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Zeng J, Zhou Y, Lyu M, Huang X, Xie M, Huang M, Chen BX, Wei T. Cordyceps militaris: A novel mushroom platform for metabolic engineering. Biotechnol Adv 2024; 74:108396. [PMID: 38906495 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
Abstract
Cordyceps militaris, widely recognized as a medicinal and edible mushroom in East Asia, contains a variety of bioactive compounds, including cordycepin (COR), pentostatin (PTN) and other high-value compounds. This review explores the potential of developing C. militaris as a cell factory for the production of high-value chemicals and nutrients. This review comprehensively summarizes the fermentation advantages, metabolic networks, expression elements, and genome editing tools specific to C. militaris and discusses the challenges and barriers to further research on C. militaris across various fields, including computational biology, existing DNA elements, and genome editing approaches. This review aims to describe specific and promising opportunities for the in-depth study and development of C. militaris as a new chassis cell. Additionally, to increase the practicability of this review, examples of the construction of cell factories are provided, and promising strategies for synthetic biology development are illustrated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jiapeng Zeng
- Institute of Food Biotechnology & College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Research Center for Micro-Ecological Agent Engineering and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology & College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Research Center for Micro-Ecological Agent Engineering and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology & College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Research Center for Micro-Ecological Agent Engineering and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology & College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Research Center for Micro-Ecological Agent Engineering and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519090, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510641, China.
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- School of Bioengineering, Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519090, China.
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology & College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Research Center for Micro-Ecological Agent Engineering and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Chai L, Li J, Guo L, Zhang S, Chen F, Zhu W, Li Y. Genomic and Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Biosynthesis Network of Cordycepin in Cordyceps militaris. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:626. [PMID: 38790255 PMCID: PMC11120935 DOI: 10.3390/genes15050626] [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: 04/13/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Cordycepin is the primary active compound of Cordyceps militaris. However, the definitive genetic mechanism governing cordycepin synthesis in fruiting body growth and development remains elusive, necessitating further investigation. This study consists of 64 C. militaris strains collected from northeast China. The high-yielding cordycepin strain CMS19 was selected for the analysis of cordycepin production and the genetic basis of cordycepin anabolism. First, the whole-genome sequencing of CMS19 yielded a final size of 30.96 Mb with 8 contigs and 9781 protein-coding genes. The genome component revealed the presence of four additional secondary metabolite gene clusters compared with other published genomes, suggesting the potential for the production of new natural products. The analyses of evolutionary and genetic differentiation revealed a close relationship between C. militaris and Beauveria bassiana. The population of strains distributed in northeast China exhibited the significant genetic variation. Finally, functional genes associated with cordycepin synthesis were identified using a combination of genomic and transcriptomic analyses. A large number of functional genes associated with energy and purine metabolism were significantly enriched, facilitating the reconstruction of a hypothetical cordycepin metabolic pathway. Therefore, our speculation of the cordycepin metabolism pathway involved 24 genes initiating from the glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathways, progressing through purine metabolism, and culminating in the core region of cordycepin synthesis. These findings could offer fundamental support for scientific utilizations of C. militaris germplasm resources and standardized cultivation for cordycepin production.
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- Linshan Chai
- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
- Liaoning Academy of Microbial Sciences, Chaoyang 122000, China; (J.L.); (L.G.); (S.Z.); (F.C.); (W.Z.)
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- Liaoning Academy of Microbial Sciences, Chaoyang 122000, China; (J.L.); (L.G.); (S.Z.); (F.C.); (W.Z.)
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- Liaoning Academy of Microbial Sciences, Chaoyang 122000, China; (J.L.); (L.G.); (S.Z.); (F.C.); (W.Z.)
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- Liaoning Academy of Microbial Sciences, Chaoyang 122000, China; (J.L.); (L.G.); (S.Z.); (F.C.); (W.Z.)
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- Liaoning Academy of Microbial Sciences, Chaoyang 122000, China; (J.L.); (L.G.); (S.Z.); (F.C.); (W.Z.)
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- Liaoning Academy of Microbial Sciences, Chaoyang 122000, China; (J.L.); (L.G.); (S.Z.); (F.C.); (W.Z.)
