex homolog protein (CpWBC, Spot K6), and multidrug resistance protein (CpMRP, Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 spot K16). ABC transporters, which constitute a large gene family in all living organisms (Crouzet et al., 2006), have been implicated in the active transport of a wide variety of substrates across cellular membranes (Higgins, 1992). It is intriguing that three ABC transporters were detected either exclusively or at higher quantities in ‘Kamiya’. MRP and PDR proteins were known to be involved in the transport of antifungal and antibiotic drugs. The WBC subfamily is thought to mediate the export of wax components across the plasma membrane, which serves as the primary line of defense against pathogens by providing a physical barrier to pathogen ingress (Bird et al., 2007; Panikashvili et al., 2007). Differences in ABC transporters detected between the two cultivars may indicate that ABC transporters are responsible for transporting an antifungal agent that is more effective in controlling P. palmivora. Future experiments with knockout mutants may provide direct evidence for the role of specific ABCs in papaya defense against Phytophthora. Abscisic-aldehyde oxidase (spot K14) and peroxidase (spot K17) detected in this study were up-regulated in ‘Kamiya’. Abscisic-aldehyde oxidase is known to catalyze the reaction of abscisic aldehyde, H2O, and O2 to produce abscisate and H2O2. The optimal substrate of the peroxidase is H2O2, but it is also active with organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides, which accumulate in plants during pathogen attack or other biotic/abiotic stresses. Plant peroxidases are involved in the oxidation of the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid and defense-related compounds, such as SA, which then generates ROS (Kawano, 2003). Studies have shown that plant peroxidases participate in lignification, suberization, auxin catabolism, wound healing and defense against pathogen infection, which are induced via different signal transduction pathways from those of other known defense-related genes (Hiraga et al., 2001). ABA is known to be involved in plant tolerance to abiotic stresses, such as response to salt, drought and osmotic and cold stresses. Evidence suggests that ABA plays an ambivalent role in the defense response to pathogens. Those defense mechanisms involve the interaction of the plant via a variety of signaling networks, including the suppression of SA- and ethylene/JA-dependent basal defenses, synergistic cross-talk with JA signaling, and other physiological and molecular responses, such as the suppression of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, induction of stomatal closure, and stimulation of callose deposition (Ton et al., 2009). Analysis of A. thaliana defense response to the damping-off oomycete pathogen, Pythium irregulare, show that resistance to P. irregulare requires a multi-component defense strategy: penetration recognition, subsequent signaling of inducible defenses, which is predominantly mediated by JA. ABA is an important regulator 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 581 Journal of Plant Pathology (2012), 94 (3), 571-584 of defense gene expression including affecting JA biosynthesis in the activation of defenses against this oomycete (Adie et al., 2007). Lipoxygenase (spot K13) was detected at higher levels in ‘Kamiya’ than ‘SunUp’. This was confirmed in RTPCR experiments which showed an increase in CpLOX mRNA level in ‘Kamiya’. To confirm expression of CpLOX during infection, root samples from the two cultivars were monitored 0, 20, 44, and 144 h after inoculation. Expression of CpLOX appeared higher in ‘Kamiya’ than in ‘SunUp’. In ‘SunUp’, expression of CpLOX appeared to be delayed. Plant lipoxygenases are involved in a number of diverse aspects of plant physiology including growth and development, pest resistance, senescence, and response to wounding. Lipoxygenases catalyze hydroperoxidation of lipids containing a cis, cis-1, 4-pentadiene structure. JA, derived from linolenic acid via lipoxygenation, is recognized as a gaseous growth regulator in rice (Ohta et al., 1992). JA is also a signaling molecule in JA-dependent pathways that are involved in the activation of a suite of PR genes to promote plant defense against pathogens (Asai et al., 2002). Molecular characterization of lipoxygenase from maize embryos showed that it accumulates during treatment with ABA, gibberellic acid and JA (Jensen et al., 1997). A novel lipoxygenase gene expressed in rice is part of the early response of the host to pathogen attack (Peng et al., 1994). The higher level of probable lipoxygenase 8, a chloroplast precursor in ‘Kamiya’, may indicate a JA-dependent pathway leading to the activation of different PR genes which then contribute to its tolerance to P. palmivora. Two transcription factors were identified in comparing the papaya cultivars ‘Kamiya’ and ‘SunUp’. These proteins were WRKY transcription factor (TF) (spot K10) and transcription initiation factor TFIID (spot K7, K8 and K18). WRKY TFs belong to a large family of regulatory networks involved in various plant processes but most notably they allow the plant to cope with diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. The WRKY TF was up-regulated in ‘Kamiya’ at both the protein and mRNA levels. TFIID mediates promoter responses to various activators and repressors. In