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Caseys C, Muhich AJ, Vega J, Ahmed M, Hopper A, Kelly D, Kim S, Madrone M, Plaziak T, Wang M, Kliebenstein DJ. Leaf abaxial and adaxial surfaces differentially affect the interaction of Botrytis cinerea across several eudicots. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39367581 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.17055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 09/17/2024] [Indexed: 10/06/2024]
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Eudicot plant species have leaves with two surfaces: the lower abaxial and the upper adaxial surface. Each surface varies in a diversity of components and molecular signals, resulting in potentially different degrees of resistance to pathogens. We tested how Botrytis cinerea, a necrotroph fungal pathogen, interacts with the two different leaf surfaces across 16 crop species and 20 Arabidopsis genotypes. This showed that the abaxial surface is generally more susceptible to the pathogen than the adaxial surface. In Arabidopsis, the differential lesion area between leaf surfaces was associated with jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) signaling and differential induction of defense chemistry across the two surfaces. When infecting the adaxial surface, leaves mounted stronger defenses by producing more glucosinolates and camalexin defense compounds, partially explaining the differential susceptibility across surfaces. Testing a collection of 96 B. cinerea strains showed the genetic heterogeneity of growth patterns, with a few strains preferring the adaxial surface while most are more virulent on the abaxial surface. Overall, we show that leaf-Botrytis interactions are complex with host-specific, surface-specific, and strain-specific patterns.
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- Celine Caseys
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Zhang Y, Jia C, Liu Y, Li G, Li B, Shi W, Zhang Y, Hou J, Qin Q, Zhang M, Qin J. The Fungal Transcription Factor BcTbs1 from Botrytis cinerea Promotes Pathogenicity via Host Cellulose Degradation. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:20816-20830. [PMID: 39261294 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c03744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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Zn(II)2Cys6 proteins constitute the largest group of fungal-specific transcription factors. However, little is known about their functions in the crop killer Botrytis cinerea. In this work, a T-DNA insertion strain M13448 was identified which was inserted into the Zn(II)2Cys6 TF-encoding gene BcTBS1. Knockout of BcTBS1 did not affect mycelia growth, appressorium formation, and sclerotium germination, but impaired fungal conidiation, conidial morphogenesis, conidial germination, infection cushion development, and sclerotial formation. Accordingly, ΔBctbs1 mutants showed reduced virulence in its host plants. Further study proved that BcTBS1, BCIN_15g03870, and BCIN_12g06630 were induced by cellulose. Subsequent cellulase activity assays revealed that the loss of BcTBS1 significantly decreased cellulase activity. In addition, we verified that the BCIN_15g03870 and BCIN_12g06630 genes were positive regulated by BcTBS1 by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Taken together, these results suggested that BcTBS1 can promote pathogenicity by modulating cellulase-encoding genes that participate in host cellulose degradation.
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- Yinshan Zhang
- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Forestry Biotechnology of Jilin Province in Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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Gupta R. Saponins as double-edged swords in plant-fungal interactions. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024:S1360-1385(24)00233-4. [PMID: 39245594 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2024] [Revised: 08/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/10/2024]
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Botrytis cinerea is a destructive pathogen. A recent study by Escaray et al. revealed the unexpected role of triterpenoid saponins as a susceptibility factor in Euphorbia lathyris, which promotes B. cinerea infection. This provides the possibility of developing a broad-spectrum plant protection solution by targeting the inhibition of the saponin biosynthetic pathway.
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- Ravi Gupta
- College of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, 02707, South Korea.
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Ren W, Qian C, Ren D, Cai Y, Deng Z, Zhang N, Wang C, Wang Y, Zhu P, Xu L. The GATA transcription factor BcWCL2 regulates citric acid secretion to maintain redox homeostasis and full virulence in Botrytis cinerea. mBio 2024; 15:e0013324. [PMID: 38814088 PMCID: PMC11253612 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00133-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Botrytis cinerea is a typical necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungus which can deliberately acidify host tissues and trigger oxidative bursts therein to facilitate its virulence. The white collar complex (WCC), consisting of BcWCL1 and BcWCL2, is recognized as the primary light receptor in B. cinerea. Nevertheless, the specific mechanisms through which the WCC components, particularly BcWCL2 as a GATA transcription factor, control virulence are not yet fully understood. This study demonstrates that deletion of BcWCL2 results in the loss of light-sensitive phenotypic characteristics. Additionally, the Δbcwcl2 strain exhibits reduced secretion of citrate, delayed infection cushion development, weaker hyphal penetration, and decreased virulence. The application of exogenous citric acid was found to restore infection cushion formation, hyphal penetration, and virulence of the Δbcwcl2 strain. Transcriptome analysis at 48 h post-inoculation revealed that two citrate synthases, putative citrate transporters, hydrolytic enzymes, and reactive oxygen species scavenging-related genes were down-regulated in Δbcwcl2, whereas exogenous citric acid application restored the expression of the above genes involved in the early infection process of Δbcwcl2. Moreover, the expression of Bcvel1, a known regulator of citrate secretion, tissue acidification, and secondary metabolism, was down-regulated in Δbcwcl2 but not in Δbcwcl1. ChIP-qPCR and electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that BcWCL2 can bind to the promoter sequences of Bcvel1. Overexpressing Bcvel1 in Δbcwcl2 was found to rescue the mutant defects. Collectively, our findings indicate that BcWCL2 regulates the expression of the global regulator Bcvel1 to influence citrate secretion, tissue acidification, redox homeostasis, and virulence of B. cinerea.IMPORTANCEThis study illustrated the significance of the fungal blue light receptor component BcWCL2 protein in regulating citrate secretion in Botrytis cinerea. Unlike BcWCL1, BcWCL2 may contribute to redox homeostasis maintenance during infection cushion formation, ultimately proving to be essential for full virulence. It is also demonstrated that BcWCL2 can regulate the expression of Bcvel1 to influence host tissue acidification, citrate secretion, infection cushion development, and virulence. While the role of organic acids secreted by plant pathogenic fungi in fungus-host interactions has been recognized, this paper revealed the importance, regulatory mechanisms, and key transcription factors that control organic acid secretion. These understanding of the pathogenetic mechanism of plant pathogens can provide valuable insights for developing effective prevention and treatment strategies against fungal diseases.
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- Weiheng Ren
- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Marcianò D, Kappel L, Ullah SF, Srivastava V. From glycans to green biotechnology: exploring cell wall dynamics and phytobiota impact in plant glycopathology. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2024:1-19. [PMID: 39004515 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2024.2370341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Filamentous plant pathogens, including fungi and oomycetes, pose significant threats to cultivated crops, impacting agricultural productivity, quality and sustainability. Traditionally, disease control heavily relied on fungicides, but concerns about their negative impacts motivated stakeholders and government agencies to seek alternative solutions. Biocontrol agents (BCAs) have been developed as promising alternatives to minimize fungicide use. However, BCAs often exhibit inconsistent performances, undermining their efficacy as plant protection alternatives. The eukaryotic cell wall of plants and filamentous pathogens contributes significantly to their interaction with the environment and competitors. This highly adaptable and modular carbohydrate armor serves as the primary interface for communication, and the intricate interplay within this compartment is often mediated by carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) responsible for cell wall degradation and remodeling. These processes play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of plant diseases and contribute significantly to establishing both beneficial and detrimental microbiota. This review explores the interplay between cell wall dynamics and glycan interactions in the phytobiome scenario, providing holistic insights for efficiently exploiting microbial traits potentially involved in plant disease mitigation. Within this framework, the incorporation of glycobiology-related functional traits into the resident phytobiome can significantly enhance the plant's resilience to biotic stresses. Therefore, in the rational engineering of future beneficial consortia, it is imperative to recognize and leverage the understanding of cell wall interactions and the role of the glycome as an essential tool for the effective management of plant diseases.
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- Demetrio Marcianò
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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Escaray FJ, Felipo-Benavent A, Antonelli CJ, Balaguer B, Lopez-Gresa MP, Vera P. Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea. MOLECULAR PLANT 2024; 17:1073-1089. [PMID: 38807367 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2024.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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The gray mold fungus Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic pathogen that causes diseases in hundreds of plant species, including high-value crops. Its polyxenous nature and pathogenic success are due to its ability to perceive host signals in its favor. In this study, we found that laticifer cells of Euphorbia lathyris are a source of susceptibility factors required by B. cinerea to cause disease. Consequently, poor-in-latex (pil) mutants, which lack laticifer cells, show full resistance to this pathogen, whereas lot-of-latex mutants, which produce more laticifer cells, are hypersusceptible. These S factors are triterpenoid saponins, which are widely distributed natural products of vast structural diversity. The downregulation of laticifer-specific oxydosqualene cyclase genes, which encode the first committed step enzymes for triterpene and, therefore, saponin biosynthesis, conferred disease resistance to B. cinerea. Likewise, the Medicago truncatula lha-1 mutant, compromised in triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis, showed enhanced resistance. Interestingly, the application of different purified triterpenoid saponins pharmacologically complemented the disease-resistant phenotype of pil and hla-1 mutants and enhanced disease susceptibility in different plant species. We found that triterpenoid saponins function as plant cues that signal transcriptional reprogramming in B. cinerea, leading to a change in its growth habit and infection strategy, culminating in the abundant formation of infection cushions, the multicellular appressoria apparatus dedicated to plant penetration and biomass destruction in B. cinerea. Taken together, these results provide an explanation for how plant triterpenoid saponins function as disease susceptibility factors to promote B. cinerea pathogenicity.
