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Yang X, Cao S, Sun H, Deng Y, Zhang X, Li Y, Ma D, Chen H, Li W. The critical roles of the Zn 2Cys 6 transcription factor Fp487 in the development and virulence of Fusarium pseudograminearum: A potential target for Fusarium crown rot control. Microbiol Res 2024; 285:127784. [PMID: 38824820 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2024.127784] [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: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Fusarium crown rot (FCR) caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum poses a significant threat to wheat production in the Huang-Huai-Hai region of China. However, the pathogenic mechanism of F. pseudograminearum is still poorly understood. Zn2Cys6 transcription factors, which are exclusive to fungi, play pivotal roles in regulating fungal development, drug resistance, pathogenicity, and secondary metabolism. In this study, we present the functional characterization of a Zn2Cys6 transcription factor F. pseudograminearum, designated Fp487. In F. pseudograminearum, Fp487 is shown to be required for mycelial growth through gene knockout and phenotypic analyses. Compared with wild-type CF14047, the ∆Fp487 mutant displayed a slight reduction in growth rate but a significant decrease in conidiogenesis, pathogenicity and 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (3AcDON) production. Moreover, the mutant exhibited heightened sensitivity to oxidative and cytomembrane stress. Furthermore, we synthesized dsRNA from the Fp487 gene in vitro, resulting in a reduction in the growth rate of F. pseudograminearum and its virulence on barley leaves through spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS). Notably, this study makes the first instance of inducing the expression of abundant dsRNA from F. pseudograminearum by engineering the Escherichia coli strain HT115 (DE3) and utilizing the SIGS technique to evaluate the virulence effect of dsRNA on F. pseudograminearum. In conclusion, our findings revealed the crucial role of Fp487 in regulating pathogenicity, stress responses, DON production, and conidiogenesis in F. pseudograminearum. Furthermore, Fp487 is a potential RNAi-based target for FCR control.
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- Xiaoyue Yang
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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Yan J, Wang R, Wu M, Cai M, Qu J, Liu L, Xie J, Yin W, Luo C. Transcriptional Activator UvXlnR Is Required for Conidiation and Pathogenicity of Rice False Smut Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2024:PHYTO01240038R. [PMID: 38506745 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-24-0038-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Transcription factors play critical roles in diverse biological processes in fungi. XlnR, identified as a transcriptional activator that regulates the expression of the extracellular xylanase genes in fungi, has not been extensively studied for its function in fungal development and pathogenicity in rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens. In this study, we characterized UvXlnR in U. virens and established that the full-length, N-terminal, and C-terminal forms have the ability to activate transcription. The study further demonstrated that UvXlnR plays crucial roles in various aspects of U. virens biology. Deletion of UvXlnR affected growth, conidiation, and stress response. UvXlnR mutants also exhibited reduced pathogenicity, which could be partially attributed to the reduced expression of xylanolytic genes and extracellular xylanase activity of U. virens during the infection process. Our results indicate that UvXlnR is involved in regulating growth, conidiation, stress response, and pathogenicity.
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- Jiali Yan
- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Zhang Z, Wang S, Guo M. The CHY-type zinc finger protein MoChy1 is involved in polarized growth, conidiation, autophagy and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 268:131867. [PMID: 38670181 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131867] [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: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Polarized growth is critical for the development of filamentous phytopathogens, and the CHY-type zinc finger protein Chy1 regulates microtubule assembly to influence polarized growth and thereby affect plant infections. However, the biological role of a Chy1 homolog MoChy1 remains unknown in Magnaporthe oryzae. We found here that the MoChy1-GFP was distributed in the cytoplasm outside the vacuole in hyphae and localized mainly to the vacuole compartments as the appressorium matured. The Mochy1 mutants showed an extremely slow growth rate, curved and branched mycelium, reduced conidiation, and a smaller size in the appressorium. Meanwhile, the Mochy1 mutants showed increased sensitivity to benomyl, damaged microtubule cytoskeleton, and mislocalized polarisome protein MoSpa2 and chitin synthase MoChs6 in hyphae. Compared to Guy11, the Mochy1 mutants exhibited increased sensitivity to H2O2, impaired ability to eliminate host-derived ROS and reduced penetration into host plants, resulting in a strong reduction in pathogenicity of Mochy1 mutants. Furthermore, the Mochy1 mutants also exhibited defects in chitin distribution, osmotic stress tolerance, and septin ring organization during appressorium differentiation and fungal development. Nonselective autophagy was negatively regulated in Mochy1 mutants compared to Guy11. In summary, MoChy1 plays multiple roles in fungal polar growth and full virulence of M. oryzae.
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- Zhaodi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei 230036, PR China; College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei 230036, PR China; College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei 230036, PR China; College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China.
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Shen ZF, Li L, Wang JY, Liao J, Zhang YR, Zhu XM, Wang ZH, Lu JP, Liu XH, Lin FC. Csn5 inhibits autophagy by regulating the ubiquitination of Atg6 and Tor to mediate the pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. Cell Commun Signal 2024; 22:222. [PMID: 38594767 PMCID: PMC11003145 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-024-01598-7] [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: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Csn5 is subunit 5 of the COP9 signalosome (CSN), but the mechanism by which it strictly controls the pathogenicity of pathogenic fungi through autophagy remains unclear. Here, we found that Csn5 deficiency attenuated pathogenicity and enhanced autophagy in Magnaporthe oryzae. MoCSN5 knockout led to overubiquitination and overdegradation of MoTor (the core protein of the TORC1 complex [target of rapamycin]) thereby promoted autophagy. In addition, we identified MoCsn5 as a new interactor of MoAtg6. Atg6 was found to be ubiquitinated through linkage with lysine 48 (K48) in cells, which is necessary for infection-associated autophagy in pathogenic fungi. K48-ubiquitination of Atg6 enhanced its degradation and thereby inhibited autophagic activity. Our experimental results indicated that MoCsn5 promoted K48-ubiquitination of MoAtg6, which reduced the MoAtg6 protein content and thus inhibited autophagy. Aberrant ubiquitination and autophagy in ΔMocsn5 led to pleiotropic defects in the growth, development, stress resistance, and pathogenicity of M. oryzae. In summary, our study revealed a novel mechanism by which Csn5 regulates autophagy and pathogenicity in rice blast fungus through ubiquitination.
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- Zi-Fang Shen
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome (MARA), Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Baudin M, Le Naour‐Vernet M, Gladieux P, Tharreau D, Lebrun M, Lambou K, Leys M, Fournier E, Césari S, Kroj T. Pyricularia oryzae: Lab star and field scourge. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13449. [PMID: 38619508 PMCID: PMC11018116 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13449] [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: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Pyricularia oryzae (syn. Magnaporthe oryzae), is a filamentous ascomycete that causes a major disease called blast on cereal crops, as well as on a wide variety of wild and cultivated grasses. Blast diseases have a tremendous impact worldwide particularly on rice and on wheat, where the disease emerged in South America in the 1980s, before spreading to Asia and Africa. Its economic importance, coupled with its amenability to molecular and genetic manipulation, have inspired extensive research efforts aiming at understanding its biology and evolution. In the past 40 years, this plant-pathogenic fungus has emerged as a major model in molecular plant-microbe interactions. In this review, we focus on the clarification of the taxonomy and genetic structure of the species and its host range determinants. We also discuss recent molecular studies deciphering its lifecycle. TAXONOMY Kingdom: Fungi, phylum: Ascomycota, sub-phylum: Pezizomycotina, class: Sordariomycetes, order: Magnaporthales, family: Pyriculariaceae, genus: Pyricularia. HOST RANGE P. oryzae has the ability to infect a wide range of Poaceae. It is structured into different host-specialized lineages that are each associated with a few host plant genera. The fungus is best known to cause tremendous damage to rice crops, but it can also attack other economically important crops such as wheat, maize, barley, and finger millet. DISEASE SYMPTOMS P. oryzae can cause necrotic lesions or bleaching on all aerial parts of its host plants, including leaf blades, sheaths, and inflorescences (panicles, spikes, and seeds). Characteristic symptoms on leaves are diamond-shaped silver lesions that often have a brown margin and whose appearance is influenced by numerous factors such as the plant genotype and environmental conditions. USEFUL WEBSITES Resources URL Genomic data repositories http://genome.jouy.inra.fr/gemo/ Genomic data repositories http://openriceblast.org/ Genomic data repositories http://openwheatblast.net/ Genome browser for fungi (including P. oryzae) http://fungi.ensembl.org/index.html Comparative genomics database https://mycocosm.jgi.doe.gov/mycocosm/home T-DNA mutant database http://atmt.snu.kr/ T-DNA mutant database http://www.phi-base.org/ SNP and expression data https://fungidb.org/fungidb/app/.
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- Maël Baudin
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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Université Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAVAngersFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
- CIRAD, UMR PHIMMontpellierFrance
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- UMR 1290 BIOGER – Campus Agro Paris‐Saclay – INRAE‐AgroParisTechPalaiseauFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRDMontpellierFrance
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Zhang Y, Wei Y, Wu M, Liu M, Liang S, Zhu X, Liu X, Lin F. Cand2 inhibits CRL-mediated ubiquitination and suppresses autophagy to facilitate pathogenicity of phytopathogenic fungi. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 5:100720. [PMID: 37718510 PMCID: PMC10873881 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100720] [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: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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The ubiquitin-proteasome system and the autophagy system are the two primary mechanisms used by eukaryotes to maintain protein homeostasis, and both are closely related to the pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus. In this research, we identified MoCand2 as an inhibitor of ubiquitination in Magnaporthe oryzae. Through this role, MoCand2 participates in the regulation of autophagy and pathogenicity. Specifically, we found that deletion of MoCand2 increased the ubiquitination level in M. oryzae, whereas overexpression of MoCand2 inhibited the accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins. Interaction analyses showed that MoCand2 is a subunit of Cullin-RING ligases (CRLs). It suppresses ubiquitination by blocking the assembly of CRLs and downregulating the expression of key CRL subunits. Further research indicated that MoCand2 regulates autophagy through ubiquitination. MoCand2 knockout led to over-ubiquitination and over-degradation of MoTor, and we confirmed that MoTor content was negatively correlated with autophagy level. In addition, MoCand2 knockout accelerated the K63 ubiquitination of MoAtg6 and strengthened the assembly and activity of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase class 3 complex, thus enhancing autophagy. Abnormal ubiquitination and autophagy in ΔMocand2 resulted in defects in growth, conidiation, stress resistance, and pathogenicity. Finally, sequence alignment and functional analyses in other phytopathogenic fungi confirmed the high conservation of fungal Cand2s. Our research thus reveals a novel mechanism by which ubiquitination regulates autophagy and pathogenicity in phytopathogenic fungi.
