A lectin receptor kinase as a potential sensor for extracellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in Arabidopsis thaliana

  1. Chenggang Wang
  2. Mingqi Zhou
  3. Xudong Zhang
  4. Jin Yao
  5. Yanping Zhang
  6. Zhonglin Mou  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Florida, United States
  2. GlaxoSmithKline, United States

Abstract

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) participates in intracellular and extracellular signaling events unrelated to metabolism. In animals, purinergic receptors are required for extracellular NAD+ (eNAD+) to evoke biological responses, indicating that eNAD+ may be sensed by cell-surface receptors. However, the identity of eNAD+-binding receptors still remains elusive. Here, we identify a lectin receptor kinase (LecRK), LecRK-I.8, as a potential eNAD+ receptor in Arabidopsis. The extracellular lectin domain of LecRK-I.8 binds NAD+ with a dissociation constant of 436.5 104.8 nM, although much higher concentrations are needed to trigger in vivo responses. Mutations in LecRK-I.8 inhibit NAD+-induced immune responses, whereas overexpression of LecRK-I.8 enhances the Arabidopsis response to NAD+. Furthermore, LecRK-I.8 is required for basal resistance against bacterial pathogens, substantiating a role for eNAD+ in plant immunity. Our results demonstrate that lectin receptors can potentially function as eNAD+-binding receptors and provide direct evidence for eNAD+ being an endogenous signaling molecule in plants.

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  1. Chenggang Wang

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  2. Mingqi Zhou

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  3. Xudong Zhang

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  4. Jin Yao

    Target Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, United States
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  5. Yanping Zhang

    Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  6. Zhonglin Mou

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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National Science Foundation (IOS-0842716)

  • Zhonglin Mou

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Thorsten Nürnberger, University of Tubingen, Germany

Publication history

  1. Received: January 25, 2017
  2. Accepted: July 18, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: July 19, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: August 17, 2017 (version 2)

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© 2017, Wang et al.

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  1. Chenggang Wang
  2. Mingqi Zhou
  3. Xudong Zhang
  4. Jin Yao
  5. Yanping Zhang
  6. Zhonglin Mou
(2017)
A lectin receptor kinase as a potential sensor for extracellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in Arabidopsis thaliana
eLife 6:e25474.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25474

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