Plant Physiol. (1999) 120: 547-552
Influence of White Clover Mosaic Potexvirus Infection on the
Endogenous Cytokinin Content of Bean
Sean Francis Clarke1,
Marian Jane McKenzie2,
David John Burritt,
Paul Leslie Guy, and
Paula Elizabeth Jameson*
Department of Botany, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin,
New Zealand (S.F.C., D.J.B., P.L.G.); and Institute of Molecular
BioSciences, College of Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand (M.J.M., P.E.J.)
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ABSTRACT |
The
cytokinin content in the primary leaves of bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris) was monitored for 10 d after inoculation with
white clover mosaic potexvirus. The cytokinins were isolated, purified, separated by high-performance liquid chromatography, and quantified by
radioimmunoassay. The cytokinins detected at the time of inoculation (d
0) were: (a) the free bases, zeatin (Z), dihydrozeatin (DZ), and
isopentenyladenine; (b) the riboside, DZ riboside (DZR); (c) the
O-glucosides of DZ, DZR, and Z riboside; (d) the
nucleotides, Z riboside-5
-monophosphate and
isopentenyladenosine-5
-monophosphate; and (e) trace amounts of
Z-9-glucoside and DZ-9-glucoside. During the 10 d after
inoculation with white clover mosaic potexvirus, marked quantitative
changes in this cytokinin profile were observed. The concentration of
the free bases and DZR decreased, accompanied by an increase in the
9-glucosides and the nucleotides. Virus titer increased rapidly 3 d after inoculation, attaining a maximum level at d 5. This increase
coincided with the increases in the 9-glucosides and the nucleotides.
We propose that the decline in the cytokinin free bases and riboside
may allow the increase of virus titer in bean and lead to the
senescence of infected leaves.
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INTRODUCTION |
Symptoms of viral infection in plants, such as leaf chlorosis and
abscission, are similar to those observed in naturally senescing leaves
(Fraser and Whenham, 1982
). Because the cytokinins are implicated in
the delay of senescence (Thimann, 1987
; Clarke et al.,
1994), we were interested in monitoring endogenous cytokinin levels
after virus infection. We have recently shown that the exogenous
application of the cytokinins DZ and DZR to bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) led to an inhibition of virus replication (Clarke et al., 1998
). Furthermore, Sano et al. (1994
, 1996)
and Sano and Ohashi
(1995)
have implicated the cytokinins as components of the plant
defense signal transduction pathway.
Changes in cytokinin-like activity after virus replication in tobacco
have been reported by several groups. Kuriger and Agrios (1977)
and
Tavantzis et al. (1979)
reported that virus infection led to a
reduction in cytokinin-like activity. Furthermore, Sziraki et al.
(1980)
reported that the development of systemic acquired resistance
coincided with an increase in the Z and ZR content of resistant leaves.
They suggested that increased cytokinin concentration was essential for
the development of virus resistance. However, in all of these studies
low-resolution chromatographic techniques were used to separate the
cytokinins, and cytokinin activity was determined using bioassay. The
shortcomings of these techniques are well known (Whenham,
1989
).
To combat this, Whenham (1989)
used capillary GC with
N2-specific detection to quantify the cytokinins
found in tobacco infected with tobacco mosaic virus. He reported a
decline in the concentration of Z and an increase in the storage forms
Z-O-glucoside and ZROG. Dermatsia et al. (1995)
observed
increased 9-glucosylation in the roots of potato plants infected with
PVY. Subsequently, Dermatsia and Ravnikar (1996)
quantified a wide
range of cytokinins in tissue-cultured potato plants 8 weeks after PVY
infection and reported an increase in the total cytokinin content of
infected plants. This was attributed to an increase in iP9G and ZR.
There was no significant alteration in the other cytokinins quantified,
but no attempt was made to quantify either the O-glucosides
or the nucleotides. Furthermore, no attempt was made to inhibit the
breakdown of the nucleotides, which may have resulted in an increase in
the corresponding riboside.
