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Pejenaute-Ochoa MD, Tomás-Gallardo L, Ibeas JI, Barrales RR. Row1, a member of a new family of conserved fungal proteins involved in infection, is required for appressoria functionality in Ustilago maydis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 243:1101-1122. [PMID: 38742361 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19798] [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: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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The appressorium of phytopathogenic fungi is a specific structure with a crucial role in plant cuticle penetration. Pathogens with melanized appressoria break the cuticle through cell wall melanization and intracellular turgor pressure. However, in fungi with nonmelanized appressorium, the mechanisms governing cuticle penetration are poorly understood. Here we characterize Row1, a previously uncharacterized appressoria-specific protein of Ustilago maydis that localizes to membrane and secretory vesicles. Deletion of row1 decreases appressoria formation and plant penetration, thereby reducing virulence. Specifically, the Δrow1 mutant has a thicker cell wall that is more resistant to glucanase degradation. We also observed that the Δrow1 mutant has secretion defects. We show that Row1 is functionally conserved at least among Ustilaginaceae and belongs to the Row family, which consists of five other proteins that are highly conserved among Basidiomycota fungi and are involved in U. maydis virulence. We observed similarities in localization between Row1 and Row2, which is also involved in cell wall remodelling and secretion, suggesting similar molecular functions for members of this protein family. Our data suggest that Row1 could modify the chitin-glucan matrix of the fungal cell wall and may be involved in unconventional protein secretion, thereby promoting both appressoria maturation and penetration.
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- María Dolores Pejenaute-Ochoa
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain
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- Proteomics and Biochemistry Platform, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera km. 1, 41013, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain
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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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Gomdola D, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD, Bundhun D, Jayawardena RS. Appressoria-Producing Sordariomycetes Taxa Associated with Jasminum Species. Pathogens 2023; 12:1407. [PMID: 38133291 PMCID: PMC10745922 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12121407] [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: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Appressoria are specialized structures formed by certain phytopathogenic fungi during the early stages of the infection process. Over the years, significant advancements have been made in understanding the formation, types, and functions of appressoria. Besides being formed primarily by fungal pathogens, many studies have reported their occurrence in other life modes such as endophytes, epiphytes, and saprobes. In this study, we observed the formation of appressoria in fungal genera that have been found associated with leaf spots and, interestingly, by a saprobic species. We used morphological descriptions and illustrations, molecular phylogeny, coalescent-based Poisson tree processes (PTP) model, inter- and intra-species genetic distances based on their respective DNA markers, and Genealogical Concordance Phylogenetic Species Recognition Analysis (GCPSR) to establish a new species (Pseudoplagiostoma jasmini), a Ciliochorella sp., and a new host record (Coniella malaysiana). The Ciliochorella sp. is reported as a saprobe, while Pseudoplagiostoma jasmini and Coniella malaysiana were found to be associated with leaf spots of Jasminum species. All three taxa produce appressoria, and this is the first study that reports the formation of appressoria by a Ciliochorella sp. and a Pseudoplagiostoma sp.
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- Deecksha Gomdola
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (D.G.); (K.D.H.); (D.B.)
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (D.G.); (K.D.H.); (D.B.)
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (D.G.); (K.D.H.); (D.B.)
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (D.G.); (K.D.H.); (D.B.)
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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Liu Q, Li Y, Wu H, Zhang B, Liu C, Gao Y, Guo H, Zhao J. Hyphopodium-Specific Signaling Is Required for Plant Infection by Verticillium dahliae. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:jof9040484. [PMID: 37108938 PMCID: PMC10143791 DOI: 10.3390/jof9040484] [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: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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For successful colonization, fungal pathogens have evolved specialized infection structures to overcome the barriers present in host plants. The morphology of infection structures and pathogenic mechanisms are diverse according to host specificity. Verticillium dahliae, a soil-borne phytopathogenic fungus, generates hyphopodium with a penetration peg on cotton roots while developing appressoria, that are typically associated with leaf infection on lettuce and fiber flax roots. In this study, we isolated the pathogenic fungus, V. dahliae (VdaSm), from Verticillium wilt eggplants and generated a GFP-labeled isolate to explore the colonization process of VdaSm on eggplants. We found that the formation of hyphopodium with penetration peg is crucial for the initial colonization of VdaSm on eggplant roots, indicating that the colonization processes on eggplant and cotton share a similar feature. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the VdNoxB/VdPls1-dependent Ca2+ elevation activating VdCrz1 signaling is a common genetic pathway to regulate infection-related development in V. dahliae. Our results indicated that VdNoxB/VdPls1-dependent pathway may be a desirable target to develop effective fungicides, to protect crops from V. dahliae infection by interrupting the formation of specialized infection structures.
