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Xia C, Wang M, Cornejo OE, Jiwan DA, See DR, Chen X. Secretome Characterization and Correlation Analysis Reveal Putative Pathogenicity Mechanisms and Identify Candidate Avirulence Genes in the Wheat Stripe Rust Fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2394. [PMID: 29312156 PMCID: PMC5732408 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat worldwide. Planting resistant cultivars is an effective way to control this disease, but race-specific resistance can be overcome quickly due to the rapid evolving Pst population. Studying the pathogenicity mechanisms is critical for understanding how Pst virulence changes and how to develop wheat cultivars with durable resistance to stripe rust. We re-sequenced 7 Pst isolates and included additional 7 previously sequenced isolates to represent balanced virulence/avirulence profiles for several avirulence loci in seretome analyses. We observed an uneven distribution of heterozygosity among the isolates. Secretome comparison of Pst with other rust fungi identified a large portion of species-specific secreted proteins, suggesting that they may have specific roles when interacting with the wheat host. Thirty-two effectors of Pst were identified from its secretome. We identified candidates for Avr genes corresponding to six Yr genes by correlating polymorphisms for effector genes to the virulence/avirulence profiles of the 14 Pst isolates. The putative AvYr76 was present in the avirulent isolates, but absent in the virulent isolates, suggesting that deleting the coding region of the candidate avirulence gene has produced races virulent to resistance gene Yr76. We conclude that incorporating avirulence/virulence phenotypes into correlation analysis with variations in genomic structure and secretome, particularly presence/absence polymorphisms of effectors, is an efficient way to identify candidate Avr genes in Pst. The candidate effector genes provide a rich resource for further studies to determine the evolutionary history of Pst populations and the co-evolutionary arms race between Pst and wheat. The Avr candidates identified in this study will lead to cloning avirulence genes in Pst, which will enable us to understand molecular mechanisms underlying Pst-wheat interactions, to determine the effectiveness of resistance genes and further to develop durable resistance to stripe rust.
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- Chongjing Xia
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA, United States
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Schuelke TA, Wu G, Westbrook A, Woeste K, Plachetzki DC, Broders K, MacManes MD. Comparative Genomics of Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Beetle-Vectored Fungi in the Genus Geosmithia. Genome Biol Evol 2017; 9:3312-3327. [PMID: 29186370 PMCID: PMC5737690 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Geosmithia morbida is an emerging fungal pathogen which serves as a model for examining the evolutionary processes behind pathogenicity because it is one of two known pathogens within a genus of mostly saprophytic, beetle-associated, fungi. This pathogen causes thousand cankers disease in black walnut trees and is vectored into the host via the walnut twig beetle. Geosmithia morbida was first detected in western United States and currently threatens the timber industry concentrated in eastern United States. We sequenced the genomes of G. morbida in a previous study and two nonpathogenic Geosmithia species in this work and compared these species to other fungal pathogens and nonpathogens to identify genes under positive selection in G. morbida that may be associated with pathogenicity. Geosmithia morbida possesses one of the smallest genomes among the fungal species observed in this study, and one of the smallest fungal pathogen genomes to date. The enzymatic profile in this pathogen is very similar to its nonpathogenic relatives. Our findings indicate that genome reduction or retention of a smaller genome may be an important adaptative force during the evolution of a specialized lifestyle in fungal species that occupy a specificniche, such as beetle vectored tree pathogens. We also present potential genes under selection in G. morbida that could be important for adaptation to a pathogenic lifestyle.
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- Taruna A Schuelke
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University
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- USDA Forest Service Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire
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Oh Y, Robertson SL, Parker J, Muddiman DC, Dean RA. Comparative proteomic analysis between nitrogen supplemented and starved conditions in Magnaporthe oryzae. Proteome Sci 2017; 15:20. [PMID: 29158724 PMCID: PMC5684745 DOI: 10.1186/s12953-017-0128-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Fungi are constantly exposed to nitrogen limiting environments, and thus the efficient regulation of nitrogen metabolism is essential for their survival, growth, development and pathogenicity. To understand how the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae copes with limited nitrogen availability, a global proteome analysis under nitrogen supplemented and nitrogen starved conditions was completed. METHODS M. oryzae strain 70-15 was cultivated in liquid minimal media and transferred to media with nitrate or without a nitrogen source. Proteins were isolated and subjected to unfractionated gel-free based liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The subcellular localization and function of the identified proteins were predicted using bioinformatics tools. RESULTS A total of 5498 M. oryzae proteins were identified. Comparative analysis of protein expression showed 363 proteins and 266 proteins significantly induced or uniquely expressed under nitrogen starved or nitrogen supplemented conditions, respectively. A functional analysis of differentially expressed proteins revealed that during nitrogen starvation nitrogen catabolite repression, melanin biosynthesis, protein degradation and protein translation pathways underwent extensive alterations. In addition, nitrogen starvation induced accumulation of various extracellular proteins including small extracellular proteins consistent with observations of a link between nitrogen starvation and the development of pathogenicity in M. oryzae. CONCLUSION The results from this study provide a comprehensive understanding of fungal responses to nitrogen availability.
