Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies have been raised against haustorial complexes isolated from pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves infected by the biotrophic powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe pisi D.C. Immuno-localisation studies, using isolated haustorial complexes and infected pea leaf material, have shown that one of the antibodies, designated UB7, binds to fungal wall and plasma membranes present in both haustoria and mycelia. However, a second antibody, UB8, binds specifically to the haustorial plasma membrane, and does not label fungal plasma membranes in mycelia. Western blotting and antigen-modification techniques have shown that UB8 recognises a protein epitope of a 62-kDa antigen. A reduction in molecular weight of this component after endo-F treatment indicates that the antigen is an N-linked glycoprotein. UB7 also recognises a 62-kDa glycoprotein, which is susceptible to endo-F treatment, and the antibody binds to a carbohydrate epitope. Differences in molecular weights of the products after endo-F treatment of antigens show that the 62-kDa glycoproteins recognised by the antibodies are distinct molecules, in accordance with the localisation results. Overall, the results provide evidence for molecular differentiation associated with the development of haustoria in a biotrophic infection.
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Abbreviations
- ehm :
-
extrahaustorial membrane
- ELISA:
-
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- HC:
-
haustorial complex
- hpm :
-
haustorial plasma membrane
- IIF:
-
indirect immunofluorescence
- MAb:
-
monoclonal antibody
- Mr :
-
apparent molecular weight
- PMSF:
-
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
- SDS-PAGE:
-
sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
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We thank Mr. D. Mills and Mr. P. Stanley for help with the EM immunogold techniques. This work was supported by an Agricultural and Food Research Council grant and a studentship from the Science and Engineering Research Council.
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Mackie, A.J., Roberts, A.M., Callow, J.A. et al. Molecular differentiation in pea powdery-mildew haustoria. Planta 183, 399–408 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197739
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