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Topic Area: Signal transduction/receptors/kinases-phosphatases
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Update on Stomatal Defense
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Stomatal Defense a Decade Later1
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Maeli Melotto*, Li Zhang, Paula R. Oblessuc, Sheng Yang He*
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 (M.M, P.R.O);
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Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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48824 (L.Z., S.Y.H.); Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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48824 (L.Z., S.Y.H.); Plant Resilience Institute (S.Y.H.), Howard Hughes Medical Institute-
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (5R01AI068718; M.M., S.Y.H.), the U.S.
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Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2015-67017-23360;
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M.M., S.Y.H.), Center for Produce Safety (CPF43206; M.M.), UC Davis-FAPESP SPRINT
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(Award 40747474; M.M.), U.S. National Science Foundation (IOS-1557437; S.Y.H.), and
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF3037; S.Y.H.).
This research topic in the M. Melotto Lab and S.Y. He Lab is supported by grants from the
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* Address correspondence to [email protected] and [email protected]
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Author contributions: all authors contributed to the writing of this review.
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ABSTRACT
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Plants and microbes have long co-evolved in a constant battle to overcome the mechanisms of
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defense and attack from both sides. Plants have developed means to prevent pathogen attack
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by hampering invasion of plant tissues and actively warding off pathogen colonization. On the
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other hand, pathogens have evolved strategies to mask their presence and/or evade host
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defenses. Plant-microbe interaction starts with molecular recognition of each other, leading to a
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cascade of signaling events with the final output of plant resistance or susceptibility to the
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pathogen. In this molecular war, epidermis of plants is the first barrier that pathogens need to
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overtake. Natural openings on the leaf surface, such as stomata, provide an entry site to
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pathogens. Plants have evolved a mechanism to close stomata upon sensing microbe-
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associated molecular patterns (MAMPs). This mechanism is known as stomatal defense. A
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decade has passed since the discovery of stomatal defense and the field has expanded
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considerably with significant understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying the process.
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Here we give a perspective of these findings and their implications in the understanding of plant-
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microbe interactions.
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INTRODUCTION
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It has been long recognized that infection of plants by foliar pathogens involves pathogen
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penetration into inner tissues, a niche conducive for living, where they obtain water and
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nutrients from internal cells. Routes for pathogen penetration into the leaves include stomatal
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pores, hydathodes, and wounds (either accidental or direct breaching of the cuticle by the
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pathogen or its vector). The vast majority of contemporary experiments designed to understand
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mechanisms of pathogenesis in plants has relied on inoculation by artificial wounding or direct
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infiltration of inocula into the apoplast. Although these are valuable approaches to dissect plant
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diseases, they preclude thorough understanding of a key step for the establishment of disease:
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pathogen internalization into the host plant. In the last decade, we came to realize how dynamic
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and complex this entry process is. It requires active, inducible responses on both the host and
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the pathogen, as well as specific environmental conditions at the time of penetration. Perhaps,
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these strict requirements contribute to the fact that widespread diseases are rare events in
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nature.
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A large number of pathogens use the stomatal pore as a site for penetration into inner leaf
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tissues. In fact, some pathogens, such as the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv.
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armoraciae (Hugouvieux et al., 1998), the oomycete Plasmopara viticola (Allegre et al., 2007),
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and species of the fungus Puccinia (Shafiei et al., 2007; Grimmer et al., 2012) are specialized to
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internalize into leaves only through stomata. Earlier observations provided some clues that
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stomatal closure might diminish bacterial disease severity in a biologically relevant context. For
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instance, reduced number of lesions developed on dark- or abscisic acid-treated tomato plants
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after inoculation with X. campestris pv. vesicatoria (Ramos and Volin, 1987). Furthermore, direct
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comparison of disease severity after surface-inoculation and apoplastic-infiltration in this
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pathosystem revealed that bacterium penetration through stomata may be a control point for
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disease progression (Ramos and Volin, 1987). Characterization of either bacterial or plant
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mutants also provided indications for possible stomatal control of bacterial infection. The
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coronatine (COR)-deficient mutant of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) causes less
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disease when inoculated on the leaf surface than when inoculated directly into the apoplast of
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Arabidopsis or tomato (Mittal and Davis, 1995). Similarly, the flagellin-sensitive2 (fls2) mutant of
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Arabidopsis, which lacks the receptor for bacterial flagellin, is more susceptible than the wild
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type plant only when surface-inoculated with Pst DC3000 (Zipfel et al., 2004). These previous
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studies set the foundation for a direct demonstration that guard cells surrounding the stomatal
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pore can sense microbes and close the pore, a process that is now known as stomatal defense
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or stomatal immunity (Melotto et al., 2006; Sawinski et al., 2013).