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- Francisco J Escaray
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, acceso G, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, acceso G, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, acceso G, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, acceso G, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, acceso G, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, acceso G, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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Spada M, Pugliesi C, Fambrini M, Pecchia S. Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Host- Botrytis cinerea Interactions to Outline Novel and Sustainable Control Strategies: The Key Role of RNA Interference. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6798. [PMID: 38928507 PMCID: PMC11203536 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126798] [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: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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The necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea (Pers., 1794), the causative agent of gray mold disease, causes significant losses in agricultural production. Control of this fungal pathogen is quite difficult due to its wide host range and environmental persistence. Currently, the management of the disease is still mainly based on chemicals, which can have harmful effects not only on the environment and on human health but also because they favor the development of strains resistant to fungicides. The flexibility and plasticity of B. cinerea in challenging plant defense mechanisms and its ability to evolve strategies to escape chemicals require the development of new control strategies for successful disease management. In this review, some aspects of the host-pathogen interactions from which novel and sustainable control strategies could be developed (e.g., signaling pathways, molecules involved in plant immune mechanisms, hormones, post-transcriptional gene silencing) were analyzed. New biotechnological tools based on the use of RNA interference (RNAi) are emerging in the crop protection scenario as versatile, sustainable, effective, and environmentally friendly alternatives to the use of chemicals. RNAi-based fungicides are expected to be approved soon, although they will face several challenges before reaching the market.
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- Maria Spada
- Department of Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
- Interdepartmental Research Center Nutrafood “Nutraceuticals and Food for Health”, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Baran B, Ölmez F, Çapa B, Dikilitas M. Defense Pathways of Wheat Plants Inoculated with Zymoseptoria tritici under NaCl Stress Conditions: An Overview. Life (Basel) 2024; 14:648. [PMID: 38792668 PMCID: PMC11122936 DOI: 10.3390/life14050648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Due to being sessile, plants develop a broad range of defense pathways when they face abiotic or biotic stress factors. Although plants are subjected to more than one type of stress at a time in nature, the combined effects of either multiple stresses of one kind (abiotic or biotic) or more kinds (abiotic and biotic) have now been realized in agricultural lands due to increases in global warming and environmental pollution, along with population increases. Soil-borne pathogens, or pathogens infecting aerial parts, can have devastating effects on plants when combined with other stressors. Obtaining yields or crops from sensitive or moderately resistant plants could be impossible, and it could be very difficult from resistant plants. The mechanisms of combined stress in many plants have previously been studied and elucidated. Recent studies proposed new defense pathways and mechanisms through signaling cascades. In light of these mechanisms, it is now time to develop appropriate strategies for crop protection under multiple stress conditions. This may involve using disease-resistant or stress-tolerant plant varieties, implementing proper irrigation and drainage practices, and improving soil quality. However, generation of both stress-tolerant and disease-resistant crop plants is of crucial importance. The establishment of a database and understanding of the defense mechanisms under combined stress conditions would be meaningful for the development of resistant and tolerant plants. It is clear that leaf pathogens show great tolerance to salinity stress and result in pathogenicity in crop plants. We noticed that regulation of the stomata through biochemical applications and some effort with the upregulation of the minor gene expressions indirectly involved with the defense mechanisms could be a great way to increase the defense metabolites without interfering with quality parameters. In this review, we selected wheat as a model plant and Zymoseptoria tritici as a model leaf pathogen to evaluate the defense mechanisms under saline conditions through physiological, biochemical, and molecular pathways and suggested various ways to generate tolerant and resistant cereal plants.
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- Behzat Baran
- Plant Protection Research Institute, Sur, Diyarbakır 21110, Türkiye;
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58010, Türkiye;
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- Department of Plant Protection Şanliurfa, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Sanliurfa 63000, Türkiye;
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- Department of Plant Protection Şanliurfa, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Sanliurfa 63000, Türkiye;
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Coca-Ruiz V, Suárez I, Aleu J, Cantoral JM, González C, Garrido C, Brito N, Collado IG. Unravelling the Function of the Sesquiterpene Cyclase STC3 in the Lifecycle of Botrytis cinerea. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:5125. [PMID: 38791163 PMCID: PMC11120764 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25105125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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The genome sequencing of Botrytis cinerea supplies a general overview of the map of genes involved in secondary metabolite synthesis. B. cinerea genomic data reveals that this phytopathogenic fungus has seven sesquiterpene cyclase (Bcstc) genes that encode proteins involved in the farnesyl diphosphate cyclization. Three sesquiterpene cyclases (BcStc1, BcStc5 and BcStc7) are characterized, related to the biosynthesis of botrydial, abscisic acid and (+)-4-epi-eremophilenol, respectively. However, the role of the other four sesquiterpene cyclases (BcStc2, BcStc3, BcStc4 and BcStc6) remains unknown. BcStc3 is a well-conserved protein with homologues in many fungal species, and here, we undertake its functional characterization in the lifecycle of the fungus. A null mutant ΔBcstc3 and an overexpressed-Bcstc3 transformant (OvBcstc3) are generated, and both strains show the deregulation of those other sesquiterpene cyclase-encoding genes (Bcstc1, Bcstc5 and Bcstc7). These results suggest a co-regulation of the expression of the sesquiterpene cyclase gene family in B. cinerea. The phenotypic characterization of both transformants reveals that BcStc3 is involved in oxidative stress tolerance, the production of reactive oxygen species and virulence. The metabolomic analysis allows the isolation of characteristic polyketides and eremophilenols from the secondary metabolism of B. cinerea, although no sesquiterpenes different from those already described are identified.
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- Víctor Coca-Ruiz
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (J.M.C.); (C.G.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (J.M.C.); (C.G.)
- Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria (IVAGRO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (J.M.C.); (C.G.)
- Instituto de Investigación Vitivinícola y Agroalimentaria (IVAGRO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; (V.C.-R.); (I.S.); (J.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomoléculas (INBIO), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Chauhan S, Rajam MV. Host RNAi-mediated silencing of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici specific-fasciclin-like protein genes provides improved resistance to Fusarium wilt in Solanum lycopersicum. PLANTA 2024; 259:79. [PMID: 38431538 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04360-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Tomato transgenics expressing dsRNA against FoFLPs act as biofungicides and result in enhanced disease resistance upon Fol infection, by downregulating the endogenous gene expression levels of FoFLPs within Fol. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) hijacks plant immunity by colonizing within the host and further instigating secondary infection causing vascular wilt disease in tomato that leads to significant yield loss. Here, RNA interference (RNAi) technology was used to determine its potential in enduring resistance against Fusarium wilt in tomato. To gain resistance against Fol infection, host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) of Fol-specific genes encoding for fasciclin-like proteins (FoFLPs) was done by generating tomato transgenics harbouring FoFLP1, FoFLP4 and FoFLP5 RNAi constructs confirmed by southern hybridizations. These tomato transgenics were screened for stable siRNA production in T0 and T1 lines using northern hybridizations. This confirmed stable dsRNAhp expression in tomato transgenics and suggested durable trait heritability in the subsequent progenies. FoFLP-specific siRNAs producing T1 tomato progenies were further selected to ascertain its disease resistance ability using seedling infection assays. We observed a significant reduction in FoFLP1, FoFLP4 and FoFLP5 transcript levels in Fol, upon infecting their respective RNAi tomato transgenic lines. Moreover, tomato transgenic lines, expressing intended siRNA molecules in the T1 generation, exhibit delayed disease onset with improved resistance. Furthermore, reduced fungal colonization was observed in the roots of Fol-infected T1 tomato progenies, without altering the plant photosynthetic efficiency of transgenic plants. These results substantiate the cross-kingdom dsRNA or siRNA delivery from transgenic tomato to Fol, leading to enhanced resistance against Fusarium wilt disease. The results also demonstrated that HIGS is a successful approach in rendering resistance to Fol infection in tomato plants.
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- Sambhavana Chauhan
- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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Tsioka A, Psilioti Dourmousi K, Poulaki EG, Papoutsis G, Tjamos SE, Gkizi D. Biocontrol strategies against Botrytis cinerea in viticulture: evaluating the efficacy and mode of action of selected winemaking yeast strains. Lett Appl Microbiol 2024; 77:ovae026. [PMID: 38449374 DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovae026] [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: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Botrytis cinerea poses a recurring threat to viticulture, causing significant yield losses each year. The study explored the biocontrol capabilities of commercially used winemaking yeasts as a strategy to manage B. cinerea in grape berries. The winemaking yeast strains-Saccharomyces cerevisiae ES181, Saccharomyces pastorianus KBG6, S. cerevisiae BCS103, Lachancea thermotolerans Omega, and Torulaspora delbrueckii TD291-reduced B. cinerea growth and conidiation in vitro. Furthermore, they demonstrated a decreased disease severity and number of conidia in grape berries. Among these strains, S. cerevisiae BCS103 was the most effective, inducing the expression of the defense-related gene PR4 in berries. Its diffusible compounds and volatile organic compounds also reduced the expression of BcLTF2, a positive regulator of B. cinerea conidiogenesis. The examined winemaking yeast strains, especially S. cerevisiae BCS103, demonstrated effective inhibition of B. cinerea in vitro and in grape berries, influencing key defense genes and reducing BcLTF2 expression, offering potential solutions for disease management in viticulture. The study underscores the promise of commercially available winemaking yeast strains as eco-friendly tools against B. cinerea in viticulture. Leveraging their safety and existing use in winemaking offers a potential avenue for sustainable disease management.
