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Xu M, Godana EA, Li J, Deng Y, Ma Y, Ya H, Zhang H. Infection of postharvest pear by Penicillium expansum is facilitated by the glycoside hydrolase (eglB) gene. Int J Food Microbiol 2024; 410:110465. [PMID: 37980812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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The primary reason for postharvest loss is blue mold disease which is mainly caused by Penicillium expansum. Strategies for disease control greatly depend on the understanding of mechanisms of pathogen-fruit interaction. A member of the glycoside hydrolase family, β-glucosidase 1b (eglB), in P. expansum was significantly upregulated during postharvest pear infection. Glycoside hydrolases are a large group of enzymes that can degrade plant cell wall polymers. High homology was found between the glycoside hydrolase superfamily in P. expansum. Functional characterization and analysis of eglB were performed via gene knockout and complementation analysis. Although eglB deletion had no notable effect on P. expansum colony shape or microscopic morphology, it did reduce the production of fungal hyphae, thereby reducing P. expansum's sporulation and patulin (PAT) accumulation. Moreover, the deletion of eglB (ΔeglB) reduced P. expansum pathogenicity in pears. The growth, conidia production, PAT accumulation, and pathogenicity abilities of ΔeglB were restored to that of wild-type P. expansum by complementation of eglB (ΔeglB-C). These findings indicate that eglB contributes to P. expansum's development and pathogenicity. This research is a contribution to the identification of key effectors of fungal pathogenicity for use as targets in fruit safety strategies.
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- Meiqiu Xu
- College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Khelghatibana F, Javan-Nikkhah M, Safaie N, Sobhani A, Shams S, Sari E. A reference transcriptome for walnut anthracnose pathogen, Ophiognomonia leptostyla, guides the discovery of candidate virulence genes. Fungal Genet Biol 2023; 169:103828. [PMID: 37657751 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Despite the economic losses due to the walnut anthracnose, Ophiognomonia leptostyla is an orphan fungus with respect to genomic resources. In the present study, the transcriptome of O. leptostyla was assembled for the first time. RNA sequencing was conducted for the fungal mycelia grown in a liquid media, and the inoculated leaf samples of walnut with the fungal conidia sampled at 48, 96 and 144 h post inoculation (hpi). The completeness, correctness, and contiguity of the de novo transcriptome assemblies generated with Trinity, Oases, SOAPdenovo-Trans and Bridger were compared to identify a single superior reference assembly. In most of the assessment criteria including N50, Transrate score, number of ORFs with known description in gene bank, the percentage of reads mapped back to the transcript (RMBT), BUSCO score, Swiss-Prot coverage bin and RESM-EVAL score, the Bridger assembly was the superior and thus used as a reference for profiling the O. leptostyla transcriptome in liquid media vs. during walnut infection. The k-means clustering of transcripts resulted in four distinct transcription patterns across the three sampling time points. Most of the detected CAZy transcripts had elevated transcription at 96 hpi that is hypothetically concurrent with the start of intracellular growth. The in-silico analysis revealed 103 candidate effectors of which six were members of Necrosis and Ethylene Inducing Like Protein (NLP) gene family belonging to three distinct k-means clusters. This study provided a complex and temporal pattern of the CAZys and candidate effectors transcription during six days post O. leptostyla inoculation on walnut leaves, introducing a list of candidate virulence genes for validation in future studies.
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- Fatemeh Khelghatibana
- Department of Plant Pathology, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran - Isfahan Branch, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Solís M, Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Naidoo S. Comparison of the Infection Biology of Teratosphaeria destructans and Teratosphaeria epicoccoides on Eucalyptus. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:1944-1951. [PMID: 34874178 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-21-1877-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Leaf blight caused by Teratosphaeria destructans is one of the most important diseases of Eucalyptus planted in the subtropics and tropics. In contrast, the better-known T. epicoccoides, though also a primary pathogen of Eucalyptus, causes less damage to trees in these areas. Although T. destructans is an aggressive pathogen, nothing is known about its infection biology. In this study, the conditions for infection and disease development caused by T. destructans and T. epicoccoides were evaluated and compared on a Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla hybrid clone. The optimal temperature for germination ranged from 25 to 30°C for T. destructans and 15 to 20°C for T. epicoccoides. The germination of these pathogens was favored under conditions of light and high levels of RH. Penetration by T. destructans and T. epicoccoides occurred via stomata, and the hyphae colonized the intercellular spaces of infected leaves. Symptoms were clearly visible 3 weeks after inoculation by both pathogens, and reproductive structures started to develop in substomatal cavities at 4 weeks after inoculation. The results of this study will facilitate the establishment of rapid screening trials based on artificial inoculations aimed at reducing the impact of disease caused by T. destructans.
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- Myriam Solís
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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Action Mechanisms of Effectors in Plant-Pathogen Interaction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126758. [PMID: 35743201 PMCID: PMC9224169 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Plant pathogens are one of the main factors hindering the breeding of cash crops. Pathogens, including oomycetes, fungus, and bacteria, secrete effectors as invasion weapons to successfully invade and propagate in host plants. Here, we review recent advances made in the field of plant-pathogen interaction models and the action mechanisms of phytopathogenic effectors. The review illustrates how effectors from different species use similar and distinct strategies to infect host plants. We classify the main action mechanisms of effectors in plant-pathogen interactions according to the infestation process: targeting physical barriers for disruption, creating conditions conducive to infestation, protecting or masking themselves, interfering with host cell physiological activity, and manipulating plant downstream immune responses. The investigation of the functioning of plant pathogen effectors contributes to improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions. This understanding has important theoretical value and is of practical significance in plant pathology and disease resistance genetics and breeding.
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Transcriptional Network in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Mutants Lacking Msb2 or Msb2 and Sho1. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8020207. [PMID: 35205961 PMCID: PMC8878819 DOI: 10.3390/jof8020207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a hemibiotrophic ascomycetous fungus that causes anthracnose in many plants worldwide. During infections, C. gloeosporioides produces an appressorium in response to various plant surface signals. However, the mechanism mediating host surface signal recognition remains unclear. In this study, C. gloeosporioides ΔCgMsb2 and ΔCgMsb2Sho1 mutants lacking hypothetical sensors of plant surface signals were examined. The mutations in ΔCgMsb2 and ΔCgMsb2Sho1 adversely affected conidial size and sporulation, while also inhibiting growth. Significant transcriptional changes were detected for nearly 19% and 26% of the genes in ΔCgMsb2 and ΔCgMsb2Sho1, respectively. The lack of these plasma membrane receptors altered the expression of specific genes, especially those encoding hydrolases, ABC transporters, and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). The encoded MAPKs participate in the signal transduction of ERK and JNK signaling pathways, activate downstream signals, and contribute to metabolic regulation. Our data demonstrate that the C. gloeosporioides membrane proteins Msb2 and Sho1 affect gene regulation, thereby influencing conidial growth, metabolism, and development. These findings provide new insights into the regulation of C. gloeosporioides's development and infection of plant hosts.
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Ustilago maydis Secreted Endo-Xylanases Are Involved in Fungal Filamentation and Proliferation on and Inside Plants. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7121081. [PMID: 34947062 PMCID: PMC8706147 DOI: 10.3390/jof7121081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Plant pathogenic fungi must be able to degrade host cell walls in order to penetrate and invade plant tissues. Among the plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) produced, xylanases are of special interest since its degradation target, xylan, is one of the main structural polysaccharides in plant cell walls. In the biotrophic fungus Ustilago maydis, attempts to characterize PCWDEs required for virulence have been unsuccessful, most likely due to functional redundancy. In previous high-throughput screening, we found one xylanase to be important for U. maydis infection. Here, we characterize the entire U. maydis endo-xylanase family, comprising two enzymes from the glycoside hydrolase (GH) 10 family, Xyn1 and Xyn2, one from GH11, Xyn11A, and one from GH43, Xyn3. We show that all endo-xylanases except Xyn3 are secreted and involved in infection in a non-redundant manner, suggesting different roles for each xylanase in this process. Taking a closer look inside the plant during the pathogenic process, we observed that all secreted xylanases were necessary for fungal proliferation. Finally, we found that at least Xyn11A accumulated in the apoplast of the infected plant after three days, highlighting the role of these enzymes as important secreted proteins during fungal proliferation inside plant tissues.