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A number of recent reviews have discussed topics ranging from signaling networks that
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regulates stomatal defense to mechanisms of endogenous and exogenous signal integration in
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guard cells (Arnaud and Hwang, 2015; Murata et al., 2015; Cotelle and Leonhardt, 2016; Lee et
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al., 2016). In addition, the use of thermo-imaging technology in crop breeding programs and
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precision agriculture to assess pathogen-induced stomatal movement has been highlighted
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(Ishimwe et al., 2014; Singh et al., 2016). Furthermore, stomatal closure in response to fungus-
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and plant-derived elicitors (e.g., chitin, chitosan, oligogalacturonic acid) and stomatal opening in
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response to fungal metabolites (e.g., fusicoccin) has been extensively reviewed (Grimmer et al.,
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2012; Arnaud and Hwang, 2015; Murata et al., 2015). We refer readers to these excellent
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reviews. Here, we focus on significant advances towards a mechanistic understanding of
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stomatal defense and the impact of this discovery on the study of plant-bacterial interactions.
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BACTERIUM-TRIGGERED STOMATAL CLOSURE
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Stomata open and close daily, reflecting the internal circadian rhythm of plants. However,
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bacteria can trigger stomatal closure under bright day light (Melotto et al., 2006; Gudesblat et
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al., 2009; Schellenberg et al., 2010; Roy et al., 2013), suggesting that stomatal guard cells can
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perceive bacteria and trigger a signaling cascade that overrides the natural circadian rhythm of
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stomatal movement. Bacterium-triggered stomatal closure is a fast response (<1 h) and the
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basic mechanism underlying this process includes:
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Recognition of bacteria: Plant perception of bacteria begins with the recognition of microbe-
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associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) by cognate pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). The
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most widely studied example of such recognition is flagellin perception by the FLS2 receptor in
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Arabidopsis. Although flagellin recognition has a prominent role in stomatal defense during the
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Arabidopsis-P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 interaction (Zeng and He, 2010), the existence of
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other MAMP-PRR pairs that function in stomatal defense is likely. For instance, stomata of the
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fls2 mutant still close in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and Escherichia coli O157:H7
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(Melotto et al., 2006). However, tools to characterize the importance of other MAMP-PRR are
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not completely developed as in many cases either the MAMP or the PRR is not known. The L-
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type lectin receptor kinases have been implicated in Arabidopsis stomatal response to Pst
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(Desclos-Theveniau et al., 2012, Singh et al., 2012); however, the cognate ligand(s) have not
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been described. Thus, the contribution of this bacterial recognition system to stomatal defense
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cannot be fully assessed. Similarly, purified LPS from various bacterial strains trigger stomatal
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closure
(Melotto
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LIPOPOLIGOSACCHARIDE-SPECIFIC REDUCED ELICITATION (LORE) (Ranf et al., 2015)
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has not been described yet. Another characterized MAMP-PRR pair is the elongation factor Tu
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(EF-Tu) and EF-Tu RECEPTOR (EFR) (Zipfel et al., 2006). Purified elf26, an EF-Tu-derived
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peptide, closes the stomatal pore in the Arabidopsis ecotypes Col-0 and Ws4 (Desikan et al.,
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2008); however, the efr-1 mutant still retains the wild type stomatal closure phenotype in
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response to P. syringae (Zeng and He, 2010). It is probably due to the response triggered by
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other MAMPs, such as flagellin. It has been noted that elf peptides from different bacteria differ
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in their potency in inducing stomatal closure. Zeng and He (2010) observed that elf18, an EF-
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Tu-derived peptide from E. coli, is more potent than that of Pst in closing the stomatal pore of
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Col-0. Although additional experimentation in a biologically relevant context is still needed,
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emerging evidence suggests that, in principle, Arabidopsis guard cells may respond to different
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bacterial species at various degrees in part depending on the natural variations of bacterial
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MAMPs.
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Downstream signaling: Since 2006, there have been extensive efforts by various groups to
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elucidate the signaling cascade that occurs downstream of bacterial recognition. This signaling
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cascade is largely mediated by: (a) secondary messengers such as reactive oxygen species
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(ROS), nitric oxide (NO), and calcium; (b) regulators of innate immune response such as MPK3,
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MPK4, and MPK6; and (c) plant hormones. While ROS/NO production and [Ca2+]cyt oscillation
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have been documented in guard cells after MAMP recognition (Melotto et al., 2006; Desclos-
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Theveniau et al., 2012; Arnaud and Hwang, 2015), biosynthesis and accumulation of hormones
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in the guard cell have not been fully demonstrated due to technical impediments to directly
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quantify hormone concentration in this specialized cell type. Only recently, a FRET-based
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reporter system, ABAleons, has been developed in Arabidopsis that enables temporal and
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spatial mapping of abscisic acid (ABA) concentration changes in response to various cues
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(Waadt et al., 2014). The research community would really benefit if similar real-time, in planta
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reporter systems are available for other hormones that play a role in stomatal defense (see
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“Outstanding Questions Box”). Nonetheless, guard cells do respond to plant hormones.
