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Günther T, Lampei C, Barilar I, Schmid KJ. Genomic and phenotypic differentiation of Arabidopsis thaliana along altitudinal gradients in the North Italian Alps. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:3574-92. [PMID: 27220345 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Altitudinal gradients in mountain regions are short-range clines of different environmental parameters such as temperature or radiation. We investigated genomic and phenotypic signatures of adaptation to such gradients in five Arabidopsis thaliana populations from the North Italian Alps that originated from 580 to 2350 m altitude by resequencing pools of 19-29 individuals from each population. The sample includes two pairs of low- and high-altitude populations from two different valleys. High-altitude populations showed a lower nucleotide diversity and negative Tajima's D values and were more closely related to each other than to low-altitude populations from the same valley. Despite their close geographic proximity, demographic analysis revealed that low- and high-altitude populations split between 260 000 and 15 000 years before present. Single nucleotide polymorphisms whose allele frequencies were highly differentiated between low- and high-altitude populations identified genomic regions of up to 50 kb length where patterns of genetic diversity are consistent with signatures of local selective sweeps. These regions harbour multiple genes involved in stress response. Variation among populations in two putative adaptive phenotypic traits, frost tolerance and response to light/UV stress was not correlated with altitude. Taken together, the spatial distribution of genetic diversity reflects a potentially adaptive differentiation between low- and high-altitude populations, whereas the phenotypic differentiation in the two traits investigated does not. It may resemble an interaction between adaptation to the local microhabitat and demographic history influenced by historical glaciation cycles, recent seed dispersal and genetic drift in local populations.
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- Torsten Günther
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Evolutionary Biology, EBC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Birnbaum SSL, Gerardo NM. Patterns of Specificity of the Pathogen Escovopsis across the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis. Am Nat 2016; 188:52-65. [PMID: 27322121 DOI: 10.1086/686911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Parasites evolve within complex abiotic and biotic environments. Because of this, it is often challenging to ascertain how evolutionary and ecological processes together affect parasite specialization. Here, we use the fungus-growing ant system, which consists of ancient, likely coevolved, complex communities, to explore the ecological and evolutionary forces shaping host-parasite specificity. We use a comparative phylogenetic framework to determine whether patterns of specificity between the fungal parasite Escovopsis and its host fungi at fine phylogenetic scales reflect patterns of specificity at broader phylogenetic levels. In other words, we ask whether parasite specificity across broad host phylogenetic relationships is maintained by specificity toward more closely related hosts. We couple this exploration with manipulations of the community context within which host-parasite interactions are taking place to evaluate how community complexity alters parasite specificity. Regardless of host community complexity, parasites displayed a consistent pattern of specialization on native hosts, that is, those that they are found attacking in nature, with the potential for occasional switching to hosts distantly related to their native hosts. These results suggest that, even within a complex community context, pairwise host and parasite adaptation and coadaptation can be the primary drivers of the evolution and maintenance of parasite specificity.
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Goritschnig S, Steinbrenner AD, Grunwald DJ, Staskawicz BJ. Structurally distinct Arabidopsis thaliana NLR immune receptors recognize tandem WY domains of an oomycete effector. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 210:984-96. [PMID: 26725254 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR, or NLR) receptors mediate pathogen recognition. The Arabidopsis thaliana NLR RPP1 recognizes the tandem WY-domain effector ATR1 from the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis through direct association with C-terminal LRRs. We isolated and characterized homologous NLR genes RPP1-EstA and RPP1-ZdrA from two Arabidopsis ecotypes, Estland (Est-1) and Zdarec (Zdr-1), responsible for recognizing a novel spectrum of ATR1 alleles. RPP1-EstA and -ZdrA encode nearly identical NLRs that are phylogenetically distinct from known immunity-activating RPP1 homologs and possess greatly expanded LRR domains. Site-directed mutagenesis and truncation analysis of ATR1 suggests that these homologs recognize a novel surface of the 2(nd) WY domain of ATR1, partially specified by a C-terminal region of the LRR domain. Synteny comparison with RPP1 loci involved in hybrid incompatibility suggests that these functions evolved independently. Closely related RPP1 homologs have diversified their recognition spectra through LRR expansion and sequence variation, allowing them to detect multiple surfaces of the same pathogen effector. Engineering NLR receptor specificity may require a similar combination of repeat expansion and tailored amino acid variation.