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- Artemis Tsioka
- Department of Wine, Vine and Beverage Sciences, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Street, 12243 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos Street, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos Street, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos Street, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Wine, Vine and Beverage Sciences, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Street, 12243 Athens, Greece
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Chen D, Zhang Z, Chen Y, Li B, Chen T, Tian S. Transcriptional landscape of pathogen-responsive lncRNAs in tomato unveils the role of hydrolase encoding genes in response to Botrytis cinerea invasion. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:651-663. [PMID: 37899711 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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LncRNAs have gained increasing attention owing to their important regulatory roles on growth and stress responses of plants. However, the mechanisms underlying the functions of lncRNAs in fruit-pathogen interaction are still largely unknown. In this study, a total of 273 lncRNAs responding to Botrytis cinerea infection were identified in tomato fruit, among which a higher percentage of antisense lncRNAs were targeted to the genes enriched in hydrolase activity. To ascertain the roles of these lncRNAs, seven hydrolase-related transcripts were transiently knocked-down by virus-induced gene silencing. Silencing of lncRNACXE20 reduced the expression level of a carboxylesterase gene, further enhancing the resistance of tomato to B. cinerea. In contrast, silencing of lncRNACHI, lncRNAMMP, lncRNASBT1.9 and lncRNAPME1.9 impaired the resistance to B. cinerea, respectively. Further RT-qPCR assay and enzymatic activity detection displayed that the attenuated resistance of lncRNAMMP and lncRNASBT1.9-silenced plants was associated with the inhibition on the expression of JA-related genes, while the decreased resistance of lncRNACHI-silenced plants resulted in reduced chitinase activity. Collectively, these results may provide references for deciphering the mechanisms underlying specific lncRNAs to interfere with B. cinerea infection by regulating the expression of defence-related genes or affecting hydrolase activity.
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- Daoguo Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Tang M, Wang Y, Wang K, Zhou Y, Zhao E, Zhang H, Zhang M, Yu H, Zhao X, Li G. Codon Optimization Enables the Geneticin Resistance Gene to Be Applied Efficiently to the Genetic Manipulation of the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Botrytis cinerea. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:324. [PMID: 38276781 PMCID: PMC10821057 DOI: 10.3390/plants13020324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Botrytis cinerea can infect almost all of the important horticultural crops and cause severe economic losses globally every year. Modifying candidate genes and studying the phenotypic changes are among the most effective ways to unravel the pathogenic mechanism of this crop killer. However, few effective positive selection markers are used for B. cinerea genetic transformation, which limits multiple modifications to the genome, especially genes involving redundant functions. Here, we optimized a geneticin resistance gene, BcNPTII, based on the codon usage preference of B. cinerea. We found that BcNPTII can greatly increase the transformation efficiency of B. cinerea under G418 selection, with approximately 30 times higher efficiency than that of NPTII, which is applied efficiently to transform Magnaporthe oryzae. Using the gene replacement method, we successfully knocked out the second gene BOT2, with BcNPTII as the selection marker, from the mutant ΔoahA, in which OAHA was first replaced by the hygromycin resistance gene HPH in a field strain. We obtained the double knockout mutant ΔoahA Δbot2. Our data show that the codon-optimized BcNPTII is an efficient positive selection marker for B. cinerea transformation and can be used for various genetic manipulations in B. cinerea, including field wild-type strains.
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- Maoyao Tang
- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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- Research Management Department, Changchun Academy of Forestry, Changchun 130021, China;
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (E.Z.); (H.Z.)
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (E.Z.); (H.Z.)
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- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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- College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (M.T.); (Y.W.); (K.W.); (M.Z.); (H.Y.); (X.Z.)
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Singh R, Caseys C, Kliebenstein DJ. Genetic and molecular landscapes of the generalist phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13404. [PMID: 38037862 PMCID: PMC10788480 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea Pers. Fr. (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana) is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that attacks a wide range of plants. This updated pathogen profile explores the extensive genetic diversity of B. cinerea, highlights the progress in genome sequencing, and provides current knowledge of genetic and molecular mechanisms employed by the fungus to attack its hosts. In addition, we also discuss recent innovative strategies to combat B. cinerea. TAXONOMY Kingdom: Fungi, phylum: Ascomycota, subphylum: Pezizomycotina, class: Leotiomycetes, order: Helotiales, family: Sclerotiniaceae, genus: Botrytis, species: cinerea. HOST RANGE B. cinerea infects almost all of the plant groups (angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes, and bryophytes). To date, 1606 plant species have been identified as hosts of B. cinerea. GENETIC DIVERSITY This polyphagous necrotroph has extensive genetic diversity at all population levels shaped by climate, geography, and plant host variation. PATHOGENICITY Genetic architecture of virulence and host specificity is polygenic using multiple weapons to target hosts, including secretory proteins, complex signal transduction pathways, metabolites, and mobile small RNA. DISEASE CONTROL STRATEGIES Efforts to control B. cinerea, being a high-diversity generalist pathogen, are complicated. However, integrated disease management strategies that combine cultural practices, chemical and biological controls, and the use of appropriate crop varieties will lessen yield losses. Recently, studies conducted worldwide have explored the potential of small RNA as an efficient and environmentally friendly approach for combating grey mould. However, additional research is necessary, especially on risk assessment and regulatory frameworks, to fully harness the potential of this technology.
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- Ritu Singh
- Department of Plant ScienceUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Plant ScienceUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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Arshed S, Cox MP, Beever RE, Parkes SL, Pearson MN, Bowen JK, Templeton MD. The Bcvic1 and Bcvic2 vegetative incompatibility genes in Botrytis cinerea encode proteins with domain architectures involved in allorecognition in other filamentous fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 2023; 169:103827. [PMID: 37640199 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Vegetative incompatibility is a fungal allorecognition system characterised by the inability of genetically distinct conspecific fungal strains to form a viable heterokaryon and is controlled by multiple polymorphic loci termed vic (vegetative incompatibility) or het (heterokaryon incompatibility). We have genetically identified and characterised the first vic locus in the economically important, plant-pathogenic, necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. A bulked segregant approach coupled with whole genome Illumina sequencing of near-isogenic lines of B. cinerea was used to map a vic locus to a 60-kb region of the genome. Within that locus, we identified two adjacent, highly polymorphic open reading frames, Bcvic1 and Bcvic2, which encode predicted proteins that contain domain architectures implicated in vegetative incompatibility in other filamentous fungi. Bcvic1 encodes a predicted protein containing a putative serine esterase domain, a NACHT family of NTPases domain, and several Ankyrin repeats. Bcvic2 encodes a putative syntaxin protein containing a SNARE domain; such proteins typically function in vesicular transport. Deletion of Bcvic1 and Bcvic2 individually had no effect on vegetative incompatibility. However, deletion of the region containing both Bcvic1 and Bcvic2 resulted in mutant lines that were severely restricted in growth and showed loss of vegetative incompatibility. Complementation of these mutants by ectopic expression restored the growth and vegetative incompatibility phenotype, indicating that Bcvic1 and Bcvic2 are controlling vegetative incompatibility at this vic locus.
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- Saadiah Arshed
- Bioprotection, New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Bioprotection Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence, New Zealand
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- Bioprotection Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence, New Zealand; School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Bioprotection, New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Bioprotection, New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Bioprotection Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence, New Zealand.
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Dort EN, Layne E, Feau N, Butyaev A, Henrissat B, Martin FM, Haridas S, Salamov A, Grigoriev IV, Blanchette M, Hamelin RC. Large-scale genomic analyses with machine learning uncover predictive patterns associated with fungal phytopathogenic lifestyles and traits. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17203. [PMID: 37821494 PMCID: PMC10567782 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44005-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Invasive plant pathogenic fungi have a global impact, with devastating economic and environmental effects on crops and forests. Biosurveillance, a critical component of threat mitigation, requires risk prediction based on fungal lifestyles and traits. Recent studies have revealed distinct genomic patterns associated with specific groups of plant pathogenic fungi. We sought to establish whether these phytopathogenic genomic patterns hold across diverse taxonomic and ecological groups from the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, and furthermore, if those patterns can be used in a predictive capacity for biosurveillance. Using a supervised machine learning approach that integrates phylogenetic and genomic data, we analyzed 387 fungal genomes to test a proof-of-concept for the use of genomic signatures in predicting fungal phytopathogenic lifestyles and traits during biosurveillance activities. Our machine learning feature sets were derived from genome annotation data of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), peptidases, secondary metabolite clusters (SMCs), transporters, and transcription factors. We found that machine learning could successfully predict fungal lifestyles and traits across taxonomic groups, with the best predictive performance coming from feature sets comprising CAZyme, peptidase, and SMC data. While phylogeny was an important component in most predictions, the inclusion of genomic data improved prediction performance for every lifestyle and trait tested. Plant pathogenicity was one of the best-predicted traits, showing the promise of predictive genomics for biosurveillance applications. Furthermore, our machine learning approach revealed expansions in the number of genes from specific CAZyme and peptidase families in the genomes of plant pathogens compared to non-phytopathogenic genomes (saprotrophs, endo- and ectomycorrhizal fungi). Such genomic feature profiles give insight into the evolution of fungal phytopathogenicity and could be useful to predict the risks of unknown fungi in future biosurveillance activities.