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Pharmacological and genetic evidence supports that ABA and salicylic acid (SA) are positive
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regulators, while (+)-7-iso-jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine (JA-Ile) is a negative regulator of stomatal
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defense (see below).
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ABA has long been recognized to induce stomatal closure under drought stress, thereby
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minimizing water loss through the leaves. However, the role of this hormone in Arabidopsis
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defense against P. syringae differs depending on the stage of infection. At the post-invasive
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stage of the disease, ABA enhances plant susceptibility via suppression of both callose
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deposition and SA-mediated plant resistance (de Torres-Zabala et al., 2007; Ton et al., 2009).
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However, at the pre-invasion stage, ABA promotes resistance to bacterial infection as it favors
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stomatal defense (Cite here other reviews in this Focus Issue). For instance, purified MAMP and
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live Pst DC3000 do not induce stomatal closure in the ABA-deficient aba3-1 mutant (Melotto et
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al., 2006). Similarly, the notabilis (not) mutant of tomato, that lacks a functional ABA
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biosynthesis enzyme, 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED), is also compromised in Pst
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DC3000-induced stomatal closure (Du et al., 2014). Furthermore, the core signaling
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components of the ABA pathway that lead to stomatal closure in Arabidopsis (Joshi-Saha et al.,
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2011) are involved in Pst-triggered stomatal closure. In particular, these components include:
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(a) pyrabactin resistance 1(PYR1)/PYR1-like (PYL)/regulatory components of ABA receptors
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(RCAR); (b) protein phosphatase 2CA (PP2CA); (c) OPEN STOMATA 1 (OST1); (d) the ABA
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signaling-related secondary messengers ROS, NO, Ca2+, and G-protein α subunit (GPA); and
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(e) the membrane channels SLOW ANION CHANNEL-ASSOCIATED 1 (SLAC1) and K+
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channels (Melotto et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2008; Montillet et al., 2013; Lim et al., 2014; Deger
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et al., 2015; Sierla et al., 2016). Thus, current experimental evidence suggests a prominent role
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of ABA signaling in stomatal defense (Cite here other reviews in this Focus Issue). However, the
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specific step of ABA biosynthesis or signaling needed for stomatal defense is not clear. Montillet
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et al. (2013) suggested that flg22 and ABA converge at the SLAC1 level, while Deger et al.
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(2015) provided evidence that these pathways converge at the OST1 level that is upstream of
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SLAC1. An ABA-independent pathway in the early signaling leading to stomatal defense has
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also been proposed based on the fact that high concentration of flg22 (10 µM) closes the
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stomatal pore of ost-1 epidermal peels and 100 nM flg22 does not activate OST1 on
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Arabidopsis cell suspension (Montillet et al., 2013; Montillet and Hirt, 2013). Now that the
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ABAleons reporter system is available (Waadt et al., 2014), the question as to whether ABA
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concentration changes in response to bacterial elicitors can be addressed at a single-cell
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resolution in planta (see “Outstanding Questions Box”).
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The immune signal SA is also required for stomatal defense, as evidenced by the fact that
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ics1, eds5/sid1/scord3 (two SA synthesis mutants) and npr1 (an SA signaling mutant) are
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defective in stomatal defense (Melotto et al., 2006; Zeng and He, 2010; Zeng et al., 2011).
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Furthermore, the SA responsive genes ICS1, EDS1, and PAD4 are induced in guard cells within
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1 h after exposure to flg22 (Zheng et al., 2015). Direct measurement of SA concentration in
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guard cell is currently not possible due to current technical challenges. The two main factors
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that have prevented the success of this measurement are: (1) a large amount of isolated guard
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cells (>150 mg) would be needed to quantify SA using the standard HPLC (high performance
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liquid chromatography) method (Xiao-yu Zheng and Xinnian Dong, personal communication),
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and (2) SA synthesis seems to be rapidly induced in guard cells during stomatal defense (< 1h;
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Zheng et al., 2015). The current procedure to isolate guard cells cannot be completed in less
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than 2h (Obulareddy et al., 2013). While it is clear that SA can induce stomatal closure, it is yet
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to be determined whether SA is produced in the guard cells per se or transported from other cell
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types during stomatal defense.
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Several derivatives of jasmonates (JAs) are naturally present in plants (Staswick and
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Tiryaki, 2004), some of which are biologically active for regulating JA-associated biological
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responses (Thines et al., 2007; Chini et al., 2007; Yan et al., 2007). In particular, methylated JA
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(MeJA) has been used extensively to elucidate JA-dependent responses. Although some
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studies have provided evidence that MeJA closes the stomatal pore (Suhita et al., 2004;
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Munemasa et al., 2007; Desclos-Theveniau et al., 2012; Hua et al., 2012; Yan et al., 2015), this
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could not be verified by other research groups (Speth et al., 2009; Montillet et al., 2013;
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Savchenko et al., 2014). This inconsistency might be explained by the fact that an endogenous
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ABA threshold is needed for MeJA-induced stomatal closure (Hossain et al., 2011). It is possible
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that plant growth conditions used in these studies resulted in different basal ABA levels, which
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could influence the different stomatal responses observed by these groups. ABA concentration
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in the plant is known to be highly dependent on the air relative humidity (Okamoto et al., 2009).
