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Coca-Ruiz V, Suárez I, Aleu J, Cantoral JM, González C, Garrido C, Brito N, Collado IG. Unravelling the Function of the Sesquiterpene Cyclase STC3 in the Lifecycle of Botrytis cinerea. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:5125. [PMID: 38791163 PMCID: PMC11120764 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25105125] [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: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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The genome sequencing of Botrytis cinerea supplies a general overview of the map of genes involved in secondary metabolite synthesis. B. cinerea genomic data reveals that this phytopathogenic fungus has seven sesquiterpene cyclase (Bcstc) genes that encode proteins involved in the farnesyl diphosphate cyclization. Three sesquiterpene cyclases (BcStc1, BcStc5 and BcStc7) are characterized, related to the biosynthesis of botrydial, abscisic acid and (+)-4-epi-eremophilenol, respectively. However, the role of the other four sesquiterpene cyclases (BcStc2, BcStc3, BcStc4 and BcStc6) remains unknown. BcStc3 is a well-conserved protein with homologues in many fungal species, and here, we undertake its functional characterization in the lifecycle of the fungus. A null mutant ΔBcstc3 and an overexpressed-Bcstc3 transformant (OvBcstc3) are generated, and both strains show the deregulation of those other sesquiterpene cyclase-encoding genes (Bcstc1, Bcstc5 and Bcstc7). These results suggest a co-regulation of the expression of the sesquiterpene cyclase gene family in B. cinerea. The phenotypic characterization of both transformants reveals that BcStc3 is involved in oxidative stress tolerance, the production of reactive oxygen species and virulence. The metabolomic analysis allows the isolation of characteristic polyketides and eremophilenols from the secondary metabolism of B. cinerea, although no sesquiterpenes different from those already described are identified.
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- Víctor Coca-Ruiz
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (J.M.C.); (C.G.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (J.M.C.); (C.G.)
- Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria (IVAGRO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (J.M.C.); (C.G.)
- Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria (IVAGRO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Gyrdymova YV, Samoylenko DE, Rodygin KS. [ 13 C+D] Double Labeling with Calcium Carbide: Incorporation of Two Labels in One Step. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201063. [PMID: 36530060 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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D-labeling is a valuable tool in advanced synthetic chemistry and pharmacy. However, D-incorporation significantly complicates the identification of products. In fact, D labels are invisible in 1 H-NMR spectra and cause undesirable splitting in 13 C-NMR spectra which decreases the detectable limits. At the same time, 2 H-NMR spectra are not effective for precise identification due to low sensitivity and the absence of correlations with 1 H atoms. Here, 13 C-label was considered as an accompanying label for D-label in [13 C+D] unit for identification of D-containing sites and to track D-labels. [13 C+D]-doubly labeled vinyl derivatives and triazoles were synthesized using 13 C-labeled calcium carbide as a source of 13 C-label and deuterium oxide as a source of D-label. The reaction occurred in one-step manner accompanied with in situ doubly labeled acetylene formation. Non-labeled, mono-labeled and doubly labeled substrates were isolated in 25-80% yields.
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- Yulia V Gyrdymova
- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskiy pr. 26, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskiy pr. 26, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskiy pr. 26, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
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da Silva Ripardo-Filho H, Coca Ruíz V, Suárez I, Moraga J, Aleu J, Collado IG. From Genes to Molecules, Secondary Metabolism in Botrytis cinerea: New Insights into Anamorphic and Teleomorphic Stages. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:553. [PMID: 36771642 PMCID: PMC9920419 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The ascomycete Botrytis cinerea Pers. Fr., classified within the family Sclerotiniaceae, is the agent that causes grey mould disease which infects at least 1400 plant species, including crops of economic importance such as grapes and strawberries. The life cycle of B. cinerea consists of two phases: asexual (anamorph, Botrytis cinerea Pers. Fr.) and sexual (teleomorph, Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Wetzel). During the XVI International Symposium dedicated to the Botrytis fungus, which was held in Bari in June 2013, the scientific community unanimously decided to assign the most widely used name of the asexual form, Botrytis, to this genus of fungi. However, in the literature, we continue to find articles referring to both morphic stages. In this review, we take stock of the genes and metabolites reported for both morphic forms of B. cinerea between January 2015 and October 2022.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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Pinto AA, Barúa JE, Almeida MO, Viaud M, Zorrilla D, Collado IG, Macías-Sánchez AJ, Durán-Patrón R. Structural and biosynthetic studies of botrycinereic acid, a new cryptic metabolite from the fungus Botrytis cinerea. Bioorg Chem 2022; 127:105979. [PMID: 35753117 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chemical epigenetic manipulation of Botrytis cinerea strain B05.10 with the histone deacetylase inhibitor SAHA led to the isolation of a new cryptic metabolite, botrycinereic acid (22a). This compound was also overproduced by inactivating the stc2 gene, which encodes an unknown sesquiterpene cyclase. Its structure and absolute configuration were determined by extensive spectroscopic NMR and HRESIMS studies, and electronic circular dichroism calculations. Its biosynthesis was studied by feeding 2H and 13C isotopically labeled precursors to B. cinerea Δstc2 mutant. A detailed analysis of the labeling and coupling patterns into botrycinereic acid (22a) revealed that this compound derives from l-phenylalanine and l-leucine.
