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Wang S, Lu Z, Lang B, Wang X, Li Y, Chen J. Curvularia lunata and Curvularia Leaf Spot of Maize in China. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:47462-47470. [PMID: 36591195 PMCID: PMC9798514 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Curvularia leaf spot (CLS), primarily caused by Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boedijn (C. lunata), is widely distributed in maize production regions in China. It occurs in all the developmental stages of maize and causes economic losses. The epidemic and yield loss estimation models have been constructed for the disease. C. lunata has obvious virulence differentiation and produces multiple virulence factors. CLS is managed by application of chemical and biological agents and by quantitative resistance conferred by 5 to 6 quantitative trait loci (QTL). This review summarizes research on the understanding of CLS biological characteristics, virulence factors of C. lunata, host resistance genetics, and disease management strategies in China.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shaoqing Wang
- School
of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Ministry
of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School
of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Ministry
of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School
of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Ministry
of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School
of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Ministry
of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School
of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Ministry
of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School
of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Ministry
of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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Gao J, Chen J. The Role of Clt1-Regulated Xylan Metabolism in Melanin and Toxin Formation for the Pathogenicity of Curvularia lunata in Maize. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2021; 34:617-630. [PMID: 33417477 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-08-20-0235-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We previously reported that the BTB (brica-brac, tramtrack, and broad) domain-containing protein Clt1 regulates melanin and toxin synthesis, conidiation, and pathogenicity in Curvularia lunata, but the interacting proteins and regulative mechanism of Clt1 are unclear. In this research, we identified two proteins, which respectively correspond to xylanase (Clxyn24) and acetyl xylan esterase (Claxe43) from C. lunata, that were regulated by Clt1. Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays were conducted to verify the interaction of Clt1 with full-length Clxyn24 and Claxe43. Furthermore, the Y2H assay revealed that Clt1 physically interacted with Clxyn24 and Claxe43 through its BTB domain to degrade xylan, which was used as a carbon source for C. lunata growth. The utilization of xylan provides acetyl-CoA for the synthesis of melanin and toxin as well as energy and other intermediate metabolites for conidiation. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis revealed that PKS18 and its 13 flanking genes found clustered in a region spanning 57.89 kb on scaffold 9 of the C. lunata CX-3 genome were down-regulated in toxin production-deficient mutant T806, and this cluster is possibly responsible for toxin biosynthesis of C. lunata.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jinxin Gao
- School of Agriculture and Biology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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Dautt-Castro M, Rosendo-Vargas M, Casas-Flores S. The Small GTPases in Fungal Signaling Conservation and Function. Cells 2021; 10:cells10051039. [PMID: 33924947 PMCID: PMC8146680 DOI: 10.3390/cells10051039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Monomeric GTPases, which belong to the Ras superfamily, are small proteins involved in many biological processes. They are fine-tuned regulated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). Several families have been identified in organisms from different kingdoms. Overall, the most studied families are Ras, Rho, Rab, Ran, Arf, and Miro. Recently, a new family named Big Ras GTPases was reported. As a general rule, the proteins of all families have five characteristic motifs (G1–G5), and some specific features for each family have been described. Here, we present an exhaustive analysis of these small GTPase families in fungi, using 56 different genomes belonging to different phyla. For this purpose, we used distinct approaches such as phylogenetics and sequences analysis. The main functions described for monomeric GTPases in fungi include morphogenesis, secondary metabolism, vesicle trafficking, and virulence, which are discussed here. Their participation during fungus–plant interactions is reviewed as well.