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- Sandra Goritschnig
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Stuttmann J, Peine N, Garcia AV, Wagner C, Choudhury SR, Wang Y, James GV, Griebel T, Alcázar R, Tsuda K, Schneeberger K, Parker JE. Arabidopsis thaliana DM2h (R8) within the Landsberg RPP1-like Resistance Locus Underlies Three Different Cases of EDS1-Conditioned Autoimmunity. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005990. [PMID: 27082651 PMCID: PMC4833295 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plants have a large panel of nucleotide-binding/leucine rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors which monitor host interference by diverse pathogen molecules (effectors) and trigger disease resistance pathways. NLR receptor systems are necessarily under tight control to mitigate the trade-off between induced defenses and growth. Hence, mis-regulated NLRs often cause autoimmunity associated with stunting and, in severe cases, necrosis. Nucleocytoplasmic ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY1 (EDS1) is indispensable for effector-triggered and autoimmune responses governed by a family of Toll-Interleukin1-Receptor-related NLR receptors (TNLs). EDS1 operates coincidently or immediately downstream of TNL activation to transcriptionally reprogram cells for defense. We show here that low levels of nuclear-enforced EDS1 are sufficient for pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana, without causing negative effects. Plants expressing higher nuclear EDS1 amounts have the genetic, phenotypic and transcriptional hallmarks of TNL autoimmunity. In a screen for genetic suppressors of nuclear EDS1 autoimmunity, we map multiple, independent mutations to one gene, DM2h, lying within the polymorphic DANGEROUS MIX2 cluster of TNL RPP1-like genes from A. thaliana accession Landsberg erecta (Ler). The DM2 locus is a known hotspot for deleterious epistatic interactions leading to immune-related incompatibilities between A. thaliana natural accessions. We find that DM2hLer underlies two further genetic incompatibilities involving the RPP1-likeLer locus and EDS1. We conclude that the DM2hLer TNL protein and nuclear EDS1 cooperate, directly or indirectly, to drive cells into an immune response at the expense of growth. A further conclusion is that regulating the available EDS1 nuclear pool is fundamental for maintaining homeostatic control of TNL immune pathways. Plants tune their cellular and developmental programs to different environmental stimuli. Central players in the plant biotic stress response network are intracellular NLR receptors which intercept specific disease-inducing molecules (effectors) produced by pathogenic microbes. Variation in NLR gene repertoires between plant genetic lines is driven by pathogen selection pressure. One evolutionary question is how new, functional NLRs are assembled within a plant genome without mis-activating defense pathways, which can have strong negative effects on growth and fitness. This study focuses on a large, polymorphic sub-class of NLR receptors called TNLs present in dicotyledenous plant lineages. TNL receptors confer immunity to a broad range of pathogens. They also frequently underlie autoimmunity caused by their mis-regulation or deleterious allelic interactions with other genes in crosses between different genetic lines (hybrid incompatibility, HI). TNL pathogen-triggered and autoimmune responses require the conserved nucleocytoplasmic protein EDS1 to transcriptionally reprogram cells for defense. We discover in Arabidopsis thaliana that high levels of nuclear-enriched EDS1 induce transcriptional activation of defenses and growth inhibition without a pathogen effector stimulus. In a mutational screen, we identify one rapidly evolving TNL gene, DM2hLer, as a driver of nuclear EDS1 autoimmunity. DM2hLer also contributes to two separate cases of EDS1-dependent autoimmunity. Genetic cooperation between DM2hLer and EDS1 suggests a functional relationship in the transcriptional feed-forward regulation of defense pathways.
