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Quarantin A, Hadeler B, Kröger C, Schäfer W, Favaron F, Sella L, Martínez-Rocha AL. Different Hydrophobins of Fusarium graminearum Are Involved in Hyphal Growth, Attachment, Water-Air Interface Penetration and Plant Infection. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:751. [PMID: 31031728 PMCID: PMC6474331 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Hydrophobins (HPs) are small secreted fungal proteins possibly involved in several processes such as formation of fungal aerial structures, attachment to hydrophobic surfaces, interaction with the environment and protection against the host defense system. The genome of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum contains five genes encoding for HPs (FgHyd1-5). Single and triple FgHyd mutants were produced and characterized. A reduced growth was observed when the ΔFghyd2 and the three triple mutants including the deletion of FgHyd2 were grown in complete or minimal medium. Surprisingly, the growth of these mutants was similar to wild-type when grown under ionic, osmotic or oxidative stress conditions. All the mutant strains confirmed the ability to develop conidia and perithecia, suggesting that the FgHyds are not involved in normal development of asexual and sexual structures. A reduction in the ability of hyphae to penetrate through the water-air interface was observed for the single mutants ΔFghyd2 and ΔFghyd3 as well as for the triple mutants including the deletion of FgHyd2 and FgHyd3. Besides, ΔFghyd3 and the triple mutant ΔFghyd234 were also affected in the attachment to hydrophobic surface. Indeed, wheat infection experiments showed a reduction of symptomatic spikelets for ΔFghyd2 and ΔFghyd3 and the triple mutants only when spray inoculation was performed. This result could be ascribed to the affected ability of mutants deleted of FgHyd2 and FgHyd3 to penetrate through the water-air interface and to attach to hydrophobic surfaces such as the spike tissue. This hypothesis is strengthened by a histological analysis, performed by fluorescence microscopy, showing no defects in the morphology of infection structures produced by mutant strains. Interestingly, triple hydrophobin mutants were significantly more inhibited than wild-type by the treatment with a systemic triazole fungicide, while no defects at the cell wall level were observed.
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- Alessandra Quarantin
- Molekulare Phytopathologie, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali (TESAF), Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Molekulare Phytopathologie, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Molekulare Phytopathologie, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Molekulare Phytopathologie, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali (TESAF), Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali (TESAF), Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Molekulare Phytopathologie, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Rocha RO, Wilson RA. Essential, deadly, enigmatic: Polyamine metabolism and roles in fungal cells. FUNGAL BIOL REV 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Martinez-Rocha AL, Woriedh M, Chemnitz J, Willingmann P, Kröger C, Hadeler B, Hauber J, Schäfer W. Posttranslational hypusination of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor-5A regulates Fusarium graminearum virulence. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24698. [PMID: 27098988 PMCID: PMC4838825 DOI: 10.1038/srep24698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Activation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5A requires a posttranslational modification, forming the unique amino acid hypusine. This activation is mediated by two enzymes, deoxyhypusine synthase, DHS, and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase, DOHH. The impact of this enzymatic complex on the life cycle of a fungal pathogen is unknown. Plant pathogenic ascomycetes possess a single copy of the eIF5A activated by hypusination. We evaluated the importance of imbalances in eIF5A hypusination in Fusarium graminearum, a devastating fungal pathogen of cereals. Overexpression of DHS leads to increased virulence in wheat, elevated production of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol, more infection structures, faster wheat tissue invasion in plants and increases vegetatively produced conidia. In contrast, overexpression of DOHH completely prevents infection structure formation, pathogenicity in wheat and maize, leads to overproduction of ROS, reduced DON production and increased sexual reproduction. Simultaneous overexpression of both genes restores wild type-like phenotypes. Analysis of eIF5A posttranslational modification displayed strongly increased hypusinated eIF5A in DOHH overexpression mutant in comparison to wild type, and the DHS overexpression mutants. These are the first results pointing to different functions of differently modified eIF5A.
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- Ana Lilia Martinez-Rocha
- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Molecular Phytopathology and Genetics, Hamburg, D-22609, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Molecular Phytopathology and Genetics, Hamburg, D-22609, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Department Antiviral Strategies, Hamburg, D-20251, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Molecular Phytopathology and Genetics, Hamburg, D-22609, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Molecular Phytopathology and Genetics, Hamburg, D-22609, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Molecular Phytopathology and Genetics, Hamburg, D-22609, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Department Antiviral Strategies, Hamburg, D-20251, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Molecular Phytopathology and Genetics, Hamburg, D-22609, Germany
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Lakshman DK, Roberts DP, Garrett WM, Natarajan SS, Darwish O, Alkharouf N, Pain A, Khan F, Jambhulkar PP, Mitra A. Proteomic Investigation of Rhizoctonia solani AG 4 Identifies Secretome and Mycelial Proteins with Roles in Plant Cell Wall Degradation and Virulence. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:3101-3110. [PMID: 27019116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Rhizoctonia solani AG 4 is a soilborne necrotrophic fungal plant pathogen that causes economically important diseases on agronomic crops worldwide. This study used a proteomics approach to characterize both intracellular proteins and the secretome of R. solani AG 4 isolate Rs23A under several growth conditions, the secretome being highly important in pathogenesis. From over 500 total secretome and soluble intracellular protein spots from 2-D gels, 457 protein spots were analyzed and 318 proteins positively matched with fungal proteins of known function by comparison with available R. solani genome databases specific for anastomosis groups 1-IA, 1-IB, and 3. These proteins were categorized to possible cellular locations and functional groups and for some proteins their putative roles in plant cell wall degradation and virulence. The majority of the secreted proteins were grouped to extracellular regions and contain hydrolase activity.