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- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
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Soommat P, Raethong N, Ruengsang R, Thananusak R, Laomettachit T, Laoteng K, Saithong T, Vongsangnak W. Light-Exposed Metabolic Responses of Cordyceps militaris through Transcriptome-Integrated Genome-Scale Modeling. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:139. [PMID: 38534409 DOI: 10.3390/biology13030139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The genome-scale metabolic model (GSMM) of Cordyceps militaris provides a comprehensive basis of carbon assimilation for cell growth and metabolite production. However, the model with a simple mass balance concept shows limited capability to probe the metabolic responses of C. militaris under light exposure. This study, therefore, employed the transcriptome-integrated GSMM approach to extend the investigation of C. militaris's metabolism under light conditions. Through the gene inactivity moderated by metabolism and expression (GIMME) framework, the iPS1474-tiGSMM model was furnished with the transcriptome data, thus providing a simulation that described reasonably well the metabolic responses underlying the phenotypic observation of C. militaris under the particular light conditions. The iPS1474-tiGSMM obviously showed an improved prediction of metabolic fluxes in correlation with the expressed genes involved in the cordycepin and carotenoid biosynthetic pathways under the sucrose culturing conditions. Further analysis of reporter metabolites suggested that the central carbon, purine, and fatty acid metabolisms towards carotenoid biosynthesis were the predominant metabolic processes responsible in light conditions. This finding highlights the key responsive processes enabling the acclimatization of C. militaris metabolism in varying light conditions. This study provides a valuable perspective on manipulating metabolic genes and fluxes towards the target metabolite production of C. militaris.
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- Panyawarin Soommat
- Genetic Engineering and Bioinformatics Program, Graduate School, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology and School of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bang Khun Thian), Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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- Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food, and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology and School of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bang Khun Thian), Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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- Industrial Bioprocess Technology Research Team, Functional Ingredients and Food Innovation Research Group, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology and School of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bang Khun Thian), Bangkok 10150, Thailand
- Center for Agricultural Systems Biology (CASB), Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Research Group, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bang Khun Thian), Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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- Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food, and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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Raethong N, Thananusak R, Cheawchanlertfa P, Prabhakaran P, Rattanaporn K, Laoteng K, Koffas M, Vongsangnak W. Functional genomics and systems biology of Cordyceps species for biotechnological applications. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2023; 81:102939. [PMID: 37075529 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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The use of Cordyceps species for the manufacture of natural products has been established; however, the tremendous advances observed in recent years in genetic engineering and molecular biology have revolutionized the optimization of Cordyceps as cell factories and drastically expanded the biotechnological potential of these fungi. Here, we present a review of systems and synthetic biology studies of Cordyceps and their implications for fungal biology and industrial applications. We summarize the current status of synthetic biology for enhancing targeted metabolites in Cordyceps species, such as cordycepin, adenosine, polysaccharide, and pentostatin. Progress in the systems and synthetic biology of Cordyceps provides a strategy for comprehensively comprehensive controlling efficient cell factories of natural bioproducts and novel synthetic biology toolbox for targeted engineering.
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- Nachon Raethong
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Research Department, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Fermentation Technology Research Center (FTRC), Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Industrial Bioprocess Technology Research Team, Functional Ingredients and Food Innovation Research Group, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology BIOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency NSTDA, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food, and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
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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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Cheawchanlertfa P, Chitcharoen S, Raethong N, Liu Q, Chumnanpuen P, Soommat P, Song Y, Koffas M, Laoteng K, Vongsangnak W. Enhancing Genome-Scale Model by Integrative Exometabolome and Transcriptome: Unveiling Carbon Assimilation towards Sphingolipid Biosynthetic Capability of Cordyceps militaris. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:887. [PMID: 36012875 PMCID: PMC9409897 DOI: 10.3390/jof8080887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cordyceps militaris is an industrially important fungus, which is often used in Asia as traditional medicine. There has been a published genome-scale metabolic model (GSMM) of C. militaris useful for predicting its growth behaviors; however, lipid metabolism, which plays a vital role in cellular functions, remains incomplete in the GSMM of C. militaris. A comprehensive study on C. militaris was thus performed by enhancing GSMM through integrative analysis of metabolic footprint and transcriptome data. Through the enhanced GSMM of C. militaris (called iPC1469), it contained 1469 genes, 1904 metabolic reactions and 1229 metabolites. After model evaluation, in silico growth simulation results agreed well with the experimental data of the fungal growths on different carbon sources. Beyond the model-driven integrative data analysis, interestingly, we found key metabolic responses in alteration of lipid metabolism in C. militaris upon different carbon sources. The sphingoid bases (e.g., sphinganine, sphingosine, and phytosphingosine) and ceramide were statistically significant accumulated in the xylose culture when compared with other cultures; this study suggests that the sphingolipid biosynthetic capability in C. militaris was dependent on the carbon source assimilated for cell growth; this finding provides a comprehensive basis for the sphingolipid biosynthesis in C. militaris that can help to further redesign its metabolic control for medicinal and functional food applications.