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- Yunran Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya 572025, China
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- College of Biology and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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de Oliveira TC, Freyria NJ, Sarmiento-Villamil JL, Porth I, Tanguay P, Bernier L. Unraveling the transcriptional features and gene expression networks of pathogenic and saprotrophic Ophiostoma species during the infection of Ulmus americana. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0369423. [PMID: 38230934 PMCID: PMC10845970 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03694-23] [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: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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American elm (Ulmus americana), highly prized for its ornamental value, has suffered two successive outbreaks of Dutch elm disease (DED) caused by ascomycete fungi belonging to the genus Ophiostoma. To identify the genes linked to the pathogenicity of different species and lineages of Ophiostoma, we inoculated 2-year-old U. americana saplings with six strains representing three species of DED fungi, and one strain of the saprotroph Ophiostoma quercus. Differential expression analyses were performed following RNA sequencing of fungal transcripts recovered at 3- and 10-days post-infection. Based on a total of 8,640 Ophiostoma genes, we observed a difference in fungal gene expression depending on the strain inoculated and the time of incubation in host tissue. Some genes overexpressed in the more virulent strains of Ophiostoma encode hydrolases that possibly act synergistically. A mutant of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi in which the gene encoding the ogf1 transcription factor had been deleted did not produce transcripts for the gene encoding the hydrophobin cerato-ulmin and was less virulent. Weighted gene correlation network analyses identified several candidate pathogenicity genes distributed among 13 modules of interconnected genes.IMPORTANCEOphiostoma is a genus of cosmopolitan fungi that belongs to the family Ophiostomataceae and includes the pathogens responsible for two devastating pandemics of Dutch elm disease (DED). As the mechanisms of action of DED agents remain unclear, we carried out the first comparative transcriptomic study including representative strains of the three Ophiostoma species causing DED, along with the phylogenetically close saprotrophic species Ophiostoma quercus. Statistical analyses of the fungal transcriptomes recovered at 3 and 10 days following infection of Ulmus americana saplings highlighted several candidate genes associated with virulence and host-pathogen interactions wherein each strain showed a distinct transcriptome. The results of this research underscore the importance of investigating the transcriptional behavior of different fungal taxa to understand their pathogenicity and virulence in relation to the timeline of infection.
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- Thais C. de Oliveira
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d’étude de la Forêt, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, St. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d’étude de la Forêt, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad de Málaga (IHSM-CSIC-UMA), Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, Málaga, Spain
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d’étude de la Forêt, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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- Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d’étude de la Forêt, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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Wang L, Zhang X, Li L, Bao J, Lin F, Zhu X. A key sphingolipid pathway gene, MoDES1, regulates conidiation, virulence and plasma membrane tension in Magnaporthe oryzae. Microbiol Res 2024; 279:127554. [PMID: 38056173 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127554] [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: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Rice blast, caused by the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is a destructive disaster all over the earth that causes enormous losses in crop production. Sphingolipid, an important biological cell membrane lipid, is an essential structural component in the plasma membrane (PM) and has several biological functions, including cell mitosis, apoptosis, stress resistance, and signal transduction. Previous studies have suggested that sphingolipid and its derivatives play essential roles in the virulence of plant pathogenic fungi. However, the functions of sphingolipid biosynthesis-related proteins are not fully understood. In this article, we identified a key sphingolipid synthesis enzyme, MoDes1, and found that it is engaged in cell development and pathogenicity in M. oryzae. Deletion of MoDES1 gave rise to pleiotropic defects in vegetative growth, conidiation, plant penetration, and pathogenicity. MoDes1 is also required for lipid homeostasis and participates in the cell wall integrity (CWI) and Osm1-MAPK pathways. Notably, our results showed that there is negative feedback in the TORC2 signaling pathway to compensate for the decreased sphingolipid level due to the knockout of MoDES1 by regulating the phosphorylated Ypk1 level and PM tension. Furthermore, protein structure building has shown that MoDes1 is a potential drug target. These findings further refine the function of Des1 and deepen our understanding of the sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway in M. oryzae, laying a foundation for developing novel and specific drugs for rice blast control.
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- Lei Wang
- The College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- The College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- The College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 311300, China; State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China; Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311231, China.
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- The College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 311300, China; State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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Li L, Zhu XM, Bao JD, Wang JY, Liu XH, Lin FC. The cell cycle, autophagy, and cell wall integrity pathway jointly governed by MoSwe1 in Magnaporthe oryzae. Cell Commun Signal 2024; 22:19. [PMID: 38195499 PMCID: PMC10775494 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01389-6] [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: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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The cell cycle is pivotal to cellular differentiation in plant pathogenic fungi. Cell wall integrity (CWI) signaling plays an essential role in coping with cell wall stress. Autophagy is a degradation process in which cells decompose their components to recover macromolecules and provide energy under stress conditions. However, the specific association between cell cycle, autophagy and CWI pathway remains unclear in model pathogenic fungi Magnaporthe oryzae. Here, we have identified MoSwe1 as the conserved component of the cell cycle in the rice blast fungus. We have found that MoSwe1 targets MoMps1, a conserved critical MAP kinase of the CWI pathway, through protein phosphorylation that positively regulates CWI signaling. The CWI pathway is abnormal in the ΔMoswe1 mutant with cell cycle arrest. In addition, we provided evidence that MoSwe1 positively regulates autophagy by interacting with MoAtg17 and MoAtg18, the core autophagy proteins. Moreover, the S phase initiation was earlier, the morphology of conidia and appressoria was abnormal, and septum formation and glycogen degradation were impaired in the ΔMoswe1 mutant. Our research defines that MoSWE1 regulation of G1/S transition, CWI pathway, and autophagy supports its specific requirement for appressorium development and virulence in plant pathogenic fungi. Video Abstract.
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- Lin Li
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Lambou K, Tag A, Lassagne A, Collemare J, Clergeot PH, Barbisan C, Perret P, Tharreau D, Millazo J, Chartier E, De Vries RP, Hirsch J, Morel JB, Beffa R, Kroj T, Thomas T, Lebrun MH. The bZIP transcription factor BIP1 of the rice blast fungus is essential for infection and regulates a specific set of appressorium genes. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1011945. [PMID: 38252628 PMCID: PMC10833574 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae differentiates specialized cells called appressoria that are required for fungal penetration into host leaves. In this study, we identified the novel basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor BIP1 (B-ZIP Involved in Pathogenesis-1) that is essential for pathogenicity. BIP1 is required for the infection of plant leaves, even if they are wounded, but not for appressorium-mediated penetration of artificial cellophane membranes. This phenotype suggests that BIP1 is not implicated in the differentiation of the penetration peg but is necessary for the initial establishment of the fungus within plant cells. BIP1 expression was restricted to the appressorium by both transcriptional and post-transcriptional control. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis showed that 40 genes were down regulated in a BIP1 deletion mutant. Most of these genes were specifically expressed in the appressorium. They encode proteins with pathogenesis-related functions such as enzymes involved in secondary metabolism including those encoded by the ACE1 gene cluster, small secreted proteins such as SLP2, BAS2, BAS3, and AVR-Pi9 effectors, as well as plant cuticle and cell wall degrading enzymes. Interestingly, this BIP1 network is different from other known infection-related regulatory networks, highlighting the complexity of gene expression control during plant-fungal interactions. Promoters of BIP1-regulated genes shared a GCN4/bZIP-binding DNA motif (TGACTC) binding in vitro to BIP1. Mutation of this motif in the promoter of MGG_08381.7 from the ACE1 gene cluster abolished its appressorium-specific expression, showing that BIP1 behaves as a transcriptional activator. In summary, our findings demonstrate that BIP1 is critical for the expression of early invasion-related genes in appressoria. These genes are likely needed for biotrophic invasion of the first infected host cell, but not for the penetration process itself. Through these mechanisms, the blast fungus strategically anticipates the host plant environment and responses during appressorium-mediated penetration.