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Delivering the goods: Fungal secretion modulates virulence during host–pathogen interactions. FUNGAL BIOL REV 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2021.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reem NT, Chambers L, Zhang N, Abdullah SF, Chen Y, Feng G, Gao S, Soto-Burgos J, Pogorelko G, Bassham DC, Anderson CT, Walley JW, Zabotina OA. Post-Synthetic Reduction of Pectin Methylesterification Causes Morphological Abnormalities and Alterations to Stress Response in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9111558. [PMID: 33198397 PMCID: PMC7697075 DOI: 10.3390/plants9111558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pectin is a critical component of the plant cell wall, supporting wall biomechanics and contributing to cell wall signaling in response to stress. The plant cell carefully regulates pectin methylesterification with endogenous pectin methylesterases (PMEs) and their inhibitors (PMEIs) to promote growth and protect against pathogens. We expressed Aspergillus nidulans pectin methylesterase (AnPME) in Arabidopsis thaliana plants to determine the impacts of methylesterification status on pectin function. Plants expressing AnPME had a roughly 50% reduction in methylester content compared with control plants. AnPME plants displayed a severe dwarf phenotype, including small, bushy rosettes and shorter roots. This phenotype was caused by a reduction in cell elongation. Cell wall composition was altered in AnPME plants, with significantly more arabinose and significantly less galacturonic acid, suggesting that plants actively monitor and compensate for altered pectin content. Cell walls of AnPME plants were more readily degraded by polygalacturonase (PG) alone but were less susceptible to treatment with a mixture of PG and PME. AnPME plants were insensitive to osmotic stress, and their susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea was comparable to wild type plants despite their compromised cell walls. This is likely due to upregulated expression of defense response genes observed in AnPME plants. These results demonstrate the importance of pectin in both normal growth and development, and in response to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Nathan T. Reem
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (N.T.R.); (L.C.); (N.Z.); (S.F.A.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (N.T.R.); (L.C.); (N.Z.); (S.F.A.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (N.T.R.); (L.C.); (N.Z.); (S.F.A.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (N.T.R.); (L.C.); (N.Z.); (S.F.A.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; (Y.C.); (G.F.); (C.T.A.)
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; (Y.C.); (G.F.); (C.T.A.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (S.G.); (J.W.W.)
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- Department of Genetics, Development & Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (J.S.-B.); (D.C.B.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (N.T.R.); (L.C.); (N.Z.); (S.F.A.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Genetics, Development & Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (J.S.-B.); (D.C.B.)
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; (Y.C.); (G.F.); (C.T.A.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (S.G.); (J.W.W.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (N.T.R.); (L.C.); (N.Z.); (S.F.A.); (G.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-515-294-6125
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Elucidation of the Initial Growth Process and the Infection Mechanism of Penicillium digitatum on Postharvest Citrus ( Citrus reticulata Blanco). Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7110485. [PMID: 31652932 PMCID: PMC6920975 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7110485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Green mold disease, a common citrus post-harvest disease caused by Penicillium digitatum, has an unresolved initial infection mechanism. Understanding the infection mechanism leads to the development of potential controls and preventive measures against the disease. The present study aimed to delineate the infection mechanism by investigating spore germination, changes of organic molecules and enzyme activity, and differential expression of genes in the P. digitatum infection. P. digitatum spore germination was observed by a pathology section scanner and it was found that in vivo germination was 3 h behind the in vitro germination. In addition, cell wall degrading enzymes and soluble sugar and titratable acid content during the infection process measured dynamically. The level of pectinase reached its maximum of 6067 U/g before 48 hpi, while cellulase increased rapidly after 48 hpi. The soluble sugar and organic acid content increased considerably with the progression of the infection. The transcriptomic profile of P. digitatum before and after infection was analyzed by RNA-seq. The genes related to cell wall degrading enzymes were significantly up-regulated and annotated to participate in two major carbon source synthesis pathways. The study delineated the initial infection mechanism of P. digitatum which eventually opened the gate way for the development of new control strategies in the future.
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Kettles GJ, Hofinger BJ, Hu P, Bayon C, Rudd JJ, Balmer D, Courbot M, Hammond-Kosack KE, Scalliet G, Kanyuka K. sRNA Profiling Combined With Gene Function Analysis Reveals a Lack of Evidence for Cross-Kingdom RNAi in the Wheat - Zymoseptoria tritici Pathosystem. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:892. [PMID: 31333714 PMCID: PMC6620828 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cross-kingdom small RNA (sRNA) silencing has recently emerged as a mechanism facilitating fungal colonization and disease development. Here we characterized RNAi pathways in Zymoseptoria tritici, a major fungal pathogen of wheat, and assessed their contribution to pathogenesis. Computational analysis of fungal sRNA and host mRNA sequencing datasets was used to define the global sRNA populations in Z. tritici and predict their mRNA targets in wheat. 389 in planta-induced sRNA loci were identified. sRNAs generated from some of these loci were predicted to target wheat mRNAs including those potentially involved in pathogen defense. However, molecular approaches failed to validate targeting of selected wheat mRNAs by fungal sRNAs. Mutant strains of Z. tritici carrying deletions of genes encoding key components of RNAi such as Dicer-like (DCL) and Argonaute (AGO) proteins were generated, and virulence bioassays suggested that these are dispensable for full infection of wheat. Nonetheless, our results did suggest the existence of non-canonical DCL-independent pathway(s) for sRNA biogenesis in Z. tritici. dsRNA targeting essential fungal genes applied in vitro or generated from an RNA virus vector in planta in a procedure known as HIGS (Host-Induced Gene Silencing) was ineffective in preventing Z. tritici growth or disease. We also demonstrated that Z. tritici is incapable of dsRNA uptake. Collectively, our data suggest that RNAi approaches for gene function analyses in this fungal species and potentially also as a control measure may not be as effective as has been demonstrated for some other plant pathogenic fungi.
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- Graeme J. Kettles
- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Stein, Switzerland
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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Wang C, Liu Y, Liu L, Wang Y, Yan J, Wang C, Li C, Yang J. The biotrophy-associated secreted protein 4 (BAS4) participates in the transition of Magnaporthe oryzae from the biotrophic to the necrotrophic phase. Saudi J Biol Sci 2019; 26:795-807. [PMID: 31049006 PMCID: PMC6486625 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The physiological and metabolic processes of host plants are manipulated and remodeled by phytopathogenic fungi during infection, revealed obvious signs of biotrophy of the hemibiotrophic pathogen. As we known that effector proteins play key roles in interaction of hemibiotrophic fungi and their host plants. BAS4 (biotrophy-associated secreted protein 4) is an EIHM (extrainvasive hyphal membrane) matrix protein that was highly expressed in infectious hyphae. In order to study whether BAS4 is involved in the transition of rice blast fungus from biotrophic to necrotrophic phase, The susceptible rice cultivar Lijiangxintuanheigu (LTH) that were pre-treated with prokaryotic expression product of BAS4 and then followed with inoculation of the blast strain, more serious blast disease symptom, more biomass such as sporulation and fungal relative growth, and lower expression level of pathogenicity-related genes appeared in lesion of the rice leaves than those of the PBS-pretreated-leaves followed with inoculation of the same blast strain, which demonstrating that BAS4 invitro changed rice defense system to facilitate infection of rice blast strain. And the susceptible rice cultivar (LTH) were inoculated withBAS4-overexpressed blast strain, we also found more serious blast disease symptom and more biomass also appeared in lesion of leaves inoculated with BAS4-overexpressed strain than those of leaves inoculated with the wild-type strain, and expression level of pathogenicity-related genes appeared lower in biotrophic phase and higher in necrotrophic phase of infection, indicating BAS4 maybe in vivo regulate defense system of rice to facilitate transition of biotrophic to necrotrophic phase. Our data demonstrates that BAS4 in vitro and in vivo participates in transition from the biotrophic to the necrotrophic phase of Magnaporthe oryzae.