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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- Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Sciences, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food, and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Genetic Engineering and Bioinformatics Program, Graduate School, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Sciences, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Industrial Bioprocess Technology Research Team, Functional Ingredients and Food Innovation Research Group, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology BIOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency NSTDA, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food, and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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Lv G, Zhu Y, Cheng X, Cao Y, Zeng B, Liu X, He B. Transcriptomic Responses of Cordyceps militaris to Salt Treatment During Cordycepins Production. Front Nutr 2022; 8:793795. [PMID: 35004818 PMCID: PMC8733472 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.793795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cordycepin is a major bioactive compound found in Cordyceps militaris (C. militaris) that exhibits a broad spectrum of biological activities. Hence, it is potentially a bioactive ingredient of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. However, overexploitation and low productivity of natural C. militaris is a barrier to commercialization, which leads to insufficient supply to meet its existing market demands. In this study, a preliminary study of distinct concentrations of salt treatments toward C. militaris was conducted. Although the growth of C. militaris was inhibited by different salt treatments, the cordycepin production increased significantly accompanied by the increment of salt concentration. Among them, the content of cordycepin in the 7% salt-treated group was five-fold higher than that of the control group. Further transcriptome analysis of samples with four salt concentrations, coupled with Gene Ontology (GO) analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment, several differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were found. Finally, dynamic changes of the expression patterns of four genes involved in the cordycepin biosynthesis pathway were observed by the quantitative real-time PCR. Taken together, our study provides a global transcriptome characterization of the salt treatment adaptation process in C. militaris and facilitates the construction of industrial strains with a high cordycepin production and salt tolerance.
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- Gongbo Lv
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering and Co-innovation Center for in-vitro Diagnostic Reagents and Devices of Jiangxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering and Co-innovation Center for in-vitro Diagnostic Reagents and Devices of Jiangxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- Information Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering and Co-innovation Center for in-vitro Diagnostic Reagents and Devices of Jiangxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China.,College of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering and Co-innovation Center for in-vitro Diagnostic Reagents and Devices of Jiangxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering and Co-innovation Center for in-vitro Diagnostic Reagents and Devices of Jiangxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China
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In-on A, Thananusak R, Ruengjitchatchawalya M, Vongsangnak W, Laomettachit T. Construction of Light-Responsive Gene Regulatory Network for Growth, Development and Secondary Metabolite Production in Cordyceps militaris. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11010071. [PMID: 35053069 PMCID: PMC8773263 DOI: 10.3390/biology11010071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cordyceps militaris is an edible fungus that produces many beneficial compounds, including cordycepin and carotenoid. In many fungi, growth, development and secondary metabolite production are controlled by crosstalk between light-signaling pathways and other regulatory cascades. However, little is known about the gene regulation upon light exposure in C. militaris. This study aims to construct a gene regulatory network (GRN) that responds to light in C. militaris. First, a genome-scale GRN was built based on transcription factor (TF)-target gene interactions predicted from the Regulatory Sequence Analysis Tools (RSAT). Then, a light-responsive GRN was extracted by integrating the transcriptomic data onto the genome-scale GRN. The light-responsive network contains 2689 genes and 6837 interactions. From the network, five TFs, Snf21 (CCM_04586), an AT-hook DNA-binding motif TF (CCM_08536), a homeobox TF (CCM_07504), a forkhead box protein L2 (CCM_02646) and a heat shock factor Hsf1 (CCM_05142), were identified as key regulators that co-regulate a large group of growth and developmental genes. The identified regulatory network and expression profiles from our analysis suggested how light may induce the growth and development of C. militaris into a sexual cycle. The light-mediated regulation also couples fungal development with cordycepin and carotenoid production. This study leads to an enhanced understanding of the light-responsive regulation of growth, development and secondary metabolite production in the fungi.
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- Ammarin In-on
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand; (A.I.-o.); (M.R.)
- School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand;
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand; (A.I.-o.); (M.R.)
- Biotechnology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Correspondence: (W.V.); (T.L.)
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand; (A.I.-o.); (M.R.)
- Theoretical and Computational Physics (TCP) Group, Center of Excellence in Theoretical and Computational Science (TaCS-CoE), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
- Correspondence: (W.V.); (T.L.)
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Li H, Fang X, qiangjun S, yinxia X, gang Z, Zhaohe C. Transcriptome analysis the effects of light treatment on Ophiocordyceps sinensis metabolism. Int J Med Mushrooms 2022; 24:81-97. [DOI: 10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.2022044445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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