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Zhang X, Peng X, Yang G, Chen Q, Jin D. The Colonization and Effect of Isaria cateinannulata on Buckwheat Sprouts. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:plants12010145. [PMID: 36616274 PMCID: PMC9824485 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
The use of entomogenous fungi as endophytes is currently an area of active research. Isaria cateniannulata is an important entomogenous fungus that has been employed for the active control of a range of pests in agricultural and forestry settings, but its direct impact on plants remains to be evaluated. Herein, we assessed the ability of I. cateniannulata to colonize buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum and F. tataricum, and its impact on buckwheat defense enzyme activity and physiological indexes. The majority of fungal submerge condia was able to enter into leaves through stomata and veins, and this was followed by conidial attachment, lytic enzyme secretion, conidial deformation, and enhanced defensive enzyme activity within buckwheat, followed by the repair of damaged tissue structures. I. cateniannulata populations on buckwheat leaf surfaces (in CFU/g) reached the minimum values at 24 h after inoculation. At this time, the blast analysis revealed that the sequence identity values were 100%, which was consistent with the sequence of I. cateniannula. The number of I. cateniannulata submerge conidia colonized in the buckwheat leaves gradually rose to peak levels on 7 d post-inoculation, and then gradually declined until 10 d, at which time the buckwheat plant growth index values increased. This study provided novel evidence that I. cateniannulata could be leveraged as an endophytic fungus capable of colonizing buckwheat plants and promoting their growth.
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- Xiaona Zhang
- The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, College of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, College of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, College of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, College of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-139-8403-0739
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Cross-Kingdom Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals Conserved Genetic Modules in Response to Cadmium Stress. mSystems 2021; 6:e0118921. [PMID: 34874779 PMCID: PMC8651089 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01189-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
It is known that organisms have developed various mechanisms to cope with cadmium (Cd) stress, while we still lack a system-level understanding of the functional isomorphy among them. In the present study, a cross-kingdom comparison was conducted among Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, through toxicological tests, comparative transcriptomics, as well as conventional functional genomics. An equivalent level of Cd stress was determined via inhibition tests. Through transcriptome comparison, the three organisms exhibited differential gene expression under the same Cd stress relative to the corresponding no-treatment control. Results from functional enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) showed that four metabolic pathways responsible for combating Cd stress were commonly regulated in the three organisms, including antioxidant reactions, sulfur metabolism, cell wall remodeling, and metal transport. In vivo expression patterns of 43 DEGs from the four pathways were further examined using quantitative PCR and resulted in a relatively comparable dynamic of gene expression patterns with transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq). Cross-kingdom comparison of typical Cd stress-responding proteins resulted in the detection of 12 groups of homologous proteins in the three species. A class of potential metal transporters were subjected to cross-transformation to test their functional complementation. An ABC transporter gene in E. coli, possibly homologous to the yeast ycf1, was heterologously expressed in S. cerevisiae, resulting in enhanced Cd tolerance. Overall, our findings indicated that conserved genetic modules against Cd toxicity were commonly regulated among distantly related microbial species, which will be helpful for utilizing them in modifying microbial traits for bioremediation. IMPORTANCE Research is establishing a systems biology view of biological response to Cd stress. It is meaningful to explore whether there is regulatory isomorphy among distantly related organisms. A transcriptomic comparison was done among model microbes, leading to the identification of a conserved cellular model pinpointing the generic strategies utilized by microbes for combating Cd stress. A novel E. coli transporter gene substantially increased yeast’s Cd tolerance. Knowledge on systems understanding of the cellular response to metals provides the basis for developing bioengineering remediation technology.
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Zhang L, Zhang ZR, Zheng YQ, Zhang LJ, Wang MY, Wang XT, Yuan ML. Genome-wide gene expression profiles of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) under cold temperatures provide insights into body color variation. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 108:e21797. [PMID: 34272770 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21797] [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: 03/20/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Cold temperatures are one of the factors influencing color polymorphisms in Acyrthosiphon pisum, resulting in a change from a red to greenish color. Here we characterized gene expression profiles of A. pisum under different low temperatures (1°C, 4°C, 8°C, and 14°C) and durations (3, 6, 12, and 24 h). The number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) increased as temperatures decreased and time increased, but only a small number of significant DEGs were identified. Genes involved in pigment metabolism were downregulated. An interaction network analysis for 506 common DEGs in comparisons among aphids exposed to 1°C for four durations indicated that a cytochrome P450 gene (CYP, LOC112935894) significantly downregulated may interact with a carotenoid metabolism gene (LOC100574964), similar to other genes encoding CYP, lycopene dehydrogenase and fatty acid synthase. We proposed that the body color shift in A. pisum responding to low temperatures may be regulated by CYPs.
