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Molecular Aspects of Iron Metabolism in Pathogenic and Symbiotic Plant-Microbe Associations

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Abstract

Infectious diseases are the result of competitive relationships between a host organism and a pathogen. In host vertebrate–microbe interactions, the acquisition of iron for the essential metabolism of pathogenic organisms and the need of the host to bind and sequestrate the metal are central issues. Plants are also confronted with a wide variety of pathogenic microorganisms that can be highly devastating and compromise crop production. Investigated in a few cases in the past, the mechanisms involved in exchanging and withholding iron during plant–microbe interactions are becoming an emerging topic. This chapter surveys the wealth of information illustrating the role of iron acquisition, toxicity, and homeostasis in relevant pathosystem models of agricultural importance. There is now evidence that phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi can use siderophores and other iron uptake systems to multiply in the host and to promote infection. Moreover, plant can develop an iron-withholding response that changes iron distribution and trafficking during infection. Elucidating the mechanisms of competition for iron between plants and pathogens must help to develop innovative strategies for controlling diseases.

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Research from the authors’ laboratory was supported by grants from the INRA and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris)

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    Dominique Expert

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    Thierry Franza

  3. Département Sciences de la Vie et Santé, Laboratoire Interactions Plantes-Pathogènes, AgroParisTech, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75005, Paris, France

    Alia Dellagi

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Expert, D., Franza, T., Dellagi, A. (2012). Iron in Plant–Pathogen Interactions. In: Expert, D., O'Brian, M. (eds) Molecular Aspects of Iron Metabolism in Pathogenic and Symbiotic Plant-Microbe Associations. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5267-2_2

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