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- Johannes Stuttmann
- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany
- * E-mail: (JS); (JEP)
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Natural Products, Plant Biology and Soil Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
- * E-mail: (JS); (JEP)
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Nuclear dynamics and genetic rearrangement in heterokaryotic colonies of Fusarium oxysporum. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 91:20-31. [PMID: 27013267 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 01/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Recent studies have shown horizontal transfer of chromosomes to be a potential key contributor to genome plasticity in asexual fungal pathogens. However, the mechanisms behind horizontal chromosome transfer in eukaryotes are not well understood. Here we investigated the role of conidial anastomosis in heterokaryon formation between incompatible strains of Fusarium oxysporum and determined the importance of heterokaryons for horizontal chromosome transfer. Using live-cell imaging we demonstrate that conidial pairing of incompatible strains under carbon starvation can result in the formation of viable heterokaryotic hyphae in F. oxysporum. Nuclei of the parental lines presumably fuse at some stage as conidia with a single nucleus harboring both marker histones (GFP- and RFP-tagged) are produced. Upon colony formation, this hybrid offspring is subject to progressive and gradual genome rearrangement. The parental genomes appear to become spatially separated and RFP-tagged histones, deriving from one of the strains, Fol4287, are eventually lost. With a PCR-based method we showed that markers for most of the chromosomes of this strain are lost, indicating a lack of Fol4287 chromosomes. This leaves offspring with the genomic background of the other strain (Fo47), but in some cases together with one or two chromosomes from Fol4287, including the chromosome that confers pathogenicity towards tomato.
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Hily JM, Poulicard N, Mora MÁ, Pagán I, García-Arenal F. Environment and host genotype determine the outcome of a plant-virus interaction: from antagonism to mutualism. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 209:812-22. [PMID: 26365599 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that plant-virus interactions vary between antagonism and conditional mutualism according to environmental conditions. This hypothesis is based on scant experimental evidence, and to test it we examined the effect of abiotic factors on the Arabidopsis thaliana-Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) interaction. Four Arabidopsis genotypes clustering into two allometric groups were grown under six environments defined by three temperature and two light-intensity conditions. Plants were either CMV-infected or mock-inoculated, and the effects of environment and infection on temporal and resource allocation life-history traits were quantified. Life-history traits significantly differed between allometric groups over all environments, with group 1 plants tolerating abiotic stress better than those of group 2. The effect of CMV infection on host fitness (virulence) differed between genotypes, being lower in group 1 genotypes. Tolerance to abiotic stress and to infection was similarly achieved through life-history trait responses, which resulted in resource reallocation from growth to reproduction. Effects of infection varied according to plant genotype and environment from detrimental to beneficial for host fitness. These results are highly relevant and demonstrate that plant viruses can be pleiotropic parasites along the antagonism-mutualism continuum, which should be considered in analyses of the evolution of plant-virus interactions.
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- Jean-Michel Hily
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) & Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros (ETSI) Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 28223, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) & Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros (ETSI) Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 28223, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) & Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros (ETSI) Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 28223, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) & Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros (ETSI) Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 28223, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) & Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros (ETSI) Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 28223, Spain
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Christopoulou M, Wo SRC, Kozik A, McHale LK, Truco MJ, Wroblewski T, Michelmore RW. Genome-Wide Architecture of Disease Resistance Genes in Lettuce. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2015; 5:2655-69. [PMID: 26449254 PMCID: PMC4683639 DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.020818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Genome-wide motif searches identified 1134 genes in the lettuce reference genome of cv. Salinas that are potentially involved in pathogen recognition, of which 385 were predicted to encode nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat receptor (NLR) proteins. Using a maximum-likelihood approach, we grouped the NLRs into 25 multigene families and 17 singletons. Forty-one percent of these NLR-encoding genes belong to three families, the largest being RGC16 with 62 genes in cv. Salinas. The majority of NLR-encoding genes are located in five major resistance clusters (MRCs) on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 and cosegregate with multiple disease resistance phenotypes. Most MRCs contain primarily members of a single NLR gene family but a few are more complex. MRC2 spans 73 Mb and contains 61 NLRs of six different gene families that cosegregate with nine disease resistance phenotypes. MRC3, which is 25 Mb, contains 22 RGC21 genes and colocates with Dm13. A library of 33 transgenic RNA interference tester stocks was generated for functional analysis of NLR-encoding genes that cosegregated with disease resistance phenotypes in each of the MRCs. Members of four NLR-encoding families, RGC1, RGC2, RGC21, and RGC12 were shown to be required for 16 disease resistance phenotypes in lettuce. The general composition of MRCs is conserved across different genotypes; however, the specific repertoire of NLR-encoding genes varied particularly of the rapidly evolving Type I genes. These tester stocks are valuable resources for future analyses of additional resistance phenotypes.