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It is also possible that the recently proposed link between ABA and JA responses by the
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modulation of MYC2 transcriptional activity via PLY6 ABA receptor (Aleman et al., 2016) and
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the JAZ12 degradation via 3 RING ligase KEEP ON GOING (KEG) in ABA-dependent manner
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(Pauwels et al., 2015) may contribute to this issue. Nonetheless, conclusions drawn solely from
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pharmacological evidence can be confounded by the fact that the chemical applied (e.g., MeJA)
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may be further metabolized in the plant and the functional output (i.e., stomatal closure) is a
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pleiotropic effect of multiple stimuli. At the moment, this alternative has not been explored for
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MeJA-induced stomatal closure. Contrary to what has been observed for MeJA, the role of JA-
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Ile as a negative regulator of stomatal defense is strongly supported in the literature. Evidence
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includes: (a) COR, which is a molecular mimic of JA-Ile (Zhao et al., 2003; Staswick and Tiryaki,
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2004), induces stomatal opening and repress PAMP-triggered stomatal closure (Mino et al.,
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1987; Melotto et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2008; Montillet et al., 2013; Panchal et al., 2016b); (b)
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JA-Ile, but not jasmonic acid, induces stomatal opening with the same potency as COR in
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Ipomea tricolor (Okada et al., 2009); (c) the coi1 mutant of Arabidopsis that lacks the functional
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receptor for both COR and JA-Ile (Sheard et al., 2010), has constitutively smaller stomatal
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aperture than the wild type plant (Panchal et al., 2016a).
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Functional output: The outcome of stomatal defense is a reduction of pathogen penetration
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into the plant. Reduced pathogen entry into the plant diminishes the severity of foliar diseases
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or, in the case of human pathogens, reduced leafy vegetable contamination, as will be
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discussed below. In the context of a plant-microbe interaction, stomatal closure or opening
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appears to depend on the strength of the opposing signals from the plant and the microbe,
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which could vary depending on the specific plant-microbe combination. For instance, using the
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same experimental setup and environmental conditions, Panchal et al. (2016a) found that high
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relative humidity negatively affects stomatal defense against P. syringae, whereas Roy et al.
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(2013) demonstrated that two human pathogens, E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica
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serovar Typhimurium SL1344, could still induce significant stomatal closure under high relative
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humidity. Furthermore, increasing the concentration of flg22 (Felix et al., 1999) could override
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the effect of high humidity on the opening of the stomatal pore (Roy et al., 2013), illustrating that
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the relative strength of the opposing signals contribute to the final output. Thus, a detailed
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description of the experimental setup could facilitate the comparison and interpretation of results
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from various stomatal bioassays (Chitrakar and Melotto, 2010; Montano and Melotto, 2017).
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MECHANISMS OF BACTERIUM COUNTER-DEFENSE AT STOMATA
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If stomatal defense is a natural form of disease resistance, one would expect that highly
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adapted pathogens may have evolved virulence mechanisms to counter stomatal defense.
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Indeed, several pathogens are able to overcome stomatal defense using secreted virulence
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factors (Fig. 1). Unlike many fungi and oomycetes that can directly penetrate the leaf epidermis
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and viruses that are injected into the leaves by their insect vectors, many bacteria rely only on
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wounds or natural openings to colonize leaves. It is therefore understandable that developing
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mechanisms to open the stomatal pore may be particularly important for these pathogens to
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enter the apoplast. Production of phytotoxins and the type III secretion system have emerged as
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important factors to overcome stomatal defense by bacterial pathogens. The chemical nature
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and mode of action of these molecules vary as discussed below.
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Phytotoxins: COR is a phytotoxin produced by several pathovars of P. syringae including Pst
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DC3000 (Bender et al., 1999) and can effectively prevent MAMP-triggered stomatal closure
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(Melotto et al., 2006, Zhang et al., 2008, Montillet et al., 2013; Panchal et al., 2016b). A putative
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signaling cascade by which COR prevents bacterium-triggered stomatal closure has been
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elucidated (Fig. 1). As a molecular mimic of JA-Ile, COR promotes physical interaction between
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the F-box protein CORONATINE INSENSITIVE1 (COI1) and the transcriptional repressors
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JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN (JAZ), leading to ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated
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degradation of JAZ proteins (Chini et al., 2007; Thines et al., 2007; Yan et al., 2007).