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Key Words
- ATMT, agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation
- BAS, biotrophy-associated secreted
- BIC, biotrophic interfacial complex
- Bgh, Blumeria graminis
- DAB, diaminobenzidine
- EIHM, extra-invasive hyphal membrane
- Effector
- GFP, green fluorescence protein
- GST, glutathione-S-transferase
- Hemibiotrophic fungi
- IH, invasive hyphae
- LTH, Lijiangxintuanheigu
- M.oryzae, Magnaporthe oryzae
- Magnaporthe oryzae
- ORF, open reading frame
- OsMPK12, rice mitogen-activated protein kinase 12
- OsMPK6, rice mitogen-activated protein kinase 6
- PBS, phosphate buffer saline
- PCD, programmed cell death
- PDA, potato dextrose agar
- PR gene, pathogenicity related gene
- ROS, reactive oxygen species
- Rice
- YLG, Yue Liang Gu
- hpi, hours post inoculation
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- Chunmei Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China.,Quality Standard and Testing Technology Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 65000, China
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Siah A, Bomble M, Tisserant B, Cadalen T, Holvoet M, Hilbert JL, Halama P, Reignault P. Genetic Structure of Zymoseptoria tritici in Northern France at Region, Field, Plant, and Leaf Layer Scales. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2018; 108:1114-1123. [PMID: 29658841 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-17-0322-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Population genetic structure of the worldwide-distributed wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici has been extensively studied at large geographical scales, but to a much less extent at small or local spatial scales. A total of 627 single-conidial fungal isolates were sampled from several locations in northern France (Hauts-de-France Region) to assess fungal genetic structure at region, field, plant, and leaf layer scales, using highly polymorphic microsatellite markers and mating type idiomorphs. Important and overall similar levels of both gene and genotype diversities (gene diversity values of ≥0.44 and haplotype frequencies of ≥94%) were found at all the examined scales. Such rates of diversity are likely due to an active sexual recombination in the investigated areas, as revealed by equal proportions of the two mating types scored in all sampled populations. Interestingly, a rare occurrence of clones among lesions from a same leaf, as well as among leaves from different plant leaf layers (e.g., upper versus lower leaves), was highlighted, indicating that ascospores contribute much more than expected to Z. tritici epidemics, compared with pycnidiospores. Population structure and analyses of molecular variance revealed significant genetic differentiation at the regional scale (GST = 0.23) and, as expected, not at the other more local scales (GST ≤ 0.01). Further analyses using Bayesian and unweighted neighbor-joining statistical methods detected six genetic clusters within the regional population, overall distributed according to the locations from which the isolates were sampled. Neither clear directional relative migration linked to the geographical distribution of the locations, nor isolation by distance, were observed. Separate evolutionary trajectories caused by selection and adaptations to habitat heterogeneity could be the main forces shaping such structuration. This study provides new insights into the epidemiology and the genetic structure of Z. tritici at small local and, for the first time, at single plant and leaf layer scales. Such findings would be helpful in implementing effective control strategies.
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- Ali Siah
- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh authors: Institut Charles Viollette (ICV-EA 7394), ISA, Université de Lille, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 48 bd Vauban, BP 41290, F-59014 Lille Cedex, France; and third and eighth authors: Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV-EA 4492), SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CS 80699, F-62228, Calais Cedex, France
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Bandara YMAY, Weerasooriya DK, Liu S, Little CR. The Necrotrophic Fungus Macrophomina phaseolina Promotes Charcoal Rot Susceptibility in Grain Sorghum Through Induced Host Cell-Wall-Degrading Enzymes. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2018; 108:948-956. [PMID: 29465007 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-17-0404-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The cell-wall-degrading enzymes (CWDE) secreted by necrotrophs are important virulence factors. Although not unequivocally demonstrated, it has been suggested that necrotrophs induce hosts to cooperate in disease development through manipulation of host CWDE. The necrotrophic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina causes charcoal rot disease in Sorghum bicolor. An RNA-seq experiment was conducted to investigate the behavior of sorghum CWDE-encoding genes after M. phaseolina inoculation. Results revealed M. phaseolina's ability to significantly upregulate pectin methylesterase-, polygalacturonase-, cellulase-, endoglucanase-, and glycosyl hydrolase-encoding genes in a charcoal rot-susceptible sorghum genotype (Tx7000) but not in a resistant genotype (SC599). For functional validation, crude enzyme mixtures were extracted from M. phaseolina- and mock-inoculated charcoal-rot-resistant (SC599 and SC35) and -susceptible (Tx7000 and BTx3042) sorghum genotype stalks. A gel diffusion assay (pectin substrate) revealed significantly increased pectin methylesterase activity in M. phaseolina-inoculated Tx7000 and BTx3042. Polygalacturonase activity was determined using a ruthenium red absorbance assay (535 nm). Significantly increased polygalacturonase activity was observed in two susceptible genotypes after M. phaseolina inoculation. The activity of cellulose-degrading enzymes was determined using a 2-cyanoacetamide fluorimetric assay (excitation and emission maxima at 331 and 383 nm, respectively). The assay revealed significantly increased cellulose-degrading enzyme activity in M. phaseolina-inoculated Tx7000 and BTx3042. These findings revealed M. phaseolina's ability to promote charcoal rot susceptibility in grain sorghum through induced host CWDE.
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- Y M A Y Bandara
- First third, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, and second author: Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First third, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, and second author: Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First third, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, and second author: Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First third, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology, and second author: Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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Marsberg A, Kemler M, Jami F, Nagel JH, Postma‐Smidt A, Naidoo S, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Spatafora JW, Hesse CN, Robbertse B, Slippers B. Botryosphaeria dothidea: a latent pathogen of global importance to woody plant health. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2017; 18:477-488. [PMID: 27682468 PMCID: PMC6638292 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Botryosphaeria dothidea is the type species of Botryosphaeria (Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeriales). Fungi residing in this order are amongst the most widespread and important canker and dieback pathogens of trees worldwide, with B. dothidea one of the most common species on a large number of hosts. Its taxonomic circumscription has undergone substantial change in the past decade, making it difficult to interpret the large volume of literature linked to the name B. dothidea. This pathogen profile synthesizes the current understanding of B. dothidea pertaining to its distribution, host associations and role as a pathogen in managed and natural woody environments. The prolonged latent infection or endophytic phase is of particular importance, as it implies that the fungus can easily pass undetected by quarantine systems in traded living plants, fruits and other plant parts. Infections typically become obvious only under conditions of host stress, when disease symptoms develop. This study also considers the knowledge emerging from the recently sequenced B. dothidea genome, elucidating previously unknown aspects of the species, including mating and host infection strategies. Despite more than 150 years of research on B. dothidea, there is clearly much to be learned regarding this global tree pathogen. This is increasingly important given the stresses imposed on various woody hosts as a result of climate change. TAXONOMY Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug. ex Fr) Ces. & De Not, 1863. Kingdom Fungi, Phylum Ascomycota, Class Dothideomycetes, Order Botryosphaeriales, Family Botryosphaeriaceae, Genus Botryosphaeria, Species dothidea. HOST RANGE Confirmed on more than 24 host genera, including woody plants, such as Acacia (= Vachellia), Eucalyptus, Vitis and Pistachio. DISEASE SYMPTOMS Associated with twig, branch and stem cankers, tip and branch dieback, fruit rot, blue stain and plant death. USEFUL WEBSITES The Botryosphaeria site for detailed morphological descriptions (http://www.crem.fct.unl.pt/botryosphaeria_site/); Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory Fungal Database for all literature and associated hosts (https://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/); TreeBASE link for the combined ITS and TEF-1α tree (http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S18906); DOE Joint Genome Institute, JGI Mycocosm for the Botryosphaeria dothidea genome (http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/Botdo1_1/Botdo1_1.home.html).