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Lu Y, Sun J, Gao Y, Liu K, Yuan M, Gao W, Wang F, Fu D, Chen N, Xiao S, Xue C. The key iron assimilation genes ClFTR1, ClNPS6 were crucial for virulence of Curvularia lunata via initiating its appressorium formation and virulence factors. Environ Microbiol 2020; 23:613-627. [PMID: 32452607 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Iron is virtually an essential nutrient for all organisms, to understand how iron contributes to virulence of plant pathogenic fungi, we identified ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 in maize pathogen Curvularia lunata (Cochliobolus lunatus) in this study. Disruption of ClNPS6 significantly impaired siderophore biosynthesis. ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 did mediate oxidative stress but had no significant impact on vegetative growth, conidiation, cell wall integrity and sexual reproduction. Conidial germination delayed and appressoria formation reduced in ΔClftr1 comparing with wild type (WT) CX-3. Genes responsible for conidial germination, appressoria formation, non-host selective toxin biosynthesis and cell wall degrading enzymes were also downregulated in the transcriptome of ΔClftr1 and ΔClnps6 compared with WT. The conidial development, toxin biosynthesis and polygalacturonase activity were impaired in the mutant strains with ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 deletion during their infection to maize. ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 were upregulated expression at 12-24 and 48-120 hpi in WT respectively. ClFTR1 positively regulated conidial germination, appressoria formation in the biotrophy-specific phase. ClNPS6 positively regulates non-host selective toxin biosynthesis and cell wall degrading enzyme activity in the necrotrophy-specific phase. Our results indicated that ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 were key genes of pathogen known to conidia development and virulence factors.
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- Yuanyuan Lu
- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110161, China
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Gao JX, Chen J. Involvement of a Polyketide Synthetase ClPKS18 in the Regulation of Vegetative Growth, Melanin and Toxin Synthesis, and Virulence in Curvularia lunata. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2017; 33:597-601. [PMID: 29238283 PMCID: PMC5720607 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.oa.04.2017.0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The clpks18 gene was first cloned and identified in Curvularia lunata. It contains 6571 base pairs (bp) and an 6276 bp open reading frame encoding 2091 amino acids. The ClPKS18 deletion mutant displayed an albino phenotype, and almost lost the ability to product 5-(hydroxymethyl) furan-2-carboxylate (M5HF2C) toxin, implying that clpks18 gene in C. lunata is not only involved in 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin synthesis, but also relatively associated with M5HF2C toxin biosynthesis of the pathogen. The pathogenicity assays revealed that ΔClPKS18 was impaired in colonizing the maize leaves, which corresponds to the finding that ClPKS18 controls the production of melanin and M5HF2C in C. lunata. Results indicate that ClPKS18 plays a vital role in regulating pathogenicity of in C. lunata.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jin-Xin Gao
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240,
China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240,
China
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240,
China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240,
China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240,
China
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240,
China
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Gao JX, Yu CJ, Wang M, Sun JN, Li YQ, Chen J. Involvement of a velvet protein ClVelB in the regulation of vegetative differentiation, oxidative stress response, secondary metabolism, and virulence in Curvularia lunata. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46054. [PMID: 28393907 PMCID: PMC5385503 DOI: 10.1038/srep46054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
The ortholog of Aspergillus nidulans VelB, which is known as ClVelB, was studied to gain a broader insight into the functions of a velvet protein in Curvularia lunata. With the expected common and specific functions of ClVelB, the deletion of clvelB results in similar though not identical phenotypes. The pathogenicity assays revealed that ΔClVelB was impaired in colonizing the host tissue, which corresponds to the finding that ClVelB controls the production of conidia and the methyl 5-(hydroxymethyl) furan-2-carboxylate toxin in C. lunata. However, the deletion of clvelB led to the increase in aerial hyphae and melanin formation. In addition, ΔClVelB showed a decreased sensitivity to iprodione and fludioxonil fungicides and a decreased resistance to cell wall-damaging agents and osmotic stress and tolerance to H2O2. The ultrastructural analysis indicated that the cell wall of ΔClVelB became thinner, which agrees with the finding that the accumulated level of glycerol in ΔClVelB is lower than the wild-type. Furthermore, the interaction of ClVelB with ClVeA and ClVosA was identified in the present research through the yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays. Results indicate that ClVelB plays a vital role in the regulation of various cellular processes in C. lunata.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jin-Xin Gao
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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