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Degradation of JAZ proteins de-represses bHLH transcription factors, such as MYC2, MYC3,
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and MYC4, leading to activation of downstream transcriptional responses (reviewed by Zhang et
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al., 2017). COR activation of JA signaling induces the expression of three homologous NAC
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transcription factor genes, ANAC019, ANAC055, and ANAC072, which are the direct targets of
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MYC2 (Zheng et al., 2012). Genetic characterization of nac null mutants shows that NACs
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mediate COR-induced stomatal re-opening and bacterial multiplication in plant tissues by
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inhibiting the accumulation of SA. Specifically, these NACs exert an inhibitory effect by
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repressing the expression of genes involved in SA biosynthesis and activating the expression of
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genes involved in SA metabolism, resulting in overall depletion of SA in infected plants (Zheng
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et al., 2012; Gimenez-Ibanez et al., 2017). A very similar mechanism has also been described in
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tomato. JA and COR activate the expression of the NAC tomato homolog, JASMONIC ACID 2-
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LIKE (JA2L). This transcription factor binds to and activates the expression of SAMT1 and
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SAMT2, which encode enzymes that deactivate SA by methylation, thereby suppressing the
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accumulation of SA and promoting stomatal opening (Du et al., 2014).
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Interestingly, another member of the NAC family of transcription factors, ANA032 acts as
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both a positive regulator of SA signaling and a negative regulator of JA signaling (Allu et al.,
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2016). ANAC032 directly binds to the promoter of MYC2 (positive regulator of JA signaling) and
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NIMIN1 (negative regulator of SA signaling) and concomitantly suppresses their transcription
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within 6 h of Pst DC3000 infection (Allu et al., 2016). Accordingly, overexpression of ANAC032
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in Arabidopsis inhibits COR-dependent re-opening of stomata (Allu et al., 2016).
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COR has also been shown to trigger cellular responses that do not rely on the canonical
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COI1-JAZ signaling pathway to manipulate guard cell movement. For example, COR requires
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RPM1-INTERACTING4 (RIN4), a negative regulator of plant innate immunity, to open the
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stomatal pore as evidenced by the facts that neither Pst DC3000 nor COR was able to re-open
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stomata of rpm1/rps2/rin4 mutants (Liu et al., 2009; Zhou et al. 2015; Lee et al. 2015). The
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perception of flg22 via the FLS2 receptor leads to phosphorylation of the plasma membrane H+-
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ATPases and subsequent alkalization of the apoplast, which along with the induction of ROS via
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NADPH oxidase RbohD, triggers stomatal closure (Liu et al., 2009; Li et al., 2014). RIN4
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interacts with the plasma membrane H+-ATPases AHA1 and AHA2, leading to their inhibition
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and acidification of the apoplast through hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane and
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subsequent induction of inward K+ channels, promoting stomatal opening (Zhang et al., 2008;
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Liu et al., 2009). COR was shown to reverse the inhibitory effects of flg22 on K+ currents to
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promote stomatal opening (Zhang et al., 2008).
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Another virulence factor that impacts stomatal defense is syringolin A, a peptide toxin
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produced by P. syringae pv. syringae that has a proteasome inhibitory function (Groll et al.,
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2008). Syringolin A promotes stomatal opening (Schellenberg et al., 2010). Unlike Pst DC3000,
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P. syringae pv. syringae does not induce an initial stomatal closure on either its bean host or
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Arabidopsis (Schellenberg et al., 2010; Panchal et al., 2016a). This finding suggests that this
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bacterium constitutively produces syringolin A and that syringolin A is a stronger signal than the
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MAMPs produced by P. syringae pv. syringae (see discussion on the strength of the signal
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above) and/or that these plants do not recognize P. syringae pv. syringae MAMPs efficiently.
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More recently, Misas-Villamil et al. (2013) demonstrated that syringolin A diffuses from the site
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of infection and suppresses SA signaling thereby decreasing immune responses in adjacent
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tissues. This might be the mechanism involved in syringolin A inhibition of MAMP-induced
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stomatal closure because syringolin A inhibits the proteasome-mediated turnover of NPR1, an
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important component of SA signaling to induce stomatal defense (Schellenberg et al., 2010).
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The phytopathogenic bacterium X. campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is also capable of
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interfering with stomatal closure induced by MAMP or ABA signaling (Gudesblat et al., 2009).
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Xcc does so by inducing the production of diffusible signal factor (DSF) that is involved in
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bacterium-to-bacterium signaling (Gudesblat et al., 2009). How DSF mediates stomatal re-
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opening upon bacterial invasion is still unknown. Another Xanthomonas species, X. axonopodis
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pv. citri produces a compound, known as plant natriuretic peptide (PNP)-like, that can open
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stomata during plant infection, which correlates with enhanced disease symptoms (Gottig et al.,
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2008). PNP-like controls stomatal aperture in a cGMP-dependent manner (Gottig et al., 2008).