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- Karine Lambou
- CNRS-Bayer Crop Science, UMR 5240 MAP, Lyon, France
- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS-Bayer Crop Science, UMR 5240 MAP, Lyon, France
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- CNRS-Bayer Crop Science, UMR 5240 MAP, Lyon, France
- ASP Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Biochemistry Department, Bayer Crop Science SAS, Lyon, France
- Bayer S.A.S. Crop Science Division Global Toxicology- Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute & Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
- Pathologie Végétale, INRAE, Montfavet, France
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Biochemistry Department, Bayer Crop Science SAS, Lyon, France
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM), Montpellier University, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- CNRS-Bayer Crop Science, UMR 5240 MAP, Lyon, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR 1290 BIOGER, Palaiseau, France
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Lu K, Chen R, Yang Y, Xu H, Jiang J, Li L. Involvement of the Cell Wall-Integrity Pathway in Signal Recognition, Cell-Wall Biosynthesis, and Virulence in Magnaporthe oryzae. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2023; 36:608-622. [PMID: 37140471 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-22-0231-cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The fungal cell wall is the first layer exposed to the external environment. The cell wall has key roles in regulating cell functions, such as cellular stability, permeability, and protection against stress. Understanding the structure of the cell wall and the mechanism of its biogenesis is important for the study of fungi. Highly conserved in fungi, including Magnaporthe oryzae, the cell wall-integrity (CWI) pathway is the primary signaling cascade regulating cell-wall structure and function. The CWI pathway has been demonstrated to correlate with pathogenicity in many phytopathogenic fungi. In the synthesis of the cell wall, the CWI pathway cooperates with multiple signaling pathways to regulate cell morphogenesis and secondary metabolism. Many questions have arisen regarding the cooperation of different signaling pathways with the CWI pathway in regulating cell-wall synthesis and pathogenicity. In this review, we summarized the latest advances in the M. oryzae CWI pathway and cell-wall structure. We discussed the CWI pathway components and their involvement in different aspects, such as virulence factors, the possibility of the pathway as a target for antifungal therapies, and crosstalk with other signaling pathways. This information will aid in better understanding the universal functions of the CWI pathway in regulating cell-wall synthesis and pathogenicity in M. oryzae. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Kailun Lu
- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Huang Z, Cao H, Wang H, Huang P, Wang J, Cai Y, Wang Q, Li Y, Wang J, Liu X, Lin F, Lu J. The triglyceride catabolism regulated by a serine/threonine protein phosphatase, Smek1, is required for development and plant infection in Magnaporthe oryzae. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:1256-1272. [PMID: 37357820 PMCID: PMC10502837 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13368] [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: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Magnaporthe oryzae is a pathogenic fungus that seriously harms rice production. Phosphatases and carbon metabolism play crucial roles in the growth and development of eukaryotes. However, it remains unclear how serine/threonine phosphatases regulate the catabolism of triglycerides, a major form of stored lipids. In this study, we identified a serine/threonine protein phosphatase regulatory subunit, Smek1, which is required for the growth, conidiation, and virulence of M. oryzae. Deletion of SMEK1 led to defects in the utilization of lipids, arabinose, glycerol, and ethanol. In glucose medium, the expression of genes involved in lipolysis, long-chain fatty acid degradation, β-oxidation, and the glyoxylate cycle increased in the Δsmek1 mutant, which is consistent with ΔcreA in which a carbon catabolite repressor CREA was deleted. In lipid medium, the expression of genes involved in long-chain fatty acid degradation, β-oxidation, the glyoxylate cycle, and utilization of arabinose, ethanol, or glycerol decreased in the Δsmek1 mutant, which is consistent with Δcrf1 in which a transcription activator CRF1 required for carbon metabolism was deleted. Lipase activity, however, increased in the Δsmek1 mutant in both glucose and lipid media. Moreover, Smek1 directly interacted with CreA and Crf1, and dephosphorylated CreA and Crf1 in vivo. The phosphatase Smek1 is therefore a dual-function regulator of the lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, and controls fungal development and virulence by coordinating the functions of CreA and Crf1 in carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and derepression (CCDR).
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- Zhicheng Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, College of Life SciencesZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- Institute of Plant ProtectionJiangsu Academy of Agricultural SciencesNanjingChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, College of Life SciencesZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, Institute of Plant Protection and MicrobiologyZhejiang Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhouChina
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- Institute of BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, College of Life SciencesZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, College of Life SciencesZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, Institute of Plant Protection and MicrobiologyZhejiang Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhouChina
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- Institute of BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, Institute of Plant Protection and MicrobiologyZhejiang Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhouChina
- Institute of BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro‐Products, College of Life SciencesZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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Huang S, Zhao X, Luo Z, Tang X, Zhou Y, Keyhani N, Zhang Y. Fungal co-expression network analyses identify pathogen gene modules associated with host insect invasion. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0180923. [PMID: 37656157 PMCID: PMC10581046 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01809-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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The broad host range fungal insect pathogen, Beauveria bassiana, has been commercialized as an alternative to chemical insecticides for pest control worldwide. B. bassiana represents a unique model system with which to examine host-pathogen interactions, and a wide range of genes and processes have been studied. However, significant aspects of virulence, particularly on the genomic scale, remain poorly studied. Here, we have combined available transcriptomes with three newly generated data sets for a combined total analysis of 76 deep-sequenced samples covering growth, development, stress responses, and infection during the life cycle of B. bassiana. Co-expression network analyses resulted in the identification of gene modules enriched during two critical stages of the infection process, namely (i) cuticle penetration and (ii) in vivo hyphal body (dimorphic transition) growth capable of avoiding innate and humoral immune defenses. These analyses identify unique signatures of metabolism, signaling, secondary metabolite production, host defense suppression, membrane reorganization, effector production, and secretion for each stage, including genetic regulators and epigenetic patterns. These data provide a comprehensive framework for understanding and probing fungal adaptations to its pathogenic life cycle and expand the candidate repertoire for continued dissection of the host-pathogen interaction. IMPORTANCE Insect fungal pathogens have evolved unique strategies for overcoming host structural and immunological defenses that span from the sclerotized cuticle to innate and humoral cellular responses. Two critical stages of the infection process involve (i) cuticle penetration and (ii) immune evasion within the insect hemocoel. A set of 76 global transcriptomic data for B. bassiana that include the cuticle penetration and hemocoel growth stages were analyzed for patterns (gene modules) of expression, yielding unique insights into these different life stages. These analyses integrate gene networks involved in fungal development, stress response and pathogenesis to further the systematic understanding of the global processes integral to the unique adaptation employed by fungal pathogens of insects.
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- Shuaishuai Huang
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Ministry of Education), School of Ecology and Environment, Tibet University, Tibet, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Ministry of Education), School of Ecology and Environment, Tibet University, Tibet, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Wang D, Zhang Y, Zhou S, Zhang X, Liu S, Li X, Liu Z. Gcc1 homologs regulate growth, oxidative stress, conidiation and appressorium formation in Colletotrichum siamense and Colletotrichum graminicola. Microb Pathog 2023; 182:106249. [PMID: 37437644 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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The Zn2Cys6 transcription factor is a fungal-specific zinc finger protein, which plays an important role in regulating growth, development and pathogenicity of pathogenic fungi. In this study, we characterized two Zn2Cys6 transcription factors, CsGcc1 and CgrGcc1 in Colletotrichum siamense and C. graminicola, respectively, which are homologous to Gcc1 in Magnaporthe oryzae. Both CsGcc1 and CgrGcc1 contain a typical GAL4 DNA-binding domain. Deletion of CsGCC1 or CgrGCC1 decreased the growth rate and lowered the tolerance to H2O2. In addition, disrupting CsGCC1 reduced conidial yield and lowered the germination rate and appressorium formation rate of C. siamense. Cellophane assays showed that deletion of CsGCC1 also weakened the penetration ability of appressoria. In C. graminicola, CgrGcc1 did not affect the production and germination of oval conidia, but its deletion significantly decreased the yield of the falcate conidium, and led to abnormal appressorium formation. In terms of pathogenicity, CsGcc1 slightly reduced the virulence of C. siamense, while deleting CgrGcc1 did not affect virulence of C. graminicola. In conclusion, the Zn2Cys6 transcription factors CsGcc1 and CgrGcc1 are involved in the regulation of vegetative growth, oxidative stress, conidial/falcate conidial production and appressorium formation in C. siamense and C. graminicola.
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- Diguang Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China; One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China; One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
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Uchida M, Konishi T, Fujigasaki A, Kita K, Arie T, Teraoka T, Kanda Y, Mori M, Arazoe T, Kamakura T. Dysfunctional Pro1 leads to female sterility in rice blast fungi. iScience 2023; 26:107020. [PMID: 37416480 PMCID: PMC10320130 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107020] [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] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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Although sexual reproduction is widespread in eukaryotes, some fungal species can only reproduce asexually. In the rice blast fungus Pyricularia (Magnaporthe) oryzae, several isolates from the region of origin retain mating ability, but most isolates are female sterile. Therefore, female fertility may have been lost during its spread from the origin. Here, we show that functional mutations of Pro1, a global transcriptional regulator of mating-related genes in filamentous fungi, is one cause of loss of female fertility in this fungus. We identified the mutation of Pro1 by backcrossing analysis between female-fertile and female-sterile isolates. The dysfunctional Pro1 did not affect the infection processes but conidial release was increased. Furthermore, various mutations in Pro1 were detected in geographically distant P. oryzae, including pandemic isolates of wheat blast fungus. These results provide the first evidence that loss of female fertility may be advantageous to the life cycle of some plant pathogenic fungi.
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- Momotaka Uchida
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0054, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0054, Japan
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- Division of Plant Molecular Regulation Research, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO (NIAS), 2-1-2 Kan-nondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Molecular Regulation Research, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO (NIAS), 2-1-2 Kan-nondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Zhang Y, Zhuang X, Meng J, Zan F, Liu Z, Qin C, Hao L, Wang Z, Wang L, Li H, Li H, Ding S. A Putative Zn(II) 2Cys 6-Type Transcription Factor FpUme18 Is Required for Development, Conidiation, Cell Wall Integrity, Endocytosis and Full Virulence in Fusarium pseudograminearum. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10987. [PMID: 37446163 PMCID: PMC10341630 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Fusarium pseudograminearum is one of the major fungal pathogens that cause Fusarium crown rot (FCR) worldwide and can lead to a substantially reduced grain yield and quality. Transcription factors play an important role in regulating growth and pathogenicity in plant pathogens. In this study, we identified a putative Zn(II)2Cys6 fungal-type domain-containing transcription factor and named it FpUme18. The expression of FpUME18 was induced during the infection of wheat by F. pseudograminearum. The ΔFpume18 deletion mutant showed defects in growth, conidial production, and conidial germination. In the responses to the cell wall, salt and oxidative stresses, the ΔFpume18 mutant inhibited the rate of mycelial growth at a higher rate compared with the wild type. The staining of conidia and mycelia with lipophilic dye FM4-64 revealed a delay in endocytosis when FpUME18 was deleted. FpUME18 also positively regulated the expression of phospholipid-related synthesis genes. The deletion of FpUME18 attenuated the pathogenicity of wheat coleoptiles. FpUME18 also participated in the production of the DON toxin by regulating the expression of TRI genes. Collectively, FpUme18 is required for vegetative growth, conidiation, stress response, endocytosis, and full virulence in F. pseudograminearum.