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- Yeonyee Oh
- Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- W. M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- W. M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- W. M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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Feldman D, Kowbel DJ, Glass NL, Yarden O, Hadar Y. A role for small secreted proteins (SSPs) in a saprophytic fungal lifestyle: Ligninolytic enzyme regulation in Pleurotus ostreatus. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14553. [PMID: 29109463 PMCID: PMC5674062 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Small secreted proteins (SSPs), along with lignocellulose degrading enzymes, are integral components of the secretome of Pleurotus ostreatus, a white rot fungus. In this study, we identified 3 genes (ssp1, 2 and 3) encoding proteins that are annotated as SSPs and that exhibited of ~4,500- fold expression, 24 hr following exposure to the toxic compound 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Homologues to genes encoding these SSPs are present in the genomes of other basidiomycete fungi, however the role of SSPs is not yet understood. SSPs, aryl-alcohol oxidases (AAO) and the intracellular aryl-alcohol dehydrogenases (AAD) were also produced after exposure to other aryl-alcohols, known substrates and inducers of AAOs, and during idiophase (after the onset of secondary metabolism). A knockdown strain of ssp1 exhibited reduced production of AAO-and AAD-encoding genes after HMF exposure. Conversely, a strain overexpressing ssp1 exhibited elevated expression of genes encoding AAOs and ADD, resulting in a 3-fold increase in enzymatic activity of AAOs, as well as increased expression and protein abundance of versatile peroxidase 1, which directly degrades lignin. We propose that in addition to symbionts and pathogens, SSPs also have roles in saprophytes and function in P. ostreatus as components of the ligninolytic system.
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- Daria Feldman
- The R.H. Smith Faculty Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- University of California at Berkeley UC Berkeley, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- University of California at Berkeley UC Berkeley, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- The R.H. Smith Faculty Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- The R.H. Smith Faculty Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
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Choi J, Lee GW, Kim KT, Jeon J, Détry N, Kuo HC, Sun H, Asiegbu FO, Lee YH. Comparative analysis of genome sequences of the conifer tree pathogen, Heterobasidion annosum s.s. GENOMICS DATA 2017; 14:106-113. [PMID: 29085779 PMCID: PMC5654758 DOI: 10.1016/j.gdata.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The causal agent of root and butt rot of conifer trees, Heterobasidion annosum, is widespread in boreal forests and economically responsible for annual loss of approximately 50 million euros to forest industries in Finland alone and much more at European level. In order to further understand the pathobiology of this fungus at the genome level, a Finnish isolate of H. annosum sensu stricto (isolate 03012) was sequenced and analyzed with the genome sequences of 23 white-rot and 13 brown-rot fungi. The draft genome assembly of H. annosum has a size of 31.01 Mb, containing 11,453 predicted genes. Whole genome alignment showed that 84.38% of H. annosum genome sequences were aligned with those of previously sequenced H. irregulare TC 32-1 counterparts. The result is further supported by the protein sequence clustering analysis which revealed that the two genomes share 6719 out of 8647 clusters. When sequencing reads of H. annosum were aligned against the genome sequences of H. irregulare, six single nucleotide polymorphisms were found in every 1 kb, on average. In addition, 98.68% of SNPs were found to be homo-variants, suggesting that the two species have long evolved from different niches. Gene family analysis revealed that most of the white-rot fungi investigated had more gene families involved in lignin degradation or modification, including laccases and peroxidase. Comparative analysis of the two Heterobasidion spp. as well as white-/brown-rot fungi would provide new insights for understanding the pathobiology of the conifer tree pathogen.