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- Marilena Christopoulou
- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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The Impact of Recombination Hotspots on Genome Evolution of a Fungal Plant Pathogen. Genetics 2015; 201:1213-28. [PMID: 26392286 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.180968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Recombination has an impact on genome evolution by maintaining chromosomal integrity, affecting the efficacy of selection, and increasing genetic variability in populations. Recombination rates are a key determinant of the coevolutionary dynamics between hosts and their pathogens. Historic recombination events created devastating new pathogens, but the impact of ongoing recombination in sexual pathogens is poorly understood. Many fungal pathogens of plants undergo regular sexual cycles, and sex is considered to be a major factor contributing to virulence. We generated a recombination map at kilobase-scale resolution for the haploid plant pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. To account for intraspecific variation in recombination rates, we constructed genetic maps from two independent crosses. We localized a total of 10,287 crossover events in 441 progeny and found that recombination rates were highly heterogeneous within and among chromosomes. Recombination rates on large chromosomes were inversely correlated with chromosome length. Short accessory chromosomes often lacked evidence for crossovers between parental chromosomes. Recombination was concentrated in narrow hotspots that were preferentially located close to telomeres. Hotspots were only partially conserved between the two crosses, suggesting that hotspots are short-lived and may vary according to genomic background. Genes located in hotspot regions were enriched in genes encoding secreted proteins. Population resequencing showed that chromosomal regions with high recombination rates were strongly correlated with regions of low linkage disequilibrium. Hence, genes in pathogen recombination hotspots are likely to evolve faster in natural populations and may represent a greater threat to the host.
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Sironi M, Cagliani R, Forni D, Clerici M. Evolutionary insights into host-pathogen interactions from mammalian sequence data. Nat Rev Genet 2015; 16:224-36. [PMID: 25783448 PMCID: PMC7096838 DOI: 10.1038/nrg3905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Infections are one of the major selective pressures acting on humans, and host-pathogen interactions contribute to shaping the genetic diversity of both organisms. Evolutionary genomic studies take advantage of experiments that natural selection has been performing over millennia. In particular, inter-species comparative genomic analyses can highlight the genetic determinants of infection susceptibility or severity. Recent examples show how evolution-guided approaches can provide new insights into host-pathogen interactions, ultimately clarifying the basis of host range and explaining the emergence of different diseases. We describe the latest developments in comparative immunology and evolutionary genetics, showing their relevance for understanding the molecular determinants of infection susceptibility in mammals.