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- Yuan Zhang
- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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Diao Y, Jin J, Xiong X, Yu C, Tian Y, Li D, Liu H. Transcription Factor VM1G_06867: A Requirement for Growth, Pathogenicity, Development, and Maintenance of Cell Wall Integrity in Valsa mali. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:692. [PMID: 37367628 DOI: 10.3390/jof9060692] [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: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Apple canker disease, caused by Valsa mali, is one of the most serious apple tree diseases in China. VmSom1 is an important transcription factor that acts on the cyclic adenosine signaling pathway (cAMP/PKA), regulating the growth, development, morphological differentiation, and pathogenic forces of the pathogen. We perform transcriptome analysis of the VmSom1 deletion mutant and the wild-type strain 11-175 and identify a significantly differentially expressed gene, VM1G_06867, a zinc finger motif transcription factor in V. mali. In this study, we obtain the VM1G_06867 gene using the single deletion mutant via homologous recombination. To determine the relationship between VmSom1 and VM1G_06867, we also obtain a double deletion mutant ΔVmSom1/06867. Compared to the wild-type strain 11-175, the single deletion mutant VM1G_06867 shows a drastic reduction in growth rate and forms more pycnidia on the PDA medium. Additionally, the growth of the mutant is inhibited by SDS, Congo red, and fluorescent brighteners. In comparison to the single deletion mutant VmSom1, the double deletion mutant ΔVmSom1/06867 shows no significant change in growth or conidiation and is unable to produce conidia. The growth rate is significantly increased in Congo red, NaCl, and Sorbitol mediums. These results demonstrate that VM1G_06867 plays important roles in growth, pathogenicity, asexual development, and maintenance of cell wall integrity. VM1G_06867 can recover osmotic stress and cell wall integrity defects caused by the deletion of VmSom1, as well as restore the loss of pathogenicity caused by the deletion of the VmSom1 gene, but not completely.
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- Yufei Diao
- Shandong Research Center for Forestry Harmful Biological Control Engineering and Technology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Mountain Tai Forest Ecosystem Research Station of State Forestry Administration, Forestry College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Mountain Tai Forest Ecosystem Research Station of State Forestry Administration, Forestry College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Research Center for Forestry Harmful Biological Control Engineering and Technology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Research Center for Forestry Harmful Biological Control Engineering and Technology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Research Center for Forestry Harmful Biological Control Engineering and Technology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Research Center for Forestry Harmful Biological Control Engineering and Technology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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Francisco CS, McDonald BA, Palma-Guerrero J. A transcription factor and a phosphatase regulate temperature-dependent morphogenesis in the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol 2023; 167:103811. [PMID: 37196910 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Naturally fluctuating temperatures provide a constant environmental stress that requires adaptation. Some fungal pathogens respond to heat stress by producing new morphotypes that maximize their overall fitness. The fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici responds to heat stress by switching from its yeast-like blastospore form to hyphae or chlamydospores. The regulatory mechanisms underlying this switch are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that a differential heat stress response is ubiquitous in Z. tritici populations around the world. We used QTL mapping to identify a single locus associated with the temperature-dependent morphogenesis and we found two genes, the transcription factor ZtMsr1 and the protein phosphatase ZtYvh1, regulating this mechanism. We find that ZtMsr1 regulates repression of hyphal growth and induces chlamydospore formation whereas ZtYvh1 is required for hyphal growth. We next showed that chlamydospore formation is a response to the intracellular osmotic stress generated by the heat stress. This intracellular stress stimulates the cell wall integrity (CWI) and high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) MAPK pathways resulting in hyphal growth. If cell wall integrity is compromised, however, ZtMsr1 represses the hyphal development program and may induce the chlamydospore-inducing genes as a stress-response survival strategy. Taken together, these results suggest a novel mechanism through which morphological transitions are orchestrated in Z. tritici - a mechanism that may also be present in other pleomorphic fungi.
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, 8092 ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, 8092 ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
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Wang ZH, Shen ZF, Wang JY, Cai YY, Li L, Liao J, Lu JP, Zhu XM, Lin FC, Liu XH. MoCbp7, a Novel Calcineurin B Subunit-Binding Protein, Is Involved in the Calcium Signaling Pathway and Regulates Fungal Development, Virulence, and ER Homeostasis in Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119297. [PMID: 37298247 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119297] [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: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Calcineurin, a key regulator of the calcium signaling pathway, is involved in calcium signal transduction and calcium ion homeostasis. Magnaporthe oryzae is a devastating filamentous phytopathogenic fungus in rice, yet little is known about the function of the calcium signaling system. Here, we identified a novel calcineurin regulatory-subunit-binding protein, MoCbp7, which is highly conserved in filamentous fungi and was found to localize in the cytoplasm. Phenotypic analysis of the MoCBP7 gene deletion mutant (ΔMocbp7) showed that MoCbp7 influenced the growth, conidiation, appressorium formation, invasive growth, and virulence of M. oryzae. Some calcium-signaling-related genes, such as YVC1, VCX1, and RCN1, are expressed in a calcineurin/MoCbp7-dependent manner. Furthermore, MoCbp7 synergizes with calcineurin to regulate endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis. Our research indicated that M. oryzae may have evolved a new calcium signaling regulatory network to adapt to its environment compared to the fungal model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Zi-He Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Zhou Y, Zhao J, Yang L, Bi R, Qin Z, Sun P, Li R, Zhao M, Wang Y, Chen G, Wan H, Zheng L, Chen XL, Wang G, Li Q, Li G. Doxorubicin inhibits phosphatidylserine decarboxylase and confers broad-spectrum antifungal activity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023. [PMID: 37148193 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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As phospholipids of cell membranes, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylserine (PS) play crucial roles in glycerophospholipid metabolism. Broadly, some phospholipid biosynthesis enzymes serve as potential fungicide targets. Therefore, revealing the functions and mechanism of PE biosynthesis in plant pathogens would provide potential targets for crop disease control. We performed analyses including phenotypic characterizations, lipidomics, enzyme activity, site-directed mutagenesis, and chemical inhibition assays to study the function of PS decarboxylase-encoding gene MoPSD2 in rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. The Mopsd2 mutant was defective in development, lipid metabolism, and plant infection. The PS level increased while PE decreased in Mopsd2, consistent with the enzyme activity. Furthermore, chemical doxorubicin inhibited the enzyme activity of MoPsd2 and showed antifungal activity against 10 phytopathogenic fungi including M. oryzae and reduced disease severity of two crop diseases in the field. Three predicted doxorubicin-interacting residues are important for MoPsd2 functions. Our study demonstrates that MoPsd2 is involved in de novo PE biosynthesis and contributes to the development and plant infection of M. oryzae and that doxorubicin shows broad-spectrum antifungal activity as a fungicide candidate. The study also implicates that bacterium Streptomyces peucetius, which biosynthesizes doxorubicin, could be potentially used as an eco-friendly biocontrol agent.
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- Yaru Zhou
- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712000, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Liu S, Gong X, Ma J, Wang S, Guo M. MoMih1 is indispensable for asexual development, cell wall integrity, and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1146915. [PMID: 36998683 PMCID: PMC10044144 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1146915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Asexual spore serves as essential inoculum of rice blast during the disease cycle, and differentiation of young conidium from conidiophore is intimately regulated by cell cycle. Mih1 encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase that involved in the G2/M transition of the mitotic cell cycle by regulating the Cdk1 activity in eukaryotes. Till now, the roles of Mih1 homologue, however, remain unclear in Magnaporthe oryzae. We here functionally characterized the Mih1 homologue MoMih1 in M. oryzae. MoMih1 is localized to both the cytoplasm and nucleus and can physically interact with the CDK protein MoCdc28 in vivo. Loss of MoMih1 led to delayed nucleus division and a high level of Tyr15 phosphorylation of MoCdc28. The MoMih1 mutants showed retarded mycelial growth with a defective polar growth, less fungal biomass, and shorter distance between diaphragms, compared with the KU80. Asexual reproduction altered in MoMih1 mutants, with both abnormal conidial morphogenesis and decreased conidiation. The MoMih1 mutants severely attenuated the virulence to host plants due to the impaired ability of penetration and biotrophic growth. The incapability of scavenging of host-derived reactive oxygen species, which was possibly ascribed to the severely decreased extracellular enzymes activities, were partially associated with deficiency of pathogenicity. Besides, the MoMih1 mutants displayed also improper localization of retromer protein MoVps26 and polarisome component MoSpa2, and defects of cell wall integrity (CWI), melanin pigmentation, chitin synthesis, and hydrophobicity. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that MoMih1 plays pleiotropic roles during fungal development and plant infection of M. oryzae.
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- Shiyi Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
- College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
- College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
- College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
- College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
- College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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Song L, Shrivastava N, Gai Y, Li D, Cai W, Shen Y, Lin FC, Liu J, Wang H. Role of the blue light receptor gene Icwc-1 in mycelium growth and fruiting body formation of Isaria cicadae. Front Microbiol 2023; 13:1038034. [PMID: 36704565 PMCID: PMC9871644 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1038034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The Isaria cicadae, is well known highly prized medicinal mushroom with great demand in food and pharmaceutical industry. Due to its economic value and therapeutic uses, natural sources of wild I. cicadae are over-exploited and reducing continuously. Therefore, commercial cultivation in controlled environment is an utmost requirement to fulfill the consumer's demand. Due to the lack of knowledge on fruiting body (synnemata) development and regulation, commercial cultivation is currently in a difficult situation. In the growth cycle of macrofungi, such as mushrooms, light is the main factor affecting growth and development, but so far, specific effects of light on the growth and development of I. cicadae is unknown. In this study, we identified a blue light receptor white-collar-1 (Icwc-1) gene homologue with well-defined functions in morphological development in I. cicadae based on gene knockout technology and transcriptomic analysis. It was found that the Icwc-1 gene significantly affected hyphal growth and fruiting body development. This study confirms that Icwc-1 acts as an upstream regulatory gene that regulates genes associated with fruiting body formation, pigment-forming genes, and related genes for enzyme synthesis. Transcriptome data analysis also found that Icwc-1 affects many important metabolic pathways of I. cicadae, i.e., amino acid metabolism and fatty acid metabolism. The above findings will not only provide a comprehensive understanding about the molecular mechanism of light regulation in I. cicadae, but also provide new insights for future breeding program and improving this functional food production.