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- Angelica Marsberg
- Department of GeneticsForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaPrivate Bag x20, Hatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of GeneticsForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaPrivate Bag x20, Hatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant PathologyForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaHatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of GeneticsForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaPrivate Bag x20, Hatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology UnitForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaHatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of GeneticsForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaPrivate Bag x20, Hatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of GeneticsForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaPrivate Bag x20, Hatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant PathologyForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaHatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
- CBS‐KNAW Fungal Biodiversity CentreUppsalalaan 8UtrechtCT3584the Netherlands
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Cordley Hall 2082Oregon State UniversityCorvallisOR97331‐2902USA
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- US Department of AgricultureAgricultural Research ServiceCorvallisOR97331‐2902USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of MedicineNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20817USA
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- Department of GeneticsForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of PretoriaPrivate Bag x20, Hatfield 0028PretoriaSouth Africa
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Ben M'Barek S, Cordewener JHG, van der Lee TAJ, America AHP, Mirzadi Gohari A, Mehrabi R, Hamza S, de Wit PJGM, Kema GHJ. Proteome catalog of Zymoseptoria tritici captured during pathogenesis in wheat. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 79:42-53. [PMID: 26092789 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zymoseptoria tritici is an economically important pathogen of wheat. However, the molecular basis of pathogenicity on wheat is still poorly understood. Here, we present a global survey of the proteins secreted by this fungus in the apoplast of resistant (cv. Shafir) and susceptible (cv. Obelisk) wheat cultivars after inoculation with reference Z. tritici strain IPO323. The fungal proteins present in apoplastic fluids were analyzed by gel electrophoresis and by data-independent acquisition liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS(E)) combined with data-dependent acquisition LC-MS/MS. Subsequent mapping mass spectrometry-derived peptide sequence data against the genome sequence of strain IPO323 identified 665 peptides in the MS(E) and 93 in the LC-MS/MS mode that matched to 85 proteins. The identified fungal proteins, including cell-wall degrading enzymes and proteases, might function in pathogenicity, but the functions of many remain unknown. Most fungal proteins accumulated in cv. Obelisk at the onset of necrotrophy. This inventory provides an excellent basis for future detailed studies on the role of these genes and their encoded proteins during pathogenesis in wheat.
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- Sarrah Ben M'Barek
- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Biotechnology Center of Borj-Cedria, BP 901 Hammam-Lif-2050, Tunisia
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- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Center for BioSystems and Genomics, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Center for BioSystems and Genomics, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Plant Pathology Building, Karaj, Iran
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- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Cereal Research Department, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Karaj, Iran
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- Laboratory of genetics, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle, 1082 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research Center, Plant Research International, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Cell biology of Zymoseptoria tritici: Pathogen cell organization and wheat infection. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 79:17-23. [PMID: 26092785 PMCID: PMC4502449 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Revised: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cell biology of the infection begins to shed light on the host–pathogen interaction. The cell biology of the fungal pathogen is highly understudied. Intensified cell biology research promises new fungicide targets and will help mode-of-action studies.
Cell biological research in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici (formerly Mycosphaerella graminicola) has led to a good understanding of the histology of the infection process. Expression profiling and bioinformatic approaches, combined with molecular studies on signaling pathways, effectors and potential necrosis factors provides first insight into the complex interplay between the host and the pathogen. Cell biological studies will help to further our understanding of the infection strategy of the fungus. The cellular organization and intracellular dynamics of the fungus itself is largely unexplored. Insight into essential cellular processes within the pathogen will expand our knowledge of the basic biology of Z. tritici, thereby providing putative new anti-fungal targets.
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Testa A, Oliver R, Hane J. Overview of genomic and bioinformatic resources for Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 79:13-6. [PMID: 26092784 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zymoseptoria tritici (syn. Mycosphaerella graminicola, Septoria tritici) is a haploid fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. It is the causal agent of septoria leaf blotch - one of the world's most significant diseases of wheat. Here we review the genomic and bioinformatic resources that have been generated for Z. tritici. These include the whole-genome reference assembly for isolate IPO323, genome resequencing of alternate isolates, mitochondrial genome sequences, transcriptome sequences and expression data, and annotations of gene structure and function. We also highlight important advances in our fundamental knowledge of genome evolution and its effects on adaptation and pathogenicity in Z. tritici that have been facilitated by these resources.
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- Alison Testa
- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia; Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
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Mirzadi Gohari A, Ware SB, Wittenberg AHJ, Mehrabi R, Ben M'Barek S, Verstappen ECP, van der Lee TAJ, Robert O, Schouten HJ, de Wit PPJGM, Kema GHJ. Effector discovery in the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:931-45. [PMID: 25727413 PMCID: PMC6638447 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Fungal plant pathogens, such as Zymoseptoria tritici (formerly known as Mycosphaerella graminicola), secrete repertoires of effectors to facilitate infection or trigger host defence mechanisms. The discovery and functional characterization of effectors provides valuable knowledge that can contribute to the design of new and effective disease management strategies. Here, we combined bioinformatics approaches with expression profiling during pathogenesis to identify candidate effectors of Z. tritici. In addition, a genetic approach was conducted to map quantitative trait loci (QTLs) carrying putative effectors, enabling the validation of both complementary strategies for effector discovery. In planta expression profiling revealed that candidate effectors were up-regulated in successive waves corresponding to consecutive stages of pathogenesis, contrary to candidates identified by QTL mapping that were, overall, expressed at low levels. Functional analyses of two top candidate effectors (SSP15 and SSP18) showed their dispensability for Z. tritici pathogenesis. These analyses reveal that generally adopted criteria, such as protein size, cysteine residues and expression during pathogenesis, may preclude an unbiased effector discovery. Indeed, genetic mapping of genomic regions involved in specificity render alternative effector candidates that do not match the aforementioned criteria, but should nevertheless be considered as promising new leads for effectors that are crucial for the Z. tritici-wheat pathosystem.
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- Amir Mirzadi Gohari
- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Plant Pathology Building, Karaj, Iran
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Cereal Research Department, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, PO Box 31585-4119, Karaj, Iran
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Center of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, BP 901, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioplante, Florimond Desprez, BP41, 59242, Cappelle-en-Pévèle, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Laboratory of Phytopathology, P.O. Box 16, 6700, AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Yang F, Yin Q. Comprehensive proteomic analysis of the wheat pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. Proteomics 2015; 16:98-101. [PMID: 26435044 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat. To obtain a comprehensive protein dataset of this fungal pathogen, proteomes of Z. tritici growing in nutrient-limiting and rich media and in vivo at a late stage of wheat infection were fractionated by 1D gel or strong cation exchange (SCX) chromatography and analyzed by LC-MS/MS. A total of 5731, 5376 and 3168 Z. tritici proteins were confidently identified from these conditions, respectively. Of these in vitro and in planta proteins, 9 and 11% were predicted to contain signal peptides, respectively. Functional classification analysis revealed the proteins were involved in the various cellular activities. Comparison of three distinct protein expression profiles demonstrates the elevated carbohydrate, lipid and secondary metabolisms, transport, protein processing and energy production specifically in the host environment, in contrast to the enhancement of signaling, defense, replication, transcription and cell division in vitro. The data provide useful targets towards a better understanding of the molecular basis of Z. tritici growth, development, stress response and pathogenicity.