Because the information on cytokinin metabolism in response to virus
infection is incomplete and often conflicting, the aim of this study
was to accurately determine the changes in endogenous cytokinin profile
after virus infection. Infection of bean with WClMV was chosen as a
model system because the metabolism of the cytokinins in bean is well
characterized (Palmer et al., 1981; Palmer and Wong, 1985
;
Griggs et al., 1988, 1989; Hammerton et al.,
1996), as is the response of bean to WClMV (Fry, 1959
; Gibbs et al.,
1966
; Miki and Knight, 1967
). The cytokinin extracts from these plants
were purified with ion-exchange and reverse-phase chromatography. After
this, the individual cytokinins were separated and quantified via HPLC
and RIA. Subsequent identification of some of the cytokinin forms was
achieved using electrospray MS/MS.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS |
Plant Material and Experimental Design
Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv Top Crop) seedlings were
grown as described previously by Clarke et al. (1998)
. When the
primary leaves had fully expanded (14-16 d after germination), they
were inoculated with either WClMV or distilled water (Clarke et
al., 1998). Duplicate inoculated leaves (5 g fresh weight)
were collected randomly from both virus-inoculated and water-inoculated
plants on the day of inoculation (d 0) and 1, 3, 5, and 10 d after
inoculation. Virus titer was determined via ELISA (Clarke et
al., 1998).
Measurement of the Endogenous Cytokinins
Harvested tissue was immediately placed in modified Bieleski's
solution (Jameson et al., 1987
) at
20°C for 48 h. The tissue was homogenized and placed at 4°C for 48 h. The homogenate was then centrifuged, the supernatant was removed, and the pellet was
resuspended in modified Bieleski's solution for an additional 48 h. The tissue was centrifuged again, and the second supernatant was
pooled with the first. The internal standards
[3H]ZR-trialcohol,
[3H]iPA-trialcohol (50,000 cpm each), and
[14C]AMP (30,000 cpm, Amersham) were added
before purification.
The sample was purified by passage through a cellulose phosphate column
(P1 floc cation exchanger, NH4+
form, Whatman; Badenoch-Jones et al., 1984
) and washed with 0.05 M acetic acid. The cytokinin nucleotides were eluted in the
wash, followed by the free bases, ribosides, and glucosides, which were eluted in 0.5 M NH4OH. The
nucleotides were converted to their riboside and/or free base forms
(Lewis et al., 1996
) and separated using the above cellulose phosphate
chromatographic conditions. The basic fraction (containing the
hydrolyzed nucleotides) and the free base/riboside/glucoside fraction
were passed through linked columns of DEAE-cellulose (DE-52, Whatman)
and octadecyl silica (Bondesil, Analytichem International, Boston, MA;
Jameson and Morris, 1989
). The cytokinins were eluted from the
octadecyl silica column with methanol.
Bulk separation of the free base/riboside fraction from the glucosides
was achieved using normal-phase HPLC on an Alphasil 5NH2 column (250 × 4.6 mm, HPLC Technology,
Cheshire, UK; Lewis et al., 1996
). The O-glucosides were
then converted to their respective free bases and ribosides, and the
individual cytokinins were separated using reverse-phase HPLC on an
octadecyl silica column (5 µm, 250 × 4.6 mm, Beckman;
Lewis et al., 1996
).
Two antibody clones were used for RIA: clone 16, which had a good
affinity for hydroxylated cytokinins such as Z, DZ, ZR, DZR, Z9G, and
DZ9G, and clone 12, which cross-reacted with iP, iPA, and iP9G (Trione
et al., 1985
; Lewis et al., 1996
). The RIA was carried out as described
previously in Jameson and Morris (1989)
. The antibodies were diluted in
RIA buffer so that 50 µL bound 50% of the
[3H]trialcohol in the absence of competitive
antigen. Nonspecific binding was low for all of the assays and the
minimum detection limit was between 0.6 and 1.0 pmol of ZR or iPA.
Aliquots from each HPLC fraction were evaporated to dryness, and 5000 cpm [3H]ZR-trialcohol or
[3H]iPA-trialcohol was added with the RIA
buffer. Standard curves of ZR (clone 16) and iPA (clone 12) were
conducted in triplicate with every RIA. The basis for identification
was a combination of HPLC retention time and immunocross-reactivity.
For quantification, values were adjusted for losses during purification
and for differential cross-reactivity with the cytokinin antibodies
(Lewis et al., 1996). The 7-glucosides were not
cross-reactive with the antibodies used in this study and no attempt
was made to detect them.
Identification of Z9G via Electrospray MS
The identity of Z9G was confirmed using electrospray MS/MS. The
virus inoculation experiment was repeated as described above using cv
Top Crop grown from seed purchased from Aylett Nurseries (Radlett,
Hertfordshire, UK) and a freshly isolated strain of WClMV. Leaf
samples were removed from the inoculated plants at 0 and 10 d
after virus inoculation (10.6 and 11.6 g fresh weight, respectively). The cytokinins were extracted as outlined above, although only the glucoside fraction was investigated. The glucosides were separated from the free bases and ribosides via normal-phase HPLC
using the Alphasil 5NH2 column. They were treated
with
-glucosidase and further separated using the Alphasil
5NH2 column. One fraction was collected at the
retention time of Z9G/DZ9G, whereas the rest of the sample was
collected as a second fraction.