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- Linhao Song
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,Shanxi Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi for Loess Plateau, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi for Loess Plateau, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi for Loess Plateau, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China,*Correspondence: Jingyu Liu, ; Hongkai Wang,
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Jingyu Liu, ; Hongkai Wang,
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Qian H, Sun L, Wu M, Zhao W, Liu M, Liang S, Zhu X, Li L, Su Z, Lu J, Lin F, Liu X. The COPII subunit MoSec24B is involved in development, pathogenicity and autophagy in the rice blast fungus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1074107. [PMID: 36699840 PMCID: PMC9868959 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1074107] [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: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) acts as the starting point of the secretory pathway, where approximately one-third of the proteins are correctly folded and modified, loaded into vesicles, and transported to the Golgi for further processing and modification. In this process, COPII vesicles are responsible for transporting cargo proteins from the ER to the Golgi. Here, we identified the inner shell subunit of COPII vesicles (MoSec24B) and explored the importance of MoSec24B in the rice blast fungus. The targeted disruption of MoSec24B led to decreased growth, reduced conidiation, restricted glycogen and lipids utilization, sensitivity to the cell wall and hypertonic stress, the failure of septin-mediated repolarization of appressorium, impaired appressorium turgor pressure, and decreased ability to infect, which resulted in reduced pathogenicity to the host plant. Furthermore, MoSec24B functions in the three mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways by acting with MoMst50. Deletion of MoSec24B caused reduced lipidation of MoAtg8, accelerated degradation of exogenously introduced GFP-MoAtg8, and increased lipidation of MoAtg8 upon treatment with a late inhibitor of autophagy (BafA1), suggesting that MoSec24B regulates the fusion of late autophagosomes with vacuoles. Together, these results suggest that MoSec24B exerts a significant role in fungal development, the pathogenesis of filamentous fungi and autophagy.
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- Hui Qian
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Cao N, Zhu XM, Bao JD, Zhu LH, Liu H, Lin FC, Li L. Acyl-coenzyme A binding protein MoAcb1 regulates conidiation and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1179536. [PMID: 37187543 PMCID: PMC10175604 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1179536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Magnaporthe oryzae is a filamentous fungus that causes rice blast. Rice blast seriously threatens the safety of food production. The normal synthesis and metabolism of fatty acids are extremely important for eukaryotes, and acyl-CoA is involved in fatty acid metabolism. Acyl-CoA binding (ACB) proteins specifically bind both medium-chain and long-chain acyl-CoA esters. However, the role of the Acb protein in plant-pathogenic fungi has not yet been investigated. Here, we identified MoAcb1, a homolog of the Acb protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Disruption of MoACB1 causes delayed hyphal growth, significant reduction in conidial production and delayed appressorium development, glycogen availability, and reduced pathogenicity. Using immunoblotting and chemical drug sensitivity analysis, MoAcb1 was found to be involved in endoplasmic reticulum autophagy (ER-phagy). In conclusion, our results suggested that MoAcb1 is involved in conidia germination, appressorium development, pathogenicity and autophagy processes in M. oryzae.
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- Na Cao
- College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Lin Li,
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Zhang S, Wang Y, Cui X, Hu J, Kang X, Liu Y, Pan Y. MoNap1, a Nucleosome Assemble Protein 1, Regulates Growth, Development, and Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 9:jof9010050. [PMID: 36675871 PMCID: PMC9862126 DOI: 10.3390/jof9010050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Nap1 is an evolutionarily conserved protein from yeast to human and is involved in diverse physiological processes, such as nucleosome assembly, histone shuttling between the nucleus and cytoplasm, transcriptional regulation, and the cell cycle regulation. In this paper, we identified nucleosome assemble protein MoNap1 in Magnaporthe oryzae and investigated its function in pathogenicity. Deletion of MoNAP1 resulted in reduced growth and conidiation, decreased appressorium formation rate, and impaired virulence. MoNap1 affects appressorium turgor and utilization of glycogen and lipid droplets. In addition, MoNap1 is involved in the regulation of cell wall, oxidation, and hyperosmotic stress. The subcellular localization experiments showed that MoNap1 is located in the cytoplasm. MoNap1 interacts with MoNbp2, MoClb3, and MoClb1 in M. oryzae. Moreover, deletion of MoNBP2 and MoCLB3 has no effects on vegetative growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity. Transcriptome analysis reveals that MoNAP1 is involved in regulating pathogenicity, the melanin biosynthetic process. Taken together, our results showed that MoNap1 plays a crucial role in growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity of M. oryzae.
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- Shulin Zhang
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Correspondence: (S.Z.); (Y.P.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Correspondence: (S.Z.); (Y.P.)
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A Subunit of the COP9 Signalosome, MoCsn6, Is Involved in Fungal Development, Pathogenicity, and Autophagy in Rice Blast Fungus. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0202022. [PMID: 36445131 PMCID: PMC9769505 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02020-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The COP9 signalosome (CSN) is a highly conserved protein complex in eukaryotes, affecting various development and signaling processes. To date, the biological functions of the COP9 signalosome and its subunits have not been determined in Magnaporthe oryzae. In this study, we characterized the CSN in M. oryzae (which we named MoCsn6) and analyzed its biological functions. MoCsn6 is involved in fungal development, autophagy, and plant pathogenicity. Compared with the wild-type strain 70-15, ΔMocsn6 mutants showed a significantly reduced growth rate, sporulation rate, and germ tube germination rate. Pathogenicity assays showed that the ΔMocsn6 mutants did not cause or significantly reduced the number of disease spots on isolated barley leaves. After the MoCSN6 gene was complemented into the ΔMocsn6 mutant, vegetative growth, sporulation, and pathogenicity were restored. The Osm1 and Pmk1 phosphorylation pathways were also disrupted in the ΔMocsn6 mutants. Furthermore, we found that MoCsn6 participates in the autophagy pathway by interacting with the autophagy core protein MoAtg6 and regulating its ubiquitination level. Deletion of MoCSN6 resulted in rapid lipidation of MoAtg8 and degradation of the autophagic marker protein green fluorescent protein-tagged MoAtg8 under nutrient and starvation conditions, suggesting that MoCsn6 negatively regulates autophagic activity. Taken together, our results demonstrate that MoCsn6 plays a crucial role in regulating fungal development, pathogenicity, and autophagy in M. oryzae. IMPORTANCE Magnaporthe oryzae, a filamentous fungus, is the cause of many cereal diseases. Autophagy is involved in fungal development and pathogenicity. The COP9 signalosome (CSN) has been extensively studied in ubiquitin pathways, but its regulation of autophagy has rarely been reported in plant-pathogenic fungi. Investigations on the relationship between CSN and autophagy will deepen our understanding of the pathogenic mechanism of M. oryzae and provide new insights into the development of new drug targets to control fungal diseases. In this study, the important function of Csn6 in the autophagy regulation pathway and its impact on the pathogenicity of M. oryzae were determined. We showed that Csn6 manages autophagy by interacting with the autophagy core protein Atg6 and regulating its ubiquitination level. Furthermore, future investigations that explore the function of CSN will deepen our understanding of autophagy mechanisms in rice blast fungus.
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Huang C, Li L, Wang L, Bao J, Zhang X, Yan J, Wu J, Cao N, Wang J, Zhao L, Liu X, Yu X, Zhu X, Lin F. The Amino Acid Permease MoGap1 Regulates TOR Activity and Autophagy in Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13663. [PMID: 36362450 PMCID: PMC9655246 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Rice is an important food crop all over the world. It can be infected by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, which results in a significant reduction in rice yield. The infection mechanism of M. oryzae has been an academic focus for a long time. It has been found that G protein, AMPK, cAMP-PKA, and MPS1-MAPK pathways play different roles in the infection process. Recently, the function of TOR signaling in regulating cell growth and autophagy by receiving nutritional signals generated by plant pathogenic fungi has been demonstrated, but its regulatory mechanism in response to the nutritional signals remains unclear. In this study, a yeast amino acid permease homologue MoGap1 was identified and a knockout mutant of MoGap1 was successfully obtained. Through a phenotypic analysis, a stress analysis, autophagy flux detection, and a TOR activity analysis, we found that the deletion of MoGap1 led to a sporulation reduction as well as increased sensitivity to cell wall stress and carbon source stress in M. oryzae. The ΔMogap1 mutant showed high sensitivity to the TOR inhibitor rapamycin. A Western blot analysis further confirmed that the TOR activity significantly decreased, which improved the level of autophagy. The results suggested that MoGap1, as an upstream regulator of TOR signaling, regulated autophagy and responded to adversities such as cell wall stress by regulating the TOR activity.
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- Changli Huang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 310007, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou 310007, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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GPI-Anchored Protein Homolog IcFBR1 Functions Directly in Morphological Development of Isaria cicadae. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8111152. [DOI: 10.3390/jof8111152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Isaria cicadae is a famous edible and medicinal fungus in China and Asia. The molecular basis of morphogenesis and synnemal formation needs to be understood in more detail because this is the main source of biomass production in I. cicadae. In the present study, a fruiting body formation-related gene with a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring protein (GPI-Ap) gene homolog IcFBR1 was identified by screening random insertion mutants. Targeted deletion of IcFBR1 resulted in abnormal formation of synnemata, impairing aerial hyphae growth and sporulation. The IcFBR1 mutants were defective in the utilization of carbon sources with reduced polysaccharide contents and the regulation of amylase and protease activities. Transcriptome analysis of ΔIcfbr1 showed that IcFBR1 deletion influenced 49 gene ontology terms, including 23 biological processes, 9 molecular functions, and 14 cellular components. IcFBR1 is therefore necessary for regulating synnemal development, secondary metabolism, and nutrient utilization in this important edible and medicinal fungus. This is the first report illustrating that the function of IcFBR1 is associated with the synnemata in I. cicadae.
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The Plant Homeodomain Protein Clp1 Regulates Fungal Development, Virulence, and Autophagy Homeostasis in Magnaporthe oryzae. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0102122. [PMID: 36036638 PMCID: PMC9602895 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01021-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is a serious threat to global grain yield and food security. Cti6 is a nuclear protein containing a plant homeodomain (PHD) that is involved in transcriptional regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The biological function of its homologous protein in M. oryzae has been elusive. Here, we report Clp1 with a PHD domain in M. oryzae, a homologous protein of the yeast Cti6. Clp1 was mainly located in the nucleus and partly in the vesicles. Clp1 colocalized and interacted with the autophagy-related proteins Atg5, Atg7, Atg16, Atg24, and Atg28 at preautophagosomal structures (PAS) and autophagosomes, and the loss of Clp1 increased the fungal background autophagy level. Δclp1 displayed reduced hyphal growth and hyperbranching, abnormal fungal morphology (including colony, spore, and appressorium), hindered appressorial glycogen metabolism and turgor production, weakened plant infection, and decreased virulence. The PHD is indispensable for the function of Clp1. Therefore, this study revealed that Clp1 regulates development and pathogenicity by maintaining autophagy homeostasis and affecting gene transcription in M. oryzae. IMPORTANCE The fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae causes serious diseases of grasses such as rice and wheat. Autophagy plays an indispensable role in the pathogenic process of M. oryzae. Here, we report a Cti6-like protein, Clp1, that is involved in fungal development and infection of plants through controlling autophagy homeostasis in the cytoplasm and gene transcription in the nucleus in M. oryzae. This study will help us to understand an elaborated molecular mechanism of autophagy, gene transcription, and virulence in the rice blast fungus.