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- Qingyan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- School of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Qilu Zhongke Academy of Modern Microbiology Technology, Jinan 250022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Bhunjun CS, Phukhamsakda C, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, Saxena RK, Li Q. Do all fungi have ancestors with endophytic lifestyles? FUNGAL DIVERS 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-023-00516-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Demoor A, Lacaze I, Ferrari R, Lalanne C, Silar P, Brun S. GUN Mutants: New Weapons To Unravel Ascospore Germination Regulation in the Model Fungus Podospora anserina. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0146122. [PMID: 36786590 PMCID: PMC10100959 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01461-22] [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: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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In Podospora anserina as in many other Ascomycetes, ascospore germination is a regulated process that requires the breaking of dormancy. Despite its importance in survival and dispersal, ascospore germination in filamentous fungi has been poorly investigated, and little is known about its regulation and genetic control. We have designed a positive genetic screen that led to the isolation of mutants showing uncontrolled germination, the GUN (Germination UNcontrolled) mutants. Here, we report on the characterization of the gun1SG (Spontaneous Germination) mutant. We show that gun1SG is mutated in Pa_6_1340, the ortholog of Magnaporthe oryzae Pth2, which encodes a carnitine-acetyltransferase (CAT) involved in the shuttling of acetyl coenzyme A between peroxisomes and mitochondria and which is required for appressorium development. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the mutated residue (I441) is highly conserved among Fungi and that the mutation has a deleterious impact on the protein function. We show that GUN1 is essential for ascospore germination and that the protein is localized both in mitochondria and in peroxisomes. Finally, epistasis studies allowed us to place GUN1 together with the PaMpk2 MAPK pathway upstream of the PaNox2/PaPls1 complex in the regulation of ascospore germination. In addition, we show that GUN1 plays a role in appressorium functioning. The pivotal role of GUN1, the ortholog of Pth2, in ascospore germination and in appressorium functioning reinforces the idea of a common genetic regulation governing both appressorium development and melanized ascospore germination. Furthermore, we characterize the second CAT encoded in P. anserina genome, Pa_3_7660/GUP1, and we show that the function of both CATs is conserved in P. anserina. IMPORTANCE The regulation of ascospore germination in filamentous fungi has been poorly investigated so far. To unravel new genes involved in this regulation pathway, we conducted a genetic screen in Podospora anserina, and we isolated 57 mutants affected in ascospore germination. Here, we describe the Germination UNcontrolled One (gun1SG) mutant, and we characterize the gene affected. GUN1 is a peroxisomal/mitochondrial carnitine-acetyltransferase required for acetyl coenzyme A shuttling between both organelles, and we show that GUN1 is a pleiotropic gene also involved in appressorium functioning similarly to its ortholog, the pathogenesis factor Pth2, in the plant pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. Given the similarities in the regulation of appressorium development and ascospore germination, we speculate that discovering new genes controlling ascospore germination in P. anserina may lead to the discovery of new pathogenesis factors in pathogenic fungi. The characterization of GUN1, the ortholog of M. oryzae Pth2, represents a proof of concept.