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- Jaeyoung Choi
- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.,Center for Fungal Genetic Resources, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Ashwin NMR, Barnabas L, Ramesh Sundar A, Malathi P, Viswanathan R, Masi A, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R. Comparative secretome analysis of Colletotrichum falcatum identifies a cerato-platanin protein (EPL1) as a potential pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) inducing systemic resistance in sugarcane. J Proteomics 2017; 169:2-20. [PMID: 28546091 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Colletotrichum falcatum, an intriguing hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen causes red rot, a devastating disease of sugarcane. Repeated in vitro subculturing of C. falcatum under dark condition alters morphology and reduces virulence of the culture. Hitherto, no information is available on this phenomenon at molecular level. In this study, the in vitro secretome of C. falcatum cultured under light and dark conditions was analyzed using 2-DE coupled with MALDI TOF/TOF MS. Comparative analysis identified nine differentially abundant proteins. Among them, seven proteins were less abundant in the dark-cultured C. falcatum, wherein only two protein species of a cerato-platanin protein called EPL1 (eliciting plant response-like protein) were found to be highly abundant. Transcriptional expression of candidate high abundant proteins was profiled during host-pathogen interaction using qRT-PCR. Comprehensively, this comparative secretome analysis identified five putative effectors, two pathogenicity-related proteins and one pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) of C. falcatum. Functional characterization of three distinct domains of the PAMP (EPL1) showed that the major cerato-platanin domain (EPL1∆N1-92) is exclusively essential for inducing defense and hypersensitive response (HR) in sugarcane and tobacco, respectively. Further, priming with EPL1∆N1-92 protein induced systemic resistance and significantly suppressed the red rot severity in sugarcane. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Being the first secretomic investigation of C. falcatum, this study has identified five potential effectors, two pathogenicity-related proteins and a PAMP. Although many reports have highlighted the influence of light on pathogenicity, this study has established a direct link between light and expression of effectors, for the first time. This study has presented the influence of a novel N-terminal domain of EPL1 in physical and biological properties and established the functional role of major cerato-platanin domain of EPL1 as a potential elicitor inducing systemic resistance in sugarcane. Comprehensively, the study has identified proteins that putatively contribute to virulence of C. falcatum and for the first time, demonstrated the potential role of EPL1 in inducing PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) in sugarcane.
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- N M R Ashwin
- Division of Crop Protection, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, India.
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- Division of Crop Protection, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, India
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Padova 35020, Italy
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Kathmandu 13265, Nepal; GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy Private Limited, Adarsh Nagar-13, Birgunj, Nepal
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Kathmandu 13265, Nepal; GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy Private Limited, Adarsh Nagar-13, Birgunj, Nepal; Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, and Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (TIAS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Fungus Associated with Oak Wilt Mortality in South Korea, Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae KACC44405. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2017; 5:5/34/e00797-17. [PMID: 28839019 PMCID: PMC5571405 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00797-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The fungus Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae is the causal agent of Korean oak wilt, a disease associated with mass mortality of oak trees (e.g., Quercus spp.). The fungus is vectored and dispersed by the ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis Here, we present the 27.0-Mb draft genome sequence of R. quercus-mongolicae strain KACC44405.
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The interactions between fungi and plants encompass a spectrum of ecologies ranging from saprotrophy (growth on dead plant material) through pathogenesis (growth of the fungus accompanied by disease on the plant) to symbiosis (growth of the fungus with growth enhancement of the plant). We consider pathogenesis in this article and the key roles played by a range of pathogen-encoded molecules that have collectively become known as effectors.
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Fungi are among the dominant causal agents of plant diseases. To colonize plants and cause disease, pathogenic fungi use diverse strategies. Some fungi kill their hosts and feed on dead material (necrotrophs), while others colonize the living tissue (biotrophs). For successful invasion of plant organs, pathogenic development is tightly regulated and specialized infection structures are formed. To further colonize hosts and establish disease, fungal pathogens deploy a plethora of virulence factors. Depending on the infection strategy, virulence factors perform different functions. While basically all pathogens interfere with primary plant defense, necrotrophs secrete toxins to kill plant tissue. In contrast, biotrophs utilize effector molecules to suppress plant cell death and manipulate plant metabolism in favor of the pathogen. This article provides an overview of plant pathogenic fungal species and the strategies they use to cause disease.