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- Fen Yang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- BGI-Tech, BGI, Shenzhen P. R., China
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Genome-wide analysis of small RNAs in the wheat pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Biol 2015; 119:631-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 03/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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FPLC and liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry identify candidate necrosis-inducing proteins from culture filtrates of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 79:54-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rudd JJ. Previous bottlenecks and future solutions to dissecting the Zymoseptoria tritici-wheat host-pathogen interaction. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 79:24-8. [PMID: 26092786 PMCID: PMC4502452 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zymoseptoria tritici (previously Mycosphaerella graminicola, teleomorph, Septoria tritici, anamorph) causes Septoria tritici blotch, one of the most economically important diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum). The host pathogenic interaction, as currently understood, is intriguing, and may distinguish Z. tritici from many of the current models for plant pathogenic fungi. Many important questions remain which require a deeper understanding including; the nature and biological significance of the characteristic long latent periods of symptomless plant infection; how/why the fungus then effectively transitions from this to cause disease and reproduce? Elements of this transition currently resemble a putative "hijack" on plant defence but how is Z. tritici able to do this without any form of plant cell penetration? This commentary provides a summary of the recent history of research into the host-pathogen interaction, whilst highlighting some of the challenges going forwards, which will be faced by improved technologies and a growing research community.
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- Jason J Rudd
- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK.
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Yang F, Li W, Derbyshire M, Larsen MR, Rudd JJ, Palmisano G. Unraveling incompatibility between wheat and the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici through apoplastic proteomics. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:362. [PMID: 25952551 PMCID: PMC4423625 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1549-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici causes severe foliar disease in wheat. However, current knowledge of molecular mechanisms involved in plant resistance to Z. tritici and Z. tritici virulence factors is far from being complete. The present work investigated the proteome of leaf apoplastic fluid with emphasis on both host wheat and Z. tritici during the compatible and incompatible interactions. RESULTS The proteomics analysis revealed rapid host responses to the biotrophic growth, including enhanced carbohydrate metabolism, apoplastic defenses and stress, and cell wall reinforcement, might contribute to resistance. Compatibility between the host and the pathogen was associated with inactivated plant apoplastic responses as well as fungal defenses to oxidative stress and perturbation of plant cell wall during the initial biotrophic stage, followed by the strong induction of plant defenses during the necrotrophic stage. To study the role of anti-oxidative stress in Z. tritici pathogenicity in depth, a YAP1 transcription factor regulating antioxidant expression was deleted and showed the contribution to anti-oxidative stress in Z. tritici, but was not required for pathogenicity. This result suggests the functional redundancy of antioxidants in the fungus. CONCLUSIONS The data demonstrate that incompatibility is probably resulted from the proteome-level activation of host apoplastic defenses as well as fungal incapability to adapt to stress and interfere with host cell at the biotrophic stage of the interaction.
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- Fen Yang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.
- Present address: Institute of Biomedical Science, Department of Parasitology, University of São Paulo, 05508-900, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Rudd JJ, Kanyuka K, Hassani-Pak K, Derbyshire M, Andongabo A, Devonshire J, Lysenko A, Saqi M, Desai NM, Powers SJ, Hooper J, Ambroso L, Bharti A, Farmer A, Hammond-Kosack KE, Dietrich RA, Courbot M. Transcriptome and metabolite profiling of the infection cycle of Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat reveals a biphasic interaction with plant immunity involving differential pathogen chromosomal contributions and a variation on the hemibiotrophic lifestyle definition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 167:1158-85. [PMID: 25596183 PMCID: PMC4348787 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.255927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The hemibiotrophic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Pathogen reproduction on wheat occurs without cell penetration, suggesting that dynamic and intimate intercellular communication occurs between fungus and plant throughout the disease cycle. We used deep RNA sequencing and metabolomics to investigate the physiology of plant and pathogen throughout an asexual reproductive cycle of Z. tritici on wheat leaves. Over 3,000 pathogen genes, more than 7,000 wheat genes, and more than 300 metabolites were differentially regulated. Intriguingly, individual fungal chromosomes contributed unequally to the overall gene expression changes. Early transcriptional down-regulation of putative host defense genes was detected in inoculated leaves. There was little evidence for fungal nutrient acquisition from the plant throughout symptomless colonization by Z. tritici, which may instead be utilizing lipid and fatty acid stores for growth. However, the fungus then subsequently manipulated specific plant carbohydrates, including fructan metabolites, during the switch to necrotrophic growth and reproduction. This switch coincided with increased expression of jasmonic acid biosynthesis genes and large-scale activation of other plant defense responses. Fungal genes encoding putative secondary metabolite clusters and secreted effector proteins were identified with distinct infection phase-specific expression patterns, although functional analysis suggested that many have overlapping/redundant functions in virulence. The pathogenic lifestyle of Z. tritici on wheat revealed through this study, involving initial defense suppression by a slow-growing extracellular and nutritionally limited pathogen followed by defense (hyper) activation during reproduction, reveals a subtle modification of the conceptual definition of hemibiotrophic plant infection.
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- Jason J Rudd
- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (J.J.R., K.K., M.D., J.D., J.H., K.E.H.-K.) and Department of Computational and Systems Biology (K.H.-P., A.A., A.L., M.S., S.J.P.), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom;Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27713 (N.M.D.);Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (L.A., A.B., R.A.D.);National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 (A.F.); andSyngenta Crop Protection AG, Crop Protection Research, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland (M.C.)
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Stotz HU, Mitrousia GK, de Wit PJGM, Fitt BDL. Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 19:491-500. [PMID: 24856287 PMCID: PMC4123193 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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R gene-mediated host resistance against apoplastic fungal pathogens is not adequately explained by the terms pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI) or effector-triggered immunity (ETI). Therefore, it is proposed that this type of resistance is termed 'effector-triggered defence' (ETD). Unlike PTI and ETI, ETD is mediated by R genes encoding cell surface-localised receptor-like proteins (RLPs) that engage the receptor-like kinase SOBIR1. In contrast to this extracellular recognition, ETI is initiated by intracellular detection of pathogen effectors. ETI is usually associated with fast, hypersensitive host cell death, whereas ETD often triggers host cell death only after an elapsed period of endophytic pathogen growth. In this opinion, we focus on ETD responses against foliar fungal pathogens of crops.
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- Henrik U Stotz
- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
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- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK.
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Kubicek CP, Starr TL, Glass NL. Plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and their secretion in plant-pathogenic fungi. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2014; 52:427-51. [PMID: 25001456 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-102313-045831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 424] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Approximately a tenth of all described fungal species can cause diseases in plants. A common feature of this process is the necessity to pass through the plant cell wall, an important barrier against pathogen attack. To this end, fungi possess a diverse array of secreted enzymes to depolymerize the main structural polysaccharide components of the plant cell wall, i.e., cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin. Recent advances in genomic and systems-level studies have begun to unravel this diversity and have pinpointed cell wall-degrading enzyme (CWDE) families that are specifically present or enhanced in plant-pathogenic fungi. In this review, we discuss differences between the CWDE arsenal of plant-pathogenic and non-plant-pathogenic fungi, highlight the importance of individual enzyme families for pathogenesis, illustrate the secretory pathway that transports CWDEs out of the fungal cell, and report the transcriptional regulation of expression of CWDE genes in both saprophytic and phytopathogenic fungi.