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- Alexander Demoor
- Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain/UMR 8236, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain/UMR 8236, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain/UMR 8236, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain/UMR 8236, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain/UMR 8236, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain/UMR 8236, Paris, France
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Cadelis MM, Li SA, van de Pas SJ, Grey A, Mulholland D, Weir BS, Copp BR, Wiles S. Antimicrobial Natural Products from Plant Pathogenic Fungi. Molecules 2023; 28:1142. [PMID: 36770808 PMCID: PMC9920077 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Isolates of a variety of fungal plant pathogens (Alternaria radicina ICMP 5619, Cercospora beticola ICMP 15907, Dactylonectria macrodidyma ICMP 16789, D. torresensis ICMP 20542, Ilyonectria europaea ICMP 16794, and I. liriodendra ICMP 16795) were screened for antimicrobial activity against the human pathogenic bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium abscessus, and M. marinum and were found to have some activity. Investigation of the secondary metabolites of these fungal isolates led to the isolation of ten natural products (1-10) of which one was novel, (E)-4,7-dihydroxyoct-2-enoic acid (1). Structure elucidation of all natural products was achieved by a combination of NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. We also investigated the antimicrobial activity of a number of the isolated natural products. While we did not find (E)-4,7-dihydroxyoct-2-enoic acid (1) to have any activity against the bacteria and fungi in our assays, we did find that cercosporin (7) exhibited potent activity against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), dehydro-curvularin (6) and radicicol (10) exhibited antimycobacterial activity against M. marinum, and brefeldin A (8) and radicicol (10) exhibited antifungal activity against Candida albicans. Investigation of the cytotoxicity and haemolytic activities of these natural products (6-8 and 10) found that only one of the four active compounds, radicicol (10), was non-cytotoxic and non-haemolytic.
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- Melissa M. Cadelis
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua—Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- Te Pūnaha Matatini Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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Appressoria-Small but Incredibly Powerful Structures in Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032141. [PMID: 36768468 PMCID: PMC9917257 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Plant-pathogenic fungi are responsible for many of the most severe crop diseases in the world and remain very challenging to control. Improving current protection strategies or designating new measures based on an overall understanding of molecular host-pathogen interaction mechanisms could be helpful for disease management. The attachment and penetration of the plant surface are the most important events among diverse plant-fungi interactions. Fungi evolved as small but incredibly powerful infection structure appressoria to facilitate attachment and penetration. Appressoria are indispensable for many diseases, such as rusts, powdery mildews, and blast diseases, as well as devastating oomycete diseases. Investigation into the formation of plant-pathogen appressoria contributes to improving the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions. Fungal host attachment is a vital step of fungal pathogenesis. Here, we review recent advances in the molecular mechanisms regulating the formation of appressoria. Additionally, some biocontrol agents were revealed to act on appressorium. The regulation of fungal adhesion during the infective process by acting on appressoria formation is expected to prevent the occurrence of crop disease caused by some pathogenic fungi.
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Quintanilha-Peixoto G, Marone MP, Raya FT, José J, Oliveira A, Fonseca PLC, Tomé LMR, Bortolini DE, Kato RB, Araújo DS, De-Paula RB, Cuesta-Astroz Y, Duarte EAA, Badotti F, de Carvalho Azevedo VA, Brenig B, Soares ACF, Carazzolle MF, Pereira GAG, Aguiar ERGR, Góes-Neto A. Phylogenomics and gene selection in Aspergillus welwitschiae: Possible implications in the pathogenicity in Agave sisalana. Genomics 2022; 114:110517. [PMID: 36306958 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Aspergillus welwitschiae causes bole rot disease in sisal (Agave sisalana and related species) which affects the production of natural fibers in Brazil, the main worldwide producer of sisal fibers. This fungus is a saprotroph with a broad host range. Previous research established A. welwitschiae as the only causative agent of bole rot in the field, but little is known about the evolution of this species and its strains. In this work, we performed a comparative genomics analysis of 40 Aspergillus strains. We show the conflicting molecular identity of this species, with one sisal-infecting strain sharing its last common ancestor with Aspergillus niger, having diverged only 833 thousand years ago. Furthermore, our analysis of positive selection reveals sites under selection in genes coding for siderophore transporters, Sodium‑calcium exchangers, and Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding proteins (PEBPs). Herein, we discuss the possible impacts of these gene functions on the pathogenicity in sisal.
