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Wang F, Wang X, Tang T, Duan Y, Mao T, Guo X, Wang Q, You J. De Novo RNA Sequencing and Transcriptome Analysis of Sclerotium rolfsii Gene Expression during Sclerotium Development. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:2170. [PMID: 38136992 PMCID: PMC10743028 DOI: 10.3390/genes14122170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Sclerotium rolfsii is a destructive soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes stem rot in cultivated plants. However, little is known about the genetic basis of sclerotium development. In this study, we conducted de novo sequencing of genes from three different stages of S. rolfsii (mycelia, early sclerotium formation, and late sclerotium formation) using Illumina HiSeqTM 4000. We then determined differentially expressed genes (DEGs) across the three stages and annotated gene functions. STEM and weighted gene-co-expression network analysis were used to cluster DEGs with similar expression patterns. Our analysis yielded an average of 25,957,621 clean reads per sample (22,913,500-28,988,848). We identified 8929, 8453, and 3744 DEGs between sclerotium developmental stages 1 versus 2, 1 versus 3, and 2 versus 3, respectively. Additionally, four significantly altered gene expression profiles involved 220 genes related to sclerotium formation, and two modules were positively correlated with early and late sclerotium formation. These results were supported by the outcomes of qPCR and RNA-sequencing conducted on six genes. This is the first study to provide a gene expression map during sclerotial development in S. rolfsii, which can be used to reduce the re-infection ability of this pathogen and provide new insights into the scientific prevention and control of the disease. This study also provides a useful resource for further research on the genomics of S. rolfsii.
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- Fanfan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
- Hubei Engineering Research Center of Under-Forest Economy, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center of Under-Forest Economy, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
- Hubei Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Production for Chinese Herbal Medicines, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
- Hubei Engineering Research Center of Under-Forest Economy, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Production for Chinese Herbal Medicines, Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China
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Lv F, Xu Y, Gabriel DW, Wang X, Zhang N, Liang W. Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Reveals Important Roles of the Acetylation of ER-Resident Molecular Chaperones for Conidiation in Fusarium oxysporum. Mol Cell Proteomics 2022; 21:100231. [PMID: 35398590 PMCID: PMC9134102 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Fusarium oxysporum is one of the most abundant and diverse fungal species found in soils and includes nonpathogenic, endophytic, and pathogenic strains affecting a broad range of plant and animal hosts. Conidiation is the major mode of reproduction in many filamentous fungi, but the regulation of this process is largely unknown. Lysine acetylation (Kac) is an evolutionarily conserved and widespread posttranslational modification implicated in regulation of multiple metabolic processes. A total of 62 upregulated and 49 downregulated Kac proteins were identified in sporulating mycelia versus nonsporulating mycelia of F. oxysporum. Diverse cellular proteins, including glycolytic enzymes, ribosomal proteins, and endoplasmic reticulum–resident molecular chaperones, were differentially acetylated in the sporulation process. Altered Kac levels of three endoplasmic reticulum–resident molecular chaperones, PDIK70, HSP70K604, and HSP40K32 were identified that with important roles in F. oxysporum conidiation. Specifically, K70 acetylation (K70ac) was found to be crucial for maintaining stability and activity of protein disulphide isomerase and the K604ac of HSP70 and K32ac of HSP40 suppressed the detoxification ability of these heat shock proteins, resulting in higher levels of protein aggregation. During conidial formation, an increased level of PDIK70ac and decreased levels of HSP70K604ac and HSP40K32ac contributed to the proper processing of unfolded proteins and eliminated protein aggregation, which is beneficial for dramatic cell biological remodeling during conidiation in F. oxysporum. Importance and levels of acetylation in conidiation of Fusarium oxysporum. Protein folding was regulated by acetylation during conidiation. Acetylation modulates activities of ER-resident molecular chaperones.
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- Fangjiao Lv
- Engineering Research Center for Precision Pest Management for Fruits and Vegetables of Qingdao, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environment-Friendly Agricultural Pest Management, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Precision Pest Management for Fruits and Vegetables of Qingdao, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environment-Friendly Agricultural Pest Management, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Plant Protection, Yantai Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Yantai, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Precision Pest Management for Fruits and Vegetables of Qingdao, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environment-Friendly Agricultural Pest Management, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
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- Engineering Research Center for Precision Pest Management for Fruits and Vegetables of Qingdao, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environment-Friendly Agricultural Pest Management, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
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Frawley D, Bayram Ö. The pheromone response module, a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway implicated in the regulation of fungal development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity. Fungal Genet Biol 2020; 144:103469. [PMID: 32950720 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are highly conserved from yeast to human and are required for the regulation of a multitude of biological processes in eukaryotes. A pentameric MAPK pathway known as the Fus3 pheromone module was initially characterised in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and was shown to regulate cell fusion and sexual development. Individual orthologous pheromone module genes have since been found to be highly conserved in fungal genomes and have been shown to regulate a diverse array of cellular responses, such as cell growth, asexual and sexual development, secondary metabolite production and pathogenicity. However, information regarding the assembly and structure of orthologous pheromone modules, as well as the mechanisms of signalling and their biological significance is limited, specifically in filamentous fungal species. Recent studies have provided insight on the utilization of the pheromone module as a central signalling hub for the co-ordinated regulation of fungal development and secondary metabolite production. Various proteins of this pathway are also known to regulate reproduction and virulence in a range of plant pathogenic fungi. In this review, we discuss recent findings that help elucidate the structure of the pheromone module pathway in a myriad of fungal species and its implications in the control of fungal growth, development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity.