The two fractions were evaporated to dryness and dissolved in methanol
for analysis via LC/MS/MS (API 300, Perkin-Elmer). The samples were
injected by a fused silica capillary tube (i.d. 1-2 µm) attached to
a syringe pump (model 2400-001, Harvard Apparatus, South Natick,
MA) at 5 µL min
1, and a potential
between 4.5 and 5.0 kV was applied to the sample to induce
electrospray. A coaxial air spray was also applied at 0.7 L
min
1. The conditions were optimized for the
standards Z9G and DZ9G at an ion-spray voltage of 5.2 kV, an orifice
voltage of 90 V, and a focus ring of 300 V for Z9G and 320 V for
DZ9G. Scans were carried out in the first quadrupole with a range
between 50 and 500 m/z, in steps of 0.1 atomic mass unit
with a dwell time of 1.0 ms. Further structural information was
produced by fragmentation of the molecular ion with collision-induced
dispersion, and the ion-spectrum product was measured using the third
quadrupole.
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RESULTS |
Cytokinin Content of the Virus and Water-Inoculated Leaves
Free Bases and Ribosides
Leaves inoculated with WClMV showed a marked decline in the free
bases, beginning just 1 d after virus inoculation (Fig.
1, A-C). Within 10 d the
concentration of iP had decreased to 15 pmol
g
1 fresh weight, one-half of the level detected
in the control leaves (Fig. 1A). The concentrations of both Z and DZ
dropped from approximately 30 pmol g
1 fresh
weight to about 10 pmol g
1 fresh weight at d 5 and continued to decline over the next 5 d to less than 5 pmol
g
1 fresh weight (Fig. 1, B and C). The
concentration of Z in the control leaves remained close to that
detected at the beginning of the experiment (Fig. 1B). In contrast, the
concentration of DZ in the control leaves increased to 80 pmol
g
1 fresh weight over the first 5 d, after
which it remained constant (Fig. 1C).

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Changes in endogenous cytokinins in primary leaves
of bean during the 10 d after inoculation with either water ( )
or WClMV ( ). A through K, Cytokinins detected are noted at the top
of each box; and L, virus titer measured over the same period. Where
SE bars are smaller than the data point, they are not
displayed. FW, Fresh weight.
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The concentration of DZR followed a pattern similar to the free
bases, remaining fairly constant at about 35 pmol
g
1 fresh weight in the control leaves, but
declining to about one-half of that level in the virus-inoculated
leaves (Fig. 1D).
Glucosides
One day after WClMV inoculation a rapid increase in Z9G
concentration occurred. This stabilized after d 5 at approximately 35 pmol g
1 fresh weight (Fig. 1E). The
concentration of DZ9G also began to increase sharply, this time 3 d after infection, and again stabilized after d 5 at about 45 pmol
g
1 fresh weight (Fig. 1F). Only trace levels of
Z9G and DZ9G were detected in the control leaves. Because Z9G and
DZ9G had not previously been detected in bean tissue, the
experiment was repeated and a sample at the retention time of Z9G/DZ9G
was taken for analysis via electrospray MS/MS. This confirmed the
identity of Z9G (Table I). However, in
this second experiment DZ9G could not be detected in either the d-10 or
the d-0 samples. However, the presence of the other glucosyl
dihydro-derivatives, DZOG and DZROG, was confirmed (Table I).
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Table I.
Identification of cytokinin standards and putative
cytokinin forms from the primary leaves of bean 10 d after
inoculation with WCIMV, as determined by electrospray MS/MS
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In contrast to the 9-glucosides, O-glucoside levels tended
to decrease after WClMV inoculation (Fig. 1, G-I). The concentration of DZR-O-glucoside declined to one-half of that observed in
the control leaves over the 10 d (Fig. 1G). The concentration of
ZROG increased in both the control and infected leaves immediately after inoculation. However, this was followed by a decline, which was
somewhat sharper in the virus-inoculated leaves than in the controls.
By d 10, the concentration of ZROG in both the control and infected
leaves had decreased to a similar level (Fig. 1H). A decrease in the
DZOG concentration began in the leaves immediately after inoculation,
and again this was more rapid in the virus-inoculated leaves than in
the control leaves. By d 10, the concentration of DZOG had declined to
a similar level (approximately 20 pmol g
1 fresh
weight) in both leaf types (Fig. 1I).