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- E N Dort
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (DTU Bioengineering), Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Unité Mixte de Recherche Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE, Grand Est-Nancy, Université de Lorraine, Champenoux, France
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
- Département des Sciences du bois et de la Forêt, Faculté de Foresterie et Géographie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
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Lin CH, Liu FW, Pan YC, Chen CY. Lilium Gray Mold Suppression Conferred by the Host Antimicrobial Protein LsGRP1 Involves Main Pathogen-Targeted Manipulation of the Nonantimicrobial Region LsGRP1 N. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:12688-12699. [PMID: 37594906 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c04221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Antimicrobial protein LsGRP1 protects Lilium from gray mold mainly caused by the destructive pathogen Botrytis elliptica; however, its nonantimicrobial region LsGRP1N conversely promotes spore germination of this fungus. By assaying the effects of LsGRP1N, LsGRP1, and the combination of LsGRP1N and the antimicrobial region LsGRP1C on fungal spore germination, hyphal growth, and Lilium gray mold development, LsGRP1N was found to improve the LsGRP1C sensitivity of B. elliptica and disease suppression by LsGRP1C. B. elliptica cell vitality assays indicated that LsGRP1N pretreatment uniquely enhanced the lethal efficiency of LsGRP1C compared to the control peptides. In addition, LsGRP1N-treated B. elliptica was demonstrated to lower infection-related gene expression and increase host-defense-eliciting activity, as indicated by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction and histochemical-staining-based callose detection results, respectively. Therefore, LsGRP1N showed a novel mode of action for antimicrobial proteins by manipulating the main pathogen, which facilitated the development of target-specific and dormant microbe-eradicating antimicrobial agents.
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- Chia-Hua Lin
- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University; No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University; No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University; No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University; No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Escobar-Niño A, Harzen A, Stolze SC, Nakagami H, Fernández-Acero FJ. The Adaptation of Botrytis cinerea Extracellular Vesicles Proteome to Surrounding Conditions: Revealing New Tools for Its Infection Process. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:872. [PMID: 37754980 PMCID: PMC10532283 DOI: 10.3390/jof9090872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous particles released by different organisms. EVs carry several sets of macromolecules implicated in cell communication. EVs have become a relevant topic in the study of pathogenic fungi due to their relationship with fungal-host interactions. One of the essential research areas in this field is the characterization protein profile of EVs since plant fungal pathogens rely heavily on secreted proteins to invade their hosts. However, EVs of Botrytis cinerea are little known, which is one of the most devastating phytopathogenic fungi. The present study has two main objectives: the characterization of B. cinerea EVs proteome changes under two pathogenic conditions and the description of their potential role during the infective process. All the experimental procedure was conducted in B. cinerea growing in a minimal salt medium supplemented with glucose as a constitutive stage and deproteinized tomato cell walls (TCW) as a virulence inductor. The isolation of EVs was performed by differential centrifugation, filtration, ultrafiltration, and sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation. EVs fractions were visualised by TEM using negative staining. Proteomic analysis of EVs cargo was addressed by LC-MS/MS. The methodology used allowed the correct isolation of B. cinerea EVs and the identification of a high number of EV proteins, including potential EV markers. The isolated EVs displayed differences in morphology under both assayed conditions. GO analysis of EV proteins showed enrichment in cell wall metabolism and proteolysis under TCW. KEGG analysis also showed the difference in EVs function under both conditions, highlighting the presence of potential virulence/pathogenic factors implicated in cell wall metabolism, among others. This work describes the first evidence of EVs protein cargo adaptation in B. cinerea, which seems to play an essential role in its infection process, sharing crucial functions with the conventional secretion pathways.
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- Almudena Escobar-Niño
- Microbiology Laboratory, Institute for Viticulture and Agri-Food Research (IVAGRO), Faculty of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain;
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany; (A.H.); (S.C.S.); (H.N.)
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany; (A.H.); (S.C.S.); (H.N.)
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany; (A.H.); (S.C.S.); (H.N.)
- Basic Immune System of Plants, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Institute for Viticulture and Agri-Food Research (IVAGRO), Faculty of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain;
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Ryder LS, Lopez SG, Michels L, Eseola AB, Sprakel J, Ma W, Talbot NJ. A molecular mechanosensor for real-time visualization of appressorium membrane tension in Magnaporthe oryzae. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:1508-1519. [PMID: 37474734 PMCID: PMC10390335 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01430-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae uses a pressurized infection cell called an appressorium to drive a rigid penetration peg through the leaf cuticle. The vast internal pressure of an appressorium is very challenging to investigate, leaving our understanding of the cellular mechanics of plant infection incomplete. Here, using fluorescence lifetime imaging of a membrane-targeting molecular mechanoprobe, we quantify changes in membrane tension in M. oryzae. We show that extreme pressure in the appressorium leads to large-scale spatial heterogeneities in membrane mechanics, much greater than those observed in any cell type previously. By contrast, non-pathogenic melanin-deficient mutants, exhibit low spatially homogeneous membrane tension. The sensor kinase ∆sln1 mutant displays significantly higher membrane tension during inflation of the appressorium, providing evidence that Sln1 controls turgor throughout plant infection. This non-invasive, live cell imaging technique therefore provides new insight into the enormous invasive forces deployed by pathogenic fungi to invade their hosts, offering the potential for new disease intervention strategies.
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- Lauren S Ryder
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, The John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
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Krishnan P, Caseys C, Soltis N, Zhang W, Burow M, Kliebenstein DJ. Polygenic pathogen networks influence transcriptional plasticity in the Arabidopsis-Botrytis pathosystem. Genetics 2023; 224:iyad099. [PMID: 37216906 PMCID: PMC10789313 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad099] [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: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Bidirectional flow of information shapes the outcome of the host-pathogen interactions and depends on the genetics of each organism. Recent work has begun to use co-transcriptomic studies to shed light on this bidirectional flow, but it is unclear how plastic the co-transcriptome is in response to genetic variation in both the host and pathogen. To study co-transcriptome plasticity, we conducted transcriptomics using natural genetic variation in the pathogen, Botrytis cinerea, and large-effect genetic variation abolishing defense signaling pathways within the host, Arabidopsis thaliana. We show that genetic variation in the pathogen has a greater influence on the co-transcriptome than mutations that abolish defense signaling pathways in the host. Genome-wide association mapping using the pathogens' genetic variation and both organisms' transcriptomes allowed an assessment of how the pathogen modulates plasticity in response to the host. This showed that the differences in both organism's responses were linked to trans-expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) hotspots within the pathogen's genome. These hotspots control gene sets in either the host or pathogen and show differential allele sensitivity to the host's genetic variation rather than qualitative host specificity. Interestingly, nearly all the trans-eQTL hotspots were unique to the host or pathogen transcriptomes. In this system of differential plasticity, the pathogen mediates the shift in the co-transcriptome more than the host.
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- Parvathy Krishnan
- DynaMo Center of Excellence, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DL-1165Denmark
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616USA
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- Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- DynaMo Center of Excellence, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DL-1165Denmark
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- DynaMo Center of Excellence, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DL-1165Denmark
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616USA
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Bulasag AS, Camagna M, Kuroyanagi T, Ashida A, Ito K, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M, Takemoto D. Botrytis cinerea tolerates phytoalexins produced by Solanaceae and Fabaceae plants through an efflux transporter BcatrB and metabolizing enzymes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1177060. [PMID: 37332725 PMCID: PMC10273015 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1177060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea, a plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range, has reduced sensitivity to fungicides as well as phytoalexins, threatening cultivation of economically important fruits and vegetable crops worldwide. B. cinerea tolerates a wide array of phytoalexins, through efflux and/or enzymatic detoxification. Previously, we provided evidence that a distinctive set of genes were induced in B. cinerea when treated with different phytoalexins such as rishitin (produced by tomato and potato), capsidiol (tobacco and bell pepper) and resveratrol (grape and blueberry). In this study, we focused on the functional analyses of B. cinerea genes implicated in rishitin tolerance. LC/MS profiling revealed that B. cinerea can metabolize/detoxify rishitin into at least 4 oxidized forms. Heterologous expression of Bcin08g04910 and Bcin16g01490, two B. cinerea oxidoreductases upregulated by rishitin, in a plant symbiotic fungus Epichloë festucae revealed that these rishitin-induced enzymes are involved in the oxidation of rishitin. Expression of BcatrB, encoding an exporter of structurally unrelated phytoalexins and fungicides, was significantly upregulated by rishitin but not by capsidiol and was thus expected to be involved in the rishitin tolerance. Conidia of BcatrB KO (ΔbcatrB) showed enhanced sensitivity to rishitin, but not to capsidiol, despite their structural similarity. ΔbcatrB showed reduced virulence on tomato, but maintained full virulence on bell pepper, indicating that B. cinerea activates BcatrB by recognizing appropriate phytoalexins to utilize it in tolerance. Surveying 26 plant species across 13 families revealed that the BcatrB promoter is mainly activated during the infection of B. cinerea in plants belonging to the Solanaceae, Fabaceae and Brassicaceae. The BcatrB promoter was also activated by in vitro treatments of phytoalexins produced by members of these plant families, namely rishitin (Solanaceae), medicarpin and glyceollin (Fabaceae), as well as camalexin and brassinin (Brassicaceae). Consistently, ΔbcatrB showed reduced virulence on red clover, which produces medicarpin. These results suggest that B. cinerea distinguishes phytoalexins and induces differential expression of appropriate genes during the infection. Likewise, BcatrB plays a critical role in the strategy employed by B. cinerea to bypass the plant innate immune responses in a wide variety of important crops belonging to the Solanaceae, Brassicaceae and Fabaceae.