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- Ana A Pinto
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, INRA, 78850 Grignon, France
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Puerto Real, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain.
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Suárez I, Pinedo C, Aleu J, Durán-Patrón R, Macías-Sánchez AJ, Hernández-Galán R, Collado IG. The complemented mutant complΔBcstc7 niaD, in the STC7 of Botrytis cinerea led to the characterization of 11,12,13-tri-nor-eremophilenols derivatives. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2022; 193:113003. [PMID: 34763222 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.113003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea has high potential for the production of specialized metabolites. The recent resequencing of the genome of the B05.10 strain using PacBio technology and the resulting update of the Ensembl Fungi (2017) database in the genome sequence have been instrumental in identifying new genes that could be involved in secondary metabolism. Thus, a new sesquiterpene cyclase (STC) coding gene (Bcstc7) has been included in the gene list from this phytopathogenic fungus. We recently constructed the null and complement transformants in STC7 which enabled us to functionally characterize this STC. Deletion of the Bcstc7 gene abolished (+)-4-epi-eremophilenol biosynthesis, and could then be re-established by complementing the null mutant with the Bcstc7 gene. Chemical analysis of the complemented transformant suggests that STC7 is the principal enzyme responsible for the key cyclization step of farnesyl diphosphate (FDP) to (+)-4-epi-eremophil-9-en-11-ols. A thorough analysis of the metabolites produced by two wild-type strains, B05.10 and UCA992, and the complemented mutant complΔBcstc7niaD, revealed the isolation and structural characterization of six 11,12,13-tri-nor-eremophilene derivatives, in addition to a large number of known eremophilen-11-ol derivatives. The structural characterization was carried out by extensive spectroscopic techniques. The biosynthesis of these compounds is explained by a retroaldol reaction or by dehydration and oxidative cleavage of C11-C13 carbons. This is the first time that this interesting family of degraded eremophilenols has been isolated from the phytopathogenous fungus B. cinerea.
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- Ivonne Suárez
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Biomoléculas, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real. Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, Edificio Institutos de Investigación 2(a) planta, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, Edificio Institutos de Investigación 2(a) planta, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Biomoléculas, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real. Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Biomoléculas, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real. Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4(a) planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Biomoléculas, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real. Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, Edificio Institutos de Investigación 2(a) planta, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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Moraga J, Izquierdo-Bueno Reina I, Pinedo C, Hernández-Galán R, Viaud M, Collado IG. Impairment of botrydial production in Botrytis cinerea allows the isolation of undescribed polyketides and reveals new insights into the botcinins biosynthetic pathway. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2021; 183:112627. [PMID: 33429353 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that affects a total of 586 genera representing approximately 1400 plant species. This pathogen produces two families of phytotoxins involved in its infection process i.e. botrydial and its relatives, and botcinic and botcineric acids and their relatives, botcinins. The botrydial biosynthetic cluster consists of seven genes, where the gene BcBOT4 encodes a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that was shown to catalyse regio- and stereospecific hydroxylation at position C-4 of the presilphiperfolan-8-β-ol skeleton. The null mutant bcbot4Δ halted the production of botrydial and its derivatives, and instead accumulated tricyclic presilphiperfolane alcohol and overproduced a significant number of polyketides. A detailed study of the bcbot4Δ mutant led us to the isolation and characterization of five undescribed polyketides, three derived from botcinic and botcineric acids (botcinins H, I, J), one derived from the initial pentaketide (botcinin K), and one cinbotolide derivative (cinbotolide D). Botcinins are tetra-methylated tetraketides biosynthesized by the sequential assembly of a pentaketide (C10) based on an acetate primer unit which is lost through a retro-Claisen type C-C bond cleavage. The structural characterization of botcinin K showed a basic chemical structure corresponding to a botcinin (C14) derivative obtained directly from the original per-methylated pentaketide leading to the biosynthesis of botrylactone and other botcinins, confirming the previously proposed biosynthetic route.