Nucleotides
In the virus-infected leaves the concentration of
iPA-5
-monophosphate began to increase from low levels only 1 d
after inoculation; by d 10 it had increased to 70 pmol
g
1 fresh weight (Fig. 1J). A similar trend was
observed in ZR-5
-monophosphate levels, where its concentration rose to
35 pmol g
1 fresh weight in infected leaves by d
10 (Fig. 1K). In both cases the concentration of nucleotide observed in
the control leaves was less than 5 pmol g
1
fresh weight and remained at this level throughout the experiment.
Influence of Viral Infection on the Total Cytokinin Pool
The total cytokinin content of the primary leaves was calculated
for each of the cytokinin groups (free bases and riboside, O-glucosides, N-glucosides, and nucleotides) in
both control and virus-infected leaves over the 10 d of the
experiment (Table II). At the end of the
experiment, the total cytokinin pool was the same in the
virus-inoculated as in the control leaves. However, the profile of the
individual cytokinin groups in the virus-infected leaf tissue had
changed markedly. The free bases and riboside were reduced by nearly
80% and the O-glucosides were reduced by 33%. In contrast,
there was a marked increase in both the 9-glucosides and the
nucleotides, with little detection of these compounds in the control
leaves (Table II).
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Table II.
Distribution of cytokinins in the control and
WCIMV-infected primary leaves of bean during the 10 d after
inoculation
FB, Free bases; R, ribosides; O-G, O-glucosides;
N-G, N-glucosides; and NT, nucleotides.
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The changes in the endogenous cytokinin pool of the infected plants
coincided with an increase in virus titer (Fig. 1L). Virus titer did
not increase until after d 3 when a rapid increase was observed; after
d 5 it stabilized at approximately 450 µg virus g
1 fresh weight. The decline in the total free
bases, riboside, and O-glucosides and the increase in the
N-glucosides and nucleotides were associated with this
increase in virus titer.
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DISCUSSION |
A detailed picture of the changes in cytokinin profile in response
to virus infection is presented. Metabolically, it appears that after
infection of bean with WClMV, the free base, riboside, and
O-glucoside forms are diverted into the production of
nucleotides and inactive 9-glucosides (Table II). How these changes in
metabolism are controlled is uncertain. However, the increase in
nucleotides may represent a block in the cytokinin biosynthetic
pathway, the inhibition of nucleotide turnover to active forms, or the
increased activity of enzymes that convert the free bases and ribosides to nucleotide forms (Jameson, 1994
). The increase in the 9-glucosides may represent increased activity of N-glucosyltransferases
(Mok and Martin, 1994
), with a decrease in side chain removal
(Chatfield and Armstrong, 1986
) and/or compartmentation of the
9-glucosides away from degrading enzymes (Jameson, 1994
).
In this work the appearance of the 9-glucosides was one of the major
consequences of viral infection. Z9G and DZ9G have not previously been
detected in bean (Palmer et al., 1981; Palmer and Wong,
1985
; Griggs et al., 1988, 1989; Hammerton et
al., 1996). However, in those studies only healthy,
unstressed tissue was examined for cytokinin content. In the present
study, trace amounts of the 9-glucosides were detected in healthy
leaves, whereas viral infection led to the accumulation of high
concentrations of the 9-glucosides (Fig. 1, E and F; Table II).
Because this is the first time, to our knowledge, that 9-glucosides
have been detected in bean, the experiment was repeated to allow
confirmation of their identity via electrospray MS/MS. Although the
identity of Z9G was unequivocally confirmed, DZ9G was not detected in
the 10-d-old virus-inoculated tissue. This was unexpected, especially
considering the presence of the other glucosyl-dihydroderivative
forms in this tissue. It is possible, however, that some
differences in cytokinin metabolism may have occurred because of
the use of an altered seed source for the cv Top Crop plants or the
newly isolated virus. Further analysis will be required to confirm
these possibilities.
The 9-glucosides are believed to be products of cytokinin deactivation
(Jameson, 1994
). Therefore, it appears that in the first 5 d after
virus infection removal of the active cytokinins is occurring. We
propose that the production of the 9-glucosides is a direct response to
WClMV infection in bean.
