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Lv W, Tu Y, Xu T, Zhang Y, Chen J, Yang N, Wang Y. The Mitochondrial Distribution and Morphology Family 33 Gene FgMDM33 Is Involved in Autophagy and Pathogenesis in Fusarium graminearum. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:579. [PMID: 39194905 DOI: 10.3390/jof10080579] [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: 06/27/2024] [Revised: 08/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024] Open
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The mitochondrial distribution and morphology family 33 gene (MDM33) regulates mitochondrial homeostasis by mediating the mitochondrial fission process in yeast. The wheat head blight Fusarium graminearum contains an FgMdm33 protein that is orthologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mdm33, albeit its function remains unknown. We have reported here the roles of FgMdm33 in regulating fungal morphogenesis, mitochondrial morphology, autophagy, apoptosis, and fungal pathogenicity. The ΔFgmdm33 mutants generated through a homologous recombination strategy in this study exhibited defects in terms of mycelial growth, conidia production, and virulence. Hyphal cells lacking FgMDM33 displayed elongated mitochondria and a dispensable respiratory-deficient growth phenotype, indicating the possible involvement of FgMDM33 in mitochondrial fission. The ΔFgmdm33 mutants displayed a remarkable reduction in the proteolysis of GFP-FgAtg8, whereas the formation of autophagic bodies in the hyphal cells of mutants was recorded under the induction of mitophagy. In addition, the transcriptional expression of the apoptosis-inducing factor 1 gene (FgAIF1) was significantly upregulated in the ΔFgmdm33 mutants. Cumulatively, these results indicate that FgMDM33 is involved in mitochondrial fission, non-selective macroautophagy, and apoptosis and that it regulates fungal growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity of the head blight pathogen.
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- Wuyun Lv
- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- The People's Government Office of Bengbu City, Bengbu 233000, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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Shatz O, Fraiberg M, Isola D, Das S, Gogoi O, Polyansky A, Shimoni E, Dadosh T, Dezorella N, Wolf SG, Elazar Z. Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation. Dev Cell 2024; 59:911-923.e4. [PMID: 38447569 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.02.002] [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: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Autophagy eliminates cytoplasmic material by engulfment in membranous vesicles targeted for lysosome degradation. Nonselective autophagy coordinates sequestration of bulk cargo with the growth of the isolation membrane (IM) in a yet-unknown manner. Here, we show that in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, IMs expand while maintaining a rim sufficiently wide for sequestration of large cargo but tight enough to mature in due time. An obligate complex of Atg24/Snx4 with Atg20 or Snx41 assembles locally at the rim in a spatially extended manner that specifically depends on autophagic PI(3)P. This assembly stabilizes the open rim to promote autophagic sequestration of large cargo in correlation with vesicle expansion. Moreover, constriction of the rim by the PI(3)P-dependent Atg2-Atg18 complex and clearance of PI(3)P by Ymr1 antagonize rim opening to promote autophagic maturation and consumption of small cargo. Tight regulation of membrane rim aperture by PI(3)P thus couples the mechanism and physiology of nonselective autophagy.
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- Oren Shatz
- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
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Wang B, Abubakar YS, Wang Z. Special Issue "Genomics of Fungal Plant Pathogens". J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:713. [PMID: 37504702 PMCID: PMC10381389 DOI: 10.3390/jof9070713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Plant diseases can be classified according to pathogenic organisms, and 70-80% of them are fungal diseases [...].