the present study, we identified three independent protein spots as TFIID subunits. Two were identified as TFIID subunit 1 (K8) and 1A (K7) and were exclusively expressed in ‘Kamiya’, while a third was identified as TFIID subunit 1B (K18) and was up-regulated in ‘Kamiya’. There are limited reports about direct involvement of TFIID in either plant defense or stress response. WRKY TFs are indeed global regulators of host responses at various levels, acting partly by directly modulating immediate downstream target genes, and partly by activating or repressing other TF genes (Pandey et al., 2009). In Arabidopsis, expression of the key defense regulator, non-expresser of pathogenesesis-related Jia et al. 581 (NPR) gene, is induced by pathogen infection or treatment with defense-inducing compounds such as SA and is controlled by unknown WRKY TFs (Yu et al., 2001). In papaya, over-expression of the NPR1 gene has resulted in improved resistance to P. palmivora (Zhu et al., 2007). Together these results suggest that WRKY TFs are involved in papaya defense against this oomycete pathogen. Additional proteins identified in this study were either up- or down-regulated in ‘Kamiya’ in comparison with ‘SunUp’. Current knowledge of these proteins is too limited to suggest either a direct or an indirect link to plant defense reactions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a proteomic study comparing protein profiles between these two papaya cultivars. Myrosinase-binding protein (spot K3) occurred at a higher amount in ‘Kamiya’ than in ‘SunUp’. Myrosinase (or thioglucoside glucohydrolase) is a family of enzymes involved in plant defense against herbivores. In Brassica napus, myrosinase-binding proteins were up-regulated after treating young plants with methyl jasmonate (MeJA), JA or ABA, and to some extent in response to the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (Taipalensuu et al., 1997), indicating its role in the cross-talk for plant defense signal transduction. Lon protease (K19) was also up-regulated in ‘Kamiya’. It catalyzes the initial steps of protein degradation, hydrolyzes ATP, degrades protein and peptide substrates in an ATP-dependent manner, and is localized in chloroplasts and mitochondria. The diverse roles of plant proteases in defense responses that are triggered by pathogens or pests are becoming evident. Some proteases, such as papain in papaya latex, were reported to execute the attack on the invading organisms (van der Hoorn et al., 2004). Serine/threonine-protein kinase (SAPK) (S7) known as stress-activated protein kinase, was found exclusively expressed in the cultivar ‘Kamiya’. SAPKs involved in signal transduction, as well as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are activated when plants respond to infectious agents such as bacterial flagellin. Another serine/threonine-protein kinase (ATR) was found to be expressed at a higher level in ‘SunUp’ and the third downregulated protein in ‘Kamiya’ was the wall-associated receptor kinase that may function as a signaling receptor of extracellular matrix component. The role of serine/threonine-protein kinases in papaya is largely unknown. Further analysis of the papaya genome may provide some information about their possible roles in plant defense and stress. In the present study, we carried out proteomic analysis of root samples from two C. papaya cvs, tolerant ‘Kamiya’ and susceptible ‘SunUp’, with the aim of identifying a potential protein basis for their different responses to Phytophthora. We identified a number of defense proteins expressed exclusively or in higher 009_JPP1051RP(Zhu)_571 582 20-11-2012 11:38 Pagina 582 Comparative proteomic analysis of papaya cultivars amounts in tolerant ‘Kamiya’. The defense or stress-related proteins include disease resistance proteins and enzymes involved in JA-dependent pathway, ABC transporters, plant brassinolide hormone biosynthesis, ABA/ROS plant defense pathway. These findings indicate that JA-dependent proteins related to the pathway or signal transduction may play a crucial role in ‘Kamiya’ defense against P. palmivora. The identified proteins may help build a protein database to understand the resistance mechanisms of ‘Kamiya’ to P. palmivora and to support future studies on the functions of these defense proteins using over-expression or knockout mutants. We are currently analyzing changes in protein profiles of these two papaya cultivars following inoculation with P. palmivora and conducting genome-wide analysis on several groups of proteins. These studies will generate further information about papaya tolerance and defense mechanisms. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Drs. Heather McCafferty and Susan Schenck, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC), for their assistance on papaya pathology work and Drs. Heather McCafferty and Paul Moore (HARC) for their critical review of the manuscript. This work was supported partially by a cooperative agreement (No. CA 585320-3-460) between the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and HARC. MP and RZJ contributed equally to this proteomics study and participated in the project design, data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing. SL was involved in the RT-PCR validation work. IC and QL instructed and consulted in the LC/MSMS experiment and manuscript review. 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