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Bi Z, Wang T, Wang X, Xu H, Wu Y, Zhao C, Wu Z, Yu J, Zhang L. FpPEX5 and FpPEX7 are involved in the growth, reproduction, DON toxin production, and pathogenicity in Fusarium pseudograminearum. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 270:132227. [PMID: 38734339 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132227] [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: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Fusarium crown rot, caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum, is a devastating disease affecting the yield and quality of cereal crops. Peroxisomes are single-membrane organelles that play a critical role in various biological processes in eukaryotic cells. To functionally characterise peroxisome biosynthetic receptor proteins FpPEX5 and FpPEX7 in F. pseudograminearum, we constructed deletion mutants, ΔFpPEX5 and ΔFpPEX7, and complementary strains, ΔFpPEX5-C and ΔFpPEX7-C, and analysed the functions of FpPEX5 and FpPEX7 proteins using various phenotypic observations. The deletion of FpPEX5 and FpPEX7 resulted in a significant deficiency in mycelial growth and conidiation and blocked the peroxisomal targeting signal 1 and peroxisomal targeting signal 2 pathways, which are involved in peroxisomal matrix protein transport, increasing the accumulation of lipid droplets and reactive oxygen species. The deletion of FpPEX5 and FpPEX7 may reduce the formation of toxigenic bodies and decrease the pathogenicity of F. pseudograminearum. These results indicate that FpPEX5 and FpPEX7 play vital roles in the growth, asexual reproduction, virulence, and fatty acid utilisation of F. pseudograminearum. This study provides a theoretical basis for controlling stem rot in wheat.
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- Zhuoyu Bi
- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China.
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Lee KH, Gumilang A, Fu T, Kang SW, Kim KS. The Autophagy Protein CsATG8 is Involved in Asexual Development and Virulence in the Pepper Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum scovillei. MYCOBIOLOGY 2022; 50:467-474. [PMID: 36721786 PMCID: PMC9848383 DOI: 10.1080/12298093.2022.2148393] [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: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Autophagy serves as a survival mechanism and plays important role in nutrient recycling under conditions of starvation, nutrient storage, ad differentiation of plant pathogenic fungi. However, autophagy-related genes have not been investigated in Colletotrichum scovillei, a causal agent of pepper fruit anthracnose disease. ATG8 is involved in autophagosome formation and is considered a marker of autophagy. Therefore, we generated an ATG8 deletion mutant, ΔCsatg8, via homologous recombination to determine the functional roles of CsATG8 in the development and virulence of C. scovillei. Compared with the wild-type, the deletion mutant ΔCsatg8 exhibited a severe reduction in conidiation. Conidia produced by ΔCsatg8 were defective in survival, conidial germination, and appressorium formation. Moreover, conidia of ΔCsatg8 showed reduced lipid amount and PTS1 selectivity. A virulence assay showed that anthracnose development on pepper fruits was reduced in ΔCsatg8. Taken together, our results suggest that CsATG8 plays various roles in conidium production and associated development, and virulence in C. scovillei.
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- Kwang Ho Lee
- Division of Bio-Resource Sciences and Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Division of Bio-Resource Sciences and Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Division of Bio-Resource Sciences and Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Division of Bio-Resource Sciences and Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Division of Bio-Resource Sciences and Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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Lu Z, Guo J, Li Q, Han Y, Zhang Z, Hao Z, Wang Y, Sun G, Wang J, Li L. Monitoring peroxisome dynamics using enhanced green fluorescent protein labeling in Alternaria alternata. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1017352. [PMID: 36386634 PMCID: PMC9640759 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1017352] [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: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Brown leaf spot on tobacco is a serious fungal disease caused by Alternaria alternata. Peroxisomes are organelles playing an important role in the development and infection of plant pathogenic fungi. But, until now, there is no report on the peroxisome dynamics during the conidia germination of A. alternata. To evaluate the roles of peroxisome in the development of the fungus, in the present work, an enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) cassette tagged with peroxisome targeting signal 2 (PTS2) was integrated into A. alternata to label the organelles, and an eGFP cassette carrying a nuclear located signal (NLS) was performed parallelly. The transformants containing the fusions emitted fluorescence in punctate patterns. The fluorescence of eGFP-PTS2 was distributed exactly in the peroxisomes while those of eGFP-NLS were located in the nucleus. Typical AaGB transformants were selected to be investigated for the peroxisome dynamics. The results showed that during spore germination, the number of peroxisomes in the spores decreased gradually, but increased in the germ tubes. In addition, when the transformants were cultured on lipid media, the numbers of peroxisomes increased significantly, and in a larger portion, present in striped shapes. These findings give some clues for understanding the peroxisomal functions in the development of A. alternata.