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- Baohua Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Trait Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Trait Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 810281, Nigeria
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Trait Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Palmitoyl Transferase FonPAT2-Catalyzed Palmitoylation of the FonAP-2 Complex Is Essential for Growth, Development, Stress Response, and Virulence in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0386122. [PMID: 36533963 PMCID: PMC9927311 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03861-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Protein palmitoylation, one of posttranslational modifications, is catalyzed by a group of palmitoyl transferases (PATs) and plays critical roles in the regulation of protein functions. However, little is known about the function and mechanism of PATs in plant pathogenic fungi. The present study reports the function and molecular mechanism of FonPATs in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (Fon), the causal agent of watermelon Fusarium wilt. The Fon genome contains six FonPAT genes with distinct functions in vegetative growth, conidiation and conidial morphology, and stress response. FonPAT1, FonPAT2, and FonPAT4 have PAT activity and are required for Fon virulence on watermelon mainly through regulating in planta fungal growth within host plants. Comparative proteomics analysis identified a set of proteins that were palmitoylated by FonPAT2, and some of them are previously reported pathogenicity-related proteins in fungi. The FonAP-2 complex core subunits FonAP-2α, FonAP-2β, and FonAP-2μ were palmitoylated by FonPAT2 in vivo. FonPAT2-catalyzed palmitoylation contributed to the stability and interaction ability of the core subunits to ensure the formation of the FonAP-2 complex, which is essential for vegetative growth, asexual reproduction, cell wall integrity, and virulence in Fon. These findings demonstrate that FonPAT1, FonPAT2, and FonPAT4 play important roles in Fon virulence and that FonPAT2-catalyzed palmitoylation of the FonAP-2 complex is critical to Fon virulence, providing novel insights into the importance of protein palmitoylation in the virulence of plant fungal pathogens. IMPORTANCE Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (Fon), the causal agent of watermelon Fusarium wilt, is one of the most serious threats for the sustainable development of the watermelon industry worldwide. However, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism of pathogenicity in Fon. Here, we found that the palmitoyl transferase (FonPAT) genes play distinct and diverse roles in basic biological processes and stress response and demonstrated that FonPAT1, FonPAT2, and FonPAT4 have PAT activity and are required for virulence in Fon. We also found that FonPAT2 palmitoylates the core subunits of the FonAP-2 complex to maintain the stability and the formation of the FonAP-2 complex, which is essential for basic biological processes, stress response, and virulence in Fon. Our study provides new insights into the understanding of the molecular mechanism involved in Fon virulence and will be helpful in the development of novel strategies for disease management.
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The Paxillin MoPax1 Activates Mitogen-Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Signaling Pathways and Autophagy through MAP Kinase Activator MoMka1 during Appressorium-Mediated Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. mBio 2022; 13:e0221822. [PMID: 36314807 PMCID: PMC9765475 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02218-22] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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Paxillin is a focal adhesion-associated protein that functions as an adaptor to recruit diverse cytoskeleton and signaling molecules into a complex and plays a crucial role in several signaling pathways in mammal cells. However, paxillin-mediated signal pathways are largely unknown in phytopathogenic fungi. Previously, Pax1 of Magnaporthe oryzae (MoPax1), a paxillin-like protein, has been identified as a crucial pathogenicity determinant. Here, we report the identification of a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase (MAPK) activator, Mka1 of M. oryzae (MoMka1), that physically interacts with MoPax1. Targeted gene deletion of MoMKA1 resulted in pleiotropic defects in aerial hyphal growth, conidiation, appressorium formation, and pathogenicity in M. oryzae. MoMka1 interacts with Mst50, an adaptor protein of the Mst11-Mst7-Pmk1 and Mck1-Mkk2-Mps1 cascades. Moreover, the phosphorylation levels of both Pmk1 and Mps1 in aerial hyphae of the ΔMomka1 mutant were significantly reduced, indicating that MoMka1 acts upstream from the MAPK pathways. Interestingly, we found that MoMka1 interacts with MoAtg6 and MoAtg13. Deletion of MoMKA1 led to impaired MoAtg13 phosphorylation and enhanced autophagic flux under nutrient-rich conditions, indicating that MoMka1 is required for regulation of autophagy in M. oryzae. Taken together, the paxillin MoPax1 may activate MAP kinase signaling pathways and autophagy through MAP kinase activator MoMka1 and play important roles during appressorium-mediated plant infection by the rice blast fungus. IMPORTANCE Paxillin, as an adaptor recruiting diverse cytoskeleton and signaling molecules into a complex, plays a crucial role in several signaling pathways in mammal cells. However, paxillin-mediated signal pathways are largely unknown in phytopathogenic fungi. Here, we identified that MoMka1 physically interacts with MoPax1. Furthermore, MoMka1 acts upstream from the MAPK pathways through interacting with Mst50, a key protein of the Mst11-Mst7-Pmk1 and Mck1-Mkk2-Mps1 cascades. Meanwhile, MoMka1 interacts with both MoAtg6 and MoAtg13 and controls autophagy initiation by influencing the phosphorylation level of MoAtg13. In summary, we describe a model in which MoPax1 activates MAP kinase signaling pathways and autophagy through MoMka1 during appressorium-mediated plant infection by M. oryzae.