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Program in Bioinformatics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia
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- Centro Universitário Maria Milza, Cruz das Almas, Brazil; Center of Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Center of Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Center of Biotechnology and Genetics, Department of Biological Science, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Ryder LS, Cruz-Mireles N, Molinari C, Eisermann I, Eseola AB, Talbot NJ. The appressorium at a glance. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:276040. [PMID: 35856284 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Many plant pathogenic fungi have the capacity to infect their plant hosts using specialised cells called appressoria. These structures act as a gateway between the fungus and host, allowing entry to internal tissues. Appressoria apply enormous physical force to rupture the plant surface, or use a battery of enzymes to digest the cuticle and plant cell wall. Appressoria also facilitate focal secretion of effectors at the point of plant infection to suppress plant immunity. These infection cells develop in response to the physical characteristics of the leaf surface, starvation stress and signals from the plant. Appressorium morphogenesis has been linked to septin-mediated reorganisation of F-actin and microtubule networks of the cytoskeleton, and remodelling of the fungal cell wall. In this Cell Science at a Glance and accompanying poster, we highlight recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of appressorium-mediated infection, and compare development on the leaf surface to the biology of invasive growth by pathogenic fungi. Finally, we outline key gaps in our current knowledge of appressorium cell biology.
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- Lauren S Ryder
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Plant Diversity and Fungal Richness Regulate the Changes in Soil Multifunctionality in a Semi-Arid Grassland. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11060870. [PMID: 35741391 PMCID: PMC9220314 DOI: 10.3390/biology11060870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Simple Summary Understanding relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions is important in the context of global plant diversity loss. We evaluated the relationships between soil bacterial and fungal diversity, rare microbial taxa, and soil multifunctionality in a semi-arid grassland with varied plant diversity levels. The fungal richness rather than bacterial richness was positively related to soil multifunctionality. The relative abundance of saprotrophs was positively correlated with soil multifunctionality, and the relative abundance of pathogens was negatively correlated with soil multifunctionality. Furthermore, the rare fungal taxa played a disproportionate role in regulating soil multifunctionality. The shift of plant biomass allocation patterns increased plant below-ground biomass in the high diversity plant assemblages, which can alleviate soil microbial carbon limitations and enhance the fungal richness, thus promoting soil multifunctionality. This study provides a new perspective for evaluating the relative roles of fungal and bacterial diversity in maintaining multiple soil functions under global plant diversity loss scenarios. Abstract Loss in plant diversity is expected to impact biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbes play essential roles in regulating ecosystem functions. However, the important roles and differences in bacterial and fungal diversity and rare microbial taxa in driving soil multifunctionality based on plant diversity remain poorly understood in grassland ecosystems. Here, we carried out an experiment in six study sites with varied plant diversity levels to evaluate the relationships between soil bacterial and fungal diversity, rare taxa, and soil multifunctionality in a semi-arid grassland. We used Illumina HiSeq sequencing to determine soil bacterial and fungal diversity and evaluated soil functions associated with the nutrient cycle. We found that high diversity plant assemblages had a higher ratio of below-ground biomass to above-ground biomass, soil multifunctionality, and lower microbial carbon limitation than those with low diversity. Moreover, the fungal richness was negatively and significantly associated with microbial carbon limitations. The fungal richness was positively related to soil multifunctionality, but the bacterial richness was not. We also found that the relative abundance of saprotrophs was positively correlated with soil multifunctionality, and the relative abundance of pathogens was negatively correlated with soil multifunctionality. In addition, the rare fungal taxa played a disproportionate role in regulating soil multifunctionality. Structural equation modeling showed that the shift of plant biomass allocation patterns increased plant below-ground biomass in the highly diverse plant plots, which can alleviate soil microbial carbon limitations and enhance the fungal richness, thus promoting soil multifunctionality. Overall, these findings expand our comprehensive understanding of the critical role of soil fungal diversity and rare taxa in regulating soil multifunctionality under global plant diversity loss scenarios.