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- Abriel Salaria Bulasag
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Zhu C, Tang Y, Ren D, Ren W, Xue Y, Suthaparan A, Li J, Wang Y, Xu L, Zhu P. Propionate poses antivirulence activity against Botrytis cinerea via regulating its metabolism, infection cushion development and overall pathogenic factors. Food Chem 2023; 410:135443. [PMID: 36680882 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea is a devastating pathogen causing gray mold in fruits and vegetables if not properly managed. Although the mechanisms remain unclear, we previously revealed that the safe food additive calcium propionate (CP) could suppress gray mold development on grapes. The present study reports that sub-lethal dose of CP (0.2 % w/v) could allow growth with substantial reprograming the genome-wide transcripts of B. cinerea. Upon CP treatment, the genes related to fungal methylcitrate cycle (responsible for catabolizing propionate) were upregulated. Meanwhile, CP treatment broadly downregulated the transcript levels of the virulence factors. Further comparative analysis of multiple transcriptomes confirmed that the CP treatment largely suppressed the expression of genes related to development and function of infection cushion. Collectively, these findings indicate that CP can not only reduce fungal growth, but also abrogate fungal virulence factors. Thus, CP has significant potential for the control of gray mold in fruit crops.
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- Chuanxi Zhu
- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Horticultural Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protected Horticultural Technology, 201106 Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China.
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Zhu W, Dong H, Xu R, You J, Yan DZ, Xiong C, Wu J, Bi K. Botrytis cinerea BcCDI1 protein triggers both plant cell death and immune response. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1136463. [PMID: 37180384 PMCID: PMC10167277 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1136463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Cell death-inducing proteins (CDIPs) play important roles in the infection of Botrytis cinerea, a broad host-range necrotrophic phytopathogen. Here, we show that the secreted protein BcCDI1 (Cell Death Inducing 1) can cause necrosis in tobacco leaves and at the same time elicit plant defense. The transcription of Bccdi1 was induced at the infection stage. Deletion or overexpression of Bccdi1 resulted in no notable change in disease lesion on bean, tobacco, and Arabidopsis leaves, indicating that Bccdi1 has no effect on the final outcome of B. cinerea infection. Furthermore, the plant receptor-like kinases BAK1 and SOBIR1 are required to transduce the cell death-promoting signal induced by BcCDI1. These findings suggest that BcCDI1 is possibly recognized by plant receptors and then induces plant cell death.
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- Wenjun Zhu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Enshi, China
- Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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Xiao J, Yang K, Liang Z, Zhang Y, Wei L. BCB1, a member of the acyl-coenzyme A synthetase family, regulates the morphogenesis and pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:206. [PMID: 37160639 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03540-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea is a non-host-specific phytopathogenic fungus capable of infecting numerous cash crops. Here, we analyzed the functions of the Bcb1 gene in B. cinerea, which encodes a membrane protein belonging to the acyl-coenzyme A synthase family. Compared to the wild type, Bcb1-deletion mutants exhibited obvious morphological abnormalities, including slower vegetative growth and reduced melanin production. The absence of Bcb1 causes B. cinerea to form only small and incompletely developed infection cushions and fail to produce spores. The Bcb1 mutants displayed hypersensitivity to the membrane stressor SDS, the cell wall stressor Congo red, and the oxidative stressor H2O2 and increased resistance to intracellular osmotic stress caused by KCl compared to the wild-type strain. However, there were no differences in tolerance to extracellular osmotic stress caused by NaCl. The deletion of Bcb1 also caused a reduction in pathogenicity. The qRT‒PCR results showed that the genes Bcpks12 and Bcpks13, which are related to melanin biosynthesis, and Bcpg2, BcBOT2, and cutA, which are related to virulence, were downregulated in ∆Bcb1. These data suggest that BCB1 is important for conidial morphogenesis, and pathogenesis in B. cinerea.
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- Jiling Xiao
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pesticide Biology and Precise Use Technology, Hunan Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pesticide Biology and Precise Use Technology, Hunan Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pesticide Biology and Precise Use Technology, Hunan Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Changsha, 410125, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Indica Rice Genetics and Breeding in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River Valley, Hunan Rice Research Institute, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Plant Protection Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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De Vallée A, Dupuy JW, Moriscot C, Gallet B, Vanderperre S, Guignard G, Rascle C, Calvar G, Malbert B, Gillet FX, Dieryckx C, Choquer M, Girard V, Poussereau N, Bruel C. Extracellular Vesicles of the Plant Pathogen Botrytis cinerea. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:jof9040495. [PMID: 37108947 PMCID: PMC10146736 DOI: 10.3390/jof9040495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Fungal secretomes are known to contain a multitude of components involved in nutrition, cell growth or biotic interactions. Recently, extra-cellular vesicles have been identified in a few fungal species. Here, we used a multidisciplinary approach to identify and characterize extracellular vesicles produced by the plant necrotroph Botrytis cinerea. Transmission electron microscopy of infectious hyphae and hyphae grown in vitro revealed extracellular vesicles of various sizes and densities. Electron tomography showed the co-existence of ovoid and tubular vesicles and pointed to their release via the fusion of multi-vesicular bodies with the cell plasma membrane. The isolation of these vesicles and exploration of their protein content using mass spectrometry led to the identification of soluble and membrane proteins involved in transport, metabolism, cell wall synthesis and remodeling, proteostasis, oxidoreduction and traffic. Confocal microscopy highlighted the capacity of fluorescently labeled vesicles to target cells of B. cinerea, cells of the fungus Fusarium graminearum, and onion epidermal cells but not yeast cells. In addition, a specific positive effect of these vesicles on the growth of B. cinerea was quantified. Altogether, this study broadens our view on the secretion capacity of B. cinerea and its cell-to-cell communication.
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- Amelie De Vallée
- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Centre Technologique des Microstructures, Université Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Bayer SAS, Crop Science Division Centre de Recherche La Dargoire, 69009 Lyon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP, UMR5240, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Hernández-Soberano C, López-Bucio J, Valencia-Cantero E. The Bacterial Volatile Organic Compound N,N-Dimethylhexadecylamine Induces Long-Lasting Developmental and Immune Responses throughout the Life Cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1540. [PMID: 37050166 PMCID: PMC10096718 DOI: 10.3390/plants12071540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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N,N-dimethylhexadecylamine (DMHDA) is a bacterial volatile organic compound that affects plant growth and morphogenesis and is considered a cross-kingdom signal molecule. Its bioactivity involves crosstalk with the cytokinin and jasmonic acid (JA) pathways to control stem cell niches and induce iron deficiency adaptation and plant defense. In this study, through genetic analysis, we show that the DMHDA-JA-Ethylene (ET) relations determine the magnitude of the defensive response mounted during the infestation of Arabidopsis plants by the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. The Arabidopsis mutants defective in the JA receptor CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 (coi1-1) showed a more severe infestation when compared to wild-type plants (Col-0) that were partially restored by DMHDA supplements. Moreover, the oversensitivity manifested by ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 2 (ein2) by B. cinerea infestation could not be reverted by the volatile, suggesting a role for this gene in DMHDA reinforcement of immunity. Growth of Col-0 plants was inhibited by DMHDA, but ein2 did not. Noteworthy, Arabidopsis seeds treated with DMHDA produced more vigorous plants throughout their life cycle. These data are supportive of a scenario where plant perception of a bacterial volatile influences the resistance to a fungal phytopathogen while modulating plant growth.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Michoacán, Mexico;
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Michoacán, Mexico;
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Emmanuel CJ, Schoonbeek H, Shaw MW. Microscope studies of symptomless growth of Botrytis cinerea in Lactuca sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 72:564-581. [PMID: 38516180 PMCID: PMC10952648 DOI: 10.1111/ppa.13683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The grey mould pathogen Botrytis cinerea forms systemic associations in some hosts, spreading into plant organs produced a considerable time after initial infection. These infections may have no macroscopic symptoms during much of the hosts' lifetime and are at least partially within the host tissue. The aim of the studies reported here was to locate and visualize these infections at a cellular level in Lactuca sativa (lettuce) and Arabidopsis thaliana. Symptomless but infected plants were produced by dry spore inoculation of plants growing in conditions previously shown to result in fungal spread from the initial inoculation site to newly developing plant organs. Tissue taken from inoculated plants was examined using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Two B. cinerea isolates were used: B05.10 and its GFP-labelled derivative Bcgfp1-3. Spore germination on leaf surfaces was followed by development of subcuticular inclusions and plant cell damage in single infected epidermal cells and sometimes a few nearby cells. Sparsely branched long hyphae arose and spread from the inclusions, mostly on the outer surface of the epidermal layer but occasionally below the cuticle or epidermal cells, where further inclusions formed. This was consistent with the pattern in time of recovery of B. cinerea from surface-sterilized leaf tissue. In the late symptomless phase, mycelium arising from internal fungal inclusions formed mycelial networks on the surface of leaves. Symptomless exterior mycelium grew on the roots in A. thaliana.
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and DevelopmentUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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Qin S, Veloso J, Puccetti G, van Kan JAL. Molecular characterization of cross-kingdom RNA interference in Botrytis cinerea by tomato small RNAs. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1107888. [PMID: 36968352 PMCID: PMC10031073 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1107888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Previous studies have suggested that plants can modulate gene expression in pathogenic fungi by producing small RNAs (sRNAs) that can be translocated into the fungus and mediate gene silencing, which may interfere with the infection mechanism of the intruder. We sequenced sRNAs and mRNAs in early phases of the Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)-Botrytis cinerea interaction and examined the potential of plant sRNAs to silence their predicted mRNA targets in the fungus. Almost a million unique plant sRNAs were identified that could potentially target 97% of all fungal genes. We selected three fungal genes for detailed RT-qPCR analysis of the correlation between the abundance of specific plant sRNAs and their target mRNAs in the fungus. The fungal Bcspl1 gene, which had been reported to be important for the fungal virulence, showed transient down-regulation around 20 hours post inoculation and contained a unique target site for a single plant sRNA that was present at high levels. In order to study the functionality of this plant sRNA in reducing the Bcspl1 transcript level, we generated a fungal mutant that contained a 5-nucleotide substitution that would abolish the interaction between the transcript and the sRNA without changing the encoded protein sequence. The level of the mutant Bcspl1 transcript showed a transient decrease similar to wild type transcript, indicating that the tomato sRNA was not responsible for the downregulation of the Bcspl1 transcript. The virulence of the Bcspl1 target site mutant was identical to the wild type fungus.