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- Ziqi Lu
- The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry 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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- College of Food and Health (College of Modern Food Industry), Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry 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, 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, 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, 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, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jiaoyu Wang,
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- The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China
- Ling Li,
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Pex7 selectively imports PTS2 target proteins to peroxisomes and is required for anthracnose disease development in Colletotrichum scovillei. Fungal Genet Biol 2021; 157:103636. [PMID: 34742890 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2021.103636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pex7 is a shuttling receptor that imports matrix proteins with a type 2 peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS2) to peroxisomes. The Pex7-mediated PTS2 protein import contributes to crucial metabolic processes such as the fatty acid β-oxidation and glucose metabolism in a number of fungi, but cellular roles of Pex7 between the import of PTS2 target proteins and metabolic processes have not been fully understood. In this study, we investigated the functional roles of CsPex7, a homolog of the yeast Pex7, by targeted gene deletion in the pepper anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum scovillei. CsPex7 was required for carbon source utilization, scavenging of reactive oxygen species, conidial production, and disease development in C. scovillei. The expression of fluorescently tagged PTS2 signal of hexokinases and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolases showed that peroxisomal localization of the hexokinase CsGlk1 PTS2 is dependent on CsPex7, but those of the 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolases are independent on CsPex7. In addition, GFP-tagged CsPex7 proteins were intensely localized to the peroxisomes on glucose-containing media, indicating a role of CsPex7 in glucose utilization. Collectively, these findings indicate that CsPex7 selectively recognizes specific PTS2 signal for import of PTS2-containing proteins to peroxisomes, thereby mediating peroxisomal targeting efficiency of PTS2-containing proteins in C. scovillei. On pepper fruits, the ΔCspex7 mutant exhibited significantly reduced virulence, in which excessive accumulation of hydrogen peroxide was observed in the pepper cells. We think the reduced virulence results from the abnormality in hydrogen peroxide metabolism of the ΔCspex7 mutant. Our findings provide insight into the cellular roles of CsPex7 in PTS2 protein import system.
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Wang JY, Li L, Chai RY, Qiu HP, Zhang Z, Wang YL, Liu XH, Lin FC, Sun GC. Pex13 and Pex14, the key components of the peroxisomal docking complex, are required for peroxisome formation, host infection and pathogenicity-related morphogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae. Virulence 2020; 10:292-314. [PMID: 30905264 PMCID: PMC6527019 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2019.1598172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous organelles in eukaryotic cells that fulfill multiple important metabolisms. Pex13 and Pex14 are key components of the peroxisomal docking complex in yeasts and mammals. In the present work, we functionally characterized the homologues of Pex13 and Pex14 (Mopex13 and Mopex14) in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Mopex13 and Mopex14 were peroxisomal membrane distributed and were both essential for the maintenance of Mopex14/17 on the peroxisomal membrane. Mopex13 and Mopex14 interacted with each other, and with Mopex14/17 and peroxisomal matrix protein receptors. Disruption of Mopex13 and Mopex14 resulted in a cytoplasmic distribution of peroxisomal matrix proteins and the Woronin body protein Hex1. In the ultrastructure of Δmopex13 and Δmopex14 cells, peroxisomes were detected on fewer occasions, and the Woronin bodies and related structures were dramatically affected. The Δmopex13 and Δmopex14 mutants were reduced in vegetative growth, conidial generation and mycelial melanization, in addition, Δmopex13 showed reduced conidial germination and appressorial formation and abnomal appressorial morphology. Both Δmopex13 and Δmopex14 were deficient in appressorial turgor and nonpathogenic to their hosts. The infection failures in Δmopex13 and Δmopex14 were also due to their reduced ability to degrade fatty acids and to endure reactive oxygen species and cell wall-disrupting compounds. Additionally, Mopex13 and Mopex14 were required for the sexual reproduction of the fungus. These data indicate that Mopex13 and Mopex14, as key components of the peroxisomal docking complex, are indispensable for peroxisomal biogenesis, fungal development and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus.