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Cmcrf1, a Putative Zn2Cys6 Fungal Transcription Factor, Is Involved in Conidiation, Carotenoid Production, and Fruiting Body Development in Cordyceps militaris. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11101535. [PMID: 36290438 PMCID: PMC9598893 DOI: 10.3390/biology11101535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cordyceps militaris is a high-value medicinal and edible fungus that produces many bioactive compounds, including carotenoid, and thus, improving the carotenoid productivity of C. militaris will increase its commercial value. However, little is known about the genetic regulatory mechanism of carotenoid biosynthesis in C. militaris. To further understanding the regulatory mechanism of carotenoid biosynthesis, we performed a large-scale screen of T-DNA insertional mutant library and identified a defective mutant, denoted T111, whose colonies did not change color from white to yellow upon exposure to light. Mutation analysis confirmed that a single T-DNA insertion occurred in the gene encoding a 695-amino-acid putative fungal-specific transcription factor with a predicted Zn2Cys6 binuclear cluster DNA-binding domain found uniquely in fungi. Targeted deletion of this gene, denoted C. militaris carotenogenesis regulatory factor 1 (Cmcrf1), generated the ΔCmcrf1 mutant that exhibited drastically reduced carotenoid biosynthesis and failed to generate fruiting bodies. In addition, the ΔCmcrf1 mutant showed significantly increased conidiation and increased hypersensitivity to cell-wall-perturbing agents compared with the wild-type strain. However, the Cmcrf1 gene did not have an impact on the mycelia growth of C. militaris. These results show that Cmcrf1 is involved in carotenoid biosynthesis and is required for conidiation and fruiting body formation in C. militaris.
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Huang P, Wang J, Li Y, Wang Q, Huang Z, Qian H, Liu XH, Lin FC, Lu J. Transcription factors Vrf1 and Hox7 coordinately regulate appressorium maturation in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Microbiol Res 2022; 263:127141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wang J, Wang Q, Huang P, Qu Y, Huang Z, Wang H, Liu XH, Lin FC, Lu J. An appressorium membrane protein, Pams1, controls infection structure maturation and virulence via maintaining endosomal stability in the rice blast fungus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:955254. [PMID: 36160954 PMCID: PMC9500233 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.955254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae spores differentiate and mature into functional appressoria by sensing the host surface signals. Environmental stimuli are transduced into cells through internalization during appressorium formation, such as in the cAMP-PKA pathway. Here, we describe a novel contribution to how appressoria mature on the surface of a leaf, and its connection to endosomes and the cAMP-PKA pathway. An appressorium membrane-specific protein, Pams1, is required for maintaining endosomal structure, appressorium maturation, and virulence in M. oryzae. During appressorium development, Pams1 was translocated from the cell membrane to the endosomal membrane. Deletion of PAMS1 led to the formation of two types of abnormal appressoria after 8 h post inoculation (hpi): melanized type I had a reduced virulence, while pale type II was dead. Before 8 hpi, Δpams1 formed appressoria that were similar to those of the wild type. After 8 hpi, the appressoria of Δpams1 was differentiated into two types: (1) the cell walls of type I appressoria were melanized, endosomes were larger, and had a different distribution from the wild type and (2) Type II appressoria gradually stopped melanization and began to die. The organelles, including the nucleus, endosomes, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticula, were degraded, leaving only autophagic body-like vesicles in type II appressoria. The addition of exogenous cAMP to Δpams1 led to the formation of a greater proportion of type I appressoria and a smaller proportion of type II appressoria. Thus, defects in endosomal structure and the cAMP-PKA pathway are among the causes of the defective appressorium maturation and virulence of Δpams1.
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- Jing Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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De Novo Purine Nucleotide Biosynthesis Pathway Is Required for Development and Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8090915. [PMID: 36135640 PMCID: PMC9502316 DOI: 10.3390/jof8090915] [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: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Purine nucleotides are indispensable compounds for many organisms and participate in basic vital activities such as heredity, development, and growth. Blocking of purine nucleotide biosynthesis may inhibit proliferation and development and is commonly used in cancer therapy. However, the function of the purine nucleotide biosynthesis pathway in the pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is not clear. In this study, we focused on the de novo purine biosynthesis (DNPB) pathway and characterized MoAde8, a phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase, catalyzing the third step of the DNPB pathway in M. oryzae. MoAde8 was knocked out, and the mutant (∆Moade8) exhibited purine auxotroph, defects in aerial hyphal growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity, and was more sensitive to hyperosmotic stress and oxidative stress. Moreover, ∆Moade8 caused decreased activity of MoTor kinase due to blocked purine nucleotide synthesis. The autophagy level was also impaired in ∆Moade8. Additionally, MoAde5, 7, 6, and 12, which are involved in de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis, were also analyzed, and the mutants showed defects similar to the defects of ∆Moade8. In summary, de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis is essential for conidiation, development, and pathogenicity in M. oryzae.
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Adenylsuccinate Synthetase MoADE12 Plays Important Roles in the Development and Pathogenicity of the Rice Blast Fungus. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8080780. [PMID: 35893147 PMCID: PMC9330342 DOI: 10.3390/jof8080780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Purines are basic components of nucleotides in living organisms. In this study, we identified the ortholog of adenylosuccinate synthase MoADE12 in Magnaporthe oryzae by screening for growth-defective T-DNA insertional mutants. Gene replacement was performed to investigate the biological role of MoADE12. Δmoade12 mutants were adenine auxotrophs that failed to produce conidia, and showed reduced perithecia formation and pathogenicity. Moreover, the Δmoade12 mutant was hypersensitive to Congo red and oxidants, indicating that MoADE12 was required for cell wall integrity and oxidative stress resistance. Transcriptomic analysis identified the underlying mechanisms and indicated that several pathogenicity-related genes were regulated in the Δmoade12 mutant. Therefore, our data suggest that the adenylosuccinate synthase MoADE12 is involved in the de novo AMP biosynthesis pathway and is important for conidiation and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus.
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The LAMMER Kinase MoKns1 Regulates Growth, Conidiation and Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158104. [PMID: 35897680 PMCID: PMC9332457 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Magnaporthe oryzae is an important pathogen that causes a devastating disease in rice. It has been reported that the dual-specificity LAMMER kinase is conserved from yeast to animal species and has a variety of functions. However, the functions of the LAMMER kinase have not been reported in M. oryzae. In this study, we identified the unique LAMMER kinase MoKns1 and analyzed its function in M. oryzae. We found that in a MoKNS1 deletion mutant, growth and conidiation were primarily decreased, and pathogenicity was almost completely lost. Furthermore, our results found that MoKns1 is involved in autophagy. The ΔMokns1 mutant was sensitive to rapamycin, and MoKns1 interacted with the autophagy-related protein MoAtg18. Compared with the wild-type strain 70−15, autophagy was significantly enhanced in the ΔMokns1 mutant. In addition, we also found that MoKns1 regulated DNA damage stress pathways, and the ΔMokns1 mutant was more sensitive to hydroxyurea (HU) and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) compared to the wild-type strain 70−15. The expression of genes related to DNA damage stress pathways in the ΔMokns1 mutant was significantly different from that in the wild-type strain. Our results demonstrate that MoKns1 is an important pathogenic factor in M. oryzae involved in regulating autophagy and DNA damage response pathways, thus affecting virulence. This research on M. oryzae pathogenesis lays a foundation for the prevention and control of M. oryzae.
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Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1, Nap1, Is Required for the Growth, Development, and Pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147662. [PMID: 35887015 PMCID: PMC9316785 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast, leading to significant reductions in rice and wheat productivity. Nap1 is a conserved protein in eukaryotes involved in diverse physiological processes, such as nucleosome assembly, histone shuttling between the nucleus and cytoplasm, transcriptional regulation, and the cell cycle. Here, we identified Nap1 and characterized its roles in fungal development and virulence in M. oryzae. MoNap1 is involved in aerial hyphal and conidiophore differentiation, sporulation, appressorium formation, plant penetration, and virulence. ΔMonap1 generated a small, elongated, and malformed appressorium with an abnormally organized septin ring on hydrophobic surfaces. ΔMonap1 was more sensitive to cell wall integrity stresses but more resistant to microtubule stresses. MoNap1 interacted with histones H2A and H2B and the B-type cyclin (Cyc1). Moreover, a nuclear export signal (NES) domain is necessary for Nap1’s roles in the regulation of the growth and pathogenicity of M. oryzae. In summary, NAP1 is essential for the growth, appressorium formation, and pathogenicity of M. oryzae.
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Hao H, Zhang J, Wang Q, Huang J, Juan J, Kuai B, Feng Z, Chen H. Transcriptome and Differentially Expressed Gene Profiles in Mycelium, Primordium and Fruiting Body Development in Stropharia rugosoannulata. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13061080. [PMID: 35741841 PMCID: PMC9222559 DOI: 10.3390/genes13061080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Stropharia rugosoannulata uses straw as a growth substrate during artificial cultivation and has been widely promoted in China. However, its fruiting body formation and development processes have not been elucidated. In this study, the developmental transcriptomes were analyzed at three stages: the mycelium (G-S), primordium (P-S) and fruiting body (M-F) stages. A total of 9690 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the different developmental stages. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses showed that these DEGs were involved mainly in hydrolase activity, structural molecule activity and oxidoreductase activity as well as xenobiotic biodegradation and metabolism and energy metabolism pathways. We further found that the higher expression of most carbohydrate enzyme (i.e., GH, CE, CBM, AA and PL) genes in the hyphal (i.e., G-S) stage was related mainly to substrate degradation, while the upregulation of glycosyltransferase (GT) gene expression in the P-S and M-F stages may be related to cell wall synthesis. In addition, we found that CO2-sensing-related genes (i.e., CA-2, CA-3, PKA-1 and PKA-2) were upregulated in the P-S and M-F stages, heat shock protein genes (HSP60 and HSP90) were significantly downregulated in the P-S stage and upregulated in the M-F stage and the transcription factors (i.e., steA, MYB, nosA, HAP1, and GATA-4/5/6) involved in growth and development were significantly upregulated in the P-S stage. These results suggest that environmental factors (i.e., CO2 and temperature) and transcription factors may play a key role in primordium formation. In short, this study provides new insights into the study of stimulating primordia formation affecting the development of fruiting bodies of S. rugosoannulata.