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Meteyer CU, Dutheil JY, Keel MK, Boyles JG, Stukenbrock EH. Plant pathogens provide clues to the potential origin of bat white-nose syndrome Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Virulence 2022; 13:1020-1031. [PMID: 35635339 PMCID: PMC9176227 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2082139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats, yet both the origins and infection strategy of the causative fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, remain elusive. We provide evidence for a novel hypothesis that P. destructans emerged from plant-associated fungi and retained invasion strategies affiliated with fungal pathogens of plants. We demonstrate that P. destructans invades bat skin in successive biotrophic and necrotrophic stages (hemibiotrophic infection), a mechanism previously only described in plant fungal pathogens. Further, the convergence of hyphae at hair follicles suggests nutrient tropism. Tropism, biotrophy, and necrotrophy are often associated with structures termed appressoria in plant fungal pathogens; the penetrating hyphae produced by P. destructans resemble appressoria. Finally, we conducted a phylogenomic analysis of a taxonomically diverse collection of fungi. Despite gaps in genetic sampling of prehistoric and contemporary fungal species, we estimate an 88% probability the ancestral state of the clade containing P. destructans was a plant-associated fungus.
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- Carol Uphoff Meteyer
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
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- Molecular Systems Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Dept of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory and School of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
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- Environmental Genomics Group, Botanical Institute, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
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Kim H, Jeon J, Lee KK, Lee YH. Compositional Shift of Bacterial, Archaeal, and Fungal Communities Is Dependent on Trophic Lifestyles in Rice Paddy Soil. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:719486. [PMID: 34539610 PMCID: PMC8440912 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.719486] [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] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The soil environment determines plants’ health and performance during their life cycle. Therefore, ecological understanding on variations in soil environments, including physical, chemical, and biological properties, is crucial for managing agricultural fields. Here, we present a comprehensive and extensive blueprint of the bacterial, archaeal, and fungal communities in rice paddy soils with differing soil types and chemical properties. We discovered that natural variations of soil nutrients are important factors shaping microbial diversity. The responses of microbial diversity to soil nutrients were related to the distribution of microbial trophic lifestyles (oligotrophy and copiotrophy) in each community. The compositional changes of bacterial and archaeal communities in response to soil nutrients were mainly governed by oligotrophs, whereas copiotrophs were mainly involved in fungal compositional changes. Compositional shift of microbial communities by fertilization is linked to switching of microbial trophic lifestyles. Random forest models demonstrated that depletion of prokaryotic oligotrophs and enrichment of fungal copiotrophs are the dominant responses to fertilization in low-nutrient conditions, whereas enrichment of putative copiotrophs was important in high-nutrient conditions. Network inference also revealed that trophic lifestyle switching appertains to decreases in intra- and inter-kingdom microbial associations, diminished network connectivity, and switching of hub nodes from oligotrophs to copiotrophs. Our work provides ecological insight into how soil nutrient-driven variations in microbial communities affect soil health in modern agricultural systems.
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- Hyun Kim
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Center for Fungal Genetic Resources, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Plant Immunity Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Chethana KWT, Jayawardena RS, Chen YJ, Konta S, Tibpromma S, Phukhamsakda C, Abeywickrama PD, Samarakoon MC, Senwanna C, Mapook A, Tang X, Gomdola D, Marasinghe DS, Padaruth OD, Balasuriya A, Xu J, Lumyong S, Hyde KD. Appressorial interactions with host and their evolution. FUNGAL DIVERS 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-021-00487-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chethana KWT, Jayawardena RS, Chen YJ, Konta S, Tibpromma S, Abeywickrama PD, Gomdola D, Balasuriya A, Xu J, Lumyong S, Hyde KD. Diversity and Function of Appressoria. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10060746. [PMID: 34204815 PMCID: PMC8231555 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10060746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Endophytic, saprobic, and pathogenic fungi have evolved elaborate strategies to obtain nutrients from plants. Among the diverse plant-fungi interactions, the most crucial event is the attachment and penetration of the plant surface. Appressoria, specialized infection structures, have been evolved to facilitate this purpose. In this review, we describe the diversity of these appressoria and classify them into two main groups: single-celled appressoria (proto-appressoria, hyaline appressoria, melanized (dark) appressoria) and compound appressoria. The ultrastructure of appressoria, their initiation, their formation, and their function in fungi are discussed. We reviewed the molecular mechanisms regulating the formation and function of appressoria, their strategies to evade host defenses, and the related genomics and transcriptomics. The current review provides a foundation for comprehensive studies regarding their evolution and diversity in different fungal groups.