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- Jiao-Yu Wang
- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China
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- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China.,b The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, School of Agricultural and Food Sciences , Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University , Hangzhou , China
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- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China
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- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China
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- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China
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- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China
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- c State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Biotechnology Institute , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China
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- c State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Biotechnology Institute , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China
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- a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology , Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , China
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Xiao C, Li L, Lao L, Liu Y, Wei Q, Ji Q, Sun G, Lin F, Wang J, Bao G. Application of the red fluorescent protein mCherry in mycelial labeling and organelle tracing in the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2018; 365:4904114. [PMID: 29514288 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes is a fungus that causes skin disease in humans and other animals worldwide. Studies on molecular biology and fluorescent labeling of the fungus are limited. Here, we applied mCherry for the first time in T. mentagrophytes to label the fungus and its organelles. We constructed four expression vectors of mCherry or mCherry fusions containing a variety of resistance markers and promoters, which were then integrated, together with two previous mCherry expression vectors, in T. mentagrophytes via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (AtMT). The resulting transformants emitted bright red fluorescence. We used the histone protein H2B and the peroxisome targeting signal 1 (PTS1) peptide to target the nucleus and peroxisomes, respectively, in T. mentagrophytes. In the transformants expressing mCherry-fused H2B, the fluorescence was distinctly localized to the nuclei in hyphae, spores and the fungal cells in infected animal tissue. In the T. mentagrophytes transformants where the peroxisome was targeted, the mCherry was present as small dots (0.2-1 μm diameter) throughout the spores and the hyphae. We also constructed a T. mentagrophytes AtMT library containing more than 1000 hygromycin-resistant transformants that were genetically stable. Our results provide useful tools for further investigations on molecular pathogenesis of T. mentagrophytes.
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- Chenwen Xiao
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
- School of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Biotechnology Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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Deng S, Gu Z, Yang N, Li L, Yue X, Que Y, Sun G, Wang Z, Wang J. Identification and characterization of the peroxin 1 gene MoPEX1 required for infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36292. [PMID: 27824105 PMCID: PMC5099783 DOI: 10.1038/srep36292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are required for pathogenicity in many phytopathogenic fungi, but the relationships between fungal pathogenicity and peroxisomal function are not fully understood. Here, we report the identification of a T-DNA insertional mutant C445 of Magnaporthe oryzae, which is defective in pathogenicity. Analysis of the mutation confirmed an insertion into the gene MoPEX1, which encodes a putative homologue to peroxin 1. Targeted gene deletion mutants of MoPEX1 were nonpathogenic and were impaired in vegetative growth, conidiation, and appressorium formation. ΔMopex1 mutants formed abnormal, less pigmented, and nonfunctional appressoria, but they were unable to penetrate plant cuticle. The ΔMopex1 mutants were defective in the utilization of fatty acids (e.g., olive oil and Tween-20). Moreover, deletion of MoPEX1 significantly impaired the mobilization and degradation of lipid droplets during appressorium development. Interestingly, deletion of MoPEX1 blocked the import of peroxisomal matrix proteins. Analysis of an M. oryzae strain expressing GFP-MoPEX1 and RFP-PTS1 fusions revealed that MoPex1 localizes to peroxisomes. Yeast two hybrid experiments showed that MoPex1 physically interacts with MoPex6, a peroxisomal matrix protein important for fungal morphogenesis and pathogenicity. Taken together, we conclude that MoPEX1 plays important roles in peroxisomal function and is required for infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenicity in M. oryzae.
