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Resveratrol (RV) is a naturally occurring phytoalexin of the stilbenoid family produced by some plant species, and present in grape skin, peanuts, and red wine. It has been found to exhibit anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-aging, cardio protective, and anti-oxidant properties. Bioavailability is a huge setback that limits the potentials of RV. As a result, efforts have been made to design and synthesize RV esters and aliphatic acids in an attempt to increase its bioavailability, solubility in water, and possibly improving its biological activities. Resveratrol esters, 3,5,4'-triacetyloxystilbene (2) and Methyl 1,1',1''- (3,4',5-stilbenyl)-1,6-hexanedioate (3) have been synthesized. Compound 3 is a new compound, synthetic yield is 88%, and purity is above 95% based on NMR integration. Both 2 and 3 are good candidates for biological evaluation. 3 was used as a precursor in the synthesis of resveratrol aliphatic acid, 8-(3',5'-dihydroxylstilbene-4''-oxy)-3,6-dioxocotanoic acid (9). First, 2 was hydrolyzed to resveratrol diester, 3,5-diacetyloxystilbene (4). Mitsunobu reaction of 4 and methyl 8-hydroxy-3,6-dioxooctanoate (7) was then carried out to afford methyl 8-(3',5'-diacetyoxystilben-4''-oxy)-3.6-dioxooctanoate (/5), which was then hydrolyzed to afford 9 in total 43.6 % yield. Structures of all newly synthesized compounds were confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy.

Resveratrol, a naturally derived stilbene, is an interesting compound mostly talked about recently because for its anti-cancer properties. Unfortunately it has some shortcomings due to its low bioavailability and low solubility in water. For this reason, my research is to overcome resveratrol's drawbacks by improving its bioavailability and hydrophilicity. My research is focused on syntheses of novel derivatives of resveratrol such as 3, 5-di-O-isobutyroyl resveratrol and 3, 5-di-O-hexanoyl resveratrol using lipase catalyzed hydrolysis. Therefore, the tri-acylated resveratrols 3, 5, 4'-tri-O-isobutyroyl resveratrol and 3, 5,4'-tri-O-hexanoyl resveratrol were first synthesized. 3,5,4'-tri-O-isobutyroyl resveratrol and 3,5,4'-tri-O-hexanoyl resveratrol were then hydrolyzed using lipase (C. Antarctica) to obtain the products 3,5-di-O-isobutyroyl resveratrol and 3,5-di-O-hexanoyl resveratrol. The four compounds 3,5-di-O-isobutyroyl resveratrol, 3,5-di-O-hexanoyl resveratrol, 3,5,4'-tri-O-hexanoyl resveratrol, and 3,5-di-O-hexanoyl resveratrol were characterized by 1H NMR and 13C NMR.

La compréhension des mécanismes de défense mis en place lors de la résistance des plantes vis-à-vis d'agents pathogènes a pour objectif de proposer des alternatives à l'utilisation de produits phytosanitaires utilisés en agriculture. Dans une première partie, nous avons étudié les mécanismes moléculaires impliqués dans la résistance induite aux pathogènes par l'acide β-aminobutyrique (BABA) chez la vigne. En effet, cet acide aminé non protéique favorise un état physiologique particulier, appelé potentialisation, dans lequel la plante est capable de mobiliser plus rapidement et/ou plus intensément ses réactions de défense en réponse à un stress. Contrairement aux éliciteurs comme les oligogalacturonates (OG), nous avons montré que le BABA seul n’induisait pas les événements précoces de signalisation sur suspensions cellulaires de vigne, tels que les variations de la concentration en calcium cytosolique libre ([Ca2+]cyt), la production de monoxyde d’azote (NO), la production d’H2O2, la phosphorylation de MAPkinases, ni l’expression de gènes de défense. Seules la production d’H2O2 et l’expression plus intense du gène RbohD codant une NADPH oxydase sont potentialisées par le BABA dans les suspensions cellulaires élicitées par les OG. In planta, le BABA potentialise également une production d’H2O2 en réponse à l’infection par l’oomycète Plasmopara viticola. L’utilisation d’un inhibiteur de NADPH oxydase abolit complètement cette production d’H2O2 et bloque partiellement la résistance induite par le BABA. Nous montrons donc que la potentialisation de la production d’H2O2 dépendante d’une NADPH oxydase contribue à l’établissement de la résistance induite par le BABA chez la vigne. Une deuxième partie a permis d’appréhender les événements cellulaires impliqués dans la résistance des plantes en se focalisant sur le mutant pad2 (phytoalexin deficient) d’Arabidopsis thaliana. Ce mutant présente une sensibilité accrue à différents pathogènes et contient un taux de glutathion de l’ordre de 20 % par rapport à l’écotype sauvage. Nous avons tout d’abord montré que