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- Manuela Sironi
- Bioinformatics, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, 23842 Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Bioinformatics, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, 23842 Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Bioinformatics, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, 23842 Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- 1] Department of Physiopathology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20090 Milan, Italy. [2] Don C. Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, IRCCS, 20148 Milan, Italy
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Yang X, Hu H, Yu D, Sun Z, He X, Zhang J, Chen Q, Tian R, Fan J. Candidate Resistant Genes of Sand Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) to Alternaria alternata Revealed by Transcriptome Sequencing. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135046. [PMID: 26292286 PMCID: PMC4546377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pear black spot (PBS) disease, which is caused by Alternaria alternata (Aa), is one of the most serious diseases affecting sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) cultivation worldwide. To investigate the defense mechanisms of sand pear in response to Aa, the transcriptome of a sand pear germplasm with differential resistance to Aa was analyzed using Illumina paired-end sequencing. Four libraries derived from PBS-resistant and PBS-susceptible sand pear leaves were characterized through inoculation or mock-inoculation. In total, 20.5 Gbp of sequence data and 101,632,565 reads were generated, representing 44717 genes. Approximately 66% of the genes or sequenced reads could be aligned to the pear reference genome. A large number (5213) of differentially expressed genes related to PBS resistance were obtained; 34 microsatellites were detected in these genes, and 28 genes were found to be closely related to PBS resistance. Using a transcriptome analysis in response to PBS inoculation and comparison analysis to the PHI database, 4 genes (Pbr039001, Pbr001627, Pbr025080 and Pbr023112) were considered to be promising candidates for sand pear resistance to PBS. This study provides insight into changes in the transcriptome of sand pear in response to PBS infection, and the findings have improved our understanding of the resistance mechanism of sand pear to PBS and will facilitate future gene discovery and functional genome studies of sand pear.
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- Xiaoping Yang
- School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, P. R. China
- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, P. R. China
- Hubei Laboratory of Crop Diseases, Insect Pests and Weeds Control, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
- * E-mail: (DZY); (ZHS)
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
- * E-mail: (DZY); (ZHS)
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Fruit and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430064, P. R. China
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Divergent sorting of a balanced ancestral polymorphism underlies the establishment of gene-flow barriers in Capsella. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7960. [PMID: 26268845 PMCID: PMC4539569 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the Bateson–Dobzhansky–Muller model of genetic incompatibilities post-zygotic gene-flow barriers arise by fixation of novel alleles at interacting loci in separated populations. Many such incompatibilities are polymorphic in plants, implying an important role for genetic drift or balancing selection in their origin and evolution. Here we show that NPR1 and RPP5 loci cause a genetic incompatibility between the incipient species Capsella grandiflora and C. rubella, and the more distantly related C. rubella and C. orientalis. The incompatible RPP5 allele results from a mutation in C. rubella, while the incompatible NPR1 allele is frequent in the ancestral C. grandiflora. Compatible and incompatible NPR1 haplotypes are maintained by balancing selection in C. grandiflora, and were divergently sorted into the derived C. rubella and C. orientalis. Thus, by maintaining differentiated alleles at high frequencies, balancing selection on ancestral polymorphisms can facilitate establishing gene-flow barriers between derived populations through lineage sorting of the alternative alleles. A hybrid incompatibility between Capsella plant species is due to an interaction between two immune regulators. Here, the authors show that highly divergent haplotypes result from balancing selection in the ancestral lineage and their sorting into derived lineages facilitated the evolution of the incompatibility.
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Guo L, Qiu J, Han Z, Ye Z, Chen C, Liu C, Xin X, Ye CY, Wang YY, Xie H, Wang Y, Bao J, Tang S, Xu J, Gui Y, Fu F, Wang W, Zhang X, Zhu Q, Guang X, Wang C, Cui H, Cai D, Ge S, Tuskan GA, Yang X, Qian Q, He SY, Wang J, Zhou XP, Fan L. A host plant genome (Zizania latifolia) after a century-long endophyte infection. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 83:600-609. [PMID: 26072920 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Despite the importance of host-microbe interactions in natural ecosystems, agriculture and medicine, the impact of long-term (especially decades or longer) microbial colonization on the dynamics of host genomes is not well understood. The vegetable crop 'Jiaobai' with enlarged edible stems was domesticated from wild Zizania latifolia (Oryzeae) approximately 2000 years ago as a result of persistent infection by a fungal endophyte, Ustilago esculenta. Asexual propagation via infected rhizomes is the only means of Jiaobai production, and the Z. latifolia-endophyte complex has been maintained continuously for two centuries. Here, genomic analysis revealed that cultivated Z. latifolia has a significantly smaller repertoire of immune receptors compared with wild Z. latifolia. There are widespread gene losses/mutations and expression changes in the plant-pathogen interaction pathway in Jiaobai. These results show that continuous long-standing endophyte association can have a major effect on the evolution of the structural and transcriptomic components of the host genome.