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Smith GR, Finlay RD, Stenlid J, Vasaitis R, Menkis A. Growing evidence for facultative biotrophy in saprotrophic fungi: data from microcosm tests with 201 species of wood-decay basidiomycetes. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 215:747-755. [PMID: 28382741 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbioses have evolved a minimum of 78 times independently from saprotrophic lineages, indicating the potential for functional overlap between ECM and saprotrophic fungi. ECM fungi have the capacity to decompose organic matter, and although there is increasing evidence that some saprotrophic fungi exhibit the capacity to enter into facultative biotrophic relationships with plant roots without causing disease symptoms, this subject is still not well studied. In order to determine the extent of biotrophic capacity in saprotrophic wood-decay fungi and which systems may be useful models, we investigated the colonization of conifer seedling roots in vitro using an array of 201 basidiomycete wood-decay fungi. Microtome sectioning, differential staining and fluorescence microscopy were used to visualize patterns of root colonization in microcosm systems containing Picea abies or Pinus sylvestris seedlings and each saprotrophic fungus. Thirty-four (16.9%) of the tested fungal species colonized the roots of at least one tree species. Two fungal species showed formation of a mantle and one showed Hartig net-like structures. These features suggest the possibility of an active functional symbiosis between fungus and plant. The data indicate that the capacity for facultative biotrophic relationships in free-living saprotrophic basidiomycetes may be greater than previously supposed.
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- Gabriel R Smith
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7026, Uppsala, SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7026, Uppsala, SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7026, Uppsala, SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7026, Uppsala, SE-75007, Sweden
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Kamel L, Tang N, Malbreil M, San Clemente H, Le Marquer M, Roux C, Frei dit Frey N. The Comparison of Expressed Candidate Secreted Proteins from Two Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Unravels Common and Specific Molecular Tools to Invade Different Host Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:124. [PMID: 28223991 PMCID: PMC5293756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), belonging to the fungal phylum Glomeromycota, form mutualistic symbioses with roots of almost 80% of land plants. The release of genomic data from the ubiquitous AMF Rhizophagus irregularis revealed that this species possesses a large set of putative secreted proteins (RiSPs) that could be of major importance for establishing the symbiosis. In the present study, we aimed to identify SPs involved in the establishment of AM symbiosis based on comparative gene expression analyses. We first curated the secretome of the R. irregularis DAOM 197198 strain based on two available genomic assemblies. Then we analyzed the expression patterns of the putative RiSPs obtained from the fungus in symbiotic association with three phylogenetically distant host plants-a monocot, a dicot and a liverwort-in comparison with non-symbiotic stages. We found that 33 out of 84 RiSPs induced in planta were commonly up-regulated in these three hosts. Most of these common RiSPs are small proteins of unknown function that may represent putative host non-specific effector proteins. We further investigated the expressed secretome of Gigaspora rosea, an AM fungal species phylogenetically distant from R. irregularis. G. rosea also presents original symbiotic features, a narrower host spectrum and a restrictive geographic distribution compared to R. irregularis. Interestingly, when analyzing up-regulated G. rosea SPs (GrSPs) in different hosts, a higher ratio of host-specific GrSPs was found compared to RiSPs. Such difference of expression patterns may mirror the restrained host spectrum of G. rosea compared to R. irregularis. Finally, we identified a set of conserved SPs, commonly up-regulated by both fungi in all hosts tested, that could correspond to common keys of AMF to colonize host plants. Our data thus highlight the specificities of two distant AM fungi and help in understanding their conserved and specific strategies to invade different hosts.