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Yang F, Li W, Jørgensen HJL. Transcriptional reprogramming of wheat and the hemibiotrophic pathogen Septoria tritici during two phases of the compatible interaction. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81606. [PMID: 24303057 PMCID: PMC3841193 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The disease septoria leaf blotch of wheat, caused by fungal pathogen Septoria tritici, is of worldwide concern. The fungus exhibits a hemibiotrophic lifestyle, with a long symptomless, biotrophic phase followed by a sudden transition to necrotrophy associated with host necrosis. Little is known about the systematic interaction between fungal pathogenicity and host responses at specific growth stages and the factors triggering the transition. In order to gain some insights into global transcriptome alterations in both host and pathogen during the two phases of the compatible interaction, disease transition was monitored using pathogenesis-related gene markers and H2O2 signature prior to RNA-Seq. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the slow symptomless growth was accompanied by minor metabolic responses and slightly suppressed defences in the host, whereas necrotrophic growth was associated with enhanced host responses involving energy metabolism, transport, signalling, defence and oxidative stress as well as a decrease in photosynthesis. The fungus expresses distinct classes of stage-specific genes encoding potential effectors, probably first suppressing plant defence responses/facilitating the symptomless growth and later triggering life style transition and inducing host necrosis/facilitating the necrotrophic growth. Transport, signalling, anti-oxidative stress mechanisms and apoplastic nutrient acquisition play important roles in the entire infection process of S. tritici. Our findings uncover systematic S. tritici-induced expression profiles of wheat related to specific fungal infection strategies and provide a transcriptome resource for studying both hosts and pathogens in plant-Dothideomycete interactions.
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- Fen Yang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Yang F, Melo-Braga MN, Larsen MR, Jørgensen HJL, Palmisano G. Battle through signaling between wheat and the fungal pathogen Septoria tritici revealed by proteomics and phosphoproteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:2497-508. [PMID: 23722186 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.027532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The fungus Septoria tritici causes the disease septoria tritici blotch in wheat, one of the most economically devastating foliar diseases in this crop. To investigate signaling events and defense responses in the wheat-S. tritici interaction, we performed a time-course study of S. tritici infection in resistant and susceptible wheat using quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics, with special emphasis on the initial biotrophic phase of interactions. Our study revealed an accumulation of defense and stress-related proteins, suppression of photosynthesis, and changes in sugar metabolism during compatible and incompatible interactions. However, differential regulation of the phosphorylation status of signaling proteins, transcription and translation regulators, and membrane-associated proteins was observed between two interactions. The proteomic data were correlated with a more rapid or stronger accumulation of signal molecules, including calcium, H2O2, NO, and sugars, in the resistant than in the susceptible cultivar in response to the infection. Additionally, 31 proteins and 5 phosphoproteins from the pathogen were identified, including metabolic proteins and signaling proteins such as GTP-binding proteins, 14-3-3 proteins, and calcium-binding proteins. Quantitative PCR analysis showed the expression of fungal signaling genes and genes encoding a superoxide dismutase and cell-wall degrading enzymes. These results indicate roles of signaling, antioxidative stress mechanisms, and nutrient acquisition in facilitating the initial symptomless growth. Taken in its entirety, our dataset suggests interplay between the plant and S. tritici through complex signaling networks and downstream molecular events. Resistance is likely related to several rapidly and intensively triggered signal transduction cascades resulting in a multiple-level activation of transcription and translation processes of defense responses. Our sensitive approaches and model provide a comprehensive (phospho)proteomics resource for studying signaling from the point of view of both host and pathogen during a plant-pathogen interaction.
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- Fen Yang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Bailey AM, Collopy PD, Thomas DJ, Sergeant MR, Costa AMSB, Barker GLA, Mills PR, Challen MP, Foster GD. Transcriptomic analysis of the interactions between Agaricus bisporus and Lecanicillium fungicola. Fungal Genet Biol 2013; 55:67-76. [PMID: 23665188 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Agaricus bisporus is susceptible to a number of diseases, particularly those caused by fungi, with Lecanicillium fungicola being the most serious. Control of this disease is important for the security of crop production, however given the lack of knowledge about fungal-fungal interactions, such disease control is rather limited. Exploiting the recently released genome sequence of A. bisporus, here we report studies simultaneously investigating both the host and the pathogen, focussing on transcriptional changes associated with the cap spotting lesions typically seen in this interaction. Forward-suppressive subtractive hybridisation (SSH) analysis identified 68 A. bisporus unigenes induced during infection. Chitin deacetylase showed the strongest response, with almost 1000-fold up-regulation during infection, so was targeted for down-regulation by silencing to see if it was involved in defence against L. fungicola. Transgenic lines were made expressing hairpin RNAi constructs, however no changes in susceptibility to L. fungicola were observed. Amongst the other up-regulated genes there were none with readily apparent roles in resisting infection in this susceptible interaction. Reverse-SSH identified 72 unigenes from A. bisporus showing reduced expression, including two tyrosinases, several genes involved in nitrogen metabolism and a hydrophobin. The forward-SSH analysis of infected mushrooms also yielded 64 unigenes which were not of A. bisporus origin and thus derived from L. fungicola. An EST analysis of infection-mimicking conditions generated an additional 623 unigenes from L. fungicola including several oxidoreductases, cell wall degrading enzymes, ABC and MFS transporter proteins and various other genes believed to play roles in other pathosystems. Together, this analysis shows how both the pathogen and the host modify their gene expression during an infection-interaction, shedding some light on the disease process, although we note that some 40% of unigenes from both organisms encode hypothetical proteins with no ascribed function which highlights how much there is still to discover about this interaction.
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- Andy M Bailey
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Rd., Bristol BS8 1UG, UK.
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Morais do Amaral A, Antoniw J, Rudd JJ, Hammond-Kosack KE. Defining the predicted protein secretome of the fungal wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49904. [PMID: 23236356 PMCID: PMC3517617 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The Dothideomycete fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola is the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch, a devastating disease of wheat leaves that causes dramatic decreases in yield. Infection involves an initial extended period of symptomless intercellular colonisation prior to the development of visible necrotic disease lesions. Previous functional genomics and gene expression profiling studies have implicated the production of secreted virulence effector proteins as key facilitators of the initial symptomless growth phase. In order to identify additional candidate virulence effectors, we re-analysed and catalogued the predicted protein secretome of M. graminicola isolate IPO323, which is currently regarded as the reference strain for this species. We combined several bioinformatic approaches in order to increase the probability of identifying truly secreted proteins with either a predicted enzymatic function or an as yet unknown function. An initial secretome of 970 proteins was predicted, whilst further stringent selection criteria predicted 492 proteins. Of these, 321 possess some functional annotation, the composition of which may reflect the strictly intercellular growth habit of this pathogen, leaving 171 with no functional annotation. This analysis identified a protein family encoding secreted peroxidases/chloroperoxidases (PF01328) which is expanded within all members of the family Mycosphaerellaceae. Further analyses were done on the non-annotated proteins for size and cysteine content (effector protein hallmarks), and then by studying the distribution of homologues in 17 other sequenced Dothideomycete fungi within an overall total of 91 predicted proteomes from fungal, oomycete and nematode species. This detailed M. graminicola secretome analysis provides the basis for further functional and comparative genomics studies.
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Oliver R. Genomic tillage and the harvest of fungal phytopathogens. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2012; 196:1015-1023. [PMID: 22998436 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04330.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Genome sequencing has been carried out on a small selection of major fungal ascomycete pathogens. These studies show that simple models whereby pathogens evolved from phylogenetically related saprobes by the acquisition or modification of a small number of key genes cannot be sustained.The genomes show that pathogens cannot be divided into three clearly delineated classes (biotrophs, hemibiotrophs and necrotrophs) but rather into a complex matrix of categories each with subtly different properties. It is clear that the evolution of pathogenicity is ancient, rapid and ongoing. Fungal pathogens have undergone substantial genomic rearrangements that can be appropriately described as 'genomic tillage'. Genomic tillage underpins the evolution and expression of large families of genes - known as effectors - that manipulate and exploit metabolic and defence processes of plants so as to allow the proliferation of pathogens.
