First published online May 29, 2003; 10.1105/tpc.012237
The Plant Cell, Vol. 15, 1646-1661,
July 2003, Copyright © 2003,
American Society of Plant Biologists
The Tomato Suppressor of prosystemin-mediated responses2 Gene Encodes a Fatty Acid Desaturase Required for the Biosynthesis of Jasmonic Acid and the Production of a Systemic Wound Signal for Defense Gene Expression
Chuanyou Lia,
Guanghui Liua,
Changcheng Xub,
Gyu In Leea,
Petra Bauerc,
Hong-Qing Lingd,
Martin W. Ganal1,c and
Gregg A. Howe2,a,b
a Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
b Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
c Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
d Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail howeg{at}msu.edu; fax 517-353-9168
Genetic analysis of the wound response pathway in tomato indicates that systemin and its precursor protein, prosystemin, are upstream components of a defensive signaling cascade that involves the synthesis and subsequent action of the octadecatrienoic acid (18:3)–derived plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA). The suppressor of prosystemin-mediated responses2 (spr2) mutation, which was isolated previously as a suppressor of (pro)systemin-mediated signaling, impairs wound-induced JA biosynthesis and the production of a long-distance signal for the expression of defensive Proteinase inhibitor genes. Using a map-based cloning approach, we demonstrate here that Spr2 encodes a chloroplast fatty acid desaturase involved in JA biosynthesis. Loss of Spr2 function reduced the 18:3 content of leaves to <10% of wild-type levels, abolished the accumulation of hexadecatrienoic acid, and caused a corresponding increase in the level of dienoic fatty acids. The effect of spr2 on the fatty acyl content of various classes of glycerolipids indicated that the Spr2 gene product catalyzes most, if not all,  3 fatty acid desaturation within the "prokaryotic pathway" for lipid synthesis in tomato leaves. Despite the reduced levels of trienoic fatty acids, spr2 plants exhibited normal growth, development, and reproduction. However, the mutant was compromised in defense against attack by tobacco hornworm larvae. These results indicate that jasmonate synthesis from chloroplast pools of 18:3 is required for wound- and systemin-induced defense responses and support a role for systemin in the production of a transmissible signal that is derived from the octadecanoid pathway.
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