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- K. W. Thilini Chethana
- Innovative Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China;
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China;
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environment Friendly Management on Diseases and Pests of North China Fruits, Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale 50300, Sri Lanka;
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada;
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- Center of Excellence in Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
- Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
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- Innovative Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China;
- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; (R.S.J.); (Y.-J.C.); (S.K.); (P.D.A.); (D.G.)
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China;
- Center of Excellence in Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
- Correspondence:
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R. Cope K, B. Irving T, Chakraborty S, Ané JM. Perception of lipo-chitooligosaccharides by the bioenergy crop Populus. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1903758. [PMID: 33794743 PMCID: PMC8143229 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1903758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Populus sp. is a developing feedstock for second-generation biofuel production. To ensure its success as a sustainable biofuel source, it is essential to capitalize on the ability of Populus sp. to associate with beneficial plant-associated microbes (e.g., mycorrhizal fungi) and engineer Populus sp. to associate with non-native symbionts (e.g., rhizobia). Here, we review recent research into the molecular mechanisms that control ectomycorrhizal associations in Populus sp. with particular emphasis on the discovery that ectomycorrhizal fungi produce lipochitooligosaccharides capable of activating the common symbiosis pathway. We also present new evidence that lipo-chitooligosaccharides produced by both ectomycorrhizal fungi and various species of rhizobia that do not associate with Populus sp. can induce nuclear calcium spiking in the roots of Populus sp. Thus, we argue Populus sp. already possesses the molecular machinery necessary for perceiving rhizobia, and the next step in engineering symbiosis with rhizobia should be focused on inducing bacterial accommodation and nodule organogenesis. The gene Nodule INception is central to these processes, and several putative orthologs are present in Populus sp. Manipulating the promoters of these genes to match that of plants in the nitrogen-fixing clade may be sufficient to introduce nodulation in Populus sp.
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- Kevin R. Cope
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI,United States
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Navarro-Espíndola R, Suaste-Olmos F, Peraza-Reyes L. Dynamic Regulation of Peroxisomes and Mitochondria during Fungal Development. J Fungi (Basel) 2020; 6:E302. [PMID: 33233491 PMCID: PMC7711908 DOI: 10.3390/jof6040302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes and mitochondria are organelles that perform major functions in the cell and whose activity is very closely associated. In fungi, the function of these organelles is critical for many developmental processes. Recent studies have disclosed that, additionally, fungal development comprises a dynamic regulation of the activity of these organelles, which involves a developmental regulation of organelle assembly, as well as a dynamic modulation of the abundance, distribution, and morphology of these organelles. Furthermore, for many of these processes, the dynamics of peroxisomes and mitochondria are governed by common factors. Notably, intense research has revealed that the process that drives the division of mitochondria and peroxisomes contributes to several developmental processes-including the formation of asexual spores, the differentiation of infective structures by pathogenic fungi, and sexual development-and that these processes rely on selective removal of these organelles via autophagy. Furthermore, evidence has been obtained suggesting a coordinated regulation of organelle assembly and dynamics during development and supporting the existence of regulatory systems controlling fungal development in response to mitochondrial activity. Gathered information underscores an important role for mitochondrial and peroxisome dynamics in fungal development and suggests that this process involves the concerted activity of these organelles.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (R.N.-E.); (F.S.-O.)