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- Longbiao Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, and Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48864, USA
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Molecular Phytopathology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, D-24118, Kiel, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, and Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48864, USA
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy & Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Masri L, Branca A, Sheppard AE, Papkou A, Laehnemann D, Guenther PS, Prahl S, Saebelfeld M, Hollensteiner J, Liesegang H, Brzuszkiewicz E, Daniel R, Michiels NK, Schulte RD, Kurtz J, Rosenstiel P, Telschow A, Bornberg-Bauer E, Schulenburg H. Host-Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes. PLoS Biol 2015; 13:e1002169. [PMID: 26042786 PMCID: PMC4456383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Reciprocal coevolution between host and pathogen is widely seen as a major driver of evolution and biological innovation. Yet, to date, the underlying genetic mechanisms and associated trait functions that are unique to rapid coevolutionary change are generally unknown. We here combined experimental evolution of the bacterial biocontrol agent Bacillus thuringiensis and its nematode host Caenorhabditis elegans with large-scale phenotyping, whole genome analysis, and functional genetics to demonstrate the selective benefit of pathogen virulence and the underlying toxin genes during the adaptation process. We show that: (i) high virulence was specifically favoured during pathogen-host coevolution rather than pathogen one-sided adaptation to a nonchanging host or to an environment without host; (ii) the pathogen genotype BT-679 with known nematocidal toxin genes and high virulence specifically swept to fixation in all of the independent replicate populations under coevolution but only some under one-sided adaptation; (iii) high virulence in the BT-679-dominated populations correlated with elevated copy numbers of the plasmid containing the nematocidal toxin genes; (iv) loss of virulence in a toxin-plasmid lacking BT-679 isolate was reconstituted by genetic reintroduction or external addition of the toxins. We conclude that sustained coevolution is distinct from unidirectional selection in shaping the pathogen's genome and life history characteristics. To our knowledge, this study is the first to characterize the pathogen genes involved in coevolutionary adaptation in an animal host-pathogen interaction system.
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- Leila Masri
- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Goettingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Goettingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Goettingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Goettingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Cui H, Tsuda K, Parker JE. Effector-triggered immunity: from pathogen perception to robust defense. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 66:487-511. [PMID: 25494461 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-040012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 774] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In plant innate immunity, individual cells have the capacity to sense and respond to pathogen attack. Intracellular recognition mechanisms have evolved to intercept perturbations by pathogen virulence factors (effectors) early in host infection and convert it to rapid defense. One key to resistance success is a polymorphic family of intracellular nucleotide-binding/leucine-rich-repeat (NLR) receptors that detect effector interference in different parts of the cell. Effector-activated NLRs connect, in various ways, to a conserved basal resistance network in order to transcriptionally boost defense programs. Effector-triggered immunity displays remarkable robustness against pathogen disturbance, in part by employing compensatory mechanisms within the defense network. Also, the mobility of some NLRs and coordination of resistance pathways across cell compartments provides flexibility to fine-tune immune outputs. Furthermore, a number of NLRs function close to the nuclear chromatin by balancing actions of defense-repressing and defense-activating transcription factors to program cells dynamically for effective disease resistance.
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- Haitao Cui
- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany; , ,
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This review takes an evolutionary view of breeding crops for durable resistance to disease. An understanding of coevolution between hosts and parasites leads to predictors of potentially durable resistance, such as corresponding virulence having a high fitness cost to the pathogen or resistance being common in natural populations. High partial resistance can also promote durability. Whether or not resistance is actually durable, however, depends on ecological and epidemiological processes that stabilize genetic polymorphism, many of which are absent from intensive agriculture. There continues to be no biological, genetic, or economic model for durable resistance. The analogy between plant breeding and natural selection indicates that the basic requirements are genetic variation in potentially durable resistance, effective and consistent selection for resistance, and an efficient breeding process in which trials of disease resistance are integrated with other traits. Knowledge about genetics and mechanisms can support breeding for durable resistance once these fundamentals are in place.