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- Dean Frawley
- Biology Department, Callan Building, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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- Biology Department, Callan Building, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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Yong M, Yu J, Pan X, Yu M, Cao H, Qi Z, Du Y, Zhang R, Song T, Yin X, Chen Z, Liu W, Liu Y. MAT1-1-3, a Mating Type Gene in the Villosiclava virens, Is Required for Fruiting Bodies and Sclerotia Formation, Asexual Development and Pathogenicity. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1337. [PMID: 32714294 PMCID: PMC7344243 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Villosiclava virens is the prevalent causative pathogen of rice false smut, a destructive rice disease. Mating-type genes play a vital role in the evolution of mating systems in fungi. Some fungi have lost MAT1-1-3, one of the mating-type genes, during evolution, whereas others still retain MAT1-1-3. However, how MAT1-1-3 regulates the sexual development of heterothallic V. virens remains unknown. Here, we generated the MAT1-1-3 mutants, which exhibited defects in vegetative growth, stress response, pathogenicity, sclerotia formation and fruiting body maturation. An artificial outcrossing inoculation assay showed that the Δmat1-1-3 mutant was unable to produce sclerotia. Unexpectedly, the Δmat1-1-3 mutant could form immature fruiting bodies without mating on potato sucrose agar medium (PSA) compared with the wild-type strain, most likely by activating the truncated MAT1-2-1 transcription to regulate the sexual development. Moreover, RNA-seq data showed that knockout of MAT1-1-3 results in misregulation of a subset of genes involved in sexual development, MAPK signaling, cell wall integrity, autophagy, epigenetic modification, and transcriptional regulation. Collectively, this study reveals that MAT1-1-3 is required for asexual and sexual development, and pathogenicity of V. virens, thereby provides new insights into the function of mating-type genes in the fungi life cycle and infection process.
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- Mingli Yong
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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Yong M, Yu J, Pan X, Yu M, Cao H, Song T, Qi Z, Du Y, Zhang R, Yin X, Liu W, Liu Y. Two mating-type genes MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-1-2 with significant functions in conidiation, stress response, sexual development, and pathogenicity of rice false smut fungus Villosiclava virens. Curr Genet 2020; 66:989-1002. [PMID: 32572596 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01085-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rice false smut caused by Villosiclava virens is one of the destructive diseases on panicles of rice. Sexual development of V. virens, controlled by mating-type locus, plays an important role in the prevalence of rice false smut and genetic diversity of the pathogen. However, how the mating-type genes mediate sexual development of the V. virens remains largely unknown. In this study, we characterized the two mating-type genes, MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-1-2, in V. virens. MAT1-1-1 knockout mutant showed defects in hyphal growth, conidia morphogenesis, sexual development, and increase in the tolerance to salt and osmotic stress. Targeted deletion of MAT1-1-2 not only impaired the sclerotia formation and pathogenicity of V. virens, but also reduced the production of conidia. The MAT1-1-2 mutant showed increases in tolerance to salt and hydrogen peroxide stress, but decreases in tolerance to osmotic stress. Yeast two-hybrid assay showed that MAT1-1-1 interacted with MAT1-1-2, indicating that those proteins might form a complex to regulate sexual development. In addition, MAT1-1-1 localized in the nucleus, and MAT1-1-2 localized in the cytoplasm. Collectively, our results demonstrate that MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-1-2 play important roles in the conidiation, stress response, sexual development, and pathogenicity of V. virens, thus providing new insights into the function of mating-type gene.
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- Mingli Yong
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.
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Yu J, Yu M, Song T, Cao H, Pan X, Yong M, Qi Z, Du Y, Zhang R, Yin X, Liu Y. A Homeobox Transcription Factor UvHOX2 Regulates Chlamydospore Formation, Conidiogenesis, and Pathogenicity in Ustilaginoidea virens. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1071. [PMID: 31281290 PMCID: PMC6596325 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Rice false smut fungus (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens; anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens) can generate chlamydospores and survive winter under field conditions. The chlamydospore is considered as an important infection source of the disease. However, little is known about the regulatory mechanism of the chlamydospore production. In this study, we identified a defective homeobox transcription factor (designated as UvHOX2) gene in a U. virens random insertional mutant B-766 that could not form chlamydospores. To confirm the regulatory function of UvHOX2, an Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation- and CRISPR/Cas9- based targeted gene replacement method was developed. The UvHox2 deletion mutants completely failed to produce chlamydospores, showed reduced conidia production and decreased virulence, and was hyper-sensitive to oxidative, osmotic, and cell wall stresses. We confirmed that UvHOX2 is located in the nuclei of U. virens, and the expression of UvHox2 was the strongest during the early stage of chlamydospore and conidium formation. Global transcription pattern of UvHOX2 was also determined by RNA-seq in this study, and several genes that might be down-stream of UvHOX2 regulation were identified. The results will better our understanding of the molecular mechanism of chlamydospore formation in U. virens as a model fungus.