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Type III secreted effectors: In addition to phytotoxins, pathogenic bacteria also produce type-
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III-secretion-system effectors (T3SEs) that can overcome stomatal defense by either inhibiting
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MAMP-triggered stomatal closure or actively inducing stomatal opening.
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The T3SE HopM1 of P. syringae disrupts the function of a 14-3-3 protein, GRF8, leading to
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reduction in MAMP-triggered ROS burst and stomatal defense (Lozano-Durán et al., 2014).
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However, it is not clear in this case whether or not stomatal opening is a consequence of
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HopM1-mediated ROS suppression. Likewise, the P. syringae effector HopF2 inhibits flg22-
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induced ROS and stomatal defense (Hurley et al., 2014). HopF2 is an ADP-ribosyltransferase;
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however, the ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of HopF2 is not required for the ability of HopF2 to
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disable stomatal defense, suggesting the existence of another biochemical activity of HopF2
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(Hurley et al., 2014). The XopR effector from X. oryzae pv. oryzae strain PXO99A also inhibits
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flg22-induced stomatal closure; however, the mechanism remains elusive (Wang et al., 2016).
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Induction of stomatal opening through plasma membrane polarization was attributed to the
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P. syringae effector AvrB. AvrB-induced stomatal opening requires the canonical JA signaling
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pathway (Zhou et al., 2015). AvrB interacts with RIN4, which leads to the activation of the
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plasma membrane H+-ATPase AHA1 (Lee et al., 2015). This may potentially generate an
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unknown signal that promotes the interaction between COI1 and JAZ proteins to degrade JAZ
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and enhance JA signaling. In addition, AvrB induces MYC-mediated expression of ANAC019,
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ANAC055, and ANAC072 genes in Arabidopsis, and the tomato NAC homolog JA2L gene to
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repress SA responses (Du et al. 2014; Zhou et al., 2015; Gimenez-Ibanez et al., 2017).
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Therewith, like COR, AvrB appears to regulate stomatal opening through manipulating the SA-
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JA antagonism. Likewise, the HopZ1 effector from P. syringae pv. syringae (which does not
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produce COR) also induces JAZ protein degradation. HopZ1 possesses acetyltransferase
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activity, directly interacts with JAZ proteins, and promotes JAZ acetylation and degradation to
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activate JA signaling in soybean and Arabidopsis (Jiang et al., 2013). Moreover, HopZ1 can
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induce stomatal opening after flg22-mediate stomatal closure in Arabidopsis (Ma et al., 2015).
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Finally, the HopX1 cysteine protease effector from P. syringae pv. tabaci (which also does not
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produce COR) can interact with and promote degradation of JAZ proteins, in a COI1-
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independent manner, resulting in stomatal opening (Gimenez-Ibanez et al., 2014). These
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findings indicate that induction of JA signaling response is a common target for effectors to
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overcome stomatal defense, and provide insights on a variety of mechanisms that lead to JAZ
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degradation and JA response in plants.
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Unknown bacterial factors: The human pathogen S. enterica serovar Typhimurium SL1344
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can migrate to open stomata of lettuce to access internal leaf cells and colonize the apoplast
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(Kroupitski et al., 2009). A recent study shows that SL1344, like Pst DC3000, causes a transient
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stomatal closure (Roy et al., 2013). The mechanisms underlying stomatal closure and re-
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opening mediate by SL1344 are not understood, but it appears that not only plant pathogens,
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but also some human pathogens may have evolved mechanisms to modulate plant stomatal
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movements as part of their colonization strategy of the phyllosphere (Roy et al., 2013; Melotto et
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al., 2014). As such, the study of stomatal defense may have implications beyond plant diseases.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT INFLUENCE STOMATAL DEFENSE
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As several abiotic environmental conditions also promote stomatal closure (e.g., darkness,
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low humidity, low temperature, high CO2), one would expect that these conditions may prevent
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pathogen penetration into leaves, unless the pathogen has evolved the ability to override the
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effect of these environmental stimuli. For instance, at night, most land plants close their
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stomata, which could potentially decrease pathogen infection. Indeed, the COR-deficient mutant
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Pst DC3118 colonizes leaf apoplast less efficiently in the dark as compared to plants inoculated
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under light (Panchal et al., 2016b). This finding suggests that, similar to MAMPs, darkness could
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effectively diminish P. syringae penetration into leaves. The mechanism underlying this process
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has begun to be elucidated. The transcription factors CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1
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(CCA1) and LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (LHY) are two key regulators of the circadian
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clock in Arabidopsis. Disruption of the normal clock activity by either knocking out both genes
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(double mutant cca1-1 lhy-20) or by overexpressing either of them results in plants that are no
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longer able to properly close stomata in response to dark or P. syringae (Zhang et al., 2013).