le faible taux de glutathion dépendait d’une quantité réduite de la première enzyme de sa biosynthèse, la glutamate-cystéine ligase. Le glutathion étant impliqué dans la mise en place des réactions de défense, nous avons tenté de définir le lien entre la déficience en glutathion et la sensibilité de pad2 aux pathogènes. Nous avons tout d’abord montré que pad2 possédait un état redox du glutathion plus oxydé que le sauvage. Une analyse transcriptomique à l’état basal a révélé que la plupart des gènes différentiellement exprimés étaient réprimés chez pad2. Parmi ces gènes, certains codent des protéines impliquées dans les flux d’ions qui pourraient déréguler la dépolarisation membranaire. Nous avons ainsi confirmé que la dépolarisation de la membrane plasmique est amoindrie chez pad2 en réponse aux OG. De plus, des événements en aval tels que la production d’H2O2 et la production de NO sont également plus faibles chez le mutant par rapport au sauvage. Cette absence de la production d’H2O2 a également été spécifiquement observée sur plantes pad2 infectées par l’oomycète Phytophthora brassicae. Il en résulte un développement accru du pathogène corrélé à une absence de réponse hypersensible, une mort cellulaire localisée normalement observée dans le cas du sauvage résistant. En réponse aux OG ou à l’infection par P. brassicae, les analyses transcriptomiques font ressortir un fort enrichissement de gènes relatifs à la dégradation des protéines chez pad2. De manière globale, nos résultats suggèrent que la déficience en glutathion chez pad2 pourrait profondément modifier le turn-over des protéines, perturbant ainsi la signalisation cellulaire et les réponses biologiques associées. / Alternative strategies are required to reduce pesticide input into the environment for effective and sustainable plant protection. One solution is the activation of plant basal resistance that relies on the application of resistance inducer molecules. In the first part of this study, we analyzed the mode of action of β-aminobutyric acid (BABA), a non-protein amino acid, in the grapevine induced resistance. BABA confers a physiological state, called priming, during which plants are able to mobilize better and/or more rapidly defense responses to biotic or abiotic stress. Unlike oligogalacturonides (OG), we showed that BABA did not induce early signaling events in grapevine cells such as variations of cytosolic free calcium concentration, H2O2 and nitric oxide production, MAPkinase phosphorylation, nor the expression of defense-related genes. Among them, only H2O2 production and the expression of RbohD gene, which encodes a NADPH oxidase, are primed by BABA in OG-treated cells. Moreover, BABA-treated plants display a stronger accumulation of H2O2 in response to the oomycete Plasmopara viticola. Application of an NADPH oxidase inhibitor completely abolishes this H2O2 production and leads to a reduction of BABA-induced resistance against P. viticola. These data suggest that the priming of an NADPH oxidase-dependent H2O2 production contributes to BABA-induced resistance in grapevine. The second part consisted to analyze molecular events involved in plant resistance by using the pad2 (phytoalexin deficient) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana which is susceptible to a broad range of pathogens. We showed that the glutathione depletion depends on the low amount of glutamate-cysteine ligase protein, the first enzyme involved in its biosynthesis. We studied molecular events, which are involved in defense mechanisms, to understand the impact of the glutathione content on pad2 susceptibility. Our results show that the redox state of glutathione is more oxidized in pad2 than in wild type Col-0. Since cellular redox state change is known to regulate gene expression, a basal transcriptome analysis has been performed in pad2 and wild type plants. Interestingly, most of the identified genes in pad2 are down-regulated, some of them encoding proteins involved in ion fluxes. As expected, the plasma membrane depolarization and events downstream like H2O2 and NO production are impaired in pad2 in response to OG. During infection with Phytophthora brassicae, the lack of H2O2 production is concomitant with an absence of the hypersensitive response, a localize cell death observed in the resistant wild type. After OG treatment or P. brassicae infection, microarray analysis brings out genes related to protein machinery including degradation in pad2. Taken together, these data suggest that the depletion of glutathione has an impact on protein turn-over which disturbs cell signaling events and related biological responses.

A levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae tem potencial para o controle de doenças em algumas plantas, devido à capacidade de induzir resistência e de elicitar mecanismos de defesa. Entretanto, no processo de purificação de compostos elicitores presentes na parede celular de S. cerevisiae foi observado um baixo rendimento, dificultando a realização de experimentos, principalmente em campo. Assim, com o objetivo de otimizar o processo de extração do (s) elicitor (es) presentes na parede celular da levedura, células em suspensão foram autoclavadas por minutos ou horas, uma vez ou seqüencialmente. Em seguida, foi avaliado o conteúdo de carboidratos e de proteínas destas preparações que foram testadas na produção de fitoalexinas em mesocótilos de sorgo, previamente tratados ou não com abrasivo carborundum, e na germinação de conídios e formação de apressórios por Colletotrichum lagenarium e Colletotrichum sublineolum. Em função da maior concentração de carboidratos e da atividade elicitora em mesocótilos de sorgo, a preparação de levedura autoclavada por 4 horas seqüencialmente foi submetida ao processo de purificação. Cromatografias de troca iônica (CTI), com tampão Tris-HCl ou bicarbonato de amônio na eluição da coluna DEAE-Celulose, foram realizadas para separar as frações com maior poder elicitor das de baixo poder elicitor. Frações de ambas as cromatografias, induziram o acúmulo de fitoalexinas em mesocótilos de sorgo, previamente tratados ou não com abrasivo carborundum. Entretanto, frações provenientes da cromatografia com tampão bicarbonato de amônio foram capazes de inibir em 100% a germinação de conídios e a formação de apressórios dos fitopatógenos. Na proteção de pepino em câmara de crescimento, houve redução da área lesionada somente quando as plântulas de pepino receberam as frações provenientes da CTI com tampão Tris-HCl, dois dias antes da inoculação com o patógeno. Em casa-de-vegetação, fração proveniente da CTI com tampão bicarbonato de amônio conferiu proteção às plântulas de pepino contra C. lagenarium, mas sem aumento na atividade de peroxidases. Plantas de sorgo tratadas com as frações de ambas as cromatografias, apresentaram tendência a uma redução da área lesionada nas folhas tratadas e folhas superiores, com produção de fitoalexinas. A maior produção de fitoalexinas em plantas de sorgo foi observada em folhas tratadas com a preparação bruta da levedura autoclavada por 4 horas seqüencialmente. Os resultados do presente trabalho indicam a existência de compostos termoestáveis na parede celular da levedura, liberados em maior concentração em função da autoclavagem seqüencial, capazes de induzir o acúmulo de fitoalexinas em mesocótilos e folhas de sorgo, com atividade antifúngica sobre C sublineolum e C. lagenarium e potencial para induzir resistência local em pepino contra C. lagenarium e resistência local e sistêmica em sorgo contra C. sublineolum. / The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has potential in the control of diseases in some plants by the ability to induce resistance and elicits defence mechanisms. However, in the process of purification of elicitor (s) present in the cell wall of S. cerevisiae a low efficiency was observed during the process, making difficult to carry out experiments, mainly in field. Thus, to optimize the process of extraction of the elicitor (s) present in the cell wall of the yeast, cells in suspension were autoclaved by minutes or hours, once or in sequence. After autoclaving the carbohydrate and proteins content of these preparations were determinate and they were tested in phytoalexin accumulation in sorghum mesocotyls, previously treated or not with the abrasive carborundum, and conidia germination and appressorium formation by Colletotrichum lagenarium and Colletotrichum sublineolum. Because of the higher carbohydrate content and the highest elicitor activity in sorghum mesocotyls, the preparation autoclaved by 4 hours in sequence was selected for the purification process. Ion exchange chromatography (IEC) using Tris-HCl or ammonium bicarbonate buffer for column elution, were used to separate fractions with higher elicitation activity from those exhibiting lower elicitation activity. Fractions from the chromatography obtained using either buffer induced the accumulation of phytoalexin in sorghum mesocotyls, previously treated or not with the abrasive carborundum. However, the fractions from the chromatography with ammonium bicarbonate buffer were able to inhibit in 100% the conidia germination and appressorium formation by the phytopathogens. In the protection of cucumber in growth chamber, there was a reduction in symptoms only when the cucumber seedlings were treated with the fractions from the IEC with Tris-HCl buffer, two days before the inoculation with the fungus. In greenhouse, fraction from the IEC with ammonium bicarbonate buffer was able to protect cucumber seedlings against C. lagenarium, but without increase peroxidases activity. Sorghum plants treated with the fractions, obtained using either buffer, exhibited reduced infection in the treated leaves and leaves just above, with phytoalexin production. The highest phytoalexin production in sorghum plants was observed in leaves treated with the crude preparation of the yeast autoclaved by 4 hours sequentially. The results of the present study indicate the presence of termoestable compounds in the cell wall of the yeast, released in higher concentrations in function of the sequential autoclavage, that are able to induce phytoalexin accumulation in sorghum mesocotyls and leaves, with antifungal activity on C. sublineolum and C. lagenarium and potential to induce local resistance in cucumber against C. lagenarium and local and systemic resistance in sorghum against C. sublineolum.

A levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae tem potencial para o controle de doenças em algumas plantas, devido à capacidade de induzir resistência e de elicitar mecanismos de defesa. Entretanto, no processo de purificação de compostos elicitores presentes na parede celular de S. cerevisiae foi observado um baixo rendimento, dificultando a realização de experimentos, principalmente em campo. Assim, com o objetivo de otimizar o processo de extração do (s) elicitor (es) presentes na parede celular da levedura, células em suspensão foram autoclavadas por minutos ou horas, uma vez ou seqüencialmente. Em seguida, foi avaliado o conteúdo de carboidratos e de proteínas destas preparações que foram testadas na produção de fitoalexinas em mesocótilos de sorgo, previamente tratados ou não com abrasivo carborundum, e na germinação de conídios e formação de apressórios por Colletotrichum lagenarium e Colletotrichum sublineolum. Em função da maior concentração de carboidratos e da atividade elicitora em mesocótilos de sorgo, a preparação de levedura autoclavada por 4 horas seqüencialmente foi submetida ao processo de purificação. Cromatografias de troca iônica (CTI), com tampão Tris-HCl ou bicarbonato de amônio na eluição da coluna DEAE-Celulose, foram realizadas para separar as frações com maior poder elicitor das de baixo poder elicitor. Frações de ambas as cromatografias, induziram o acúmulo de fitoalexinas em mesocótilos de sorgo, previamente tratados ou não com abrasivo carborundum. Entretanto, frações provenientes da cromatografia com tampão bicarbonato de amônio foram capazes de inibir em 100% a germinação de conídios e a formação de apressórios dos fitopatógenos. Na proteção de pepino em câmara de crescimento, houve redução da área lesionada somente quando as plântulas de pepino receberam as frações provenientes da CTI com tampão Tris-HCl, dois dias antes da inoculação com o patógeno. Em casa-de-vegetação, fração proveniente da CTI com tampão bicarbonato de amônio conferiu proteção às plântulas de pepino contra C. lagenarium, mas sem aumento na atividade de peroxidases. Plantas de sorgo tratadas com as frações de ambas as cromatografias, apresentaram tendência a uma redução da área lesionada nas folhas tratadas e folhas superiores, com produção de fitoalexinas. A maior produção de fitoalexinas em plantas de sorgo foi observada em folhas tratadas com a preparação bruta da levedura autoclavada por 4 horas seqüencialmente. Os resultados do presente trabalho indicam a existência de compostos termoestáveis na parede celular da levedura, liberados em maior concentração em função da autoclavagem seqüencial, capazes de induzir o acúmulo de fitoalexinas em mesocótilos e folhas de sorgo, com atividade antifúngica sobre C sublineolum e C. lagenarium e potencial para induzir resistência local em pepino contra C. lagenarium e resistência local e sistêmica em sorgo contra C. sublineolum. / The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has potential in the control of diseases in some plants by the ability to induce resistance and elicits defence mechanisms. However, in the process of purification of elicitor (s) present in the cell wall of S. cerevisiae a low efficiency was observed during the process, making difficult to carry out experiments, mainly in field. Thus, to optimize the process of extraction of the elicitor (s) present in the cell wall of the yeast, cells in suspension were autoclaved by minutes or hours, once or in sequence. After autoclaving the carbohydrate and proteins content of these preparations were determinate and they were tested in phytoalexin accumulation in sorghum mesocotyls, previously treated or not with the abrasive carborundum, and conidia germination and appressorium formation by Colletotrichum lagenarium and Colletotrichum sublineolum. Because of the higher carbohydrate content and the highest elicitor activity in sorghum mesocotyls, the preparation autoclaved by 4 hours in sequence was selected for the purification process. Ion exchange chromatography (IEC) using Tris-HCl or ammonium bicarbonate buffer for column elution, were used to separate fractions with higher elicitation activity from those exhibiting lower elicitation activity. Fractions from the chromatography obtained using either buffer induced the accumulation of phytoalexin in sorghum mesocotyls, previously treated or not with the abrasive carborundum. However, the fractions from the chromatography with ammonium bicarbonate buffer were able to inhibit in 100% the conidia germination and appressorium formation by the phytopathogens. In the protection of cucumber in growth chamber, there was a reduction in symptoms only when the cucumber seedlings were treated with the fractions from the IEC with Tris-HCl buffer, two days before the inoculation with the fungus. In greenhouse, fraction from the IEC with ammonium bicarbonate buffer was able to protect cucumber seedlings against C. lagenarium, but without increase peroxidases activity. Sorghum plants treated with the fractions, obtained using either buffer, exhibited reduced infection in the treated leaves and leaves just above, with phytoalexin production. The highest phytoalexin production in sorghum plants was observed in leaves treated with the crude preparation of the yeast autoclaved by 4 hours sequentially. The results of the present study indicate the presence of termoestable compounds in the cell wall of the yeast, released in higher concentrations in function of the sequential autoclavage, that are able to induce phytoalexin accumulation in sorghum mesocotyls and leaves, with antifungal activity on C. sublineolum and C. lagenarium and potential to induce local resistance in cucumber against C. lagenarium and local and systemic resistance in sorghum against C. sublineolum.