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- Si Qin
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Yang D, Shi H, Zhang K, Liu X, Ma L. The antifungal potential of the chelating agent EDTA against postharvest plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea. Int J Food Microbiol 2023; 388:110089. [PMID: 36682298 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110089] [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: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes gray mold, a major postharvest disease of fruits and vegetables. Chemical fungicides remain the main solution to control Botrytis disease, but concerns have raised about their safety to environment and human health, and there is an increasing need for development of more effective and less toxic treatments. In this study the divalent cation chelating agent ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) exhibited marked antifungal activity against B. cinerea, including inhibition of spore germination, mycelial growth, infection cushion formation, stimulation of cell death, and impairment of fungal virulence. These adverse effects of EDTA could be reversed by the addition of calcium ion, implying that metal ion chelation is involved in the fungicidal mechanism. Bean leaf and tomato fruit protection assay indicated that EDTA treatment led to a significant reduction of infection by B. cinerea. Furthermore, the antifungal activity of EDTA was significantly enhanced when used in combination with fenhexamid. These findings suggest that EDTA could be a promising tool to control B. cinerea, and application of EDTA may reduce the use of conventional chemical fungicides.
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- Danting Yang
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, PR China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, PR China
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- Yunnan Tobacco Quality Inspection & Supervision Station, Kunming 650106, PR China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, PR China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, PR China.
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Bi K, Liang Y, Mengiste T, Sharon A. Killing softly: a roadmap of Botrytis cinerea pathogenicity. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 28:211-222. [PMID: 36184487 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Botrytis cinerea, a widespread plant pathogen with a necrotrophic lifestyle, causes gray mold disease in many crops. Massive secretion of enzymes and toxins was long considered to be the main driver of infection, but recent studies have uncovered a rich toolbox for B. cinerea pathogenicity. The emerging picture is of a multilayered infection process governed by the exchange of factors that collectively contribute to disease development. No plant shows complete resistance against B. cinerea, but pattern-triggered plant immune responses have the potential to significantly reduce disease progression, opening new possibilities for producing B. cinerea-tolerant plants. We examine current B. cinerea infection models, highlight knowledge gaps, and suggest directions for future studies.
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- Kai Bi
- College of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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Appressoria-Small but Incredibly Powerful Structures in Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032141. [PMID: 36768468 PMCID: PMC9917257 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Plant-pathogenic fungi are responsible for many of the most severe crop diseases in the world and remain very challenging to control. Improving current protection strategies or designating new measures based on an overall understanding of molecular host-pathogen interaction mechanisms could be helpful for disease management. The attachment and penetration of the plant surface are the most important events among diverse plant-fungi interactions. Fungi evolved as small but incredibly powerful infection structure appressoria to facilitate attachment and penetration. Appressoria are indispensable for many diseases, such as rusts, powdery mildews, and blast diseases, as well as devastating oomycete diseases. Investigation into the formation of plant-pathogen appressoria contributes to improving the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions. Fungal host attachment is a vital step of fungal pathogenesis. Here, we review recent advances in the molecular mechanisms regulating the formation of appressoria. Additionally, some biocontrol agents were revealed to act on appressorium. The regulation of fungal adhesion during the infective process by acting on appressoria formation is expected to prevent the occurrence of crop disease caused by some pathogenic fungi.
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Qin S, Veloso J, Baak M, Boogmans B, Bosman T, Puccetti G, Shi‐Kunne X, Smit S, Grant‐Downton R, Leisen T, Hahn M, van Kan JAL. Molecular characterization reveals no functional evidence for naturally occurring cross-kingdom RNA interference in the early stages of Botrytis cinerea-tomato interaction. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:3-15. [PMID: 36168919 PMCID: PMC9742496 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Plant immune responses are triggered during the interaction with pathogens. The fungus Botrytis cinerea has previously been reported to use small RNAs (sRNAs) as effector molecules capable of interfering with the host immune response. Conversely, a host plant produces sRNAs that may interfere with the infection mechanism of an intruder. We used high-throughput sequencing to identify sRNAs produced by B. cinerea and Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) during early phases of interaction and to examine the expression of their predicted mRNA targets in the other organism. A total of 7042 B. cinerea sRNAs were predicted to target 3185 mRNAs in tomato. Of the predicted tomato target genes, 163 were indeed transcriptionally down-regulated during the early phase of infection. Several experiments were performed to study a causal relation between the production of B. cinerea sRNAs and the down-regulation of predicted target genes in tomato. We generated B. cinerea mutants in which a transposon region was deleted that is the source of c.10% of the fungal sRNAs. Furthermore, mutants were generated in which both Dicer-like genes (Bcdcl1 and Bcdcl2) were deleted and these displayed a >99% reduction of transposon-derived sRNA production. Neither of these mutants was significantly reduced in virulence on any plant species tested. Our results reveal no evidence for any detectable role of B. cinerea sRNAs in the virulence of the fungus.
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- Si Qin
- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
- FISAPLANTUniversity of A CoruñaA CoruñaSpain
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- Bioinformatics GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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- Bioinformatics GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of KaiserslauternKaiserslauternGermany
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of KaiserslauternKaiserslauternGermany
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- Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen UniversityWageningenNetherlands
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Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence. mSystems 2022; 7:e0104222. [PMID: 36468854 PMCID: PMC9765177 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01042-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Botrytis cinerea is an agriculturally notorious plant-pathogenic fungus with a broad host range. During plant colonization, B. cinerea secretes a wide range of plant-cell-wall-degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that help in macerating the plant tissue, but their role in pathogenicity has been unclear. Here, we report on the identification of a transcription factor, BcXyr1, that regulates the production of (hemi-)cellulases and is necessary for fungal virulence. Deletion of the bcxyr1 gene led to impaired spore germination and reduced fungal virulence and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in planta. Secreted proteins collected from the bcxyr1 deletion strain displayed a weaker cell-death-inducing effect than the wild-type secretome when infiltrated to Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis revealed 41 genes with reduced expression in the Δbcxyr1 mutant compared with those in the wild-type strain, of which half encode secreted proteins that are particularly enriched in carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme)-encoding genes. Among them, we identified a novel putative expansin-like protein that was necessary for fungal virulence, supporting the involvement of BcXyr1 in the regulation of extracellular virulence factors. IMPORTANCE PCWDEs are considered important components of the virulence arsenal of necrotrophic plant pathogens. However, despite intensive research, the role of PCWDEs in the pathogenicity of necrotrophic phytopathogenic fungi remains ambiguous. Here, we demonstrate that the transcription factor BcXyr1 regulates the expression of a specific set of secreted PCWDE-encoding genes and that it is essential for fungal virulence. Furthermore, we identified a BcXyr1-regulated expansin-like gene that is required for fungal virulence. Our findings provide strong evidence for the importance of PCWDEs in the pathogenicity of B. cinerea and highlight specific PCWDEs that might be more important than others.
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Ding Y, Chen Y, Wu Z, Yang N, Rana K, Meng X, Liu B, Wan H, Qian W. SsCox17, a copper chaperone, is required for pathogenic process and oxidative stress tolerance of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 322:111345. [PMID: 35691151 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Stem rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum has emerged as one of the major fungal pathogens of oilseed Brassica across the world. The pathogenic development is exquisitely dependent on reactive oxygen species (ROS) modulation. Cox17 is a crucial factor that shuttles copper ions from the cytosol to the mitochondria for the cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) assembly. Currently, no data is available regarding the impact of Cox17 in fungal pathogenesis. The present research was carried out to functionally characterize the role of Cox17 in S. sclerotiorum pathogenesis. SsCox17 transcripts showed high expression levels during inoculation on rapeseed. Intramitochondrial copper content and CCO activity were decreased in SsCox17 gene-silenced strains. The SsCox17 gene expression was up-regulated in the hyphae under oxidative stress and a deficiency response to oxidative stress was detected in SsCox17 gene-silenced strains. Compared to the S. sclerotiorum wild-type strain, there was a concomitant reduction in the virulence of SsCox17 gene-silenced strains. The SsCox17 overexpression strain was further found to increase copper content, CCO activity, tolerance to oxidative stress and virulence. We also observed a certain correlation of appressoria formation and SsCox17. These results provide evidence that SsCox17 is positively associated with fungal virulence and oxidative detoxification.
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- Yijuan Ding
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Evidencing New Roles for the Glycosyl-Transferase Cps1 in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Botrytis cinerea. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8090899. [PMID: 36135623 PMCID: PMC9500679 DOI: 10.3390/jof8090899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The fungal cell wall occupies a central place in the interaction between fungi and their environment. This study focuses on the role of the putative polysaccharide synthase Cps1 in the physiology, development and virulence of the grey mold-causing agent Botrytis cinerea. Deletion of the Bccps1 gene does not affect the germination of the conidia (asexual spores) or the early mycelial development, but it perturbs hyphal expansion after 24 h, revealing a two-phase hyphal development that has not been reported so far. It causes a severe reduction of mycelial growth in a solid medium and modifies hyphal aggregation into pellets in liquid cultures. It strongly impairs plant penetration, plant colonization and the formation of sclerotia (survival structures). Loss of the BcCps1 protein associates with a decrease in glucans and glycoproteins in the fungus cell wall and the up-accumulation of 132 proteins in the mutant’s exoproteome, among which are fungal cell wall enzymes. This is accompanied by an increased fragility of the mutant mycelium, an increased sensitivity to some environmental stresses and a reduced adhesion to plant surface. Taken together, the results support a significant role of Cps1 in the cell wall biology of B. cinerea.