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- Haibo Hao
- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Fudan Center for Genetic Diversity and Designing Agriculture, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China;
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- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
- College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (H.C.)
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- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
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- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
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- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Fudan Center for Genetic Diversity and Designing Agriculture, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China;
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- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
- College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Research Center for Edible Fungi Biotechnology and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Mycological Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (H.H.); (Q.W.); (J.H.); (J.J.); (Z.F.)
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (H.C.)
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Transcription factor lineages in plant-pathogenic fungi, connecting diversity with fungal virulence. Fungal Genet Biol 2022; 161:103712. [PMID: 35667520 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Plant-pathogenic fungi span diverse taxonomic lineages. Their host-infection strategies are often specialised and require the coordinated regulation of molecular virulence factors. Transcription factors (TFs) are fundamental regulators of gene expression, yet relatively few virulence-specific regulators are characterised in detail and their evolutionary trajectories are not well understood. Hence, this study compared the full range of TFs across taxonomically-diverse fungal proteomes and classified their lineages through an orthology analysis. The primary aims were to characterise differences in the range and profile of TF lineages broadly linked to plant-host association or pathogenic lifestyles, and to better characterise the evolutionary origin and trajectory of experimentally-validated virulence regulators. We observed significantly fewer TFs among obligate, host-associated pathogens, largely attributed to contractions in several Zn2Cys6 TF-orthogroup lineages. We also present novel insight into the key virulence-regulating TFs Ste12, Pf2 and EBR1, providing evidence for their ancestral origins, expansion and/or loss. Ultimately, the analysis presented here provides both primary evidence for TF evolution in fungal phytopathogenicity, as well as a practical phylogenetic resource to guide further detailed investigation on the regulation of virulence within key pathogen lineages.
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UvKmt2-Mediated H3K4 Trimethylation Is Required for Pathogenicity and Stress Response in Ustilaginoidea virens. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8060553. [PMID: 35736036 PMCID: PMC9225167 DOI: 10.3390/jof8060553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Epigenetic modification is important for cellular functions. Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4me3), which associates with transcriptional activation, is one of the important epigenetic modifications. In this study, the biological functions of UvKmt2-mediated H3K4me3 modification were characterized in Ustilaginoidea virens, which is the causal agent of the false smut disease, one of the most destructive diseases in rice. Phenotypic analyses of the ΔUvkmt2 mutant revealed that UvKMT2 is necessary for growth, conidiation, secondary spore formation, and virulence in U. virens. Immunoblotting and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) showed that UvKMT2 is required for the establishment of H3K4me3, which covers 1729 genes of the genome in U. virens. Further RNA-seq analysis demonstrated that UvKmt2-mediated H3K4me3 acts as an important role in transcriptional activation. In particular, H3K4me3 modification involves in the transcriptional regulation of conidiation-related and pathogenic genes, including two important mitogen-activated protein kinases UvHOG1 and UvPMK1. The down-regulation of UvHOG1 and UvPMK1 genes may be one of the main reasons for the reduced pathogenicity and stresses adaptability of the ∆Uvkmt2 mutant. Overall, H3K4me3, established by histone methyltransferase UvKMT2, contributes to fungal development, secondary spore formation, virulence, and various stress responses through transcriptional regulation in U. virens.
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Identification of Pathogenicity Loci in Magnaporthe oryzae Using GWAS with Neck Blast Phenotypic Data. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13050916. [PMID: 35627301 PMCID: PMC9141631 DOI: 10.3390/genes13050916] [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: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Magnaporthae oryzae (M. oryzae) is the most destructive disease of rice worldwide. In this study, one hundred and two isolates of M. oryzae were collected from rice (Oryzae sativa L.) from 2001 to 2017, and six rice varieties with resistance genes Pizt, Pish, Pik, Pib, and Pi2 were used in a genome-wide association study to identify pathogenicity loci in M. oryzae. Genome-wide association analysis was performed using 5338 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) and phenotypic data of neck blast screening by TASSEL software together with haplotype block and SNP effect analysis. Twenty-seven significant SNPs were identified on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Many predicted genes (820 genes) were found in the target regions of six rice varieties. Most of these genes are described as putative uncharacterized proteins, however, some genes were reported related to virulence in M. oryzae. Moreover, this study revealed that R genes, Pik, Pish, and Pi2, were broad-spectrum resistant against neck blast disease caused by Thai blast isolate. Haplotype analysis revealed that the combination of the favorable alleles causing reduced virulence of isolates against IRBLz5-CA carrying Pi2 gene contributes 69% of the phenotypic variation in pathogenicity. The target regions and information are useful to develop marker-specific genes to classify blast fungal isolates and select appropriate resistance genes for rice cultivation and improvement.
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Wang ZQ, Meng FZ, Yin LF, Yin WX, Lv L, Yang XL, Chang XQ, Zhang S, Luo CX. Transcriptomic Analysis of Resistant and Wild-Type Isolates Revealed Fludioxonil as a Candidate for Controlling the Emerging Isoprothiolane Resistant Populations of Magnaporthe oryzae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:874497. [PMID: 35464942 PMCID: PMC9024399 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.874497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The point mutation R343W in MoIRR, a putative Zn2Cys6 transcription factor, introduces isoprothiolane (IPT) resistance in Magnaporthe oryzae. However, the function of MoIRR has not been characterized. In this study, the function of MoIRR was investigated by subcellular localization observation, transcriptional autoactivation test, and transcriptomic analysis. As expected, GFP-tagged MoIRR was translocated in the nucleus, and its C-terminal could autonomously activate the expression of reporter genes HIS3 and α-galactosidase in absence of any prey proteins in Y2HGold, suggesting that MoIRR was a typical transcription factor. Transcriptomic analysis was then performed for resistant mutant 1a_mut (R343W), knockout transformant ΔMoIRR-1, and their parental wild-type isolate H08-1a. Upregulated genes in both 1a_mut and ΔMoIRR-1 were involved in fungicide resistance-related KEGG pathways, including the glycerophospholipid metabolism and Hog1 MAPK pathways. All MoIRR deficiency-related IPT-resistant strains exhibited increased susceptibility to fludioxonil (FLU) that was due to the upregulation of Hog1 MAPK pathway genes. The results indicated a correlation between FLU susceptibility and MoIRR deficiency-related IPT resistance in M. oryzae. Thus, using a mixture of IPT and FLU could be a strategy to manage the IPT-resistant populations of M. oryzae in rice fields.
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- Zuo-Qian Wang
- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Shu Zhang,
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring and Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Chao-Xi Luo,
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Sun L, Qian H, Wu M, Zhao W, Liu M, Wei Y, Zhu X, Li L, Lu J, Lin F, Liu X. A Subunit of ESCRT-III, MoIst1, Is Involved in Fungal Development, Pathogenicity, and Autophagy in Magnaporthe oryzae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:845139. [PMID: 35463448 PMCID: PMC9021896 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.845139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The culprit of rice blast, Magnaporthe oryzae, is a filamentous fungus that seriously affects the yield and quality of rice worldwide. MoIst1, a subunit of ESCRT-III, is involved in identified ubiquitinated proteins and transports them into the intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies (MVBs) for degradation in lysosomes. Here, we identify and characterize MoIst1 in M. oryzae. Disruption of MoIst1 leads to a significant decrease in sporulation and formation of appressoria, defects in response to oxidative stress, cell wall stress, hyperosmotic stress, and reduced pathogenicity. Deletion of MoIst1 also caused the decreased Pmk1 phosphorylation levels, appressorium formation, the delayed translocation and degradation of lipid droplets and glycogen, resulting in a decreased appressorium turgor. In addition, deletion of MoIst1 leads to an abnormal autophagy. In summary, our results indicate that MoIst1 is involved in sporulation, appressorium development, plant penetration, pathogenicity, and autophagy in M. oryzae.
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- Lixiao Sun
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Systematic Characterization of bZIP Transcription Factors Required for Development and Aflatoxin Generation by High-Throughput Gene Knockout in Aspergillus flavus. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8040356. [PMID: 35448587 PMCID: PMC9031554 DOI: 10.3390/jof8040356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) is an important transcription factor required for fungal development, nutrient utilization, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and defense against various stresses. Aspergillus flavus is a major producer of aflatoxin and an opportunistic fungus on a wide range of hosts. However, little is known about the role of most bZIP genes in A. flavus. In this study, we developed a high-throughput gene knockout method based on an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system. Gene knockout construction by yeast recombinational cloning and screening of the null mutants by double fluorescence provides an efficient way to construct gene-deleted mutants for this multinucleate fungus. We deleted 15 bZIP genes in A. flavus. Twelve of these genes were identified and characterized in this strain for the first time. The phenotypic analysis of these mutants showed that the 15 bZIP genes play a diverse role in mycelial growth (eight genes), conidiation (13 genes), aflatoxin biosynthesis (10 genes), oxidative stress response (11 genes), cell wall stress (five genes), osmotic stress (three genes), acid and alkali stress (four genes), and virulence to kernels (nine genes). Impressively, all 15 genes were involved in the development of sclerotia, and the respective deletion mutants of five of them did not produce sclerotia. Moreover, MetR was involved in this biological process. In addition, HapX and MetR play important roles in the adaptation to excessive iron and sulfur metabolism, respectively. These studies provide comprehensive insights into the role of bZIP transcription factors in this aflatoxigenic fungus of global significance.