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- Li Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, China
- Department of Biology, The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, China
- Department of Biology, The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, China
- Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, China
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Yi J, Liu J, Li D, Sun D, Li J, An Y, Wu H. Transcriptome responses to heat and cold stress in prepupae of Trichogramma chilonis. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:4816-4825. [PMID: 33976850 PMCID: PMC8093697 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Trichogramma is a useful species that is widely applied in biocontrol. Temperature profoundly affects the commercial application of T. chilonis. Different developmental transcriptomes of prepupae and pupae of T. chilonis under 10, 25, and 40°C were obtained from our previous study. In this study, transcriptomic analysis was further conducted to gain a clear understanding of the molecular changes in the prepupae of T. chilonis under different thermal conditions. A total of 37,295 unigenes were identified from 3 libraries of prepupae of T. chilonis, 17,293 of which were annotated. Differential expression analysis showed that 408 and 108 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified after heat and cold treatment, respectively. Under heat stress, the pathway of protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum was found to be active. Most of the genes involved in this pathway were annotated as lethal (2) essential for life [l(2)efl] and heat shock protein genes (hsps), which were both highly upregulated. Nevertheless, most of the genes involved in another significantly enriched pathway of starch and sucrose metabolism were downregulated, including 1 alpha-glucosidase gene and 2 beta-glucuronidase genes. Under cold stress, no significantly enriched pathway was found, and the significantly enriched GO terms were related to the interaction with host and immune defenses. Together, these results provide us with a comprehensive view of the molecular mechanisms of T. chilonis in response to temperature stresses and will provide new insight into the mass rearing and utilization of T. chilonis.
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- Jiequn Yi
- Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Pesticide and FertilizerInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Pesticide and FertilizerInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection/Plant Protection Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Pesticide and FertilizerInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Pesticide and FertilizerInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Pesticide and FertilizerInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Pesticide and FertilizerInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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Comparative transcriptomic analyses revealed genes and pathways responsive to heat stress in Diaphorina citri. Gene 2020; 727:144246. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Ye J, Zhang Y, Cui H, Liu J, Wu Y, Cheng Y, Xu H, Huang X, Li S, Zhou A, Zhang X, Bolund L, Chen Q, Wang J, Yang H, Fang L, Shi C. WEGO 2.0: a web tool for analyzing and plotting GO annotations, 2018 update. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:W71-W75. [PMID: 29788377 PMCID: PMC6030983 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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WEGO (Web Gene Ontology Annotation Plot), created in 2006, is a simple but useful tool for visualizing, comparing and plotting GO (Gene Ontology) annotation results. Owing largely to the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing and the increasing acceptance of GO, WEGO has benefitted from outstanding performance regarding the number of users and citations in recent years, which motivated us to update to version 2.0. WEGO uses the GO annotation results as input. Based on GO's standardized DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) structured vocabulary system, the number of genes corresponding to each GO ID is calculated and shown in a graphical format. WEGO 2.0 updates have targeted four aspects, aiming to provide a more efficient and up-to-date approach for comparative genomic analyses. First, the number of input files, previously limited to three, is now unlimited, allowing WEGO to analyze multiple datasets. Also added in this version are the reference datasets of nine model species that can be adopted as baselines in genomic comparative analyses. Furthermore, in the analyzing processes each Chi-square test is carried out for multiple datasets instead of every two samples. At last, WEGO 2.0 provides an additional output graph along with the traditional WEGO histogram, displaying the sorted P-values of GO terms and indicating their significant differences. At the same time, WEGO 2.0 features an entirely new user interface. WEGO is available for free at http://wego.genomics.org.cn.
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- Jia Ye
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China.,University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310013, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, BGI-Qingdao, Qingdao, Shandong, 266555, China.,Institute of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, China.,Department of Stem Cell Research Institute, Fujian Medical University Stem Cell Research Institute, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350000, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China.,Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, China.,Department of Stem Cell Research Institute, Fujian Medical University Stem Cell Research Institute, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350000, China
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Chronopoulou EG, Papageorgiou AC, Ataya F, Nianiou-Obeidat I, Madesis P, Labrou NE. Expanding the Plant GSTome Through Directed Evolution: DNA Shuffling for the Generation of New Synthetic Enzymes With Engineered Catalytic and Binding Properties. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1737. [PMID: 30555496 PMCID: PMC6284010 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Glutathione transferases (GSTs, EC. 2.5.1.18) are inducible multifunctional enzymes that are essential in the detoxification and degradation of toxic compounds. GSTs have considerable biotechnological potential. In the present work, a new method for the generation of synthetic GSTs was developed. Abiotic stress treatment of Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max plants led to the induction of total GST activity and allowed the creation of a GST-enriched cDNA library using degenerated GST-specific primers and reverse transcription-PCR. This library was further diversified by employing directed evolution through DNA shuffling. Activity screening of the evolved library led to the identification of a novel tau class GST enzyme (PvGmGSTUG). The enzyme was purified by affinity chromatography, characterized by kinetic analysis, and its structure was determined by X-ray crystallography. Interestingly, PvGmGSTUG displayed enhanced glutathione hydroperoxidase activity, which was significantly greater than that reported so far for natural tau class GSTs. In addition, the enzyme displayed unusual cooperative kinetics toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (CDNB) but not toward glutathione. The present work provides an easy approach for the simultaneous shuffling of GST genes from different plants, thus allowing the directed evolution of plants GSTome. This may permit the generation of new synthetic enzymes with interesting properties that are valuable in biotechnology.
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- Evangelia G. Chronopoulou
- Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Department of Biotechnology, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding, School of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Department of Biotechnology, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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