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- Shuzhen Deng
- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- School of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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Wang J, Li L, Zhang Z, Qiu H, Li D, Fang Y, Jiang H, Chai RY, Mao X, Wang Y, Sun G. One of Three Pex11 Family Members Is Required for Peroxisomal Proliferation and Full Virulence of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26218097 PMCID: PMC4517885 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Peroxisomes play important roles in metabolisms of eukaryotes and infection of plant fungal pathogens. These organelles proliferate by de novo formation or division in response to environmental stimulation. Although the assembly of peroxisomes was documented in fungal pathogens, their division and its relationship to pathogenicity remain obscure. In present work, we analyzed the roles of three Pex11 family members in peroxisomal division and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Deletion of MoPEX11A led to fewer but enlarged peroxisomes, and impaired the separation of Woronin bodies from peroxisomes, while deletion of MoPEX11B or MoPEX11C put no evident impacts to peroxisomal profiles. MoPEX11A mutant exhibited typical peroxisome related defects, delayed conidial germination and appressoria formation, and decreased appressorial turgor and host penetration. As a result, the virulence of MoPEX11A mutant was greatly reduced. Deletion of MoPEX11B and MoPEX11C did not alter the virulence of the fungus. Further, double or triple deletions of the three genes were unable to enhance the virulence decrease in MoPEX11A mutant. Our data indicated that MoPEX11A is the main factor modulating peroxisomal division and is required for full virulence of the fungus.
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- Jiaoyu Wang
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- School of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Li L, Wang J, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Liu M, Jiang H, Chai R, Mao X, Qiu H, Liu F, Sun G. MoPex19, which is essential for maintenance of peroxisomal structure and woronin bodies, is required for metabolism and development in the rice blast fungus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85252. [PMID: 24454828 PMCID: PMC3891873 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are present ubiquitously and make important contributions to cellular metabolism in eukaryotes. They play crucial roles in pathogenicity of plant fungal pathogens. The peroxisomal matrix proteins and peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs) are synthesized in the cytosol and imported post-translationally. Although the peroxisomal import machineries are generally conserved, some species-specific features were found in different types of organisms. In phytopathogenic fungi, the pathways of the matrix proteins have been elucidated, while the import machinery of PMPs remains obscure. Here, we report that MoPEX19, an ortholog of ScPEX19, was required for PMPs import and peroxisomal maintenance, and played crucial roles in metabolism and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. MoPEX19 was expressed in a low level and Mopex19p was distributed in the cytoplasm and newly formed peroxisomes. MoPEX19 deletion led to mislocalization of peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs), as well peroxisomal matrix proteins. Peroxisomal structures were totally absent in Δmopex19 mutants and woronin bodies also vanished. Δmopex19 exhibited metabolic deficiency typical in peroxisomal disorders and also abnormality in glyoxylate cycle which was undetected in the known mopex mutants. The Δmopex19 mutants performed multiple disorders in fungal development and pathogenicity-related morphogenesis, and lost completely the pathogenicity on its hosts. These data demonstrate that MoPEX19 plays crucial roles in maintenance of peroxisomal and peroxisome-derived structures and makes more contributions to fungal development and pathogenicity than the known MoPEX genes in the rice blast fungus.
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- Ling Li
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- * E-mail: (FL); (GS)
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Plant Protection Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- * E-mail: (FL); (GS)
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PTS1 peroxisomal import pathway plays shared and distinct roles to PTS2 pathway in development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55554. [PMID: 23405169 PMCID: PMC3566003 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Peroxisomes participate in various important metabolisms and are required in pathogenicity of fungal plant pathogens. Peroxisomal matrix proteins are imported from cytoplasm into peroxisomes through peroxisomal targeting signal 1 (PTS1) or peroxisomal targeting signal 2 (PTS2) import pathway. PEX5 and PEX7 genes participate in the two pathways respectively. The involvement of PEX7 mediated PTS2 import pathway in fungal pathogenicity has been documented, while that of PTS1 remains unclear. Through null mutant analysis of MoPEX5, the PEX5 homolog in Magnaporthe oryzae, we report the crucial roles of PTS1 pathway in the development and host infection in the rice blast fungus, and compared with those of PTS2. We found that MoPEX5 disruption specifically blocked the PTS1 pathway. Δmopex5 was unable to use lipids as sole carbon source and lost pathogenicity completely. Similar as Δmopex7, Δmopex5 exhibited significant reduction in lipid utilization and mobilization, appressorial turgor genesis and H2O2 resistance. Additionally, Δmopex5 presented some distinct defects which were undetected in Δmopex7 in vegetative growth, conidial morphogenesis, appressorial morphogenesis and melanization. The results indicated that the PTS1 peroxisomal import pathway, in addition to PTS2, is required for fungal development and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus, and also, as a main peroxisomal import pathway, played a more predominant role than PTS2.
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