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Zhang et al. (2013) also observed that these genetically engineered plants are more susceptible
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to P. syringae at day 3 after both spray- and pressure-inoculation. The COR-producing Pst
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DC3000, however, opens dark-closed stomata and efficiently invades the leaf at night (Panchal
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et al., 2016b).
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Alternatively, there are environmental conditions (e.g., light, high humidity) that promote
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stomatal opening and pathogens might take advantage and penetrate leaves in these situations.
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Indeed, high humidity compromises Pst DC3118-triggered stomatal closure (Panchal et al.,
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2016a). High humidity also decreases guard cell sensitivity to flg22, ABA, and SA (Roy et al.,
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2013; Panchal et al., 2016a) by simultaneously inducing JA signaling and repressing SA
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signaling in guard cells (Panchal et al., 2016a). Interestingly, SA accumulates to higher levels at
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night and JA accumulates to higher levels during the day in Arabidopsis (Goodspeed et al.,
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2012; Grundy et al., 2015; Zheng et al., 2015) (Cite here other reviews in this Focus Issue). It is
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tempting to speculate that the endogenous fluctuation of these plant hormones within a 24 h
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period could contribute to dark-induced stomatal closure and light-induced stomatal opening.
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Curiously, high humidity does not compromise E. coli O157:H7-induced stomatal closure
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(Roy et al., 2013). It is possible that P. syringae have evolved variants of MAMPs (e.g., elf18)
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that are less potent in triggering stomatal closure compared to those from E. coli O157:H7
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(Zeng and He 2010). If this is the case, high humidity is sufficient to overcome P. syringae-
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triggered stomatal closure, but not E. coli O157:H7-triggered stomatal closure.
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It is important to note that pathogen penetration into leaves through stomata depends not
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only on the pore being open, but also on the pathogen behavior on the leaf surface. For
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instance, directional movement of bacterial pathogens on the leaf surface can be assisted by
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chemotaxis toward signaling molecules (reviewed by Vorholt, 2012; Melotto and Kunkel, 2013).
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Relative humidity may have great influence on the accumulation and diffusion of these signals
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and, consequently, on directional bacterial movement on the leaf surface.
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STOMATAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMMUNITY
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It has long been observed that viral infection of plant tissues alters normal stomatal
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development, leading to fewer stomata in infected leaves. One of the earliest reports on this
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phenomenon shows that sugar beet infected with BYV (Beet yellow virus) has lower stomatal
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density on both upper and lower leaf surfaces as compared to the mock control (Hall and
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Loomis, 1972). Virus-induced reduction of stomatal density seems to be a systemic response
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(Murray et al., 2016). Additionally, Murray et al. (2016) reported that systemic reduction of
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stomatal index and density only occurred in two compatible interactions, Nicotiana tabacum-
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TMV (Tobacco mosaic virus) and Arabidopsis-TVCV (Turnip vein clearing virus); but not in two
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incompatible interactions, namely N. glutinosa-TMV and Chenopodium quinoa-TMV. Reduction
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of stomatal index and density correlated with reduction in plant leaf transpiration and water loss
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in TMV-inoculated N. tabacum (Murray et al., 2016). A possible link between viral infection and
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stomatal development may be a microtubule-associated protein, MPB2C, found in both N.
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tabacum and Arabidopsis (Kragler et al., 2003; Ruggenthaler et al., 2009). MPB2C was
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identified as an interactor of the TMV-movement protein (Kragler et al., 2003) and over-
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expression of this protein in Arabidopsis results in increased number of stomata organized in
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clusters and resistance to Oilseed rape mosaic virus, a TMV close relative (Ruggenthaler et al.,
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2009).
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Interestingly, over-expression of Pst DC3000 effectors, AvrPto or AvrPtoB, also impairs
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stomatal patterning in Arabidopsis (Meng et al., 2015), where stomata occur in clusters similar
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to what has been observed by Ruggenthaler et al. (2009). AvrPto and AvrPtoB target several
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plant kinases including members of the SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR KINASE
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(SERK) protein family, including SERK1, SERK2, and BAK1 (Brassinosteroid insensitive 1
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(BRI1)-Associated Kinase, also known as SERK3) (Meng et al., 2015). These three SERK
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proteins have redundant functions in regulating stomatal development responses (Cheung and
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Wu, 2015; Meng et al., 2015), whereas BAK1 is also a common signaling component of plant
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immunity (Chinchilla et al., 2007). The Arabidopsis bak1-5 mutant shows higher stomatal index
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and density than the wild type Col-0 and is also susceptible to the Plectosphaerella cucumerina
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BMM fungus (Jordá et al., 2016). The molecular mechanisms by which pathogens manipulate
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stomatal development and how this process is linked to stomatal defense are beginning to be
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elucidated (see “Outstanding Questions Box”). At this moment, it is clear that bacterial
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pathogens can manipulate stomatal movement to their own benefit. However, whether the
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interference of stomatal density and patterns by viruses via movement protein or bacteria via
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T3SEs are strategies that promote disease by these diverse pathogens still need further
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investigation.