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- Javier Moraga
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR BIOGER, Avenue Lucien Brétignières, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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Suárez I, González-Rodríguez VE, Viaud M, Garrido C, Collado IG. Identification of the Sesquiterpene Cyclase Involved in the Biosynthesis of (+)-4-Epi-eremophil-9-en-11-ol Derivatives Isolated from Botrytis cinerea. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:2775-2782. [PMID: 32955237 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cultivation of the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea using sublethal amounts of copper sulfate yielded a cryptic sesquiterpenoids family, which displayed the basic chemical structure of (+)-4-epi-eremophil-9-ene. The biosynthesis pathway was established, and the route involved the likely transformation of the diphosphate of farnesyl (FDP), to give a cis-fused eudesmane cation, through (S)-hedycaryol, finally yielding the (+)-4-epi-eremophil-9-enol derivatives. An expression study of genes that code for the sesquiterpene cyclases (STC), including the recently reported gene Bcstc7 present in the B. cinerea genome, was performed in order to establish the STC involved in this biosynthesis. The results showed a higher expression level for the Bcstc7 gene with respect to the other stc1-5 genes in both wild-type strains, B05.10 and Botrytis cinerea UCA992. Deletion of the Bcstc7 gene eliminated (+)-4-epi-eremophilenol biosynthesis, which could be re-established by complementing the null mutant with the Bcstc7 gene. Chemical analysis suggested that STC7 is the principal enzyme responsible for the key step of cyclization of FDP to eremophil-9-en-11-ols. Furthermore, a thorough study of the two wild-types and the complemented mutant revealed four new eremophilenol derivatives whose structures are reported here.
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- Ivonne Suárez
- Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- UMR BIOGER, INRA, Avenue Lucien Brétignières, 78850 Grignon, France
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- Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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Rosero-Hernández ED, Echeverri FL. The Search for Quorum Sensing in Botrytis cinerea: Regulatory Activity of Its Extracts on Its Development. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9020168. [PMID: 32023821 PMCID: PMC7076370 DOI: 10.3390/plants9020168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Botrytis cinerea is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes large crop and post-harvest losses. Therefore, new and effective strategies are needed to control the disease and to reduce resistance to fungicides. Modulating pathogenicity and virulence by manipulating microbial communication is a promising strategy. This communication mechanism, called Quorum Sensing (QS), has already been reported in bacteria and yeasts; however, it has not yet been studied in B. cinerea. To establish the existence of this biochemical process in B. cinerea, we prepared extracts at different growth times (D1-D12), which were applied to fresh cultures of the same fungi. The chemical analysis of the extracts obtained from several fermentations showed different compositions and biological activities. We confirmed the presence of several phytotoxins, as well as compounds 1-phenylethanol and 3-phenylpropanol. Day five extract (0.1%) inhibited conidia germination and elongation of germ tubes, day seven extract (1%) produced the greatest phytotoxic effect in tomato leaves, and day nine extract (0.1%) was a sporulation inhibitor. In contrast, the extracts from days 7, 9, and 12 of fermentation (0.1% and 0.01%) promoted pellet and biofilm formation. Sporulation was slightly induced at 0.01%, while at 0.1% there was a great inhibition. At the highest extract concentrations, a biocidal effect was detected, but at the lowest, we observed a QS-like effect, regulating processes such as filamentation, morphogenesis, and pathogenesis. These results of the biological activity and composition of extracts suggest the existence of a QS-like mechanism in B. cinerea, which could lead to new non-biocidal alternatives for its control through interference in the pathogenicity and virulence mechanisms of the fungi.
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