La prénylation de type I des protéines correspond à une modification post-traductionnelle faisant intervenir une liaison thioéther entre une cystéine localisée dans un motif CaaX en position C terminale et un groupement prényle en C 15 (farnésyle) ou C 20 (géranylgéranyle). Ces réactions sont catalysées par des protéine prényltransférases (PPTs) appartenant à la même famille fonctionnelle et comprenant la protéine farnésyltransférase (PFT) et géranylgéranyltransférase de type I (PGGT-I). Les plantes se distinguent par une double origine des substrats prényle (farnésyle diphosphate et géranylgéranyle diphosphate) utilisés comme précurseurs pour la biosynthèse des isoprénoïdes. Ces derniers sont biosynthétisés par l'intermédiaire de deux voies métaboliques distinctes, la voie cytosolique du mévalonate (MVA) et la voie plastidiale du méthylérythritol phosphate (MEP). Il est maintenant clair que la géranylgéranylation des protéines végétales dépend de la voie du MEP. Durant ce travail de thèse doctorale une étude comparative des spécificités de substrat a été réalisée. Elle a permis de montrer que la PFT est spécifique de son substrat protéique alors que la PGGT-I est spécifique de son substrat prényle. Ces spécificités peuvent néanmoins être modifiées in vivo, par exemple lors d’une augmentation de la concentration en MVA, suggérant que cette flexibilité des propriétés enzymatiques a un rôle régulateur dans certaines conditions physiologiques. Pour cette raison, nous avons entrepris une caractérisation de la prénylation des protéines dans des plantes de tabac élicitées, qui induisent la synthèse de MVA pour produire le capsidiol, une phytoalexine sesquiterpénique. La biosynthèse de ce métabolite secondaire capsidiol dérivant de la voie du MVA, est dépendante de la prénylation des protéines, notamment de protéines géranylgéranylées d’origine plastidiale. Le monoterpène S-carvone a été identifié comme un inhibiteur de la biosynthèse de capsidiol en interférant avec l’activité des PPTs in vivo. Les travaux ont également permis d’envisager l’existence d’un nouveau mode de prénylation des protéines spécifique aux feuilles. / Type-I protein prenylation is a post-translational modification of a protein bearing a CaaX motif with a prenyl moiety, this by a thioether linkage. The enzymes catalyzing those reactions are called protein prenyltransferase (PPTs). Two enzymes are involved, the protein farnesyltransferase (PFT) and the protein geranylgeranyltransferase type I (PGGT-I). They respectively use farnesyl diphosphate and geranylgeranyl diphosphate as substrate. Those precursors are synthetized in plants by two differentbiosynthetic pathways: the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) and the plastidial methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways. Protein geranylgeranylation is dependent of the MEP pathway. Those specificities can be modified A comparative analysis of PPTs specificity was done during this PhD thesis, revealing that PFT is specific for its protein substrate, while PGGT-I is specific for its prenyl substrate. But those specificities can be modulated in vivo, for instance by increasing the concentration of MVA. This suggests that the regulation of protein prenylation specificities can become functionally important during physiological processes. For that reason we characterized protein prenylation in elicited tobacco plants, which produce the sesquiterpene phytoalexin capsidiol. This metabolite is synthesized via the MVA pathway, and this process depends of protein prenylation, in particular geranylgeranylation, with the substrate coming from plastids. S-Carvone, a monoterpene, was identified as an inhibitor of PPTS, resulting in a lack of capsidiol production. This work also suggests that a new mechanism of prenylation might exist, specifically in leaves.