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- Dilip K Lakshman
- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University , Towson, Maryland 21252, United States
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- Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University , Towson, Maryland 21252, United States
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- Pathogen Genomics, KAUST , Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 23955
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska , Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, United States
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Schröder M, Kolodzik A, Windshügel B, Krepstakies M, Priyadarshini P, Hartjen P, van Lunzen J, Rarey M, Hauber J, Meier C. Linker-Region Modified Derivatives of the Deoxyhypusine Synthase Inhibitor CNI-1493 Suppress HIV-1 Replication. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2016; 349:91-103. [PMID: 26725082 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201500323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The inhibition of cellular factors that are involved in viral replication may be an important alternative to the commonly used strategy of targeting viral enzymes. The guanylhydrazone CNI-1493, a potent inhibitor of the deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS), prevents the activation of the cellular factor eIF-5A and thereby suppresses HIV replication and a number of other diseases. Here, we report on the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of CNI-1493 analogues. The sebacoyl linker in CNI-1493 was replaced by different alkyl or aryl dicarboxylic acids. Most of the tested derivatives suppress HIV-1 replication efficiently in a dose-dependent manner without showing toxic side effects. The unexpected antiviral activity of the rigid derivatives point to a second binding mode as previously assumed for CNI-1493. Moreover, the chemical stability of CNI-1493 was analysed, showing a successive hydrolysis of the imino bonds. By molecular dynamics simulations, the behaviour of the parent CNI-1493 in solution and its interactions with DHS were investigated.
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- Marcus Schröder
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute - Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute - Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute - Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Woriedh M, Merkl R, Dresselhaus T. Maize EMBRYO SAC family peptides interact differentially with pollen tubes and fungal cells. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:5205-16. [PMID: 26071527 PMCID: PMC4526917 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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EMBRYO SAC1-4 (ES1-4) peptides belong to the defensin subgroup of cysteine-rich peptides known to mediate pollen tube burst in Zea mays (maize). ES1-4 are reported here to also be capable of inhibiting germination and growth of the maize fungal pathogens Fusarium graminearum and Ustilago maydis at higher concentrations. Dividing the peptides into smaller pieces showed that a 15-amino-acid peptide located in a highly variable loop region lacking similarity to other defensins or defensin-like peptides binds to maize pollen tube surfaces, causing swelling prior to burst. This peptide fragment and a second conserved neighbouring fragment showed suppression of fungal germination and growth. The two peptides caused swelling of fungal cells, production of reactive oxygen species, and finally the formation of big vacuoles prior to burst at high peptide concentration. Furthermore, peptide fragments were found to bind differently to fungal cells. In necrotrophic F. graminearum, a peptide fragment named ES-d bound only at cell surfaces whereas the peptide ES-c bound at cell surfaces and also accumulated inside cells. Conversely, in biotrophic U. maydis, both peptide fragments accumulated inside cells, but, if applied at higher concentration, ES-c but not ES-d accumulated mainly in vacuoles. Mapping of peptide interaction sites identified amino acids differing in pollen tube burst and fungal response reactions. In summary, these findings indicate that residues targeting pollen tube burst in maize are specific to the ES family, while residues targeting fungal growth are conserved within defensins and defensin-like peptides.
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- Mayada Woriedh
- Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Kazan K, Gardiner DM, Manners JM. On the trail of a cereal killer: recent advances in Fusarium graminearum pathogenomics and host resistance. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2012; 13:399-413. [PMID: 22098555 PMCID: PMC6638652 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The ascomycete fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum (sexual stage: Gibberella zeae) causes the devastating head blight or scab disease on wheat and barley, and cob or ear rot disease on maize. Fusarium graminearum infection causes significant crop and quality losses. In addition to roles as virulence factors during pathogenesis, trichothecene mycotoxins (e.g. deoxynivalenol) produced by this pathogen constitute a significant threat to human and animal health if consumed in respective food or feed products. In the last few years, significant progress has been made towards a better understanding of the processes involved in F. graminearum pathogenesis, toxin biosynthesis and host resistance mechanisms through the use of high-throughput genomic and phenomic technologies. In this article, we briefly review these new advances and also discuss how future research can contribute to the development of sustainable plant protection strategies against this important plant pathogen.
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- Kemal Kazan
- CSIRO Plant Industry, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Brisbane, Qld 4067, Australia.
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Han J, Lakshman DK, Galvez LC, Mitra S, Baenziger PS, Mitra A. Transgenic expression of lactoferrin imparts enhanced resistance to head blight of wheat caused by Fusarium graminearum. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:33. [PMID: 22405032 PMCID: PMC3364854 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The development of plant gene transfer systems has allowed for the introgression of alien genes into plant genomes for novel disease control strategies, thus providing a mechanism for broadening the genetic resources available to plant breeders. Using the tools of plant genetic engineering, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial gene was tested for resistance against head blight caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe, a devastating disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) that reduces both grain yield and quality. RESULTS A construct containing a bovine lactoferrin cDNA was used to transform wheat using an Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer system to express this antimicrobial protein in transgenic wheat. Transformants were analyzed by Northern and Western blots to determine lactoferrin gene expression levels and were inoculated with the head blight disease fungus F. graminearum. Transgenic wheat showed a significant reduction of disease incidence caused by F. graminearum compared to control wheat plants. The level of resistance in the highly susceptible wheat cultivar Bobwhite was significantly higher in transgenic plants compared to control Bobwhite and two untransformed commercial wheat cultivars, susceptible Wheaton and tolerant ND 2710. Quantification of the expressed lactoferrin protein by ELISA in transgenic wheat indicated a positive correlation between the lactoferrin gene expression levels and the levels of disease resistance. CONCLUSIONS Introgression of the lactoferrin gene into elite commercial wheat, barley and other susceptible cereals may enhance resistance to F. graminearum.
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- Jigang Han
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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