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Distinct roles for different autophagy-associated genes in the virulence of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol 2022; 163:103748. [PMID: 36309095 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici causes major crop losses as the causal agent of the disease Septoria tritici blotch. The infection cycle of Z. tritici displays two distinct phases, beginning with an extended symptomless phase of 1-2 weeks, before the fungus induces host cell death and tissue collapse in the leaf. Recent evidence suggests that the fungus uses little host-derived nutrition during asymptomatic colonisation, raising questions as to the sources of energy required for this initial growth phase. Autophagy is crucial for the pathogenicity of other fungal plant pathogens through its roles in supporting cellular differentiation and growth under starvation. Here we characterised the contributions of the autophagy genes ZtATG1 and ZtATG8 to the development and virulence of Z. tritici. Deletion of ZtATG1 led to inhibition of autophagy but had no impact on starvation-induced hyphal differentiation or virulence, suggesting that autophagy is not required for Z. tritici pathogenicity. Contrastingly, ZtATG8 deletion delayed the transition to necrotrophic growth, despite having no influence on filamentous growth under starvation, pointing to an autophagy-independent role of ZtATG8 during Z. tritici infection. To our knowledge, this study represents the first to find autophagy not to contribute to the virulence of a fungal plant pathogen, and reveals novel roles for different autophagy-associated proteins in Z. tritici.
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The Sorting Nexin Genes ChSNX4 and ChSNX41 Are Required for Reproductive Development, Stress Adaption and Virulence in Cochliobolus heterostrophus. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8080855. [PMID: 36012843 PMCID: PMC9410474 DOI: 10.3390/jof8080855] [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: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sorting nexins are a conserved protein family involved in many cellular processes in fungi, and the function of sorting nexin Snx4 (Atg24) and Snx41 (Atg20) in Cochliobolus heterostrophus was not clear. The ΔChsnx4 and ΔChsnx41 mutants were generated by a PCR-based marker method to determine the roles of Snx4 and Snx41 in reproductive development, stress adaption, and virulence in C. heterostrophus. Compared with the wild-type strain, the ΔChsnx4 and ΔChsnx41 mutants exhibited obvious changes in vegetative growth and in morphology of conidia. In addition, the conidiation, appressorium formation, and virulence of snx4 and snx41 mutants were dramatically reduced. Moreover, ΔChsnx4 and ΔChsnx41 mutants were more sensitive to oxidative stress (menadione and H2O2), cell wall integrity stress (Congo red and calcofluor white), fungicides, and isothiocyanates. All the phenotypes mentioned above were restored in complemented strains. In addition, ChSnx4 and ChSnx41 were proven to interact with each other through yeast two-hybrid. Taken together, these findings indicated that ChSNX4 and ChSNX41 were important for fungal growth, asexual development, stress adaption, and virulence in C. heterostrophus.