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Almeida NF, Leitão ST, Krezdorn N, Rotter B, Winter P, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC. Allelic diversity in the transcriptomes of contrasting rust-infected genotypes of Lathyrus sativus, a lasting resource for smart breeding. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:376. [PMID: 25522779 PMCID: PMC4331309 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0376-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is a valuable resource for potentially durable partial resistance to rust. To gain insight into the resistance mechanism and identify potential resistance genes, we generated the first comprehensive transcriptome assemblies from control and Uromyces pisi inoculated leafs of a susceptible and a partially rust-resistant grass pea genotype by RNA-seq. RESULTS 134,914 contigs, shared by both libraries, were used to analyse their differential expression in response to rust infection. Functional annotation grouped 60.4% of the contigs present in plant databases (37.8% of total) to 33 main functional categories, being "protein", "RNA", "signalling", "transport" and "stress" the most represented. Transcription profiles revealed considerable differences in regulation of major phytohormone signalling pathways: whereas Salicylic and Abscisic Acid pathways were up-regulated in the resistant genotype, Jasmonate and Ethylene pathways were down-regulated in the susceptible one. As potential Resistance-genes we identified a mildew resistance locus O (MLO)-like gene, and MLO-related transcripts. Also, several pathogenesis-related genes were up-regulated in the resistant and exclusively down regulated in the susceptible genotype. Pathogen effectors identified in both inoculated libraries, as e.g. the rust Rtp1 transcript, may be responsible for the down-regulation of defence-related transcripts. The two genotypes contained 4,892 polymorphic contigs with SNPs unevenly distributed between different functional categories. Protein degradation (29.7%) and signalling receptor kinases (8.2%) were the most diverged, illustrating evolutionary adaptation of grass pea to the host/pathogens arms race. CONCLUSIONS The vast array of novel, resistance-related genomic information we present here provides a highly valuable resource for future smart breeding approaches in this hitherto under-researched, valuable legume crop.
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- Nuno Felipe Almeida
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.
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- GenXPro GmbH, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- GenXPro GmbH, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, E-14080, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Analysis of a plant complex resistance gene locus underlying immune-related hybrid incompatibility and its occurrence in nature. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004848. [PMID: 25503786 PMCID: PMC4263378 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mechanisms underlying speciation in plants include detrimental (incompatible) genetic interactions between parental alleles that incur a fitness cost in hybrids. We reported on recessive hybrid incompatibility between an Arabidopsis thaliana strain from Poland, Landsberg erecta (Ler), and many Central Asian A. thaliana strains. The incompatible interaction is determined by a polymorphic cluster of Toll/interleukin-1 receptor-nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat (TNL) RPP1 (Recognition of Peronospora parasitica1)-like genes in Ler and alleles of the receptor-like kinase Strubbelig Receptor Family 3 (SRF3) in Central Asian strains Kas-2 or Kond, causing temperature-dependent autoimmunity and loss of growth and reproductive fitness. Here, we genetically dissected the RPP1-like Ler locus to determine contributions of individual RPP1-like Ler (R1–R8) genes to the incompatibility. In a neutral background, expression of most RPP1-like Ler genes, except R3, has no effect on growth or pathogen resistance. Incompatibility involves increased R3 expression and engineered R3 overexpression in a neutral background induces dwarfism and sterility. However, no individual RPP1-like Ler gene is sufficient for incompatibility between Ler and Kas-2 or Kond, suggesting that co-action of at least two RPP1-like members underlies this epistatic interaction. We find that the RPP1-like Ler haplotype is frequent and occurs with other Ler RPP1-like alleles in a local population in Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland). Only Gorzów individuals carrying the RPP1-like Ler haplotype are incompatible with Kas-2 and Kond, whereas other RPP1-like alleles in the population are compatible. Therefore, the RPP1-like Ler haplotype has been maintained in genetically different individuals at a single site, allowing exploration of forces shaping the evolution of RPP1-like genes at local and regional population scales. In