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Huang P, Cao H, Li Y, Zhu S, Wang J, Wang Q, Liu X, Lin FC, Lu J. Melanin Promotes Spore Production in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:843838. [PMID: 35295315 PMCID: PMC8920546 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.843838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae, spreads through spores and invades rice through appressoria. Melanin is necessary for an appressorium to penetrate plant cells, but there are many unknown aspects of its role in fungal conidiation. In this study, we confirmed that melanin promotes spore production in M. oryzae, and that this effect is related to the background melanin content of wild-type strains. In the wild-type 70-15 strain with low melanin content of aerial hyphae, increased melanin synthesis promoted sporulation. In contrast, increased melanin synthesis in the wild-type Guy11 strain, which has higher melanin content, did not promote sporulation. The transcription factor Cnf1 (conidial production negative regulatory factor 1), which negatively regulates melanin synthesis, has opposite effects in conidiophore differentiation of Guy11 and 70-15. Deletion of CNF1 did not abolish the defects of Δcos1 and Δhox2 (where COS1/conidiophore stalk-less 1 or HOX2/homeodomain protein 2 was deleted) in conidiation, while increased the conidiation of Δgcc1 and Δgcf3 (where GCC1/growth, conidiation and cell wall regulatory factor 1, or GCF3/growth and conidiation regulatory factor 3 was deleted). Pig1 (pigment of Magnaporthe 1) regulates the melanin synthesis of hyphae but not of conidiophores, spores, or appressoria. Deletion of the same gene in different wild-type strains can lead to different phenotypes, partly because of differences in melanin content between fungal strains. Overall, this study reveals the functional diversity and complexity of melanin in different M. oryzae strains.
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- Pengyun Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Zhu JN, Yu YJ, Dai MD, Zeng YL, Lu XJ, Wang L, Liu XH, Su ZZ, Lin FC. A New Species in Pseudophialophora From Wild Rice and Beneficial Potential. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:845104. [PMID: 35359723 PMCID: PMC8963453 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.845104] [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: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wild rice (Oryza granulata) is a natural resource pool containing abundant unknown endophytic fungi species. There are few reports on the endophytic fungi in wild rice. Here, one isolate recovered from wild rice roots was identified as a new species Pseudophialophora oryzae sp. nov based on the molecular phylogeny and morphological characteristics. Fluorescent protein-expressing P. oryzae was used to monitor the fungal colonization pattern. Hyphae invaded the epidermis to the inner cortex but not into the root stele. The inoculation of P. oryzae promoted the rice growth, with the growth parameters of chlorophyll content, shoot height, root length, fresh shoot weight, fresh root weight and dry weight increasing by 24.10, 35.32, 19.35, 90.00, 33.3, and 79.17%, respectively. P. oryzae induced up-regulation of nitrate transporter OsPTR9 and potassium transporter OsHAK16 by 7.28 ± 0.84 and 2.57 ± 0.80 folds, promoting nitrogen and potassium elements absorption. In addition, P. oryzae also conferred a systemic resistance against rice blast, showing a 72.65 and 75.63% control rate in sterile plates and potting conditions. This systemic resistance was mediated by the strongly up-regulated expression of resistance-related genes NAC, OsSAUR2, OsWRKY71, EL5, and PR1α. Since P. oryzae can promote rice growth, biomass and induce systemic disease resistance, it can be further developed as a new biogenic agent for agricultural production, providing a new approach for biocontrol of rice blast.
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- Jia-Nan Zhu
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Agriculture and Rural of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Zhen-Zhu Su,
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- Fu-Cheng Lin,
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He F, Kange AM, Yang J, Xiao J, Wang R, Yang L, Jia Y, Fu ZQ, Zhao Y, Liu F. The Transcription Factor VpxlnR Is Required for the Growth, Development, and Virulence of the Fungal Pathogen Valsa pyri. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:784686. [PMID: 35308334 PMCID: PMC8928461 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.784686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pears (Pyrus sp.) are widely cultivated in China, and their yield accounts for more than 60% of global pear production. The fungal pathogen Valsa pyri is a major causal agent of pear canker disease, which results in enormous losses of pear production in northern China. In this study, we characterized a Zn2Cys6 transcription factor that contains one GAL4 domain and a fungal-trans domain, which are present in VpxlnR. The vpxlnR gene expression was upregulated in the invasion stage of V. pyri. To investigate its functions, we constructed gene deletion mutants and complementary strains. We observed that the growth of the vpxlnR mutants was reduced on potato dextrose agar (PDA), Czapek plus glucose or sucrose compared with that of the wild-type strain. Additionally, vpxlnR mutants exhibited loss of function in fruiting body formation. Moreover, vpxlnR mutants were more susceptible to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and salicylic acid (SA) and were reduced in their virulence at the early infection stage. According to a previous study, VpxlnR-interacting motifs containing NRHKGNCCGM were searched in the V. pyri genome, and we obtained 354 target genes, of which 148 genes had Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) terms. PHI-BLAST was used to identify virulence-related genes, and we found 28 hits. Furthermore, eight genes from the 28 PHI-BLAST hits were further assessed by yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) assays, and five target genes, salicylate hydroxylase (VP1G_09520), serine/threonine-protein kinase (VP1G_03128), alpha-xylosidase (VP1G_06369), G-protein beta subunit (VP1G_02856), and acid phosphatase (VP1G_03782), could interact with VpxlnR in vivo. Their transcript levels were reduced in one or two vpxlnR mutants. Taken together, these findings imply that VpxlnR is a key regulator of growth, development, stress, and virulence through controlling genes involved in signaling pathways and extracellular enzyme activities in V. pyri. The motifs interacting with VpxlnR also provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of xlnR proteins.
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- Feng He
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Department of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Bomet University College, Bomet, Kenya
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Integrated Management of Crop Pests, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Yancun Zhao,
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Fengquan Liu,
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Qu Y, Cao H, Huang P, Wang J, Liu X, Lu J, Lin FC. A kelch domain cell end protein, PoTea1, mediates cell polarization during appressorium morphogenesis in Pyricularia oryzae. Microbiol Res 2022; 259:126999. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.126999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cai YY, Wang JY, Wu XY, Liang S, Zhu XM, Li L, Lu JP, Liu XH, Lin FC. MoOpy2 is essential for fungal development, pathogenicity, and autophagy in Magnaporthe oryzae. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:1653-1671. [PMID: 35229430 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The development and pathogenicity of the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of destructive rice blast disease, require it to perceive external environmental signals. Opy2, an overproduction-induced pheromone-resistant protein 2, is a crucial protein for sensing external signals in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, the biological functions of the homolog of Opy2 in M. oryzae are unclear. In this study, we identified that MoOPY2 is involved in fungal development, pathogenicity, and autophagy in M. oryzae. Deletion of MoOPY2 resulted in pleiotropic defects in hyphal growth, conidiation, germ tube extension, appressorium formation, appressorium turgor generation, and invasive growth, therefore leading to attenuated pathogenicity. Furthermore, MoOpy2 participates in the Osm1 MAPK pathway and the Mps1 MAPK pathway by interacting with the adaptor protein Mst50. The interaction sites of Mst50 and MoOpy2 colocalized with the autophagic marker protein MoAtg8 in the preautophagosomal structure sites (PAS). Notably, the ΔMoopy2 mutant caused cumulative MoAtg8 lipidation and rapid GFP-MoAtg8 degradation in response to nitrogen starvation, showing that MoOpy2 is involved in the negative regulation of autophagy activity. Taken together, our study revealed that MoOpy2 of M. oryzae plays an essential role in the orchestration of fungal development, appressorium penetration, autophagy and pathogenesis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Ying-Ying Cai
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Central Laboratory, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana is a typical filamentous fungus and has been used for pest biocontrol. Conidia are the main active agents of fungal pesticides; however, we know little about conidial developmental mechanisms and less about maturation mechanisms. We found that a Zn2Cys6 transcription factor of B. bassiana (named BbCmr1) was mainly expressed in late-stage conidia and was involved in conidium maturation regulation. Deletion of Bbcmr1 impaired the conidial cell wall and resulted in a lower conidial germination rate under UV (UV), heat shock, H2O2, Congo red (CR) and SDS stresses compared to the wild type. Transcription levels of the genes associated with conidial wall components and trehalose synthase were significantly reduced in the ΔBbcmr1 mutant. Further analysis found that BbCmr1 functions by upregulating BbWetA, a well-known transcription factor in the central development of BrlA-AbaA-WetA. The expression of Bbcmr1 was positively regulated by BbBrlA. These results indicated that BbCmr1 played important roles in conidium maturation by interacting with the central development pathway, which provided insight into the conidial development networks in B. bassiana. IMPORTANCE Conidium maturation is a pivotal event in conidial development and affects fungal survival ability under various biotic/abiotic stresses. Although many transcription factors have been reported to regulate conidial development, we know little about the molecular mechanism of conidium maturation. Here, we demonstrated that the transcription factor BbCmr1 of B. bassiana was involved in conidium maturation, regulating cell wall structure, the expression of cell wall-related proteins, and trehalose synthesis. BbCmr1 orchestrated conidium maturation by interplaying with the central development pathway BrlA-AbaA-WetA. BbBrlA positively regulated the expression of Bbcmr1, and the latter positively regulated BbwetA expression, which forms a regulatory network mediating conidial development. This finding was critical to understand the molecular regulatory networks of conidial development in B. bassiana and provided avenues to engineer insect fungal pathogens with high-quality conidia.
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Casein Kinase 2 Mediates Degradation of Transcription Factor Pcf1 during Appressorium Formation in the Rice Blast Fungus. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8020144. [PMID: 35205898 PMCID: PMC8878131 DOI: 10.3390/jof8020144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The appressorium is a specialized structure that is differentiated from Magnaporthe oryzae spores that can infect host cells. In the process of cellular transformation from spore to appressorium, the contents inside the spores are transferred into appressoria, accompanied by major differences in the gene expression model. In this study, we reported a transcription factor (TF), Pcf1, which was depressed at the transcription level and degraded at the protein level in nuclei of incipient appressoria at four hpi (hours post inoculation). To investigate its degradation mechanism, the interacting proteins of Pcf1 were identified using an immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (IP-MS) assay. Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) and co-IP (co-immunoprecipitation) assays confirmed that Pcf1 interacted with the casein kinase 2 (CK2) holoenzyme through direct combination with the CKb2 subunit. Moreover, Pcf1 was ubiquitinated in the hyphae. These changes in Pcf1 protein levels in nuclei provide a new clue of how TFs are degraded during appressorium formation: temporarily unnecessary TFs in spores are phosphorylated through interacting with CK2 enzyme and are then ubiquitinated and digested by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS).
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