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Meng S, Jagernath JS, Luo C, Shi H, Kou Y. MoWhi2 Mediates Mitophagy to Regulate Conidiation and Pathogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105311. [PMID: 35628129 PMCID: PMC9141721 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Mitophagy refers to the specific process of degrading mitochondria, which is an important physiological process to maintain the balance of mitochondrial quantity and quality in cells. At present, the mechanisms of mitophagy in pathogenic fungi remain unclear. Magnaporthe oryzae (Syn. Pyricularia oryzae), the causal agent of rice blast disease, is responsible for the most serious disease of rice. In M. oryzae, mitophagy occurs in the foot cells and invasive hyphae to promote conidiation and infection. In this study, fluorescent observations and immunoblot analyses showed that general stress response protein MoWhi2 is required for mitophagy in M. oryzae. In addition, the activation of the autophagy, pexophagy and cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (CVT) pathway upon nitrogen starvation was determined using the GFP-MoATG8, GFP-SRL and MoAPE1-GFP strains and the ΔMowhi2 mutant in these backgrounds. The results indicated that MoWhi2 is specifically required for mitophagy in M. oryzae. Further studies showed that mitophagy in the foot cells and invasive hyphae of the ΔMowhi2 was interrupted, leading to reduced conidiation and virulence in the ΔMowhi2 mutant. Taken together, we found that MoWhi2 contributes to conidiation and invasive growth by regulating mitophagy in M. oryzae.
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- Shuai Meng
- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (S.M.); (J.S.J.)
- Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (S.M.); (J.S.J.)
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- Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (S.M.); (J.S.J.)
- Correspondence: (H.S.); (Y.K.)
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (S.M.); (J.S.J.)
- Correspondence: (H.S.); (Y.K.)
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Shiraishi K, Sakai Y. Autophagy as a Survival Strategy for Eukaryotic Microbes Living in the Phyllosphere. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:867486. [PMID: 35401602 PMCID: PMC8992653 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.867486] [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: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Autophagy is an intracellular degradation process that is highly conserved among eukaryotes at the molecular level. The process was originally revealed in the budding yeast, but the physiological role of autophagy in yeast cells had remained unknown as autophagy-deficient yeast mutants did now show a clear growth phenotype in laboratory conditions. In this review, we introduce the role of autophagy in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii grown on the leaf surface of Arabidopsis thaliana. Autophagy is shown to be required for proliferation in the phyllosphere, and selective autophagic pathways such as pexophagy and cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway are strictly regulated during both the daily cycle and the host plant life cycle. This review describes our current understanding of the role of autophagy as a survival strategy for phyllosphere fungi. Critical functions of autophagy for pathogen invasions are also discussed.
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Navarro-Espíndola R, Suaste-Olmos F, Peraza-Reyes L. Dynamic Regulation of Peroxisomes and Mitochondria during Fungal Development. J Fungi (Basel) 2020; 6:E302. [PMID: 33233491 PMCID: PMC7711908 DOI: 10.3390/jof6040302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes and mitochondria are organelles that perform major functions in the cell and whose activity is very closely associated. In fungi, the function of these organelles is critical for many developmental processes. Recent studies have disclosed that, additionally, fungal development comprises a dynamic regulation of the activity of these organelles, which involves a developmental regulation of organelle assembly, as well as a dynamic modulation of the abundance, distribution, and morphology of these organelles. Furthermore, for many of these processes, the dynamics of peroxisomes and mitochondria are governed by common factors. Notably, intense research has revealed that the process that drives the division of mitochondria and peroxisomes contributes to several developmental processes-including the formation of asexual spores, the differentiation of infective structures by pathogenic fungi, and sexual development-and that these processes rely on selective removal of these organelles via autophagy. Furthermore, evidence has been obtained suggesting a coordinated regulation of organelle assembly and dynamics during development and supporting the existence of regulatory systems controlling fungal development in response to mitochondrial activity. Gathered information underscores an important role for mitochondrial and peroxisome dynamics in fungal development and suggests that this process involves the concerted activity of these organelles.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (R.N.-E.); (F.S.-O.)
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