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Khairi MHF, Nor Muhammad NA, Bunawan H, Abdul Murad AM, Ramzi AB. Unveiling the Core Effector Proteins of Oil Palm Pathogen Ganoderma boninense via Pan-Secretome Analysis. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8080793. [PMID: 36012782 PMCID: PMC9409662 DOI: 10.3390/jof8080793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Ganoderma boninense is the major causal agent of basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm, causing the progressive rot of the basal part of the stem. Despite its prominence, the key pathogenicity determinants for the aggressive nature of hemibiotrophic infection remain unknown. In this study, genome sequencing and the annotation of G. boninense T10 were carried out using the Illumina sequencing platform, and comparative genome analysis was performed with previously reported G. boninense strains (NJ3 and G3). The pan-secretome of G. boninense was constructed and comprised 937 core orthogroups, 243 accessory orthogroups, and 84 strain-specific orthogroups. In total, 320 core orthogroups were enriched with candidate effector proteins (CEPs) that could be classified as carbohydrate-active enzymes, hydrolases, and non-catalytic proteins. Differential expression analysis revealed an upregulation of five CEP genes that was linked to the suppression of PTI signaling cascade, while the downregulation of four CEP genes was linked to the inhibition of PTI by preventing host defense elicitation. Genome architecture analysis revealed the one-speed architecture of the G. boninense genome and the lack of preferential association of CEP genes to transposable elements. The findings obtained from this study aid in the characterization of pathogenicity determinants and molecular biomarkers of BSR disease.
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- Mohamad Hazwan Fikri Khairi
- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia; (M.H.F.K.); (N.A.N.M.); (H.B.)
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia; (M.H.F.K.); (N.A.N.M.); (H.B.)
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia; (M.H.F.K.); (N.A.N.M.); (H.B.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia;
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia; (M.H.F.K.); (N.A.N.M.); (H.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +603-8921-4546; Fax: +603-8921-3398
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Ryder LS, Cruz-Mireles N, Molinari C, Eisermann I, Eseola AB, Talbot NJ. The appressorium at a glance. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:276040. [PMID: 35856284 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Many plant pathogenic fungi have the capacity to infect their plant hosts using specialised cells called appressoria. These structures act as a gateway between the fungus and host, allowing entry to internal tissues. Appressoria apply enormous physical force to rupture the plant surface, or use a battery of enzymes to digest the cuticle and plant cell wall. Appressoria also facilitate focal secretion of effectors at the point of plant infection to suppress plant immunity. These infection cells develop in response to the physical characteristics of the leaf surface, starvation stress and signals from the plant. Appressorium morphogenesis has been linked to septin-mediated reorganisation of F-actin and microtubule networks of the cytoskeleton, and remodelling of the fungal cell wall. In this Cell Science at a Glance and accompanying poster, we highlight recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of appressorium-mediated infection, and compare development on the leaf surface to the biology of invasive growth by pathogenic fungi. Finally, we outline key gaps in our current knowledge of appressorium cell biology.
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- Lauren S Ryder
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Ren D, Wang T, Zhou G, Ren W, Duan X, Gao L, Chen J, Xu L, Zhu P. Ethylene Promotes Expression of the Appressorium- and Pathogenicity-Related Genes via GPCR- and MAPK-Dependent Manners in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8060570. [PMID: 35736053 PMCID: PMC9224669 DOI: 10.3390/jof8060570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Ethylene (ET) represents a signal that can be sensed by plant pathogenic fungi to accelerate their spore germination and subsequent infection. However, the molecular mechanisms of responses to ET in fungi remain largely unclear. In this study, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was investigated via transcriptomic analysis to reveal the genes that account for the ET-regulated fungal development and virulence. The results showed that ET promoted genes encoding for fungal melanin biosynthesis enzymes, extracellular hydrolases, and appressorium-associated structure proteins at 4 h after treatment. When the germination lasted until 24 h, ET induced multiple appressoria from every single spore, but downregulated most of the genes. Loss of selected ET responsive genes encoding for scytalone dehydratase (CgSCD1) and cerato-platanin virulence protein (CgCP1) were unable to alter ET sensitivity of C. gloeosporioides in vitro but attenuated the influence of ET on pathogenicity. Knockout of the G-protein-coupled receptors CgGPCR3-1/2 and the MAPK signaling pathway components CgMK1 and CgSte11 resulted in reduced ET sensitivity. Taken together, this study in C. gloeosporioides reports that ET can cause transcription changes in a large set of genes, which are mainly responsible for appressorium development and virulence expression, and these processes are dependent on the GPCR and MAPK pathways.
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- Correspondence: (L.X.); (P.Z.); Tel.: +86-(021)-54341012 (L.X.); +86-(021)-24206574 (P.Z.)
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- Correspondence: (L.X.); (P.Z.); Tel.: +86-(021)-54341012 (L.X.); +86-(021)-24206574 (P.Z.)
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Leisen T, Werner J, Pattar P, Safari N, Ymeri E, Sommer F, Schroda M, Suárez I, Collado IG, Scheuring D, Hahn M. Multiple knockout mutants reveal a high redundancy of phytotoxic compounds contributing to necrotrophic pathogenesis of Botrytis cinerea. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010367. [PMID: 35239739 PMCID: PMC8923502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Botrytis cinerea is a major plant pathogen infecting more than 1400 plant species. During invasion, the fungus rapidly kills host cells, which is believed to be supported by induction of programmed plant cell death. To comprehensively evaluate the contributions of most of the currently known plant cell death inducing proteins (CDIPs) and metabolites for necrotrophic infection, an optimized CRISPR/Cas9 protocol was established which allowed to perform serial marker-free mutagenesis to generate multiple deletion mutants lacking up to 12 CDIPs. Whole genome sequencing of a 6x and 12x deletion mutant revealed a low number of off-target mutations which were unrelated to Cas9-mediated cleavage. Secretome analyses confirmed the loss of secreted proteins encoded by the deleted genes. Infection tests with the mutants revealed a successive decrease in virulence with increasing numbers of mutated genes, and varying effects of the knockouts on different host plants. Comparative analysis of mutants confirmed significant roles of two polygalacturonases (PG1, PG2) and the phytotoxic metabolites botrydial and botcinins for infection, but revealed no or only weak effects of deletion of the other CDIPs. Nicotiana benthamiana plants with mutated or silenced coreceptors of pattern recognition receptors, SOBIR1 and BAK1, showed similar susceptibility as control plants to infection by B. cinerea wild type and a 12x deletion mutant. These results raise doubts about a major role of manipulation of these plant defence regulators for B. cinerea infection. Despite the loss of most of the known phytotoxic compounds, the on planta secretomes of the multiple mutants retained substantial phytotoxic activity, proving that further, as yet unknown CDIPs contribute to necrosis and virulence. Our study has addressed for the first time systematically the functional redundancy of fungal virulence factors, and demonstrates that B. cinerea releases a highly redundant cocktail of proteins to achieve necrotrophic infection of a wide variety of host plants.
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- Thomas Leisen
- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Phytopathology group, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Chen Y, Zhang Z, Tian S, Li B. Application of -omic technologies in postharvest pathology: Recent advances and perspectives. Curr Opin Food Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2022.100820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Lengyel S, Rascle C, Poussereau N, Bruel C, Sella L, Choquer M, Favaron F. Snf1 Kinase Differentially Regulates Botrytis cinerea Pathogenicity according to the Plant Host. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10020444. [PMID: 35208900 PMCID: PMC8877277 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Snf1 kinase of the glucose signaling pathway controls the response to nutritional and environmental stresses. In phytopathogenic fungi, Snf1 acts as a global activator of plant cell wall degrading enzymes that are major virulence factors for plant colonization. To characterize its role in the virulence of the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea, two independent deletion mutants of the Bcsnf1 gene were obtained and analyzed. Virulence of the Δsnf1 mutants was reduced by 59% on a host with acidic pH (apple fruit) and up to 89% on hosts with neutral pH (cucumber cotyledon and French bean leaf). In vitro, Δsnf1 mutants grew slower than the wild type strain at both pH 5 and 7, with a reduction of 20–80% in simple sugars, polysaccharides, and lipidic carbon sources, and these defects were amplified at pH 7. A two-fold reduction in secretion of xylanase activities was observed consequently to the Bcsnf1 gene deletion. Moreover, Δsnf1 mutants were altered in their ability to control ambient pH. Finally, Δsnf1 mutants were impaired in asexual sporulation and did not produce macroconidia. These results confirm the importance of BcSnf1 in pathogenicity, nutrition, and conidiation, and suggest a role in pH regulation for this global regulator in filamentous fungi.
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- Szabina Lengyel
- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (S.L.); (F.F.)
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer SAS, INSA Lyon, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie, 14 Impasse Pierre Baizet, F-69263 Lyon, France; (C.R.); (N.P.); (C.B.)
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer SAS, INSA Lyon, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie, 14 Impasse Pierre Baizet, F-69263 Lyon, France; (C.R.); (N.P.); (C.B.)