Although there have been no other reports regarding the effect of viral
infection on the endogenous cytokinin pool in bean, evidence in several
other species supports a decline in the active cytokinin free bases and
ribosides after viral infection. Kuriger and Agrios (1977)
, Tavantzis
et al. (1979)
, and Whenham (1989)
all reported a decline in Z- and
ZR-like compounds after tobacco ringspot virus and tobacco mosaic virus
infection of cowpea and tobacco. Although ZR was not detected in our
work a decline in iP, Z, DZ, and DZR was observed in infected leaves
(Fig. 1, A-D). However, Dermatsia et al. (1995)
reported an increase
in both ZR and iP9G in PVY-infected potato leaves with no detected
alteration in other cytokinins. This result conflicts with the above
reports. However, it appears that Dermatsia et al. (1995)
did not
attempt to inhibit phosphatase activity to prevent nucleotide breakdown during their initial cytokinin extraction. The nucleotides may have
been a source of the increased levels of ZR in their infected material; we have shown that the nucleotides increased significantly postinfection. Furthermore, the plants were maintained in vitro for the
duration of the study, which was noted to stimulate cytokinin synthesis
in the same study (Dermatsia et al., 1995). Nonetheless, the
report by Dermatsia et al. (1995)
of an increase in iP9G is significant, particularly with respect to the increased concentration of Z9G and DZ9G observed in this study (Fig. 1, E and F; Table II).
The symptoms of viral infection such as induced leaf chlorosis and
abscission are similar to those changes that occur during natural leaf
senescence (Fraser and Whenham, 1982
). Leaf senescence is usually
associated with a decline in chlorophyll content, loss in turgidity,
decline in nucleic acids and proteins, breakdown of cellular membranes,
and finally, abscission of the leaf (Thimann, 1987
). Both senescence
(Singh et al., 1992) and viral infection (this work)
resulted in a decline in the cytokinin free bases, ribosides, and
O-glucosides. There are no studies on the changes of the
N-glucosides during senescence. The changes that we measured in cytokinin metabolism would have been too late to act as a signal of
virus infection and are more likely to be related to later facets of
virus infection, such as induced senescence. Furthermore, virus-induced
senescence may enhance virus movement through the plant. Increased
movement of metabolites from the leaf (because of senescence) may
facilitate systemic virus spread via the phloem.
Cytokinins can act as oxygen-free-radical scavengers and may thus
inhibit senescence (Musgrave, 1994
). It is interesting that the
increase in virus replication that we observed in this study began
3 d after virus inoculation (Fig. 1L), by which time the cytokinin
free bases and ribosides had already declined to 68% of that in the
controls. By d 5, when the virus titer had reached its peak, the free
bases and ribosides had decreased to 38% of that in the controls,
before declining after 5 d to 19%. We propose that a reduction in
these cytokinins, with a consequent reduction in oxygen-free-radical
scavengery (either directly or through a reduction in the production of
enzymes that detoxify oxygen free radicals), may account for some of
the symptoms exhibited by virus-infected plants and may also play a
role in virus replication.
Recently, we have shown that the application of DZ and DZR to the xylem
of bean plants led to a reduction in virus replication at the point of
double-stranded RNA synthesis and prevented the normal virus-induced
decrease in free-radical-scavenging enzymes (Clarke, 1996
; Clarke et
al., 1998
). The role of oxygen free radicals, the enzymes involved in
their detoxification, and the influences of plant hormones and virus
infection over them will be reported in a future paper.
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FOOTNOTES |
1
Present address: National Institute of
Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters
Bar EN6 3QG, UK.
2
Present address: The New Zealand Institute for
Crop & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North, New
Zealand.
*
Corresponding author; e-mail P.E.Jameson{at}massey.ac.nz; fax
64-6-3505694.
Received December 31, 1998;
accepted March 12, 1999.
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ABBREVIATIONS |
Abbreviations:
DZ, dihydrozeatin.
DZ9G, DZ-9-glucoside.
DZOG, DZ-O-glucoside.
DZR, DZ riboside.
iP, isopentenyladenine.
iP9G, iP-9-glucoside.
iPA, iP-adenosine.
PVY, potato virus Y.
RIA, radioimmunoassay.
WClMV, white clover mosaic
potexvirus.
Z, zeatin.
Z9G, Z-9-glucoside.
ZR, zeatin riboside.
ZROG, ZR-O-glucoside.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
We gratefully acknowledge the gift of monoclonal antibodies from
Prof. R.O. Morris (University of Missouri, Columbia). We acknowledge
the use of equipment purchased by funds from the University Grants
Committee and the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board for P.E.J. We
thank Dr. Gill Norris and Michael Wilson (Massey University) for
sample analysis via electrospray MS/MS and for compiling Figure 1,
respectively, and Prof. Peter Bannister (University of Otago) for
advice on statistics.
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