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- Laurent Kamel
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
- Agronutrition, Laboratoire de BiotechnologiesLabege, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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Doré J, Kohler A, Dubost A, Hundley H, Singan V, Peng Y, Kuo A, Grigoriev IV, Martin F, Marmeisse R, Gay G. The ectomycorrhizal basidiomyceteHebeloma cylindrosporumundergoes early waves of transcriptional reprogramming prior to symbiotic structures differentiation. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1338-1354. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Jeanne Doré
- Ecologie Microbienne; Université de Lyon; F-69622 Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5557, INRA, UMR1418; Villeurbanne France
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- Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA-Nancy; INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-Université de Lorraine; Champenoux 54280 France
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- Ecologie Microbienne; Université de Lyon; F-69622 Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5557, INRA, UMR1418; Villeurbanne France
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Walnut Creek CA 94598 USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Walnut Creek CA 94598 USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Walnut Creek CA 94598 USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Walnut Creek CA 94598 USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Walnut Creek CA 94598 USA
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- Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA-Nancy; INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-Université de Lorraine; Champenoux 54280 France
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- Ecologie Microbienne; Université de Lyon; F-69622 Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5557, INRA, UMR1418; Villeurbanne France
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- Ecologie Microbienne; Université de Lyon; F-69622 Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5557, INRA, UMR1418; Villeurbanne France
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Badet T, Peyraud R, Mbengue M, Navaud O, Derbyshire M, Oliver RP, Barbacci A, Raffaele S. Codon optimization underpins generalist parasitism in fungi. eLife 2017; 6:e22472. [PMID: 28157073 PMCID: PMC5315462 DOI: 10.7554/elife.22472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The range of hosts that parasites can infect is a key determinant of the emergence and spread of disease. Yet, the impact of host range variation on the evolution of parasite genomes remains unknown. Here, we show that codon optimization underlies genome adaptation in broad host range parasites. We found that the longer proteins encoded by broad host range fungi likely increase natural selection on codon optimization in these species. Accordingly, codon optimization correlates with host range across the fungal kingdom. At the species level, biased patterns of synonymous substitutions underpin increased codon optimization in a generalist but not a specialist fungal pathogen. Virulence genes were consistently enriched in highly codon-optimized genes of generalist but not specialist species. We conclude that codon optimization is related to the capacity of parasites to colonize multiple hosts. Our results link genome evolution and translational regulation to the long-term persistence of generalist parasitism.
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- Thomas Badet
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Schuster M, Schweizer G, Kahmann R. Comparative analyses of secreted proteins in plant pathogenic smut fungi and related basidiomycetes. Fungal Genet Biol 2017; 112:21-30. [PMID: 28089076 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the ten years since the genome sequence of the basidiomycete corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis was published, additional genomes of smut species infecting different hosts became available. In addition, the genomes of related Malassezia species causing skin diseases and of Pseudozyma species not known to infect plants were determined. As secreted proteins are critical virulence determinants in U. maydis we compare here the secretomes of 12 basidiomycete species to gain information about their composition and conservation. For this we classify secreted proteins into those with and without domains using InterPro scans. Homology among proteins is inferred by building clusters based on pairwise similarities and cluster presence is then assessed in the different species. We detect in particular a strong correspondence between the secretomes of Pseudozyma species and plant infecting smuts. Furthermore, we identify a high proportion of secreted proteins to be part of gene families and present an advancement of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology for simultaneous disruption of multiple genes in U. maydis using five genes of the eff1 family as example.
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- Mariana Schuster
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Dept. Organismic Interactions, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Dept. Organismic Interactions, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Dept. Organismic Interactions, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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Plissonneau C, Benevenuto J, Mohd-Assaad N, Fouché S, Hartmann FE, Croll D. Using Population and Comparative Genomics to Understand the Genetic Basis of Effector-Driven Fungal Pathogen Evolution. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:119. [PMID: 28217138 PMCID: PMC5289978 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Epidemics caused by fungal plant pathogens pose a major threat to agro-ecosystems and impact global food security. High-throughput sequencing enabled major advances in understanding how pathogens cause disease on crops. Hundreds of fungal genomes are now available and analyzing these genomes highlighted the key role of effector genes in disease. Effectors are small secreted proteins that enhance infection by manipulating host metabolism. Fungal genomes carry 100s of putative effector genes, but the lack of homology among effector genes, even for closely related species, challenges evolutionary and functional analyses. Furthermore, effector genes are often found in rapidly evolving chromosome compartments which are difficult to assemble. We review how population and comparative genomics toolsets can be combined to address these challenges. We highlight studies that associated genome-scale polymorphisms with pathogen lifestyles and adaptation to different environments. We show how genome-wide association studies can be used to identify effectors and other pathogenicity-related genes underlying rapid adaptation. We also discuss how the compartmentalization of fungal genomes into core and accessory regions shapes the evolution of effector genes. We argue that an understanding of genome evolution provides important insight into the trajectory of host-pathogen co-evolution.
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- Clémence Plissonneau
- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZurichZurich, Switzerland
- UMR, BIOGER, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-SaclayThiverval-Grignon, France
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- College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”, University of São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZurichZurich, Switzerland
- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaSelangor, Malaysia
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH ZurichZurich, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of NeuchatelNeuchatel, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Daniel Croll,
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De Wit PJGM. Apoplastic fungal effectors in historic perspective; a personal view. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 212:805-813. [PMID: 27523582 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- Pierre J G M De Wit
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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