Roles of RCN1, regulatory A subunit of protein phosphatase 2A, in methyl jasmonate signaling and signal crosstalk between methyl jasmonate and abscisic acid

Plant Cell Physiol. 2008 Sep;49(9):1396-401. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcn106. Epub 2008 Jul 22.

Abstract

Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) as well as abscisic acid (ABA) induces stomatal closure with their signal crosstalk. We investigated the function of a regulatory A subunit of protein phosphatase 2A, RCN1, in MeJA signaling. Both MeJA and ABA failed to induce stomatal closure in Arabidopsis rcn1 knockout mutants unlike in wild-type plants. Neither MeJA nor ABA induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and suppressed inward-rectifying potassium channel activities in rcn1 mutants but not in wild-type plants. These results suggest that RCN1 functions upstream of ROS production and downstream of the branch point of MeJA signaling and ABA signaling in Arabidopsis guard cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abscisic Acid / metabolism*
  • Acetates / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cyclopentanes / metabolism*
  • Okadaic Acid / pharmacology
  • Oxylipins / metabolism*
  • Plant Stomata / drug effects
  • Plant Stomata / metabolism
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / metabolism
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / genetics
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / metabolism*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Oxylipins
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Okadaic Acid
  • Abscisic Acid
  • methyl jasmonate
  • Protein Phosphatase 2
  • RCN1 protein, Arabidopsis