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- Richard Oliver
- Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6845, Australia
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Yago JI, Lin CH, Chung KR. The SLT2 mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated signalling pathway governs conidiation, morphogenesis, fungal virulence and production of toxin and melanin in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2011; 12:653-65. [PMID: 21726368 PMCID: PMC6640243 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00701.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Fungi respond and adapt to different environmental stimuli via signal transduction systems. We determined the function of a yeast SLT2 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase homologue (AaSLT2) in Alternaria alternata, the fungal pathogen of citrus. Analysis of the loss-of-function mutant indicated that AaSLT2 is required for the production of a host-selective toxin, and is crucial for fungal pathogenicity. Moreover, the A. alternata slt2 mutants displayed hypersensitivity to cell wall-degrading enzymes and chemicals such as Calcofluor white and Congo red. This implicates an important role of AaSLT2 in the maintenance of cell wall integrity in A. alternata. The A. alternata slt2 mutants were also hypersensitive to a heteroaromatic compound, 2-chloro-5-hydroxypyridine, and a plant growth regulator, 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid. Developmentally, the AaSLT2 gene product was shown to be critical for conidial formation and hyphal elongation. Compared with the wild-type, the mutants produced fewer but slightly larger conidia with less transverse septae. The mutants also accumulated lower levels of melanin and chitin. Unlike the wild-type progenitor, the A. alternata slt2 mutants produced globose, swollen hyphae that did not elongate in a straight radial direction. All defective phenotypes in the mutant were restored by transformation and expression of a wild-type copy of AaSLT2 under the control of its endogenous promoter. This study highlights an important role of the AaSLT2 MAP kinase-mediated signalling pathway, regulating diverse physiological, developmental and pathological functions, in the tangerine pathotype of A. alternata.
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- Jonar Ingan Yago
- Citrus Research and Education Center and Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA
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Finished genome of the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals dispensome structure, chromosome plasticity, and stealth pathogenesis. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002070. [PMID: 21695235 PMCID: PMC3111534 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola (asexual stage: Septoria tritici) causes septoria tritici blotch, a disease that greatly reduces the yield and quality of wheat. This disease is economically important in most wheat-growing areas worldwide and threatens global food production. Control of the disease has been hampered by a limited understanding of the genetic and biochemical bases of pathogenicity, including mechanisms of infection and of resistance in the host. Unlike most other plant pathogens, M. graminicola has a long latent period during which it evades host defenses. Although this type of stealth pathogenicity occurs commonly in Mycosphaerella and other Dothideomycetes, the largest class of plant-pathogenic fungi, its genetic basis is not known. To address this problem, the genome of M. graminicola was sequenced completely. The finished genome contains 21 chromosomes, eight of which could be lost with no visible effect on the fungus and thus are dispensable. This eight-chromosome dispensome is dynamic in field and progeny isolates, is different from the core genome in gene and repeat content, and appears to have originated by ancient horizontal transfer from an unknown donor. Synteny plots of the M. graminicola chromosomes versus those of the only other sequenced Dothideomycete, Stagonospora nodorum, revealed conservation of gene content but not order or orientation, suggesting a high rate of intra-chromosomal rearrangement in one or both species. This observed “mesosynteny” is very different from synteny seen between other organisms. A surprising feature of the M. graminicola genome compared to other sequenced plant pathogens was that it contained very few genes for enzymes that break down plant cell walls, which was more similar to endophytes than to pathogens. The stealth pathogenesis of M. graminicola probably involves degradation of proteins rather than carbohydrates to evade host defenses during the biotrophic stage of infection and may have evolved from endophytic ancestors. The plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola causes septoria tritici blotch, one of the most economically important diseases of wheat worldwide and a potential threat to global food production. Unlike most other plant pathogens, M. graminicola has a long latent period during which it seems able to evade host defenses, and its genome appears to be unstable with many chromosomes that can change size or be lost during sexual reproduction. To understand its unusual mechanism of pathogenicity and high genomic plasticity, the genome of M. graminicola was sequenced more completely than that of any other filamentous fungus. The finished sequence contains 21 chromosomes, eight of which were different from those in the core genome and appear to have originated by ancient horizontal transfer from an unknown donor. The dispensable chromosomes collectively comprise the dispensome and showed extreme plasticity during sexual reproduction. A surprising feature of the M. graminicola genome was a low number of genes for enzymes that break down plant cell walls; this may represent an evolutionary response to evade detection by plant defense mechanisms. The stealth pathogenicity of M. graminicola may involve degradation of proteins rather than carbohydrates and could have evolved from an endophytic ancestor.
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Gibson DM, King BC, Hayes ML, Bergstrom GC. Plant pathogens as a source of diverse enzymes for lignocellulose digestion. Curr Opin Microbiol 2011; 14:264-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Marshall R, Kombrink A, Motteram J, Loza-Reyes E, Lucas J, Hammond-Kosack KE, Thomma BP, Rudd JJ. Analysis of two in planta expressed LysM effector homologs from the fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals novel functional properties and varying contributions to virulence on wheat. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 156:756-69. [PMID: 21467214 PMCID: PMC3177273 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.176347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Secreted effector proteins enable plant pathogenic fungi to manipulate host defenses for successful infection. Mycosphaerella graminicola causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum) leaves. Leaf infection involves a long (approximately 7 d) period of symptomless intercellular colonization prior to the appearance of necrotic disease lesions. Therefore, M. graminicola is considered as a hemibiotrophic (or necrotrophic) pathogen. Here, we describe the molecular and functional characterization of M. graminicola homologs of Ecp6 (for extracellular protein 6), the Lysin (LysM) domain-containing effector from the biotrophic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaf mold fungus Cladosporium fulvum, which interferes with chitin-triggered immunity in plants. Three LysM effector homologs are present in the M. graminicola genome, referred to as Mg3LysM, Mg1LysM, and MgxLysM. Mg3LysM and Mg1LysM genes were strongly transcriptionally up-regulated specifically during symptomless leaf infection. Both proteins bind chitin; however, only Mg3LysM blocked the elicitation of chitin-induced plant defenses. In contrast to C. fulvum Ecp6, both Mg1LysM and Mg3LysM also protected fungal hyphae against plant-derived hydrolytic enzymes, and both genes show significantly more nucleotide polymorphism giving rise to nonsynonymous amino acid changes. While Mg1LysM deletion mutant strains of M. graminicola were fully pathogenic toward wheat leaves, Mg3LysM mutant strains were severely impaired in leaf colonization, did not trigger lesion formation, and were unable to undergo asexual sporulation. This virulence defect correlated with more rapid and pronounced expression of wheat defense genes during the symptomless phase of leaf colonization. These data highlight different functions for MgLysM effector homologs during plant infection, including novel activities that distinguish these proteins from C. fulvum Ecp6.
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Orton ES, Deller S, Brown JKM. Mycosphaerella graminicola: from genomics to disease control. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2011; 12:413-24. [PMID: 21535348 PMCID: PMC6640266 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00688.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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UNLABELLED This Mycosphaerella graminicola pathogen profile covers recent advances in the knowledge of this ascomycete fungus and of the disease it causes, septoria tritici blotch of wheat. Research on this pathogen has accelerated since publication of a previous pathogen profile in this journal in 2002. Septoria tritici blotch continues to have high economic importance and widespread global impact on wheat production. TAXONOMY Mycosphaerella graminicola (Fuckel) J. Schröt. In Cohn (anamorph: Septoria tritici Roberge in Desmaz.). Kingdom Fungi, Phylum Ascomycota, Class Loculoascomycetes (filamentous ascomycetes), Order Dothideales, Genus Mycosphaerella, Species graminicola. HOST RANGE Bread and durum wheat (Triticum aestivum L. and T. turgidum ssp. durum L.). Disease symptoms: Initially leaves develop a chlorotic flecking, which is followed by the development of necrotic lesions which contain brown-black pycnidia. Necrosis causes a reduction in photosynthetic capacity and therefore affects grain yield. Disease control: The disease is primarily controlled by a combination of resistant cultivars and fungicides. Rapid advances in disease control, especially in resistance breeding, are opening up new opportunities for the management of the disease. USEFUL WEBSITES http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Mycgr3/Mycgr3.home.html.