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- Junjie Yu
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.,School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhengjiang, China
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Zhou Y, Yu J, Pan X, Yu M, Du Y, Qi Z, Zhang R, Song T, Yin X, Liu Y. Characterization of propiconazole field-resistant isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 153:144-151. [PMID: 30744888 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The plant-pathogenic fungus Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takah causes rice false smut (RFS), which is responsible for significant quantitative and qualitative losses in rice industry. Propiconazole is a triazole fungicide which belongs to Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). It is used to control RFS in China. We previously screened 158 isolates of U. virens collected in the fields in 2015 in Jiangsu province of China, and found two of them were highly resistant to propiconazole (named 82 and 88, respectively). In this study, we have analyzed the physiological and biochemical characters of six field-sensitive isolates and the two field-resistant isolates, including mycelial growth and cell wall integrity. We found there was cross-resistance between different DMIs fungicides, but was no cross-resistance between DMIs and QoIs fungicides. We also analyzed the fitness, and found the pathogenicity in 88 was stronger than the field-sensitive isolates, but was completely lost in 82. Sequence analyses of CYP51 and the 1000-bp upstream of CYP51 coding region showed no mutation in 82 compared to the field-sensitive strains, but two more bases CC were identified at 154-bp upstream of the coding region in the field-resistant isolate 88. Moreover, the expression of CYP51 gene in all tested isolates was significantly induced by propiconazole. However, the up-regulation expression level in both 82 and 88 was much higher than that in the field-sensitive isolates. We also found propiconazole could inhibit the ergosterol biosynthesis in the field-sensitive isolates, but stimulated it in both field-resistant isolates 82 and 88. Given the high level of U. virens developing propiconazole resistance and the good fitness of the field-resistant isolate 88, the resistance of U. virens to DMIs must be monitored and managed in rice fields.
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- Yuxin Zhou
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China; Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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de Freitas Pereira M, Narvaes da Rocha Campos A, Anastacio TC, Morin E, Brommonschenkel SH, Martin F, Kohler A, Costa MD. The transcriptional landscape of basidiosporogenesis in mature Pisolithus microcarpus basidiocarp. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:157. [PMID: 28196466 PMCID: PMC5310086 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3545-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Pisolithus microcarpus (Cooke & Massee) G. Cunn is a gasteromycete that produces closed basidiocarps in symbiosis with eucalypts and acacias. The fungus produces a complex basidiocarp composed of peridioles at different developmental stages and an upper layer of basidiospores free of the hyphae and ready for wind dispersal upon the rupture of the basidiocarp pellis. During basidiosporogenesis, a process that takes place inside the basidiocarp peridioles, a conspicuous reserve of fatty acids is present throughout development. While several previous studies have described basidiosporogenesis inside peridioles, very little is known about gene expression changes that may occur during this part of the fungal life cycle. The objective of this work was to analyze gene transcription during peridiole and basidiospore development, while focusing specifically on cell cycle progression and lipid metabolism. Results Throughout different developmental stages of the peridioles we analyzed, 737 genes were regulated between adjacent compartments (>5 fold, FDR-corrected p-value < 0.05) corresponding to 3.49% of the genes present in the P. microcarpus genome. We identified three clusters among the regulated genes which showed differential expression between the peridiole developmental stages and the basidiospores. During peridiole development, transcripts for proteins involved in cellular processes, signaling, and information storage were detected, notably those for coding transcription factors, DNA polymerase subunits, DNA repair proteins, and genes involved in chromatin structure. For both internal embedded basidiospores (hereto referred to as “Internal spores”, IS) and external free basidiospores (hereto referred to as “Free spores”, FS), upregulated transcripts were found to involve primary metabolism, particularly fatty acid metabolism (FA). High expression of transcripts related to β-oxidation and the glyoxylate shunt indicated that fatty acids served as a major carbon source for basidiosporogenesis. Conclusion Our results show that basidiocarp formation in P. microcarpus involves a complex array of genes that are regulated throughout peridiole development. We identified waves of transcripts with coordinated regulation and identified transcription factors which may play a role in this regulation. This is the first work to describe gene expression patterns during basidiocarp formation in an ectomycorrhizal gasteromycete fungus and sheds light on genes that may play important roles in the developmental process. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3545-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Maíra de Freitas Pereira
- Department of Microbiology/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.,INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-University of Lorraine, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE, INRA-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France
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- INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-University of Lorraine, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE, INRA-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France
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- INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-University of Lorraine, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE, INRA-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France
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- INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-University of Lorraine, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE, INRA-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
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- Department of Microbiology/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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