<p>This investigation focused on Rhoicissus tomentosa, belonging to the family, Vitaceae in an attempt to assess the phytochemistry of this plant which is widely used by traditional healers in South Africa to ensure the safe delivery during pregnancy and childbirth (Hutchings et al., 1996).</p>

<p>This investigation focused on Rhoicissus tomentosa, belonging to the family, Vitaceae in an attempt to assess the phytochemistry of this plant which is widely used by traditional healers in South Africa to ensure the safe delivery during pregnancy and childbirth (Hutchings et al., 1996).</p>

La compréhension des mécanismes de défense mis en place lors de la résistance des plantes vis-à-vis d'agents pathogènes a pour objectif de proposer des alternatives à l'utilisation de produits phytosanitaires utilisés en agriculture. Dans une première partie, nous avons étudié les mécanismes moléculaires impliqués dans la résistance induite aux pathogènes par l'acide β-aminobutyrique (BABA) chez la vigne. En effet, cet acide aminé non protéique favorise un état physiologique particulier, appelé potentialisation, dans lequel la plante est capable de mobiliser plus rapidement et/ou plus intensément ses réactions de défense en réponse à un stress. Contrairement aux éliciteurs comme les oligogalacturonates (OG), nous avons montré que le BABA seul n'induisait pas les événements précoces de signalisation sur suspensions cellulaires de vigne, tels que les variations de la concentration en calcium cytosolique libre ([Ca2+]cyt), la production de monoxyde d'azote (NO), la production d'H2O2, la phosphorylation de MAPkinases, ni l'expression de gènes de défense. Seules la production d'H2O2 et l'expression plus intense du gène RbohD codant une NADPH oxydase sont potentialisées par le BABA dans les suspensions cellulaires élicitées par les OG. In planta, le BABA potentialise également une production d'H2O2 en réponse à l'infection par l'oomycète Plasmopara viticola. L'utilisation d'un inhibiteur de NADPH oxydase abolit complètement cette production d'H2O2 et bloque partiellement la résistance induite par le BABA. Nous montrons donc que la potentialisation de la production d'H2O2 dépendante d'une NADPH oxydase contribue à l'établissement de la résistance induite par le BABA chez la vigne. Une deuxième partie a permis d'appréhender les événements cellulaires impliqués dans la résistance des plantes en se focalisant sur le mutant pad2 (phytoalexin deficient) d'Arabidopsis thaliana. Ce mutant présente une sensibilité accrue à différents pathogènes et contient un taux de glutathion de l'ordre de 20 % par rapport à l'écotype sauvage. Nous avons tout d'abord montré que le faible taux de glutathion dépendait d'une quantité réduite de la première enzyme de sa biosynthèse, la glutamate-cystéine ligase. Le glutathion étant impliqué dans la mise en place des réactions de défense, nous avons tenté de définir le lien entre la déficience en glutathion et la sensibilité de pad2 aux pathogènes. Nous avons tout d'abord montré que pad2 possédait un état redox du glutathion plus oxydé que le sauvage. Une analyse transcriptomique à l'état basal a révélé que la plupart des gènes différentiellement exprimés étaient réprimés chez pad2. Parmi ces gènes, certains codent des protéines impliquées dans les flux d'ions qui pourraient déréguler la dépolarisation membranaire. Nous avons ainsi confirmé que la dépolarisation de la membrane plasmique est amoindrie chez pad2 en réponse aux OG. De plus, des événements en aval tels que la production d'H2O2 et la production de NO sont également plus faibles chez le mutant par rapport au sauvage. Cette absence de la production d'H2O2 a également été spécifiquement observée sur plantes pad2 infectées par l'oomycète Phytophthora brassicae. Il en résulte un développement accru du pathogène corrélé à une absence de réponse hypersensible, une mort cellulaire localisée normalement observée dans le cas du sauvage résistant. En réponse aux OG ou à l'infection par P. brassicae, les analyses transcriptomiques font ressortir un fort enrichissement de gènes relatifs à la dégradation des protéines chez pad2. De manière globale, nos résultats suggèrent que la déficience en glutathion chez pad2 pourrait profondément modifier le turn-over des protéines, perturbant ainsi la signalisation cellulaire et les réponses biologiques associées.