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer SAS, INSA Lyon, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie, 14 Impasse Pierre Baizet, F-69263 Lyon, France; (C.R.); (N.P.); (C.B.)
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer SAS, INSA Lyon, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie, 14 Impasse Pierre Baizet, F-69263 Lyon, France; (C.R.); (N.P.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (S.L.); (F.F.)
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Bayer SAS, INSA Lyon, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie, 14 Impasse Pierre Baizet, F-69263 Lyon, France; (C.R.); (N.P.); (C.B.)
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (S.L.); (F.F.)
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Enhanced Bioactivity of Pomegranate Peel Extract following Controlled Release from CaCO3 Nanocrystals. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2022; 2022:6341298. [PMID: 35190732 PMCID: PMC8858070 DOI: 10.1155/2022/6341298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pomegranate peel extract is rich of interesting bioactive chemicals, principally phenolic compounds, which have shown antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidative properties. The aim of this work was to improve extract’ bioactivity through the adsorption on calcium carbonate nanocrystals. Nanocrystals revealed as efficient tools for extract adsorption reaching 50% of loading efficiency. Controlled release of the contained metabolites under acidic pH has been found, as it was confirmed by quantitative assay and qualitative study through NMR analysis. Specific functionality of inorganic nanocarriers could be also tuned by biopolymeric coating. The resulting coated nanoformulations showed a great antimicrobial activity against B. cinerea fungus preventing strawberries disease better than a commercial fungicide. Furthermore, nanoformulations demonstrated a good antiproliferative activity in neuroblastoma and breast cancer cells carrying out a higher cytotoxic effect respect to free extract, confirming a crucial role of nanocarriers. Finally, pomegranate peel extract showed a very high radical scavenging ability, equal to ascorbic acid. Antioxidant activity, measured also in intracellular environment, highlighted a protective action of extract-adsorbed nanocrystals twice than free extract, providing a possible application for new nutraceutical formulations.
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Jiao W, Yu H, Cong J, Xiao K, Zhang X, Liu J, Zhang Y, Pan H. Transcription factor SsFoxE3 activating SsAtg8 is critical for sclerotia, compound appressoria formation, and pathogenicity in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:204-217. [PMID: 34699137 PMCID: PMC8743022 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the notorious necrotrophic phytopathogenic fungus with wide distribution, is responsible for sclerotium disease in more than 600 plant species, including many economic crops such as soybean, oilseed rape, and sunflower. The compound appressorium is a crucial multicellular infection structure that is a prerequisite for infecting healthy tissues. Previously, the Forkhead-box family transcription factors (FOX TFs) SsFoxE2 and SsFKH1 were shown to play a key regulatory role in the hyphae growth, sexual reproduction, and pathogenicity of S. sclerotiorum. However, little is known about the roles of SsFoxE3 regulating growth and development and pathogenicity. Here, we report SsFoxE3 contributes to sclerotium formation and deletion of SsFoxE3 leads to reduced formation of compound appressoria and developmental delays. Transcripts of SsFoxE3 were greatly increased during the initial stage of infection and SsFoxE3 deficiency reduced virulence on the host, while stabbing inoculation could partially restore pathogenicity. The SsFoxE3 mutant showed sensitivity to H2 O2 , and the expression of reactive oxygen species detoxification and autophagy-related genes were reduced. Moreover, expression of SsAtg8 was also decreased during the infection process of the SsFoxE3 mutant. Yeast 1-hybrid tests suggested that SsFoxE3 interacted with the promoter of SsAtg8. Disruption of SsAtg8 resulted in a phenotype similar to that of the SsFoxE3 mutant. Comparative analysis of the level of autophagy in the wild type and SsFoxE3 mutant showed that N starvation-induced autophagy was reduced in the SsFoxE3 mutant. Taken together, our findings indicate that SsFoxE3 plays an important role in compound appressorium formation and is involved in transcriptional activation of SsAtg8 during infection by S. sclerotiorum.
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- Wenli Jiao
- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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- College of Plant SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina
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Yu PL, Rollins JA. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase A pathway perturbs autophagy and plays important roles in development and virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Fungal Biol 2022; 126:20-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2021.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Chand Arya G, Aditya Srivastava D, Manasherova E, Prusky DB, Elad Y, Frenkel O, Harel A. BcHnm1, a predicted choline transporter, modulates conidial germination and virulence in Botrytis cinerea. Fungal Genet Biol 2022; 158:103653. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2021.103653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Chethana KWT, Jayawardena RS, Chen YJ, Konta S, Tibpromma S, Phukhamsakda C, Abeywickrama PD, Samarakoon MC, Senwanna C, Mapook A, Tang X, Gomdola D, Marasinghe DS, Padaruth OD, Balasuriya A, Xu J, Lumyong S, Hyde KD. Appressorial interactions with host and their evolution. FUNGAL DIVERS 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-021-00487-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Tang N, Lebreton A, Xu W, Dai Y, Yu F, Martin FM. Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Differential Gene Expression of Secreted Proteases and Highly Specific Gene Repertoires Involved in Lactarius-Pinus Symbioses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:714393. [PMID: 34490014 PMCID: PMC8417538 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.714393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ectomycorrhizal fungi establish a mutualistic symbiosis in roots of most woody plants. The molecular underpinning of ectomycorrhizal development was only explored in a few lineages. Here, we characterized the symbiotic transcriptomes of several milkcap species (Lactarius, Russulales) in association with different pine hosts. A time-course study of changes in gene expression during the development of L. deliciosus-Pinus taeda symbiosis identified 6 to 594 differentially expressed fungal genes at various developmental stages. Up- or down-regulated genes are involved in signaling pathways, nutrient transport, cell wall modifications, and plant defenses. A high number of genes coding for secreted proteases, especially sedolisins, were induced during root colonization. In contrast, only a few genes encoding mycorrhiza-induced small secreted proteins were identified. This feature was confirmed in several other Lactarius species in association with various pines. Further comparison among all these species revealed that each Lactarius species encodes a highly specific symbiotic gene repertoire, a feature possibly related to their host-specificity. This study provides insights on the genetic basis of symbiosis in an ectomycorrhizal order, the Russulales, which was not investigated so far.
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- Nianwu Tang
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Centre INRAE-GrandEst Nancy, INRAE, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Université de Lorraine, Champenoux, France
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Sun C, Zhu C, Tang Y, Ren D, Cai Y, Zhou G, Wang Y, Xu L, Zhu P. Inhibition of Botrytis cinerea and control of gray mold on table grapes by calcium propionate. FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/fqsafe/fyab016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Objectives
The gray mold fungus Botrytis cinerea (B. cinerea) infects a wide range of crops before and after harvest, causing huge losses worldwide. Inhibition mechanisms of B. cinerea in vitro and in plants by calcium propionate (CP), generally recognized as a safe substance, are described in this study.
Materials and methods
Wild-type and transgenic mutant strains of B. cinerea were used in the study to evaluate the effects of CP on fungal growth and development in vitro. Plant materials including tomato leaves and table grapes were tested for controlling efficiency of CP against gray mold deterioration in vivo.
Results
Mycelial growth of B. cinerea was inhibited by CP in a dose-dependent manner with occasional disruption of hyphal tips, causing cellular collapse and efflux of cell contents. Staining with fluorescein diacetate and propidium iodide indicated that CP decreased fungal cell viability. Inhibition efficiency of CP against B. cinerea was enhanced by reducing pH. In contrast, the vel1 mutant, which exhibited deficiency in acid production, was more resistant to CP, suggesting that inhibition of B. cinerea by CP is enhanced by the acidification ability of the fungus itself. Additionally, CP inhibited infection cushion development by germlings of B. cinerea. Infection assays with tomato leaves and table grapes showed that CP inhibited decay development in both host tissues. Moreover, application of CP on grapes 3 days prior to harvest could contribute to management of deterioration caused by spontaneous fungal diseases during storage.
Conclusion
CP can suppress hyphal growth, inhibit infection cushion development, and reduce the virulence of B. cinerea. CP is thus promising for practical management of gray mold in fruit crops and merits further evaluation.
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Souibgui E, Bruel C, Choquer M, de Vallée A, Dieryckx C, Dupuy JW, Latorse MP, Rascle C, Poussereau N. Clathrin Is Important for Virulence Factors Delivery in the Necrotrophic Fungus Botrytis cinerea. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:668937. [PMID: 34220891 PMCID: PMC8244658 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.668937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Fungi are the most prevalent plant pathogens, causing annually important damages. To infect and colonize their hosts, they secrete effectors including hydrolytic enzymes able to kill and macerate plant tissues. These secreted proteins are transported from the Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Golgi apparatus to the extracellular space through intracellular vesicles. In pathogenic fungi, intracellular vesicles were described but their biogenesis and their role in virulence remain unclear. In this study, we report the essential role of clathrin heavy chain (CHC) in the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea, the agent of gray mold disease. To investigate the importance of this protein involved in coat vesicles formation in eukaryotic cells, a T-DNA insertional mutant reduced in the expression of the CHC-encoding gene, and a mutant expressing a dominant-negative form of CHC were studied. Both mutants were strongly affected in pathogenicity. Characterization of the mutants revealed altered infection cushions and an important defect in protein secretion. This study demonstrates the essential role of clathrin in the infectious process of a plant pathogenic fungus and more particularly its role in virulence factors delivery.
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- Eytham Souibgui
- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Plateforme Protéome, Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- UMR 5240, CNRS MAP, INSA Lyon, Bayer SAS, UCBL, University Lyon, Lyon, France
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