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Dicko M, Ferrari R, Tangthirasunun N, Gautier V, Lalanne C, Lamari F, Silar P. Lignin Degradation and Its Use in Signaling Development by the Coprophilous Ascomycete Podospora anserina. J Fungi (Basel) 2020; 6:E278. [PMID: 33187140 PMCID: PMC7712204 DOI: 10.3390/jof6040278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The filamentous fungus Podospora anserina is a good model to study the breakdown of lignocellulose, owing to its ease of culture and genetical analysis. Here, we show that the fungus is able to use a wide range of lignocellulosic materials as food sources. Using color assays, spectroscopy and pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spectrometry, we confirm that this ascomycete is able to degrade lignin, primarily by hydrolyzing β-O-4 linkages, which facilitates its nutrient uptake. We show that the limited weight loss that is promoted when attacking Miscanthus giganteus is due to a developmental blockage rather than an inefficiency of its enzymes. Finally, we show that lignin, and, more generally, phenolics, including degradation products of lignin, greatly stimulate the growth and fertility of the fungus in liquid cultures. Analyses of the CATΔΔΔΔΔ mutant lacking all its catalases, pro-oxidants and antioxidants indicate that improved growth and fertility of the fungus is likely caused by augmented reactive oxygen species levels triggered by the presence of phenolics.
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- Moussa Dicko
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, CNRS LSPM UPR 3407, 93430 Villetaneuse, France; (M.D.); (F.L.)
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain (LIED), F-75006 Paris, France; (R.F.); (N.T.); (V.G.); (C.L.)
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain (LIED), F-75006 Paris, France; (R.F.); (N.T.); (V.G.); (C.L.)
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain (LIED), F-75006 Paris, France; (R.F.); (N.T.); (V.G.); (C.L.)
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain (LIED), F-75006 Paris, France; (R.F.); (N.T.); (V.G.); (C.L.)
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- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, CNRS LSPM UPR 3407, 93430 Villetaneuse, France; (M.D.); (F.L.)
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain (LIED), F-75006 Paris, France; (R.F.); (N.T.); (V.G.); (C.L.)
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Puerner C, Kukhaleishvili N, Thomson D, Schaub S, Noblin X, Seminara A, Bassilana M, Arkowitz RA. Mechanical force-induced morphology changes in a human fungal pathogen. BMC Biol 2020; 18:122. [PMID: 32912212 PMCID: PMC7488538 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00833-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background The initial step of a number of human or plant fungal infections requires active penetration of host tissue. For example, active penetration of intestinal epithelia by Candida albicans is critical for dissemination from the gut into the bloodstream. However, little is known about how this fungal pathogen copes with resistive forces upon host cell invasion. Results In the present study, we have used PDMS micro-fabrication to probe the ability of filamentous C. albicans cells to penetrate and grow invasively in substrates of different stiffness. We show that there is a threshold for penetration that corresponds to a stiffness of ~ 200 kPa and that invasive growth within a stiff substrate is characterized by dramatic filament buckling, along with a stiffness-dependent decrease in extension rate. We observed a striking alteration in cell morphology, i.e., reduced cell compartment length and increased diameter during invasive growth, that is not due to depolarization of active Cdc42, but rather occurs at a substantial distance from the site of growth as a result of mechanical compression. Conclusions Our data reveal that in response to this compression, active Cdc42 levels are increased at the apex, whereas active Rho1 becomes depolarized, similar to that observed in membrane protrusions. Our results show that cell growth and morphology are altered during invasive growth, suggesting stiffness dictates the host cells that C. albicans can penetrate.
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- Charles Puerner
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France.,Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institute Physics of Nice (INPHYNI), Ave. J. Vallot, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France.,Present Address: Manchester Fungal Infection Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France.,Present Address: Sorbonne University, CNRS, Developmental Biology Laboratory (LBDV), Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institute Physics of Nice (INPHYNI), Ave. J. Vallot, Nice, France.
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institute Physics of Nice (INPHYNI), Ave. J. Vallot, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France.
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