plants, naturally evolving disease resistance (R) genes can cause autoimmunity when combined with different genetic backgrounds. This phenomenon, called immune-related hybrid incompatibility (HI), leads to growth inhibition and fitness loss due to inappropriate activation of defense. HI likely reflects different evolutionary paths of immune-related genes in nature. We have examined the genetic architecture of a complex R locus present in a Central European accession (Ler) which underlies HI with Central Asian accessions of Arabidopsis. We show that expression of one gene (R3) within the Ler cluster of eight tandem R genes (R1–R8) controls the balance between growth and defense but that R3 needs at least one other co-acting member within the R locus to condition HI. We traced the R1–R8 haplotype to a local population of Ler relatives in Poland where it also underlies HI with Central Asian accessions. Occurrence of the incompatible haplotype in ∼30% of genetically diverse local individuals, suggests that it has not arisen recently and has been maintained through selection or drift. Co-occurrence in the same population of individuals containing different R genes that do not cause HI provides a basis for determining genetic and environmental forces influencing how plant immunity genes evolve and diversify.
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Griebel T, Maekawa T, Parker JE. NOD-like receptor cooperativity in effector-triggered immunity. Trends Immunol 2014; 35:562-70. [PMID: 25308923 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Intracellular nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) are basic elements of innate immunity in plants and animals. Whereas animal NLRs react to conserved microbe- or damage-associated molecular patterns, plant NLRs intercept the actions of diverse pathogen virulence factors (effectors). In this review, we discuss recent genetic and molecular evidence for functional NLR pairs, and discuss the significance of NLR self-association and heteromeric NLR assemblies in the triggering of downstream signaling pathways. We highlight the versatility and impact of cooperating NLR pairs that combine pathogen sensing with the initiation of defense signaling in both plant and animal immunity. We propose that different NLR receptor molecular configurations provide opportunities for fine-tuning resistance pathways and enhancing the host's pathogen recognition spectrum to keep pace with rapidly evolving microbial populations.
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- Thomas Griebel
- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
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Stam R, Mantelin S, McLellan H, Thilliez G. The role of effectors in nonhost resistance to filamentous plant pathogens. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:582. [PMID: 25426123 PMCID: PMC4224059 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In nature, most plants are resistant to a wide range of phytopathogens. However, mechanisms contributing to this so-called nonhost resistance (NHR) are poorly understood. Besides constitutive defenses, plants have developed two layers of inducible defense systems. Plant innate immunity relies on recognition of conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). In compatible interactions, pathogenicity effector molecules secreted by the invader can suppress host defense responses and facilitate the infection process. Additionally, plants have evolved pathogen-specific resistance mechanisms based on recognition of these effectors, which causes secondary defense responses. The current effector-driven hypothesis is that NHR in plants that are distantly related to the host plant is triggered by PAMP recognition that cannot be efficiently suppressed by the pathogen, whereas in more closely related species, nonhost recognition of effectors would play a crucial role. In this review we give an overview of current knowledge of the role of effector molecules in host and NHR and place these findings in the context of the model. We focus on examples from filamentous pathogens (fungi and oomycetes), discuss their implications for the field of plant-pathogen interactions and relevance in plant breeding strategies for development of durable resistance in crops.
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- Remco Stam
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee – The James Hutton InstituteDundee, UK
- *Correspondence: Remco Stam, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee – The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK e-mail:
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton InstituteDundee, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee – The James Hutton InstituteDundee, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee – The James Hutton InstituteDundee, UK
- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton InstituteDundee, UK
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