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CONCLUDING REMARKS
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There has been impressive progress made towards understanding the mechanisms of
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stomatal defense in the past decade, thanks to contributions from many laboratories. It is clear
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now that MAMP perception and signal transduction is an important and innate function of
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stomatal guard cells. One could imagine that as the first lineage of plant stomata appeared, they
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would have to “deal with” both biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, it is conceivable that both
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biotic and abiotic signals have had substantial contributions in shaping the evolution of plant
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stomata, possibly including their shape, density, and the remarkable complexity of the guard cell
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signaling network. It may be said that without the discovery of the defense function of stomata
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and a deep understanding of the signal transduction pathway involved in stomatal defense, we
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might have never completely appreciated the many sophisticated behaviors of stomata. Much
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needs to be learned about stomatal defense and its cross-talk with other functions of stomata in
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the coming decade!
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FIGURE LEGEND
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Figure 1. A simplified diagram of microbial virulence factors that manipulate MAMP-induced
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stomatal closure. NADPH oxidase RBOHD mediates flg22-induced ROS production and
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stomatal defense through BIK1-/CDPKs-regulated phosphorylation (Feng et al., 2012; Dubiella
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et al., 2013; Gao et al., 2013; Kadota et al., 2014; Li et al., 2014). Type III peroxidase also
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contributes to flg22-induced ROS production (Daudi et al., 2012; O’Brien et al., 2012). MAMP-
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induced stomatal closure includes accumulation of ROS and NO, cytosolic calcium oscillations,
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activation of S-type anion channels, and inhibition of K+in channels (Klüsener et al., 2002;
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Melotto et al., 2006; Desikan et al., 2008; Zhang et al., 2008; Zeng and He, 2010; Macho et al.,
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2012; Montillet et al., 2013). COR induces COI1-JAZ interaction, mediates JAZ degradation and
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activates the expression of NAC TFs, which inhibit the expression of ICS1 and induce
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expression of BSMT1, thereby leading to decreased SA level (Chini et al., 2007; Thines et al.,
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2007; Yan et al., 2007, 2009; Katsir et al., 2008; Melotto et al., 2008; Sheard et al., 2010; Zheng
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et al., 2012; Gimenez-Ibanez et al., 2017). COR also may induce stomatal opening through
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RIN4, which interacts with H+-ATPase AHA1 and AHA2, resulting in induction of K+in channels
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(Zhang et al., 2008; Liu et al., 2009). Syringolin A inhibits SA signaling via its proteasome
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inhibitor activity (Misas-Villamil et al., 2013). Multiple bacterial effectors HopM1, HopF2, HopX1,
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AvrB, HopZ1 and XopR could disrupt stomatal defense. HopM1 disrupts the function of GRF8 (a
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14-3-3 protein), resulting in reduction of MAMP-induced ROS production (Lozano- Durán et al.,
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2014). HopF2 directly targets BAK1, MKK5 and RIN4, resulting in inhibition of ROS production
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(Wang et al., 2010; Wilton et al., 2010; Hurley et al., 2014; Zhou et al., 2014). AvrB enhances
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the interaction of RIN4 and AHA1, which could promote the interaction between COI1 and JAZs,
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leading to stomatal opening (Zhou et al., 2015; Lee et al. 2015). HopX1 and HopZ1 induce
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stomatal opening after PTI-mediated stomatal closure, through a COI1-independent and COI1-
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dependent manner, respectively (Jiang et al., 2013; Gimenez-Ibanez et al., 2014; Ma et al.,
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2015). XopR interacts with BIK1 and suppresses stomatal closure possibly by inhibition of
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RBOHD (Wang et al., 2016).
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ADVANCES
•
ABA/SA and JA have emerged as positive and
negative
regulators
of
stomatal
defense,
respectively.
•
Some members of the NAC transcription factor
family
mechanistically
mediate
the
JA-SA
antagonism, while other members act on both JA
and SA signaling pathways simultaneously.
•
Not only COR but also T3SEs target JAZ proteins
for degradation in either a COI1-dependent or
COI1-independent manner to promote stomatal
opening.
•
Stomatal
defense
can
also
diminish
contamination of the leaf apoplast by bacterial
pathogens of humans.
•
Stomatal response to simultaneous stimuli
depends on the relative strength of each
stimulus.
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OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS
•
Do guard cells synthesize and accumulate
immune response-associated hormones such as
SA and JA?
•
Which step of the signaling cascade is the point
of cross talk between biotic and abiotic stresses?
Is it possible to decouple biotic and abiotic
responses in the guard cell?
•
Does
stomatal
defense
negatively
affect
photosynthetic capacity at a significant level that
could interfere with plant growth?
•
Do
pathogen
infections
alter
stomatal
development as part of a strategy for taking
control of pathogen entry and colonization of the
leaf apoplast in the long term?
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