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- Elizabeth S Orton
- Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Song X, Rampitsch C, Soltani B, Mauthe W, Linning R, Banks T, McCallum B, Bakkeren G. Proteome analysis of wheat leaf rust fungus, Puccinia triticina, infection structures enriched for haustoria. Proteomics 2011; 11:944-63. [PMID: 21280219 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Puccinia triticina (Pt) is a representative of several cereal-infecting rust fungal pathogens of major economic importance world wide. Upon entry through leaf stomata, these fungi establish intracellular haustoria, crucial feeding structures. We report the first proteome of infection structures from parasitized wheat leaves, enriched for haustoria through filtration and sucrose density centrifugation. 2-D PAGE MS/MS and gel-based LC-MS (GeLC-MS) were used to separate proteins. Generated spectra were compared with a partial proteome predicted from a preliminary Pt genome and generated ESTs, to a comprehensive genome-predicted protein complement from the related wheat stem rust fungus, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) and to various plant resources. We identified over 260 fungal proteins, 16 of which matched peptides from Pgt. Based on bioinformatic analyses and/or the presence of a signal peptide, at least 50 proteins were predicted to be secreted. Among those, six have effector protein signatures, some are related and the respective genes of several seem to belong to clusters. Many ribosomal structural proteins, proteins involved in energy, general metabolism and transport were detected. Measuring gene expression over several life cycle stages of ten representative candidates using quantitative RT-PCR, all were shown to be strongly upregulated and four expressed solely upon infection.
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- Xiao Song
- Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada
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Bowler J, Scott E, Tailor R, Scalliet G, Ray J, Csukai M. New capabilities for Mycosphaerella graminicola research. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2010; 11:691-704. [PMID: 20696006 PMCID: PMC6640411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Mycosphaerella graminicola is a major pathogen of wheat worldwide, causing Septoria leaf blotch disease. Targeted gene disruption in M. graminicola, by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, has become an established functional genomics tool for M. graminicola research in recent years. However, in order to advance research into this economically important pathogen, further functional genomics tools need to be developed. Here, we report three new capabilities for M. graminicola research: (i) two selectable markers have been shown to work robustly in M. graminicola, namely G418 and the fungicide carboxin; (ii) the generation of a strain of M. graminicola in which the KU70 (MUS-51) homologue has been disrupted; in this strain, homologous recombination efficiencies increased to more than 95%, whilst maintaining wild-type growth in vitro and full pathogenicity on wheat leaves; (iii) the ability to efficiently target and generate precise mutations of specific genes in the genomic context in M. graminicola. In addition, the insertion of the E198A mutation into the beta-tubulin gene (MgTUB1), conferring resistance to the fungicide benomyl, suggests that this mutant allele may provide an additional selectable marker. The collective use of these tools will permit further advancements in our knowledge of the biology and pathogenicity of this important plant pathogen.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Analysis of Variance
- Antigens, Nuclear/chemistry
- Antigens, Nuclear/genetics
- Ascomycota/drug effects
- Ascomycota/genetics
- Ascomycota/growth & development
- Benomyl/pharmacology
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Fungal/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Fungal/genetics
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Targeting
- Genetic Loci/genetics
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Research
- Ku Autoantigen
- Mutagenesis, Insertional/genetics
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic/drug effects
- Recombination, Genetic/genetics
- Reproducibility of Results
- Selection, Genetic/drug effects
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transformation, Genetic/drug effects
- Tubulin/genetics
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- Judith Bowler
- Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
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G(alpha) and Gbeta proteins regulate the cyclic AMP pathway that is required for development and pathogenicity of the phytopathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2009; 8:1001-13. [PMID: 19411619 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00258-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We identified and functionally characterized genes encoding three Galpha proteins and one Gbeta protein in the dimorphic fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola, which we designated MgGpa1, MgGpa2, MgGpa3, and MgGpb1, respectively. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analyses showed that MgGPA1 and MgGPA3 are most related to the mammalian Galpha(i) and Galpha(s) families, respectively, whereas MgGPA2 is not related to either of these families. On potato dextrose agar (PDA) and in yeast glucose broth (YGB), MgGpa1 mutants produced significantly longer spores than those of the wild type (WT), and these developed into unique fluffy mycelia in the latter medium, indicating that this gene negatively controls filamentation. MgGpa3 mutants showed more pronounced yeast-like growth accompanied with hampered filamentation and secreted a dark-brown pigment into YGB. Germ tubes emerging from spores of MgGpb1 mutants were wavy on water agar and showed a nested type of growth on PDA that was due to hampered filamentation, numerous cell fusions, and increased anastomosis. Intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels of MgGpb1 and MgGpa3 mutants were decreased, indicating that both genes positively regulate the cAMP pathway, which was confirmed because the WT phenotype was restored by adding cAMP to these mutant cultures. The cAMP levels in MgGpa1 mutants and the WT were not significantly different, suggesting that this gene might be dispensable for cAMP regulation. In planta assays showed that mutants of MgGpa1, MgGpa3, and MgGpb1 are strongly reduced in pathogenicity. We concluded that the heterotrimeric G proteins encoded by MgGpa3 and MgGpb1 regulate the cAMP pathway that is required for development and pathogenicity in M. graminicola.
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Shetty NP, Jensen JD, Knudsen A, Finnie C, Geshi N, Blennow A, Collinge DB, Jørgensen HJL. Effects of beta-1,3-glucan from Septoria tritici on structural defence responses in wheat. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:4287-300. [PMID: 19880540 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The accumulation of the pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins beta-1,3-glucanase and chitinase and structural defence responses were studied in leaves of wheat either resistant or susceptible to the hemibiotrophic pathogen Septoria tritici. Resistance was associated with an early accumulation of beta-1,3-glucanase and chitinase transcripts followed by a subsequent reduction in level. Resistance was also associated with high activity of beta-1,3-glucanase, especially in the apoplastic fluid, in accordance with the biotrophic/endophytic lifestyle of the pathogen in the apoplastic spaces, thus showing the highly localized accumulation of defence proteins in the vicinity of the pathogen. Isoform analysis of beta-1,3-glucanase from the apoplastic fluid revealed that resistance was associated with the accumulation of an endo-beta-1,3-glucanase, previously implicated in defence against pathogens, and a protein with identity to ADPG pyrophosphatase (92%) and germin-like proteins (93%), which may be involved in cell wall reinforcement. In accordance with this, glycoproteins like extensin were released into the apoplast and callose accumulated to a greater extent in cell walls, whereas lignin and polyphenolics were not found to correlate with defence. Treatment of a susceptible wheat cultivar with purified beta-1,3-glucan fragments from cell walls of S. tritici gave complete protection against disease and this was accompanied by increased gene expression of beta-1,3-glucanase and the deposition of callose. Collectively, these data indicate that resistance is dependent on a fast, initial recognition of the pathogen, probably due to beta-1,3-glucan in the fungal cell walls, and this results in the accumulation of beta-1,3-glucanase and structural defence responses, which may directly inhibit the pathogen and protect the host against fungal enzymes and toxins.
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- Nandini P Shetty
- Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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