Paper · 2026 · Cell

A regulatory network promotes apoplastic alkalinization to prime plant immunity in tissues distal to site of infection

Hongze Wang; Xiuming Li; Keran Zhai; et al.

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Abstract

Immune activation in plants triggers extracellular alkalinization, presumably by inhibiting plasma membrane H + -ATPases. The precise role and underlying mechanisms of this process remain poorly understood. Here, we show that Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis . We show that several calcium-dependent protein kinases phosphorylate Ser899 of two major autoinhibited H + -ATPases to dampen their activity, leading to alkalinization. The distal alkalinization is accompanied by the transcriptional activation of phytocytokines, including plant elicitor peptides, serine-rich endogenous peptides, and their receptors. We show that these phytocytokines promote distal alkalinization and disease resistance, whereas the apoplastic alkalinization sensitizes the phytocytokine perception that further induces phytocytokine genes. Our study suggests that apoplastic alkalinization and phytocytokine gene expression mutually potentiate and act as a combined signal that propagates in local-distal communication and disease resistance priming.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Pseudomonas syringae induces apoplastic alkalinization at the infection site and in neighboring distal tissues of Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
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neighboring distal tissuese0
Treatment
Pseudomonas syringae bacteriae0
Interactor
Pseudomonas syringaePseudomonas syringaee0pathogen
Outcome
apoplastic alkalinizatione0

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Pseudomonas syringae
Pseudomonas syringae · InteractorHoward F. Schwartz · CC BY 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Several calcium-dependent protein kinases phosphorylate Ser899 of two major autoinhibited H+-ATPases, dampening their activity and leading to apoplastic alkalinization.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
Gene
H + -ATPasese1
Outcome
their activitye1
Qualifier
phosphorylate Ser899e1

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 226–417 · show in text ↑
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“several calcium-dependent protein kinases phosphorylate Ser899 of two major autoinhibited H + -ATPases to dampen their activity, leading to alkalinization”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Distal alkalinization is accompanied by transcriptional activation of phytocytokines, including plant elicitor peptides, serine-rich endogenous peptides and their receptors, in Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
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transcriptional activation of phytocytokinese2

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 226–417 · show in text ↑
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“The distal alkalinization is accompanied by the transcriptional activation of phytocytokines, including plant elicitor peptides, serine-rich endogenous peptides, and their receptors”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Phytocytokines promote distal alkalinization and disease resistance in Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
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phytocytokinese3
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distal alkalinization and disease resistancee3
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promotee3

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 226–417 · show in text ↑
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“We show that these phytocytokines promote distal alkalinization and disease resistance”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Apoplastic alkalinization sensitizes phytocytokine perception in Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
Treatment
apoplastic alkalinizatione4
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phytocytokine perceptione4

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 226–417 · show in text ↑
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“the apoplastic alkalinization sensitizes the phytocytokine perception that further induces phytocytokine genes”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Phytocytokine perception induces phytocytokine gene expression in Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
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phytocytokine perceptione4
Outcome
phytocytokine genese4
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inducese4

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 226–417 · show in text ↑
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“the apoplastic alkalinization sensitizes the phytocytokine perception that further induces phytocytokine genes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 868–978 · show in text ↑
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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Apoplastic alkalinization and phytocytokine gene expression mutually potentiate and act as a combined signal for local-distal communication and disease resistance priming in Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
Outcome
disease resistance priminge5
Qualifier
combined signale5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Pseudomonas syringae bacteria induce apoplastic alkalinization not only at the site of infection but also in neighboring distal tissues to prime defenses and disease resistance in Arabidopsis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 226–417 · show in text ↑
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“Our study suggests that apoplastic alkalinization and phytocytokine gene expression mutually potentiate and act as a combined signal that propagates in local-distal communication and disease resistance priming”

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